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Rockets To Battle Tips In Home And Home Series, Live Music At Prospera On Saturday

March 15, 2024 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Kelowna Rockets News Release


Everett Silvertips' Caden Brown battles Kelowna Rockets' Marek Rocak
Everett Silvertips' Caden Brown battles Kelowna Rockets' Marek Rocak
(Kelowna Rockets, Credit: Steve Dunsmoor)

The Kelowna Rockets will look to extend their point streak to ten games when they hit the ice in the start of a home and home series on Friday night against Everett Silvertips. The series will start in Everett on Friday at 7:05 pm before shifting back to Prospera Place on Saturday to wrap up the season series.

Saturday's game will feature live music from Chick Jagger throughout the game.

Kelowna, 7-0-1-1 in their last nine, have climbed to within a point of fourth place in the Western Conference standings as of Thursday morning. The Wenatchee Wild, who are in fourth, have a game in hand on Kelowna. In the playoffs the top eight teams in each conference clinch a playoff spot, while the the top four teams have home ice advantage. To learn more about the playoff format click here.

On Wednesday the Rockets took on the Prince George Cougars, who are ranked first on this week's CHL Top Ten Rankings, picking up a valuable point in extra time. Trailing 4-1 heading into the third period, Kelowna scored four unanswered goals to chase the Cougars starting goalie. Prince George pressed, tying the game with 2:28 to play in regulation forcing overtime. In extra time, while on a delayed call, Ondrej Becher handed the puck off to Hudson Thornton (16) who ripped a shot through traffic past Jari Kykkanen to secure the victory for Prince George.

Unlike the Rockets, the Silvertips did not have a midweek game. They've been idle since Friday, March 8, where they defeated the Victoria Royals 4-1 on home ice. They've played just three games since March 1, while the Rockets have hit the ice five times in that span.

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

Rookie defenceman Landon Cowper timeline for his lower-body injury has been updated to indefinite, meanwhile, forward Ty Hurley has missed the last three games with a lower-body injury that is listed as week-to-week on the weekly report.

The Rockets injury report is updated weekly and can be viewed here.

ROCKET TO WATCH

Keep an eye on the Rockets second line. Tij Iginla, Michael Cicek and Hiroki Gojsic came together for a combined six points in Wednesday's overtime loss on Wednesday.

SEASON RECORD

vs Silvertips

Nov. 10 @ EVT - 2-1 L

Jan. 24 vs EVT - 3-2 L

Mar. 15 @ EVT - 7:05 pm

Mar. 16 vs EVT - 7:05 pm

THE LAST TIME THESE TWO MET

The then US Division leading Everett Silvertips scored a late goal in the third period to down the Kelowna Rockets 3-2 on January 24 at Prospera Place. Tied 3-3 heading into the third period, Everett scored the go-ahead goal with 1:31 to go in the game after Carter Bear's shot went off of Caden Price's skate an into the Rockets net. Jake Pilon made the start for the Rockets, while Tij Iginla missed the game away at the 2024 Kubota CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game where he was named the player of the game for team white.

CONFERENCE STANDINGS

As of Thursday morning

# TEAM GP W L OTL SOL PTS

2 xy Prince George Cougars 63 44 15 1 3 92

2 x Portland Winterhawks 62 44 15 2 1 91

3 x Everett Silvertips 64 41 18 2 3 87

4 x Wenatchee Wild 62 32 26 4 0 68

5 x Kelowna Rockets 64 31 28 4 1 67

6 x Victoria Royals 64 28 27 5 0 65

7 x Vancouver Giants 63 30 29 4 0 64

8 Spokane Chiefs 63 27 30 5 1 60

9 Seattle Thunderbirds 63 24 37 2 0 50

10 Tri-City Americans 63 22 38 2 1 47

11 Kamloops Blazers 63 20 37 3 3 46

x denotes playoff spot clinched, y denotes Division title clinched

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

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Everett Silvertips' Caden Brown battles Kelowna Rockets' Marek Rocak
Everett Silvertips' Caden Brown battles Kelowna Rockets' Marek Rocak
(Steve Dunsmoor)		   



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