- You would be hard pressed to find many players across the Western Hockey League enthused about playing at the CN Centre in Prince George, but Kelowna Rockets rookie forward Brett Bulmer is one of them. After being named the first star in a 4-1 win Friday night over the Cougars, thanks to a two assist effort, the 17 year-old scored twice Saturday night in a rematch as the Rockets earned a 6-2 victory. Bulmer finished the weekend with four points in the two games. Unfortunately for the Prince George resident, he will have to wait until next season before taking to the ice again at the CN Centre.
- Shane McColgan 1+2=3, Brandon McMillan 1+2=3 and Collin Bowman 0+3=3 all had strong outings for the Rockets, who out-scored the Cougars 10-3 over the two games.
- Bowman's three assists was a career high for the 18 year-old d-man, who was also a +3 in the game and a +5 over the weekend.
- Defenceman Tyson Barrie collected two assists moving him past Mike Card and into sole possession of second place all time in scoring by a Rockets defencemen. Barrie now has 148 career points.
- McColgan's three point effort was his 14th multiple point game of his career.
- Dallas Jackson and Brandon McMillan each scored their 13th goals of the season Saturday night.
- Scoring by committee. The Rockets now have 9 players with 10 or more goals this season. Tyson Barrie and Lucas Bloodoff are next to join that group. Both players have 9 goals this season.
- The Rockets 6 goal outburst marked the 4th time this season they have scored six or more goals in a game on the road.
- Last season the Rockets also won both games of a double header in Prince George. The Rockets were a 7-3 winner Nov 21/08 before recording a 6-2 victory Nov 22nd.
- Forward Geordie Wudrick returned to the lineup after missing 11 games with a shoulder injury. Wudrick earned an assist on McMillan's third period goal.
- Adam Brown earned the win in goal for a second straight night.
- The Rockets are now 10 points up on Seattle for 8th place in the Western Conference and are now just 5 points back of 7th place Kamloops.
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Rockets take 2 steps forward
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Who is the number one all time scoring defenceman ? My first guess would be Tomas Slovak
Just what the Doc. orderded, the lowly Courgars!! Let's hope this kick starts the boys & they go on a nice winning streak! Hey Regan I just read where James Wright is being returned to the Giants from Tampa. I thought they had to return him after he played his 10 games or he couldn't come back. Something smells kinda fishy here doesn't it? Please explain how this works?
Josh Gorges is the franchise leader in points by a defenceman, Gorges played four seasons here, Slovak just two.
Is Slovak the single season leader for a defenceman ?? I think he had over 70 points one year
The team can return him to junior at any time, but once he plays his 10th game in the NHL the first year of his contract kicks in. So Wright is being paid a first year NHL salary to play the rest of the season in Vancouver with the Giants. I think it's safe to say he's buying dinner!
Correct. 18+53=71 in 2002-2003.
Barrie is just 21 points shy with 22 games to play.
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