It's time to rally

It's time to put on your rally caps....or in hockey, your rally helmets.
The Kelowna Rockets have no choice.
Playoff elimination stares them squarely in the face in their best of seven series with the Tri City Americans.
Win and you live another day. Lose and your season is over.
It's that simple.
This is nothing new to a Rockets team, who faced playoff elimination squarely in the face twice in an opening round playoff series with Everett and beat the odds, not once, but twice.
The Rockets beat the Tips in game six before earning a one goal victory in game seven to solidify a date with the Tri City Americans in round two.
Looking at winning the next three games against the Americans is simply too daunting though. You have to take the approach of playing one game at a time.
In practical terms, look at any experienced mountaineer who has eventually reached the summit of Mount Everest.
The successful climbers of Everest don't look at the final goal as they begin to tackle the highest mountain on earth. Instead they strategically stop along the way as they make the ascent. Called stages, they hike to a certain point, and after accomplishing that feat, they indeed find themselves a step closer to reaching the final destination, the top of the mountain.
This approach has successfully enabled over 27 hundred explorers to conquer the highest distance above sea level.
The Rockets need to take that same approach in their playoff series with the Americans.
The ascent officially begins tonight for the Rockets at the Toyota Center.