WHL Kelowna Rockets

Rockets Renew Rivalry With Blazers In Weekend Home-And-Home

February 14, 2025 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Kelowna Rockets News Release


Carter Kowalyk of the Kelowna Rockets
Carter Kowalyk of the Kelowna Rockets
(Kelowna Rockets)

The Kelowna Rockets will head down to Kamloops on Friday in the first game of a home-and-home series with the Blazers this weekend as the two teams will return back to Prospera Place on Saturday.

Kelowna comes into the game off a 3-2 hard fought loss to the Seattle Thunderbirds on Tuesday in Seattle and look to get back in the win column against one of its fiercest rivals.

BLAZERS

Kamloops comes into the weekend having lost three straight, most recently a 4-1 defeat to the Tri-City Americans on Tuesday. The Rockets and Blazers are separated by just three points in the Western Conference standings.

ROCKETS ROSTER AND INJURY UPDATE

The Rockets were dealt a blow when it was announced that captain Max Graham would be out indefinitely due to undergoing successful knee surgery. The Rockets have already been out without star forward Tij Iginla who underwent successful hip surgery earlier in the season.

Gabriel Guilbault and Kanjyu Gojsic who were both out recently will lower body injuries have both returned to the lineup.

ROCKETS TO WATCH

Rowan Guest scored his first WHL goal on Tuesday against Seattle as the six-foot-four defenceman has 8 points on the season.

Michael Cicek is closing in on a career milestone, as the overage forward is just six points away from reaching 100 career WHL points.

BLAZERS TO WATCH

Tommy Lafreniere scored in the most recent meeting with Kelowna and has 43 points in 51 games including 19 goals in his first full season in the WHL.

Emmitt Finnie played a key role in Kamloops' victory over Kelowna scoring twice and registering an assist.

THE LAST TIME THESE TWO MET

Kelowna went ahead 2-0 early in the game thanks to goals from Hayden Paupanekis and Hiroki Gojsic but Kamloops scored three goals within the span of a minute to go up 3-2 in the third period. Paupanekis would tie the game sending it to overtime where Emmitt Finnie scored his 26 th of the season for a Kamloops overtime victory.

SEASON RECORD

Dec. 28 vs KAM - 3-1 L

Jan. 3 at KAM - 6-4 W

Jan. 24 at KAM - 4-3 OTL

Feb. 14 at KAM - @ 7:00 PM

Feb. 15 vs KAM - @ 6:05 PM

Mar. 14 vs KAM - @ 7:05 PM

Mar. 15 at KAM - @ 6:00 PM

Mar. 22 vs KAM - @ 6:05 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.

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





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Carter Kowalyk of the Kelowna Rockets
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