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Preview: Rockets On The Island

February 16, 2024 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Kelowna Rockets News Release


Kelowna Rockets right wing Luke Schelter (right) vs. the Victoria Royals
Kelowna Rockets right wing Luke Schelter (right) vs. the Victoria Royals
(Kelowna Rockets, Credit: Steve Dunsmoor)

The Kelowna Rockets will wrap up their season series against the Victoria Royals this weekend with a pair of games on the island. Puck drop is set for 7:05 pm on Friday and 6:05 on Saturday.

The Rockets will be looking to get back in the win column after dropping their last two games. They were last in action on Tuesday, where the Spokane Chiefs came back to take down the Rockets 4-2 at Propsrea Place. Kelowna heavily outshot the Chiefs 42-29, but goaltender Cooper Michaluk made 40 saves to earn the second star of the game. Rockets goaltender Jari Kykkanen stopped 25 of 29 shots fired his way.

The injury-riddled Royals have lost their last six games, they're 1-7-1-1 in their last ten games. They hosted the surging Vancouver Giants on Wednesday, who collected their eighth victory in their last nine games, downing the Royals 5-1. With the win, the Giants jumped the Rockets in the Western Conference standings for sixth place.

Kelowna's next home game is set for Family Day on Monday, February 19 when the Tri-City Americans make their final visit of the season to Prospera Place. Kids (12 and under) tickets are on sale for $10. It will also be a Fan First Menu night at Prospera, which means $2 hot dogs and $5 beer from Lucky Lager.

Single Game Tickets for all Rockets games 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

Entering Friday, Trae Johnson has recorded two assists in his last two games

SEASON RECORD

vs ROYALS

Oct. 9 vs VIC - 9-7 loss

Oct. 25 vs VIC - 6-3 win

Nov. 3 vs VIC - 2-1 loss

Nov. 13 @ VIC - 3-2 overtime loss

Nov. 14 @ VIC - 5-3 loss

Feb 7 vs VIC - 2-0 win

Feb. 16 @ VIC 7:05 pm

Feb. 17 @ VIC 6:05 pm

THE LAST TIME THESE TWO MET

The Kelowna Rockets got back on track with a 2-0 victory over the Victoria Royals on February 7 at Prospera Place.

After being outscored 19-6 in their previous two games, the Rockets were able to hold the injury-riddled Victoria Royals off the scoresheet. Tij Iginla and Hiroki Gojsic scored for the Rockets, while Jari Kykkanen turned aside 21 shots to collect his second shutout of the campaign and first-star honors.

CONFERENCE STANDINGS

as of Thursday afternoon

# TEAM GP W L OTL SOL PTS

1 Portland Winterhaws 51 36 12 2 1 75

2 Prince George Cougars 52 35 15 0 2 72

3 Everett Silvertips 56 35 18 1 2 73

4 Wenatchee Wild 53 28 21 4 0 60

5 Victoria Royals 54 25 21 4 4 58

6 Vancouver Giants 52 25 24 3 0 53

7 Kelowna Rockets 53 24 26 3 0 51

8 Spokane Chiefs 50 21 24 4 1 47

9 Tri-City Americans 52 20 29 2 1 43

10 Seattle Thunderbirds 51 18 31 2 0 38

11 Kamloops Blazers 51 16 30 3 2 37

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 right wing Luke Schelter (right) vs. the Victoria Royals
Kelowna Rockets right wing Luke Schelter (right) vs. the Victoria Royals
(Steve Dunsmoor)		   



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