Saturday, February 24, 2007

Rockets Game Notes vs Chilliwack

Tonight’s Preview: The Rockets and Bruins are meeting for the 8th and final time this season. The Rockets are 4-3-0-0 against the Bruins this season having out-scored them 17-14 in the first seven games. The Rockets are coming off a 5-3 loss at home to Lethbridge last night, snapping a four game home ice winning streak. The Rockets have four wins in their last 9 games overall (4-4-0-1), and have points in six of their last ten games. The Rockets are playing three games in three nights this weekend. The Rockets conclude the weekend in Seattle Sunday afternoon.

Who’s the road Warrior? Rockets leading scorer Justin Bernhardt has collected 15 of his 34 points (44%) on opposition ice this season. With the Rockets, Bernhardt has 7 of his 16 points on the road since being acquired from the Regina Pats. Chris Ray has 13 of his 30 points (43%) on the road while Cody Almond has 12 of his 31 in the opponents building (38%). David Schulz has just 5 of his 19 points on the road (26%) while Clayton Barthel has just 6 points on the road this season.

Road Rash: The Rockets are winless in 10 straight road games (0-8-1-1). The franchises longest winless streak on the road is 10 games, with the mark originally set from December 13/1998 to February 14/1999. The Rockets have been shutout four times in those 10 games and have been out-scored 37-12 overall. Of those 12 goals scored over that period, 8 have come on the power play (8/58=14%).

Sick of the Shutout: The Rockets have been shutout 10 times this season. Eight of those 10 have been suffered on the road. Chilliwack and Portland lead the way having been shutout 12 times. If you think that’s bad, look at the Swift Current Broncos. In 2004-2005 they were shutout a whopping 17 times.

Rocket Tidbits: The Rockets have given up a shorthanded goal in 3 of their last 5 games…The Rockets are 6 for 20 (30%) on the power play in their last four games…Four members of the Rockets are attending the under 17 Canada Winter Games in Whitehorse, Yukon. Brandon McMillan, Evan Bloodoff, Riley McIntosh and Tyler Myers are at the event and will likely miss 6 games….The Rockets have just one win in their last 15 road games (1-11-2-1) and are riding a 10 game road losing streak…The Rockets are 12-14-2-0 in 28 games against BC division opponents this season…The Rockets have been involved in 22 – one goal games this season. In those games the Rockets are 7-6-5-4…The Rockets have been held to a single goal 15 times this season, 7 times at home, 8 times on the road…Schulz had two assists Tuesday against Chilliwack setting a new career high in points with 21 after recording 19 with the Swift Current Broncos during the 2004-05 season…15 year-old Tyson Barrie earned his first W.H.L point with an assist on a Brett Breitkreuz power play goal in last night’s game…15 year-old forward Jesse Paradis made his W.H.L debut last night against the Hurricanes. Paradis is the Rockets 4th round pick from the 2006 bantam draft.

Time Ticking Down: With 11 games left in the regular season the Rockets have 6 games at home and 5 games on opposition ice. The Rockets have 9 games left against BC division opponents and just 2 games against US division clubs.

Who’s Hot – Who’s Not: Cody Almond has 5+2=7 in his last 4 games and points in 5 of his last 8. Luke Schenn has just one point (1A) in his last 11 games and hasn’t scored since December 13th. Justin Bernhardt has 3+5=8 in his last 11 games. David Schulz has 2+7=9 in his last 11 games. Myles MacRae has just one goal in his last 13 games. Colin Long has 1+4=5 in his last 5 games.

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