Torrie Jung stole the show, but more importantly stole a game from the grasps of the Kamloops Blazers.
In the biggest game of the season for the Kelowna Rockets, Jung saved his best for the third period making 12 saves, and then added an additional 4 in overtime as the Rockets recorded a 3-2 extra session win.
Cody Almond scored the game winner with exactly a minute left in the extra frame, but the hero on this night was Jung, hands down!
What I liked most about Jung last night was his ability to bounce back from a weak goal.
Blazers forward Sasha Golin would tie the game at one on a sharp angle wrist shot that would evade Jung, short side – glove hand side.
It was a bad goal trust me!
In the biggest game of the season for the Kelowna Rockets, Jung saved his best for the third period making 12 saves, and then added an additional 4 in overtime as the Rockets recorded a 3-2 extra session win.
Cody Almond scored the game winner with exactly a minute left in the extra frame, but the hero on this night was Jung, hands down!
What I liked most about Jung last night was his ability to bounce back from a weak goal.
Blazers forward Sasha Golin would tie the game at one on a sharp angle wrist shot that would evade Jung, short side – glove hand side.
It was a bad goal trust me!
While it tied the score, the goal didn’t batter the rookie goaltenders confidence, it made him better.
With the game tied at 2 after 40 minutes, the Rockets looked like a team trying to secure a point, rather than playing for a two point win.
The Rockets took penalty after penalty after penalty, forcing Jung to make several key saves to send the game into overtime.
After playing a cautious 3rd period, the Rockets let it all hang out in o.t.
Colin Joe, who was benched for the entire 3rd period of Saturday’s 7-4 loss in Prince George elected to join the attack, fired the puck out in front of the Blazer net, where Chris Ray jammed at it, and Cody Almond was there to finish it off, leading the Rockets to their 20th win of the season, but more importantly into a tie with Chilliwack for the final playoff spot in the BC division with 5 games to play.
Positives:
Clayton Barthel’s power play goal to open the scoring was one of beauty.
With Almond holding the puck in at the near blue line, Almond threaded the needle hitting Barthel who was sitting back door at the right side of Blazers goaltender Dustin Butler to open the scoring.
Of the 8 goals Barthel has scored this season, 6 goals have come against the Blazers.
Torrie Jung was great.
I thought Torrie had to steal a game for the Rockets during the final 6 games of the regular season.
Would it be greedy if I asked him to steal another 2?
The penalty kill was great.
While Torrie Jung was the reason the Rockets allowed just a single goal on 9 Blazer chances, the defense did enough to keep the unit to just the one goal from Sasha Golin.
The 16 year-old line of Hood, Bloodoff and McMillan.
These three guys generated a goal of the ugly variety, but it came as the result of good old fashioned hard work after a scramble in front of the Blazers goal.
That line isn’t expected to score, but when they do, it’s an added bonus in a time where everyone is needed to contribute in anyway they can.
Negatives:
Way to many penalties.
The Rockets were guilty of far to many penalties that could have killed them.
Three straight minors within a 7 minute span of the 3rd period with the game tied at 2 could have been their demise.
The Rockets took 3 penalties for interference, plus an additional three for holding.
If you’re going to take a penalty, take it for roughing, but not lazy penalties like we saw last night.
Blazers goaltender Dustin Butler.
Other than a nice save off of Rockets forward Myles MacRae, which would have made it 2-0 early in the first, Butler for my money is scary as the #1 goaltender for the Blazers heading into the playoffs.
His rebound control was sketchy, and as I said, other than the save on MacRae, wasn’t a huge factor in helping his team snap a 6 game road losing streak.
Regan’s Rambling:
Rockets 21 year-old defenseman David Schulz sat this one out with the flu.
The flu bug is biting the Rockets right now, after chopping into veteran d-man Clayton Barthel, who missed both games on the weekend in Prince George.
Who the next victim is, is any ones guess.
Let’s put a shout out to the Prospera Place ice crew for their speedy job in replacing a piece of shattered plexi glass just 5 minutes into last night’s game.
Rockets d-man Tyler Myers clearing attempt saw him fire a puck into the Rockets bench where it shattered the glass, spreading pieces of plexi over the entire bench and in the first 2 rows.
The Prospera ice crew had a new piece in place in 10 minutes, and play resumed.
Had that happened in Seattle or Kamloops, where just one rink attendant is on the job, the delay could have been as much as 25 minutes.
Depth on defense is a good thing, a luxury the Rockets don’t have.
