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Preview: Rockets Home And Home With Vancouver

January 18, 2024 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Kelowna Rockets News Release


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

The Kelowna Rockets will be looking to get back into the win column on the weekend as they'll face the Vancouver Giants over the weekend in a home-and-home series.

Originally scheduled in July with the weekend series starting in Vancouver on Friday the dates were changed later in the summer, it was announced that the dates of the game were changed in August.

Vancouver at Kelowna

Friday, January 19, 2024 (7:05 PM)

Kelowna at Vancouver

Sunday, January 21, 2024 (2:00 PM)

Kelowna was last in action on Wednesday, where their seven-game win streak on home ice came to an end as the Rockets fell 5-4 to the Portland Winterhawks. Trailing 2-1 after one period of play the Winterhawks took control of the game in the second, limiting the Rockets to three shots in the middle stanza while adding three more goals. Kelowna was able to chip away at the Winterhawks making it a one-goal game in the final minute of regulation. Gabriel Szturc recorded his 174th career point on Tij Iginla's goal, pushing him past Vaclav Varada and into sole possession of the Tacoma/Kelowna franchise record of points by a European player.

Vancouver has had the week off after returning from their Eastern Division road trip that saw the Giants go 3-2 on the swing.

Jan. 6 at Brandon 4-0 W

Jan. 9 at Prince Albert 6-5 SOW

Jan. 10 at Saskatoon 7-2 L

Jan. 12 at Regina 4-2 W

Jan. 13 at Moose Jaw 7-2 W

Vancouver will have a different look than the last time the two met, as the Giants made a handful of deals leading up to the deadline. They acquired Connor Levis from the Kamloops Blazers, Ty Zimmer from the Lethbridge Hurricanes, Kolby Gapter from Medicine Hat as well as London Hoilett and Marinkovic from the Calgary Hitmen.

TICKETS

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.

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

Carter Kowalyk is out week-to-week with an upper-body injury

ROCKETS TO WATCH

Rockets leading scorer Andrew Cristall will enter the game riding a career-high twenty-two game point streak that has seen him record 43 points (16G, 27A) over that span. He has been on the scoresheet for every game since November 11. Previously, his career-best point streak was 12 games set between Oct. 29, 2022 - Nov. 29, 2022, where he posted 30 points (11G, 19A).

SEASON RECORDS

vs GIANTS

Oct. 21 vs VAN - 6-5 W

Dec. 1 @ VAN - 4-0 W

Jan. 19 vs VAN - 7:05 pm

Jan. 21 @ VAN - 2:00 pm

Feb. 23 vs VAN - 7:05 pm

Mar 1 @ VAN - 7:00 pm

Mar. 22 @ VAN - 7:00 pm

Mar. 23 vs VAN - 7:05 pm

THE LAST TIME THESE TWO MET

The Kelowna Rockets kicked off their eight games away from Propsera Place on Dec. 1 with a 4-0 win over the Vancouver Giants at the Langley Events Centre. Jari Kykkanen made 31 saves to earn the second star of the game and collect his first shutout of the season and third of his career. Andrew Cristall was named the game's first star after being in on all of the Rockets goals, recording a goal and three assists.

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.

ONLINE 50/50

The Kelowna Rockets online 50/50 is back for the 2023-24 season!

The online 50/50 will give fans in Rockets fans located in British Columbia and those who are attending the game the chance to win during every Rockets home game this season. The 50/50 will also raise important dollars for the Kelowna Minor Hockey Association.

Tickets will be available for purchase on all game days starting at 9 a.m. PT and end at the start of the third period on the same day.

LINEUP SHEET + GAME DAY PROGRAM

Printed lineup sheets will not be available at games this season, they can be accessed online by visiting the game day program.

The Game Day Program will be available in the same spot, it comes complete with game notes, stats, team rosters and entry forms for the Rockets intermission contests.

The sheet and program will be uploaded by 3:00 p.m. on game days

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

Check out the Kelowna Rockets Statistics




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Kelowna Rockets battle the Vancouver Giants
Kelowna Rockets battle the Vancouver Giants
(Steve Dunsmoor)		   



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