WHL Seattle Thunderbirds

Rockets Shut out T-Birds

Published on March 28, 2013 under Western Hockey League (WHL)
Seattle Thunderbirds News Release


KENT, March 27, 2013 -The Kelowna Rockets shut out the Seattle Thunderbirds 4-0 Wednesday night in Game 4 of their first round playoff series.

The T-Birds have a 3-1 series lead heading in to Game 5 at Prospera Place on Saturday at 7:05pm.

Tyson Baillie opened the scoring for Kelowna (1-3) 10:09 into the first with a power-play goal from Myles Bell and Zach Franko.

Baillie added a second power-play goal at the 11:24 mark of the first to push Kelowna to a 2-0 lead. Franko and Ryan Olsen were credited with the assists.

A third power-play goal, this time from Bell, gave the Rockets a 3-0 lead at the 13:45 mark. Baillie and Olsen had the assists.

Kelowna outshot Seattle 19-3 in the first period.

The second period went scoreless, with Kelowna outshooting the T-Birds 12-8.

Franko finished off the scoring with an unassisted goal at the 13:36 mark of the third period to bring the score to 4-0 Rockets.

Shots in the third period were 13-6 Seattle, with the total 37-25 in favor of Kelowna.

Jordan Cooke stopped all 27 shots faced and improved his post-season record to 1-3.

Brandon Glover made 33 saves on 37 shots faced, and now has a 3-1 post-season record.

If necessary Game 6 would be Tuesday, April 2, at ShoWare Center at 6:05pm. This game would be a 2-for-Tuesday game meaning all tickets would be two-for-one and all beer, soda, popcorn and hot dogs would be $2.

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