Killing penalty after penalty in the third period had Rockets Assistant Coach Ryan Huska rolling the dice by playing Luke Schenn and Clayton Barthel to the max.
At one point in a 3rd period penalty kill, the Rockets iced the puck to relieve the pressure.
Schenn and Barthel wanted to come off the ice.
Barthel got the go-ahead, but Huska had no choice in his mind but to leave an exhausted Schenn on the ice gasping for air.
The Rockets overtime win was just the 2nd this season in 7 attempts.
The only other O.T win for the Rockets came against which team?
Yes, the Blazers in a 5-4 victory October 3rd when Myles MacRae scoring the game winner.
With the game tied at 2 after 40 minutes, the Rockets looked like a team trying to secure a point, rather than playing for a two point win.
The Rockets took penalty after penalty after penalty, forcing Jung to make several key saves to send the game into overtime.
After playing a cautious 3rd period, the Rockets let it all hang out in o.t.
Colin Joe, who was benched for the entire 3rd period of Saturday’s 7-4 loss in Prince George elected to join the attack, fired the puck out in front of the Blazer net, where Chris Ray jammed at it, and Cody Almond was there to finish it off, leading the Rockets to their 20th win of the season, but more importantly into a tie with Chilliwack for the final playoff spot in the BC division with 5 games to play.
Positives:
Clayton Barthel’s power play goal to open the scoring was one of beauty.
With Almond holding the puck in at the near blue line, Almond threaded the needle hitting Barthel who was sitting back door at the right side of Blazers goaltender Dustin Butler to open the scoring.Of the 8 goals Barthel has scored this season, 6 goals have come against the Blazers.
Torrie Jung was great.
I thought Torrie had to steal a game for the Rockets during the final 6 games of the regular season.
Would it be greedy if I asked him to steal another 2?
The penalty kill was great.
While Torrie Jung was the reason the Rockets allowed just a single goal on 9 Blazer chances, the defense did enough to keep the unit to just the one goal from Sasha Golin.
The 16 year-old line of Hood, Bloodoff and McMillan.
These three guys generated a goal of the ugly variety, but it came as the result of good old fashioned hard work after a scramble in front of the Blazers goal.
That line isn’t expected to score, but when they do, it’s an added bonus in a time where everyone is needed to contribute in anyway they can.
Negatives:
Way to many penalties.
The Rockets were guilty of far to many penalties that could have killed them.
Three straight minors within a 7 minute span of the 3rd period with the game tied at 2 could have been their demise.
The Rockets took 3 penalties for interference, plus an additional three for holding.
If you’re going to take a penalty, take it for roughing, but not lazy penalties like we saw last night.
Blazers goaltender Dustin Butler.
Other than a nice save off of Rockets forward Myles MacRae, which would have made it 2-0 early in the first, Butler for my money is scary as the #1 goaltender for the Blazers heading into the playoffs.
His rebound control was sketchy, and as I said, other than the save on MacRae, wasn’t a huge factor in helping his team snap a 6 game road losing streak.
Regan’s Rambling:
Rockets 21 year-old defenseman David Schulz sat this one out with the flu.
The flu bug is biting the Rockets right now, after chopping into veteran d-man Clayton Barthel, who missed both games on the weekend in Prince George.
Who the next victim is, is any ones guess.
Let’s put a shout out to the Prospera Place ice crew for their speedy job in replacing a piece of shattered plexi glass just 5 minutes into last night’s game.
Rockets d-man Tyler Myers clearing attempt saw him fire a puck into the Rockets bench where it shattered the glass, spreading pieces of plexi over the entire bench and in the first 2 rows.
The Prospera ice crew had a new piece in place in 10 minutes, and play resumed.
Had that happened in Seattle or Kamloops, where just one rink attendant is on the job, the delay could have been as much as 25 minutes.
Depth on defense is a good thing, a luxury the Rockets don’t have.
Killing penalty after penalty in the third period had Rockets Assistant Coach Ryan Huska rolling the dice by playing Luke Schenn and Clayton Barthel to the max.
At one point in a 3rd period penalty kill, the Rockets iced the puck to relieve the pressure.
Schenn and Barthel wanted to come off the ice.
Barthel got the go-ahead, but Huska had no choice in his mind but to leave an exhausted Schenn on the ice gasping for air.
The Rockets overtime win was just the 2nd this season in 7 attempts.
The only other O.T win for the Rockets came against which team?
Yes, the Blazers in a 5-4 victory October 3rd when Myles MacRae scoring the game winner.
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