Tonight’s Preview: The Rockets are back on home ice for the first time since February 19th. The Rockets have returned from a five game road trip, which saw the team put on just over 39 hundred kilometers. Over that road trip the Rockets were 1-3-0-1, with the only win coming in a 4-0 victory in Edmonton Friday night. Now with six games left in the regular season, four of those six games will be played on home ice. Tonight the Rockets open a three game home stand with a date against the Spokane Chiefs. It is the third of four meetings between the two teams this season. The Rockets are 0-2-0-0, having lost 4-3 (Oct 30th) and 1-0 (Nov 15). The seasonal series concludes March 9th in Spokane. Overall the Rockets have just one regulation win in their last seven games (1-4-0-2), having been out-scored 19-14 over that period. Despite that dismal statistic, the Rockets have points in 14 of their last 19 games (12-5-0-2). The Rockets have only been out-shot four times in their last 18 games.
Fire power problems in February: It was a rough month for the Rockets when it came to scoring goals. The Rockets scored just 28 goals in 12 games in February (2.33). The Rockets have scored just 11 goals in the last six games (1.83). The reason? The Rockets power play is 1 for 30 in the last six games (3%). The team has just one power play goal in their last six games.
Who’s Hot – Who’s Not: Since returning from the WJHC, Brandon McMillan has 8+15=23 in 22 games…McMillan has 17 goals this season. When he scores the Rockets win 88% of the time. The Rockets have lost just twice when the 19 year-old scores...Adam Brown was superb in February. Brown started nine games, helping his team earn a point in six of them. Brown’s goals-against-average was 2.27, with an impressive .917 save percentage… Tyson Barrie has seven points (3+4=7) in his last twelve games….Brandon McMillan has 4+9=13 in his last twelve games and is riding a four game point streak (2+3=5)….McMillan now has 152 career assists….Barrie has 126 career assists….Adam Brown has started fifteen of the teams last nineteen games.…Adam Brown is 9-3-0-4 in his last sixteen starts…Shane McColgan has points in nine of his last fourteen (5+6=11)…Just eight of McColgan’s 24 goals this season have been scored on home ice…The Rockets have allowed just seven power play goals against in their last fifteen games…The win Friday in Edmonton was the team’s 30th. It marks the 15th time in franchise history the Rockets have recorded 30 or more wins in a season….Dallas Jackson has 3+8=11 in 13 games since being acquired at the trade deadline. Geordie Wudrick has 15+12=27 in 32 games with the Rockets since he was acquired from Swift Current in November….The Rockets have played 21 games since the trade deadline. The Rockets have a point in 15 of those 21 games and are 11-6-0-4 over that period… The Rockets are 5 and 4 in the shootout this season. The Rockets only shootout losses have come against Kamloops, Portland, Chilliwack and Lethbridge. Adam Brown has been in goal for all four shootout losses…
Game Day Tidbits: Shane McColgan is attempting to win the WHL rookie scoring title. The last time a Rockets player led the league in scoring as a rookie was in 1996-97, when Scott King collected 97 points (40+57=97)….The Rockets are 6 and 6 in situations that feature three games in three nights….The Rockets have lost 30 times this season. Last season the Rockets lost just 21 times….Tyson Barrie is tied with Kevin Connauton of the Vancouver Giants for the WHL scoring lead by defencemen with 64 points.…The Rockets have been involved in twenty-nine (29) one goal games this season. The Rockets are 14-10-2-3 in those twenty-nine games…Tyson Barrie leads the team with 9 power play goals….Tyson Barrie has a team high 49 assists, 9 more than he had all of last season…McColgan is tied with Giants d-man Kevin Connauton for the WHL scoring lead among rookies….Ryan Huska recorded his 100th regular season victory December 4th against Edmonton…Defenceman Mitchell Chapman and forward Brett Bulmer are rated by NHL Central Scouting for this summers draft in Los Angeles. Chapman is rated 151st while Bulmer is ranked 164th among North American born skaters…The Rockets have 4 home games and 2 road games left for a total of 6. Of those six games, 3 are against American based teams and three against BC Division rivals….Brandon McMillan collected his 100th career assist vs. Edmonton on February 3rd…The Rockets have twelve players with 10 or more goals. Last season the Rockets had 12 players with 10 or more goals…Geordie Wudrick is 4 for 4 in shootouts.
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