Tonight’s Preview: The Rockets and Blazers are meeting for the third time this season. The Rockets are 1-1-0-0 having out-scored the Blazers 9-6 in the seasonal series. After tonight’s game these two teams won’t meet again until November 30th in Kelowna. The Rockets are playing the 3rd game of seven straight on the road, and are coming off back-to-back road wins in Prince George by scores of 5-1 and 6-1. Overall the Rockets are riding a six game winning streak, having out-scored the opposition 27-10 over that period. The Rockets have also earned a point in 7 straight games, after a 4-3 shootout loss to Moose Jaw October 27th. The Rockets last loss was oddly enough to the Blazers, in a 5-3 setback October 26th. After tonight’s game the Rockets are in Everett Friday, Portland Saturday and in Vancouver Sunday afternoon for a 5 o’clock game. The Rockets enter tonight’s action with 6 road wins, the exact number of road victories the team recorded one season ago. The Rockets next home game is November 23rd against the Kootenay Ice.
Breaking It Down vs. Blazers: The Rockets have out-shot the Blazers 62-39 in the first two games of the seasonal series. That includes 32-13 in the last meeting on October 30th. The Rockets are 2 for 13 with the man advantage in the seasonal series (15.4%) while Kamloops is 2 for 10 (20%) with the extra man. Kristofer Westblom has started both games in goal against the Blazers this season.
Seasonal Series Scoring:
Period: 1 2 3 Total
Rockets: 3 3 3 9
Blazers: 1 4 1 6
Red Hot Rockets:
Tyson Barrie: 1+4=5 in last 2 games Colin Long: 6 game pt streak 2+7=9
Cody Almond: 7 game pt streak 4+9=13 Brandon McMillan: 1+6=7 in his last 7 games
Jamie Benn: 3+2=5 in last 5 games Kyle St. Denis: 4+2=6 in last 6 games
Lucas Bloodoff: Goals in 5 of last 7 games (7 goals over that period)
*The Rockets are 9 for 32 on the power play in their last 5 games – or 28%.*
Rockets Milestones:
Luke Schenn played in his 150th WHL game Saturday in Prince George.
James McEwan plays in his 190th WHL game tonight.
Brady Leavold plays in his 149th game tonight.
Kristofer Westblom played in his 100th WHL game Friday in Prince George.
Lucas Bloodoff is playing in his 90th WHL game tonight.
Colin Long is 4 points shy of the 28 he recorded all of last season.
Broadcasters Bits: The Rockets have scored 68 goals this season. That’s 26 more goals than the team scored after responding 42 times after 20 games a year ago…The Rockets were held to a goal or less in 11 of their first twenty games a year ago…The Rockets have out-shot the opposition in 8 of their last 9 games. The Rockets have also out-shot their opponent in six straight games…Rockets goaltender Kristofer Westblom has started five of the team’s last six games, posting a record of 5-0. Oddly enough Westblom has been in goal in 9 of the Rockets 11 wins this season…Colin Long has been held off the score-sheet in just four of the teams first 20 games this season, while Cody Almond has been held off the score-sheet just five times this season…Rockets defenseman Luke Schenn will represent the WHL against a touring team from Russia during the ADT Canada-Russia Challenge later this month in Medicine Hat and Cranbrook… The Rockets have points in 5 straight home games (4-0-0-1), having outscored the opposition 17-10 over that period…The Rockets are riding a three game road winning streak…The Rockets have given up a power play goal in 17 of the 20 games they’ve played this season…The Rockets have been involved in a one goal game in 8 of their first 11 home games. The Rockets are 3-3-1-1 in those one goal contests…The Rockets have been involved in eleven – one goal games this season, including eight of their last 12 games overall…The Rockets all-time are 8 and 8 in the shootout…The Rockets record after twenty games this season is 11-7-1-1, which is good for 24 points. Last season after twenty games the Rockets record was 6-12-0-2, which was good for 14 points.
Rockets Schedule - Next 5 Games: Rockets Results - Last 5 Games:
Nov 16 @ Everett Rockets 3 Bruins 2 OTW
Nov 17 @ Portland Rockets 4 Bruins 3 W
Nov 18 @ Vancouver Rockets 3 Rebels 2 W
Nov 21 @ Tri City Rockets 5 Prince George 1 W
Nov 23 vs. Kootenay Rockets 6 Prince George 1 W
Rockets Players by Province: BC=13 US=4 ALB=3 SASK=2 MAN=1 EURO=1 Total=24
Rockets Season Highs and Lows:
Most Goals Scored: 6 @ PG Nov 10/07 (6-1 W), vs. Blazers Oct 30th (6-1 W)
Most Goals Allowed: 6
Most Power Play Chances: 9 @ PG Nov 10/07 (6-1 W – 4/9) vs. Warriors Oct 27/07. Rockets were 0/9 losing 4-3 in shootout.
Most Power Play Goals Scored: 4 @ PG Nov 10/07 (6-1 W)
Most Power Play Goals Allowed: 4 @ Everett Sept 29/07
Most Shots Taken: 37
Fewest Shots Taken: 9 @ Vancouver Sept 29/07 (5-0L)
Most Shot Allowed: 48 @ Vancouver Sept 30/07
Fewest Shots Allowed: 13 vs. Blazers Oct 30/07 (6-1 W)
Last Shutout: - Kristofer Westblom 28 saves vs. Calgary (5-0 W)
Last Time Shutout: - @ Vancouver Sept 29/07 – Sexsmith 9 saves (5-0 L)
Penalty Shots: Torrie Jung stopped Michal Repik in the 3rd period of a 5-0 loss Sept 29/07.
Overtime Winning Goal: Jamie Benn scored at 1:07 of overtime Nov 2/07 in a 3-2 win over Chilliwack.
Shootout Game Winning Goals: Dylan Hood scores in a 4-3 win in Seattle October 6/07. Colin Long scored the game winner in a 2-1 win over Vancouver October 24th.
Rockets vs. Divisions:
vs. BC: 7-3-0-0 vs. US: 2-4-1-0
vs. Central: 2-0-0-0 vs. East: 0-0-0-1
Roster Stats:
Player total: 24
Year by Year Breakdown:
20’s – 3 Westblom, McEwan, Leavold
19’s – 3 Dowzak, MacRae, Joe
18’s – 8 Long, Kytnar, Brusciano, L. Bloodoff, Jung, Schenn, Almond, Benn
17’s – 6 St. Denis, E. Bloodoff, McIntosh, Myers, McMillan, Hood
16’s – 4 Bowman, Barrie, Paradis, Verdino
Average Age: 17.8
Rookies – 7
Record by Month:
Month Games Record Home Road
September: 4 1-2-1-0 0-1-1-0 1-1-0-0
October: 11 5-5-0-1 3-3-0-1 2-2-0-0
November: 13 5-0-0-0 2-0-0-0 3-0-0-0
December: 12 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0
January: 13 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0
February: 11 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0
NHL Draft Picks-Training Camp Attendees: Jamie Benn (Dallas 07), Torrie Jung (Tampa Bay 07), Cody Almond (Minnesota 07), Milan Kytnar (Oilers 07), Tysen Dowzak (Tryout Philadelphia).
Game Notes Compiled by Regan Bartel (AM 1150)
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