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WHL Kelowna Rockets

Rockets' Win Streak Ends

January 6, 2024 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Kelowna Rockets News Release


The Kelowna Rockets three-game win streak was snapped on Saturday by the Wenatchee Wild at the Town Toyota Center in Wenatchee, WA.

After trading goals in the opening half of the first period, the Wild scored five answered goals to take the lead.

GAME SUMMARY

With a Wild player in the penalty box, Graham Sward stretched a pass up the ice to break Kenta Isogai (18) out on a two-on-one, giving Wenatchee the lead 4:37 into the game. Trae Johnson and Karter Prosofsky dropped the gloves for a fight. Daniel Hauser stopped Tij Iginla's initial shot, but a trailing Andrew Cristall (22) put the rebound in to tie the game at 10:04. Just under three minutes later Miles Cooper (11) restored Wenatchee's lead with a power play tally.

Isogai (19) struck again 1:50 into the second period to give Wenatchee a two-goal lead. With 5.8 seconds left in the period Cristall appeared to net his second of the game and pull the Rockets within one, but it was waived off after Luke Schelter made contact with Hauser.

Just as Johnson's penalty for charging came to an end, Hayden Moore (7) padded the Wild lead by three with 14:33 to play in the third period. Evan Friesen (13) quickly added another goal for Wenatchee before Jari Kykkanen replaced Jake Pilon in net for the Rockets.Isogai (20) completed the hat trick just before the midway point of the period. Luke Schelter then set up Dylan Wightman (8) at the backdoor with a power play goal before Tij Iginla (27) another past Hauser to cut the Wild's lead in half.

ADDITIONAL STATS

The Rockets record is now 18-17-2-0

Kelowna's power play was 1/2 on the night, while Wenatchee was 1/4 with the man advantage

The Wild outshot the Rockets 35-34

Jake Pilon stopped 20/25 shots fired on him through the first 47:38 of action, while Kykkanen turned aside nine of the ten shots fired on him through 12:22 minutes of action

Recording the Rockets opening goal, Rockets leading scorer Andrew Cristall extended his point streak to eighteen games

This was the final meeting of the regular season between the two, with each claiming a pair of victories in the season series

UP NEXT

Kelowna's next home game is set for Wednesday, January 10 when they'll host the Seattle Thunderbirds for a Fan First Menu game. The Fan First Menu is available at all Monday to Wednesday regular season games, featuring $2 hot dogs and $5 Lucky Lager beers.

Single Game Tickets for all Rockets games 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.

Six and twelve game Mini Packs for the Kelowna Rockets season are now on sale through Select Your Tickets.

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