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Rockets To Drop The Puck On Preseason Against Kamloops

September 8, 2023 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Kelowna Rockets News Release


Kelowna Rockets left wing Trae Johnson
Kelowna Rockets left wing Trae Johnson
(Kelowna Rockets, Credit: Steve Dunsmoor)

The Kelowna Rockets will kick off their 2022 preseason campaign with a busy weekend that features a home and home series with the Kamloops Blazers.

Kelowna will kick off their exhibition schedule on Friday night at 7:00 pm at the Sandman Centre, the two will shift back to Prospera Place the next night for a 7:05 pm rematch. No online stream or radio broadcast will be available for either game.

ROCKETS ROSTER UPDATES

Kelowna announced on Thursday they had reduced their roster down to 32 players, including four (4) goaltenders, nine (9) defencemen and 19 forwards.

Michael Cicek, Hiroki Gojsic and Tij Iginla, who were all acquired over the summer, are expected to play for the Rockets this weekend.

A pair of 2008-born players are expected to also see ice time this season, 15-year-old forwards Kanjyu Gojsic and Owen Folstrom remain at camp. Upon being returned to their team following camp, fifteen-year-old skaters are permitted to appear in five regular-season WHL games until their respective club's season has come to an end.

Of the 32 skaters, only three 16-year-olds remain on the roster. Defencemen Jackson Gillespie, Lachlan Staniforth and goaltender Nathan Kam. Gillespie, a right shot, was selected 17th overall by the Rockets in the 2022 US Priority Draft and signed a WHL Scholarship & Development Agreement with Kelowna last September. Staniforth (6th round) and Kam (5th round) were picked by Kelowna in the 2022 WHL Prospects Draft and both signed WHL Scholarship & Development Agreements this week.

Seventeen-year-olds Kayden Longley and Landon Cowper are pushing for full-time spots with the Rockets this season after being affiliate players for the Rockets last season.

The remaining players eligible to dress for Kelowna this weekend were full-time roster players last season.

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 all three 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. 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 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 left wing Trae Johnson
Kelowna Rockets left wing Trae Johnson
(Steve Dunsmoor)		   



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