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Rockets To Close Out Season Series With Blazers This Weekend

March 7, 2024 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Kelowna Rockets News Release


Kelowna Rockets take a shot against the Kamloops Blazers
Kelowna Rockets take a shot against the Kamloops Blazers
(Kelowna Rockets, Credit: Steve Dunsmoor)

The Kelowna Rockets will wrap up their season series against the Kamloops Blazers this weekend with a home-and-home series that kicks off on Friday at Prospera Place in Kelowna and then shifts back to Kamloops on Saturday.

Instario will be playing live music throughout the game behind section 112.

The Kelowna Rockets closed out their season series with the Tri-City Americans on Wednesday night, pushing their win streak to three games with a 6-1 victory over the Ams. After allowing the game's fist goal, the Rockets scored six unanswered to collect their fourth win of the season over the Americans.

With Wednesday's win, the Rockets are now tied with the Vancouver Giants for sixth in the Western Conference standings with 62 points and are three points back of the Victoria Royals for fifth in a tight race for playoff positioning. The Rockets have seven games remaining in their regular season schedule, while the Giants have eight and the Royals have six. The standings as of Tuesday morning can be found lower in this post.

The Blazers dropped the Vancouver Giants 3-2 last Saturday. Most recently they fell 6-4 to the Western Conference-leading Winterhawks on Wednesday night.

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. To view pricing and a seating map please click here.

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 is out week-to-week with a lower-body injury.

ROCKET TO WATCH

Hiroki Gojsic, ranked 94th among North American skaters by Central Scouting for the 2024 NHL Draft, pushed his point streak to seven games and earned first-star honors on Wednesday after recording two goals and an assist.

SEASON RECORD

vs KAMLOOPS (2-3-1-0)

Dec. 27 at KAM - 3-2 L

Dec. 29 vs KAM - 6-4 W

Jan. 26 vs KAM - 4-3 OTL

Jan 27 at KAM - 3-2 L

Feb. 9 at KAM - 6-3 W

Feb. 10 vs KAM - 7-3 L

Mar. 8 vs KAM 7:05 pm

Mar. 9 at KAM 6:00 pm

THE LAST TIME THESE TWO MET

The Kamloops Blazers snapped the Kelowna Rockets two-game win streak on February 11 at Prospera Place with a commanding 7-3 win. It was the second meeting between the two in as many days, with the Rockets downing the Blazers 6-3 the night before in Kamloops.

After falling behind early, the Rockets scored two unanswered goals to take the lead heading into the intermission before the Blazers battled back to take back the lead in the second frame. Andrew Cristall, Caden Price, Luke Schelter found the back of the net for Kelowna, while goaltender Jari Kykkanen stopped 34 of 40 shots fired his way. Detroit Red Wings prospect Emmitt Finnie posted four goals for the Blazers.

CONFERENCE STANDINGS

as of Tuesday

# TEAM GP W L OTL SOL PTS

1 x Portland Winterhawks 60 42 15 2 1 87

2 xy Prince George Cougars 60 41 15 2 1 86

3 x Everett Silvertips 62 39 18 2 3 83

4 x Wenatchee Wild 60 31 25 4 0 66

5 x Victoria Royals 62 28 25 5 4 65

6 Vancouver Giants 60 29 27 4 0 62

7 Kelowna Rockets 61 29 28 3 1 62

8 Spokane Chiefs 60 26 28 5 1 58

9 Tri-City Americans 60 22 35 2 1 47

10 Seattle Thunderbirds 60 22 36 2 0 46

11 Kamloops Blazers 61 20 35 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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Kelowna Rockets take a shot against the Kamloops Blazers
Kelowna Rockets take a shot against the Kamloops Blazers
(Steve Dunsmoor)		   



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