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Preview: Rockets Wrap Up Regular Season

March 24, 2023 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Kelowna Rockets News Release


Kelowna Rockets defenceman Jackson DeSouza (left) vs. the Vancouver Giants
Kelowna Rockets defenceman Jackson DeSouza (left) vs. the Vancouver Giants
(Kelowna Rockets, Credit: Steve Dunsmoor)

The Kelowna Rockets will wrap up their 2022-23 regular season schedule with a home-and-home series against the Vancouver Giants this weekend. The pair will start the weekend on Friday at 7:30 at the Langley Events Centre, they'll then come back to Propsera Place for the Rockets Fan Appreciation game at 7:05 pm on Saturday.

The Rockets busy weekend will continue on Sunday with their 2022-23 team Awards Ceremony, brought to you by Orchard Ford, at the Kelowna Community Theatre (1375 Water Street, Kelowna). Fans will have the chance to mingle with all of their favourite Rockets during a catered reception from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm. The ceremony will then take place from 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm. Tickets are priced at $30.00 for adults and $20.00 for kids twelve and under, they're on sale now through Anne-Marie Hamilton at the Rockets office. To purchase your tickets you can call Anne-Marie at 250-979-0853 or annyh@kelownarockets.com.

Saturday's game will feature live music, the fan first menu, the Rockets season-long jersey giveaway and much more. Click here to learn more about what will be going on at the game. Kid's (12 and under) tickets for the last Rockets regular home season game are on sale for $10.00 (plus taxes and fees). click here for tickets.

The Rockets are coming off of back-to-back losses to the Kamloops Blazers last weekend, in the final game of their seasonal series the Rockets fell 5-4 in overtime. For the second straight night, the Blazers heavily outshot the Rockets 58 to 29. Talyn Boyko turned aside four of the five shots he faced in the first 6:12 of the game before Jari Kykkanen replaced him. Kykkanen stopped 49 of the 53 shots fired on him. Andrew Cristall recorded a pair, while Carson Golder and Dylan Wightman also found the back of the net for the Rockets.

The Giants played a midweek Tuesday night game in Portland on Tuesday, where they forced the game into overtime picking up the single point they needed to secure the seventh spot in the western conference playoff race. Ty Halaburda recorded his second goal of the night at 4:24 into overtime to lift the Giants to victory.

Tickets

Single-game tickets for all Rockets games are available at Select Your Tickets. Tickets can be purchased online through www.selectyourtickets.com, at the Prospera Place box office, or by phone at 250-762-5050.

Kid's (12 and under) tickets for the last Rockets regular home season game are on sale for $10.00 (plus taxes and fees). click here for tickets.

The last time these two met

The Kelowna Rockets snapped their three-game losing streak with a 4-3 comeback shootout victory over the Vancouver Giants on March 20th at Prospera Place.

The Rockets fell behind 2-0 in the first period, trailing 3-1 after two periods of play the Rockets were able to stage a comeback in the third period to force the game into extra time. Kelowna headed to their second shootout of the season where Gabriel Szturc scored the lone goal of the skills competition, while goaltender Jari Kykkanen turned aside the three shots he faced.

Roster Updates

Ismail Abougouche and Logan Peskett will both miss the remainder of the season with upper-body injuries that required season-ending surgery

Rockets to watch

Twenty-year-old player Adam Kydd, Talyn Boyko and Carson Golder will play in their final regular season WHL games. The trio of 2002-born players will age out of the WHL at the end of the season

BC Division standings as of Thursday afternoon

TEAM GP W L OTL SOL PTS

1 Y-Kamloops Blazers 66 48 12 4 2 102

2 X- Prince George Cougars 66 35 24 6 1 77

3 X-Vancouver Giants 66 27 31 5 3 62

4 X-Kelowna Rockets 66 26 36 4 0 56

5 Victoria Royals 66 16 43 6 1 39

Series at a glance

Season Series vs VAN

Dec 10 @ Vancouver 3-2 OTL

Jan. 20 @ Vancouver 4-1 W

Jan. 21 vs Vancouver 4-3 L

Jan. 27 @ Vancouver 3-1 L

Jan. 28 vs Vancouver 5-1 W

Feb. 3 vs Vancouver 5-4 W

Mar. 1o vs Vancouver 4-3 SOW

Mar. 24 @ Vancouver 7:30 pm

Mar. 25 vs Vancouver 7:05 pm

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 2022-23 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.

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Images from this story

Kelowna Rockets defenceman Jackson DeSouza (left) vs. the Vancouver Giants
Kelowna Rockets defenceman Jackson DeSouza (left) vs. the Vancouver Giants
(Steve Dunsmoor)		   



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