Game Six Game Notes

Tonight’s Preview: The Kelowna Rockets and Tri City Americans are meeting in game six of a seven game Western Conference semi final series. The Rockets lead the series three games to two. After losing the first two games of the series, the Rockets have won three in a row. If a game seven is necessary, it will be played Tuesday night at the Toyota Center in Kennewick Washington. In the first five games the Rockets have out-scored the Americans 21-14. The Americans have out-shot the Rockets in three of the five games though. Overall the Rockets have out-shot the Americans 150-144. The Rockets are 10 for 24 (42%) on the power play in the series while the Americans are 5 for 28 (17.9%) with the extra man. The home team has won four of the five games in this series. Three of the five games have been decided by a single goal.

Scoring By Period:

1 2 3 OT Total

Rockets: 6 7 7 1 21

Americans: 1 4 9 0 14

Interesting Data: The Rockets have scored the opening goal in all five games. Lucas Bloodoff (twice), Jamie Benn and Mikael Backlund (twice) have opened the scoring…. Fifteen (15) power play goals have been scored in the first five games. A total of 35 goals have been scored by the two teams…The Rockets are now 2 and 0 in overtime in the playoffs. Jamie Benn’s overtime winner in game four came on the heels of Cody Almond’s exploits in game three against Kamloops. In the bigger picture, the Rockets have won three straight games in overtime, including Lucas Bloodoff’s game winner against Seattle in an opening round series in 2007…. Colin Long snapped a seven game goal scoring drought in game five with an empty netter. It was his first goal since scoring in game one of an opening round series against Kamloops…The Rockets have scored ten power play goals in this series as compared to the Americans 5…The Rockets have 11 even strength goals while the Am’s have 9…The Rockets last experience in a game six came last season when Lucas Bloodoff scored in overtime leading the Rockets to a 4-3 win over Seattle. That game was also played at Prospera Place.

Game One Recap: Taylor Procyshen’s power play goal at the 18:07 mark of the third period stood up as the game winner leading the Tri City Americans to a 4-3 win over the Rockets Friday night. Two of the Americans four goals were scored on the power play. Evan Bloodoff, Lucas Bloodoff and Tyson Barrie scored goals in a losing cause, as the Rockets went 1 for 3 on the power play. The Am’s were 2 for 5 with the extra man. The Americans out-shot the Rockets 39-26, including 18-5 in the third period.

Game Two Recap: Taylor Procyshen scored the game winning goal at the 17:17 mark of the third period leading the Americans to a 3-2 win. The Rockets built up a 2-0 lead after 40 minutes on goals by Jamie Benn and Cody Almond. The Americans out-shot the Rockets 34-26. Kelowna was 1 for 3 on the power play while Tri City was 1 for 5 with the extra man. Mark Guggenberger took the loss in goal making 31 saves.

Game Three Recap: Jamie Benn scored once and added three assists leading the Rockets to a 7-2 win. Cody Almond and Tyler Myers each chipped in with a goal and two assists, as the Rockets out-shot the Americans 35-16. Kelowna was 4 for 9 on the power play while the Americans were 1 for 7.

Game Four Recap: Jamie Benn’s power play goal at the 12:52 mark of overtime lifted the Kelowna Rockets to a 4-3 win over the Tri City Americans. Benn’s goal came after Tyler Myers tied the game at 3 with a power play goal at the 6:37 mark of the third period. Mikael Backlund and Cody Almond also scored in the win. The Rockets out-shot the Americans 38-29. The Rockets were 3 for 5 on the power play while the Americans were 1 for 4 with the extra man.

Game Five Recap: Stepan Novotny scored the game winner on the power play in the second period, leading the Rockets to a 5-2 win Friday night. Lucas Bloodoff, Ian Duval, Mikael Backlund and Colin Long also scored in the win. The Rockets were 1 for 4 on the power play while the Americans were 0 for 7. Mark Guggenberger made 35 saves in the win. The Americans out-shot the Rockets 26-25.

What Happened In Round One: The Rockets eliminated the Kamloops Blazers in four straight games in the opening round. Overall the Rockets out-scored the Blazers 17-8 in the four games. Jamie Benn led the Rockets with ten points in the series (3+7=10), while Cody Almond, Tyson Barrie, and Tyler Myers each had five points apiece. Mark Guggenberger started in all four games, going 4-0-0-0, with a goals against average of 1.91.

The Streak Continues: Jamie Benn has 33 career playoff points in just 16 games. Benn has 9+24=33. What’s most impressive is Benn has a point in every playoff game he’s been involved in. Benn is riding a 16 game point streak in the playoffs dating back to last season.