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Rockets To Close Out Preseason On Home Ice

September 14, 2023 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Kelowna Rockets News Release


Kelowna Rockets make acquaintances with the Vancouver Giants
Kelowna Rockets make acquaintances with the Vancouver Giants
(Kelowna Rockets, Credit: Steve Dunsmoor)

The Kelowna Rockets will wrap up their 2023 preseason schedule this weekend with a pair of home games this weekend. The Vancouver Giants will visit on Friday before the Victoria Royals finish things off on Saturday. Puck drop is set for 7:05 pm both nights.

ROCKETS ROSTER UPDATES

Earlier this week the Rockets assigned 15-year-olds Kalder Varga, Owen Folstrom and Kanjyu Gojsic to their respective teams for the season. Folstrom and Gojsic played in both games for Kelowna last weekend.

Sixteen-year-old defencemen Jackson Gillespie and Lachlan Staniforth remain on the Rockets roster.

Andrew Cristall, Jari Kykkanen, Caden Price and Jackson DeSouza will be unavailable to the Rockets this weekend as they're attending NHL camps.

With Kykkanen away, 2007-born Nathan Kam and 2006-born Jake Pilon will be in net for Kelowna this weekend. Pilon was acquired from the Edmonton Oil Kings on Monday in exchange for a seventh-round pick in the 2027 WHL Prospects Draft.

TICKETS

The Rockets will play three pre-season games on home ice. After the Blazers this weekend, the Vancouver Giants will visit on Friday, Sept. 15 and the Victoria Royals will wrap up the exhibition schedule on September 16.

Preseason ticket pricing starts at $12.00 for adults, two dollars from each preseason ticket sold will be donated to Cops For Kids. Suite and club seat holders receive complimentary home pre-season game tickets.

Single-game tickets for preseason games and the Rockets first two regular season games, including the home opener on September 23 against Portland, are now available at Select Your Tickets.

Tickets for all 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 1:00 p.m. on Saturday home game days.

Broadcast

None of the Rockets preseason games will be broadcast online on CHL TV - anywhere else claiming to be broadcasting a stream for the game is a scam.

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Kelowna Rockets make acquaintances with the Vancouver Giants
Kelowna Rockets make acquaintances with the Vancouver Giants
(Steve Dunsmoor)		   



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