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Rockets To Host Royals For Fan First Menu Game Tomorrow

October 24, 2023 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Kelowna Rockets News Release


Kelowna Rockets take on the Victoria Royals
Kelowna Rockets take on the Victoria Royals
(Kelowna Rockets, Credit: Steve Dunsmoor)

The Kelowna Rockets will be looking to push their win streak to four games on Wednesday when they host the Victoria Royals on Wednesday night at 7:05 pm at Prospera Place.

The Rockets opened their weekend on the road against Tri-City on Friday. After getting goals from Michael Cicek, Jackson Gillespie and Tij Iginla, the game was tied at three after three periods of play. The two headed to a shootout following five minutes of overtime. Tij Iginla and Andrew Cristall were successful shooters for Kelowna in the shootout, where Jari Kykkanen only allowed one goal on three shots.

The next night in Kelowna welcomed the Vancouver Giants for their first meeting of the season where the two got into a seesaw affair of trading goals and leads, in the end the Rockets held on to win the game 6-5.

FAN FIRST MENU GAME

It will be a Fan First Menu night with $2 hot dogs and $5 beer Lucky Lager. The Fan First Menu is available at all Monday to Wednesday regular season games.

STREAKING ROYALS

The Royals have won their last four games. Most recently they hosted Spokane for a pair of games on the island over the weekend, where they came back to tie the game up in the third period and won in overtime both nights.

THE LAST TIME THESE TWO MET

The Victoria Royals outlasted the Kelowna Rockets 9-7 in a high-scoring affair in a Thanksgiving Monday matchup at Prospera Place earlier this month.

After scoring the opening goal Victoria found the back of the net three times before Kelowna responded towards the end of the opening frame. With the lead cut in half, Victoria once again scored three unanswered goals in the second frame before answering back with their lone goal of the period. The Rockets and Royals traded goals early into the third period, Kayden Longley and Tij Iginla then drew the Rockets back within one before Ben Riche scored back-to-back goals to complete a hat-trick.

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.

In addition, six and twelve-game Mini Packs for the Kelowna Rockets season are now on sale through Select Your Tickets. To learn how to save on walk-up tickets and use the flexibility of a Mini Pack click here.

ROCKETS ROSTER UPDATES

Marcus Pacheco's lower-body injury time has been bumped up on this week's injury report to two-three weeks, he has been out with a lower-body injury

Twenty-year-old defenceman Jackson DeSouza has resumed skating with the team and is not listed on this week's weekly report, he has missed the Rockets last three games with a lower-body injury

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

ROCKETS TO WATCH

Washington Capitals prospect Andrew Cristall pushed his point streak to seven games. He's recorded 5 goals and 14 assists over that span. He was named the WHL Player of the Week on Monday afternoon.

Tij Iginla extended his point streak to four games with two goals and two assists on Saturday, it was his second four-point game of the season and his WHL career

Captain Gabriel Szturc has recorded at least one point in every game since being returned to the Rockets, the 20-year-old Czechia product has recorded four goals and five assists through five games this season.

ROYALS TO WATCH

Overage forward Dawson Pasternak will face the Rockets for the first time as a Royal. The Winnipeg product has posted ten points (3G, 7A) in five games since being acquired from the Brandon Wheat Kings.

Rookie goaltender Jayden Kraus started the last two games for the Royals picking up two wins.

SEASON RECORDS

vs ROYALS

Oct. 9 vs VIC - 9-7 loss

Oct. 25 vs VIC - 7:05 pm

Nov. 3 vs VIC - 7:05 pm

Nov. 13 @ VIC - 3:05 pm

Nov. 14 @ VIC - 7:05 pm

Feb 7 vs VIC - 7:05 pm

Feb. 16 @ VIC 7:05 pm

Feb. 17 @ VIC 6:05 pm

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.

CLICK HERE to learn more about the online 50/50 and purchase tickets.

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.

Check out the Kelowna Rockets Statistics




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Kelowna Rockets take on the Victoria Royals
Kelowna Rockets take on the Victoria Royals
(Steve Dunsmoor)		   



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