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Winterhawks Down Rockets, 11-1

February 3, 2024 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Kelowna Rockets News Release


Kelowna Rockets battle the Portland Winterhawks
Kelowna Rockets battle the Portland Winterhawks
(Kelowna Rockets, Credit: Portland Winterhawks)

The Portland Winterhawks handed the Kelowna Rockets an 11-1 loss on Friday night at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Portland, OR.

Tyson Jugnauth (3) fired a shot from the slot to open the scoring 2:41 into the game. The play was reviewed for goaltender interference but held up. Twenty-two seconds later Nate Danielson took off with the puck on a three-on-one along the left, centering the puck to Marcus Nguyen (17) in the slot. Portland then made a nice passing play that started from Diego Buttazzoni from the top of the left faceoff circle who fed it to Gabe Klassen in the slot and then dished it to James Stefan (31) down low in the left faceoff circle pushing the goal lead to three goals four minutes later. Just past the midway point, the puck coasted out from the left corner to Josh Mori (1) in the slot, who uncontested, teed up a drive to give the Winterhawks a 4-0 lead.

The Rockets were able to hold off the Winterhawks until 8:29 into the second period when Jack O'Brien (15) capitalized on the power play. Stefan (32) struck again at 10:03, thirty-nine seconds later Kyle McDonough (1) scored. Jari Kykkanen was then replaced in net by Jake Pilon. Nate Danielson (15) pushed the Winterhawks out to an eight-goal lead before the end of the second period.

Stefan (33) completed the hat trick 33 seconds into the third period. Hudson Darby (6) and Diego Buttazzoni (22) both scored to give Portland an eleven-goal load. Ethan Neutens (7) found the back of the net to break Jan Spunar's shutout bid.

ADDITIONAL STATS

The Rockets record is now 22-23-3-0

Jari Kykkanen turned away 18 of the 25 shots fired on him before Pilon came into net, who stopped 17 of 21 shots

Portland was 2/4 on the power play while Kelowna was 0/6

The Winterhawks outshot the Rockets 46-29

This was the final of four meetings between the two, with the Winterhawks taking the season series 3-1

UP NEXT

Kelowna will wrap up their road trip on Sunday in Spokane at 5:05 pm.

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Kelowna Rockets battle the Portland Winterhawks
Kelowna Rockets battle the Portland Winterhawks
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