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Preview: Rockets Hit The Road

March 1, 2024 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Kelowna Rockets News Release


Kelowna Rockets take on the Vancouver Giants
Kelowna Rockets take on the Vancouver Giants
(Kelowna Rockets, Credit: Steve Dunsmoor)

The Kelowna Rockets will hit the road for a pair of games this weekend when they visit the Vancouver Giants at 7:00 pm on Friday and the Tri-City Americans at 6:05 on Saturday.

The Prince George Cougars swiped away a shootout victory to lock up the BC Division title for the 2023-24 season last Saturday night at Prospera Place. The Rockets hung around with the high-flying Prince George Cougars in a game that saw ten goals scored between the two. Tied at five through regulation and overtime, the game headed to a shootout where Ondrej Becher scored the lone goal in the skills competition.

The Giants, just like the Rockets did not have a mid-week game this week. After falling 4-1 to Kelowna last Friday, the Giants bounced back with a commanding 7-1 win over the Blazers in Langley on Saturday.

Tri-City also did not have a mid-week game. They were last in action last Saturday where they bounced back from a 9-4 loss to Moose Jaw the night before with a 5-3 victory over Regina. The Americans will host the Victoria Royals on Friday before Kelowna rolls in on Saturday.

The Rockets won't have to wait long to face the Americans again following this weekend, the two will tangle again at Prospera Place on Wednesday, March 6. It will also be a Fan First Menu night with $2 hot dogs and $5 Lucky Lager. The Fan First Menu is available at all Monday to Wednesday regular season games.

Single-game tickets for all Rockets games are on sale at Select Your Tickets.

Tickets for Rockets games are only available at Select Your Tickets, they are the official provider of Rockets tickets. To view pricing and a seating map please click here.

Tickets can be purchased:

Online at selectyourtickets.com

By calling Select Your Tickets at 250-762-5050

Or by visiting the Select Your Tickets box office at the Prospera Place box office. The box office is open 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, and opens at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday home game days.

ROCKETS ROSTER UPDATES

There are no injuries or roster changes on this week's WHL weekly report

ROCKET TO WATCH

Hiroki Gojsic will enter Friday riding a four-game point streak that has seen him record seven points (2G, 5A) over that span. In Saturday's loss to Prince George, the winger recorded two goals and an assist.

SEASON RECORD

vs GIANTS

Oct. 21 vs VAN - 6-5 W

Dec. 1 @ VAN - 4-0 W

Jan. 19 vs VAN - 5-2 W

Jan. 21 @ VAN - 4-2 L

Feb. 23 vs VAN - 4-1 W

Mar 1 @ VAN - 7:00 pm

Mar. 22 @ VAN - 7:00 pm

Mar. 23 vs VAN - 7:05 pm

vs AMERICANS

Oct. 20 @ TC - 4-3 SOW

Nov. 7 @ TC - 4-3 loss

Feb. 19 vs TC - 3-2 win

Mar. 2 @ TC - 6:05 pm

Mar. 6 vs TC - 7:05 pm

THE LAST TIME THESE TWO MET

VANCOUVER

The Rockets came back to down the Vancouver Giants 4-1 at Prospera Place on February 23 at Prospera Place. After falling behind 1-0 late in the third period, the Rockets held the Giants to zero shots on net in the second period. Andrew Cristall was named the game's first star after he burst out of the gate with three consecutive goals in the second period to collect his third hat-trick of the season. Goaltender Jari Kykkanen stopped 19 of 20 shots fired his way to pick up his 21st win of the season.

TRI-CITY

Tij Iginla's last-second heroics lifted the Kelowna Rockets to victory over the Tri-City Americans on February 19 at Prospera Place. Tied at two, Iginla took off on a breakaway to net the game-winner with 14 seconds remaining on the clock. Rockets goaltender Jari Kykkanen stopped 34 of 36 shots fired his way to pick up his 20th win of the season.

CONFERENCE STANDINGS

as of Thursday evening

# TEAM GP W L OTL SOL PTS

1 xy Prince George Cougars 58 40 15 0 3 83

2 x Portland Winterhawks 57 39 15 2 1 81

3 x Everett Silvertips 60 38 18 2 2 80

4 Wenatchee Wild 59 31 24 4 0 66

5 Victoria Royals 59 27 24 4 4 62

6 Vancouver Giants 57 28 26 3 0 59

7 Kelowna Rockets 58 26 28 3 1 56

8 Spokane Chiefs 57 24 28 4 1 53

9 Tri-City Americans 57 22 32 2 1 47

10 Seattle Thunderbirds 57 21 34 2 0 44

11 Seattle Thunderbirds 58 19 33 3 3 44

WATCH AND LISTEN

Radio broadcast

Rockets games will be broadcast on 104.7 FM the Lizard this season with Regan Bartel calling all of the action.

Don't forget to download the RocketFAN app and visit rocketfan.ca for more exclusive Rockets content from Pattison. Fans can stream the radio broadcast of all Rockets games on the app.

Online video stream

All Rockets games will be available on WHL Live. WHL Live on is available to fans anywhere in the world, providing high-quality streaming of WHL games on Apple TV, Roku, and Amazon Fire TV platforms, via mobile with iOS and Android, and on web using Safari or Google Chrome web browsers. Visit watch.chl.ca for complete details and subscription options.

Six and twelve game Mini Packs for the Kelowna Rockets season are now on sale through Select Your Tickets.

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Kelowna Rockets take on the Vancouver Giants
Kelowna Rockets take on the Vancouver Giants
(Steve Dunsmoor)		   



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