WHL Kamloops Blazers

Rodgers' Late Power Play Goal Lifts Blazers Past Rockets

Published on December 29, 2007 under Western Hockey League (WHL)
Kamloops Blazers News Release


Alex Rodgers' powerplay goal with 17 seconds left in regulation broke a 3-3 tie and helped give the Blazers a 4-3 win in Kelowna on Friday night.

Jamie Benn and Kenton Dulle - who now has 4 goals in his last 2 games - traded first period goals and did the same in the second before Colin Long's powerplay goal in the final minute of period two to put the Rockets up 3-2. Early in the third, Brady Calla converted a Brock Nixon feed on the powerplay to tie the game with Rodgers winning it with 16.8 seconds remaining.

Shots were 37-21 Kelowna with Justin Leclerc solid again in the Blazer goal. Kris Westblom took the loss for the Rockets.

The Blazers were 2-for-6 on the PP and 5-for-7 on the PK.

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