The Kelowna Rockets defeated the Prince George Cougars 4-3 in overtime
Published on October 9, 2017 under Western Hockey League (WHL)
Kelowna Rockets News Release
Kelowna (4) Prince George (3) OT
(Kelowna Rockets)
The Kelowna Rockets defeated the Prince George Cougars 4-3 in overtime on Saturday night at the CN Centre in Prince George.
The Rockets opened up the scoring 11:51 into the opening frame on the power play as Kole Lind notched his team leading seventh of the year with assists going to Dillon Dube and Cal Foote. Kelowna took a 1-0 lead into the second period.
Carsen Twarynski extended the Rockets lead finishing off a breakaway set up by Dillon Dube and Kelowna led 2-0 after 40 minutes.
3:03 into the final stanza Brogan O'Brien got the Cougars on the board with a shorthanded marker. Jackson Leppard then scored followed by a PP marker from Dennis Cholowski to give PG a 3-2 lead. Prince George held that lead until Konrad Belcourt one-timed a bouncing puck from the Cougars blue line to record his first WHL goal and knot the game up at 3-3 with 1:38 remaining. Dube collected his third assist of the night on the Rockets third goal. For the second night in a row the Rockets and Cougars were off to overtime.
It took until 4:17 into the extra frame but Dillon Dube scored to end the night capping off a four point performance(1G, 3A). Carsen Twarynski assisted the OT winner finishing his night off with a goal and an assist.
James Porter records the win for the Rockets giving him a 1-0-0-0 record on the season after making 42 saves on 45 shots.
The Rockets improve to 4-1-0-1 on the season.
Kelowna is back home on Friday, October 13th, when the Calgary Hitmen come to Prospera Place. Puck drop is 7:05pm.
Tickets are available for Rockets home games through selectyourtickets.com, at the Prospera Place box office or by phone at 250-762-5050.
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