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Tonight’s Preview: The Kelowna Rockets open the month of November with a home date with the visiting Prince George Cougars. The Rockets play 11 games during the month, with seven of those at home. The only four road games are in Spokane (November 9th), Kamloops (November 11th), Seattle (November 22nd) before traveling to Tri City (November 23rd). Tonight’s game is the start of three consecutive at Prospera Place, which includes a home date with visiting Victoria Wednesday and Medicine Hat next Saturday. This is fourth meeting of the season between the Rockets and Cougars. The Rockets are 2-1-0-0, with all three games in Prince George. The Rockets have won by scores of 2-1 and 4-2 before losing 4-1. Nolan Foote has 2+2=4 in three games against the Cougars while Pavel Novak has 2+1=3 in the three games. Roman Basran has played in all three games, posting a goals against average 1.68 and a save percentage .946….Liam Kindree and Carson Sass lead the team with +6 ratings.
· Sign here please: Dillon Hamaliuk signed an entry level
contract with the San Jose Sharks October 25th. Hamaliuk was chosen
in the 2nd round by the Sharks in June’s NHL Draft. The 19 year-old
joins Nolan Foote, who was signed by Tampa Bay back on June 25th.
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Nolan Named Captain: Nolan Foote was named the 25th
captain in franchise history (Tacoma+Kelowna) October 18th. Foote joins brother
Cal, who captained the Rockets during the 2017-2018 season. Both are first
round selections of the NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning too. The Rockets selected
Foote in the second round, 42nd overall in the 2015 WHL Bantam
Draft. This is Foote’s fourth and likely final season in the WHL.
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Who’s
Hot: Forward Pavel Novak has 6+9=15 in 14
games. Novak has six goals in his last 11 games and has points in seven of his
last ten games…Kaedan Korczak has 0+5=5 in his last five games and has points
in four of his last five….Liam Kindree has 2+3=5 in his last seven games…Kyle Topping
has points in 8 of the 14 games he has played this season…Nolan Foote has 7
goals in his last eight games and has 12 multiple goal games over his
career...Nolan Foote leads the team in shots on goal with 44…Roman Basran has
an impressive stat line with a goals against average of 2.66 and a save
percentage of .912.
· Broadcasters
Notebook: Sixteen year-old rookie Elias Carmichael
earned his first career points, two assists Tuesday night in a 4-3 shootout
loss in Victoria….….Equipment Manager Chaydyn Johnson is a member of the
off-ice staff for the World Under 17 Hockey Challenge in Medicine Hat and Swift
Current, November 2nd to 9th. Johnson is behind the bench
of Team Red ….Nolan Foote, Dillon Hamaliuk and Kaedan Korczak have been named
to Team WHL for the upcoming Canada-Russia Series later this month. Those three
will compete in two games against the touring Russian Selects in games in
Prince Albert and Saskatoon…Pavel Novak is a ‘C’ prospect for next June’s NHL
Draft. Those rankings released by NHL Central Scouting. A ‘C’ prospect is
regarded as a player selected between the 5th and 7th round. The
2020 NHL Entry Draft will be held in Montreal…The Rockets are 8-4-1-1 after 14 games
this season. The team was 4-10-0-0 after 14 games last season ….Kyle Topping played
in his 200th career WHL game October 4th in Prince
George….Roman Basran has started in 11 of 14 games this season…The Rockets are 3-4-1-1 in 9 attempts against BC Division
teams this season, with two wins over Prince George and a victory over the
Victoria Royals.
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