Wudrick is money in the shootout

• Good morning from Calgary. The Rockets continue a five game road trip tonight with a 3 hour drive north to Edmonton. The Oil Kings and Rockets are meeting for the third time this season, with the Rockets winning both games, one by just a single goal. These two teams last met in early February with the Rockets using a shootout in a 5-4 win.
• Veteran forward Geordie Wudrick should be excited to play against the Oil Kings tonight. Wudrick has been named the games first star in the previous two meetings. The reason? Wudrick has two-two goal games against the Oil Kings this season.
• Speaking of Wudrick, did you know he is 4 for 4 in shootouts this season. The 19 year-old is money in the bank when it comes to one-on-one situations with the goaltender. Tyson Barrie and Shane McColgan have each received the most chances in the shootout, having been selected 8 times. Barrie has scored twice on 8 chances for a success rate of 25 percent while McColgan has also scored two goals on eight tries. Outside of Wudrick, Barrie and McColgan, the only other player to score a shootout goal is Cody Chikie. Overall the Rockets have been involved in 9 shootout games this season.
• The Rockets have not scored a power play goal in their last four games. The Rockets are 0 for 14 over that period.
• The Rockets face an Oil Kings team that is riding a season high four game winning streak. If you think tonight's game against this non-playoff team is going to be easy, think again.
• It's not often two WHL teams meet that have a 16 year-old rookie leading their team in scoring. That's the case as Shane McColgan brings his 64 points into tonight's game against Michael St. Croix, who has 39 points in his first year in the WHL. St. Croix has 12 points (5+7=12 ) in the month of February. McColgan has 3+4=7 during the month.
• Brandon McMillan is the hottest Rocket when it comes to offensive production in February. McMillan has 10 points in 8 games during the month. McMcMillan lead the team with eight assists during the month. Geordie Wudrick leads the team in goals with six in February and has 8 points. Shane McColgan and Brett Bulmer are third when it comes to top performers during the month. McColgan has 3+4=7 while Bulmer has 1+6=7. Tyson Barrie has 3+3=6. Mitchell Callahan has 2+2=4 in 10 games in February.
• It's only by coincidence, but it's interesting to see that the Rockets have given up exactly three goals in each of their last four road games. Score more than three and you win. They did against Kamloops February 12th and won 5-3.
• This statistic snuck up on me. The Rockets have allowed 20 goals in their last nine road game. The team is allowing on average just 2.2 goals against over those nine games. Impressive to say the least.
• Get ready to hand out the Gravol. When the Rockets return to Kelowna early Sunday morning, they will have traveled 3,912 kilometers over the last nine days. What does over 39 hundred kilometers mean? It's like the Rockets busing from Kelowna to Ottawa, Ontario. The mileage there (according to google map) is 4,081 kilometers. The Rockets are just shy of that.