Game notes vs. Giants

Tonight’s Preview: The Kelowna Rockets take a six game winless streak (0-5-1-0) into tonight’s game with the Vancouver Giants in a rare Thursday night affair. These two teams are meeting for the second time this season after the Rockets earned a 6-3 win back on Oct 1^st. Following tonight’s tilt, the two teams collide again Sunday afternoon (5 PM) at Pacific Coliseum. The Rockets are coming off a three game in three night weekend where they earned just one out of a possible six points. That one point was in a 4-3 overtime loss to the Victoria Royals Saturday night. The club is coming off a 3-2 loss in Kamloops Sunday night. Overall, the Rockets have been out-scored 28-15 in their last six games after winning the first three games of the season.

Home Cook’n: After playing six of their first nine games on the road, eight of the Rockets next ten games will be played at Prospera Place. They include home games ouver, Victoria, Prince George, Kamloops, Red Deer, Edmonton and back-to-back games against visiting Portland. Enjoy this stretch of games at home because after this the Rockets play nine of their final 16 games before Christmas on the road.

This and That: The Rockets have been out-shot in three straight games and five of their last six. The Rockets have also failed to open the scoring in three consecutive games….In their last six games the Rockets have scored just three goals in the third period. The opposition over that same period has scored eight times in the final frame…The Rockets best period during the winless streak has been the first, where the team has scored seven goals….Spencer Main has four goals in nine games this season. Last season it took him 18 games to score his fourth goal of the season….Colton Sissons leads the team in goals scored with six and is on pace to score 48 goals this season…Sissons has worn the ‘C’ on his jersey in all nine regular season games this season, but has not officially been declared the captain by the hockey club ….Shane McColgan earned his 100^th career assist Sunday night in a 3-2 loss in Kamloops….Adam Brown is second – all-time - in games played by a Kelowna Rockets goaltender. Brown has 154 career appearances. The franchise leader is Kevin Swanson, who played in 167 games in 1998-2001…Adam Brown earned his 88^th career win last October 5^th against Tri City. Brown is the franchise leader in that category surpassing Kelly Guard’s 83 career wins…The Rockets were 2-7-0-0 after nine games last season…The Rockets have scored 30 goals in nine games this season after scoring just 23 goals in their first nine games one season ago…The Rockets have allowed thirty-eight goals against in nine games this season after giving up thirty-seven goals in the first nine games last season….Second year forward Jason Siebert will miss the first half of this season after his broken wrist didn’t heal properly. Siebert missed the final 48 regular season games and the playoffs last season. The Abbotsford product was the team’s first overall pick in the 2009 WHL Bantam Draft….The Rockets are playing their 1450^th regular season game tonight and will hit the 15 hundred mark when they host Red Deer on February 18^th…The Rockets are in the midst of playing nine straight games against teams in the BC Division. This is game four of that stretch (0-2-1-0) …Ryan Huska has 161 wins behind the Rockets bench…Brett Bulmer has played six regular season games with the Minnesota Wild, picking up two assist. Bulmer had 18 goals as an 18 year-old forward last season...The Rockets did not lose in overtime on the road last season. In fact, the Rockets were 5 and 0 in overtime road games. The Rockets also won one game in overtime at Prospera Place last season. That winning streak came to an end Saturday night in a 4-3 overtime loss in Victoria.

Who’s Hot: Shane McColgan has a six game point streak (1+6=7) over that period… Colton Sissons has points in six of his last nine games. Sissons has 5+1=6 over that period…Fifteeen year-old Tyson Baillie has points in five of his first nine games. Baillie has 3+3=6 over that period….Cody Chikie has goals in five of his first nine games this season…Adam Brown has started in goal in seven of the first nine games…Jesse Less has points in five of his last seven games.