Tonight’s
Preview: The
Kelowna Rockets play their 5th home game of the season tonight when
they welcome the Brandon Wheat Kings. This is the one and only meeting of the
season between the two teams. In their last visit, October 26/2010, Mark Stone
scored once and added an assist in a 3-1 win. Shane McColgan scored the lone
goal in a losing cause. Neither of those players are with those two teams. Last
season, in Brandon, the Wheat Kings earning a 5-3 win. Colton Sissons scored
twice while Carter Rigby added his 9th of the season in a losing
cause. Following tonight’s game, the Rockets head out on a Central Division
road trip which starts Wednesday in Medicine Hat. The trip includes stops in
Red Deer, Edmonton and Calgary. Overall, the Rockets have won four of their
last seven games. The Rockets next home game is November 1st against
the visiting Kamloops Blazers.
This and That: In the
Rockets 5 wins this season, Myles Bell has earned 15 points (6+9=15). Of the 25
goals scored by the team, Bell has been in on 15 of them or 60 percent…Bell has
8+11=19 after 11 games this season. Last season after 11 games, Bell had
4+7=11….Colton Sissons is a +8 in the month of October. The Rockets captain has
6+5=11 in October after going scoreless in four games in September. Sissons
leads the Rockets in +/- with a +9…Ryan Olsen is serving game two of a three
game suspension for a high hit against Victoria last Saturday. Olsen leads the
team in power play goals with three. Last season Colton Sissons led the team in
power play goals with 13…Dylen McKinlay has a five game point streak. McKinlay
has 2+6=8 in his last five games…Myles Bell has 7+15=17 in his last eight games….Colton
Sissons has the longest point streak of any Rockets player this season (6)…The
Rockets are 5-5-0-1 after eleven games this season. They were 4-6-0-1 after eleven
games last season…Five of the Rockets first eleven games have been decided by a
single goal….The Rockets were involved in a whopping 37-one goal games last
season…In November the team plays eight of 11 games on home ice…Dylen McKinlay
has four multiple point games this season and has twelve points in his last eight
games (3+9=12)…Zach Franko has missed the last two game with an undisclosed
injury. Franko was hurt last Friday in Victoria, snapping his consecutive game
streak at 153 straight regular season games…Did you know that Kelowna Rockets
defenceman Damon Severson was born in Brandon? While he was raised in Melville
Saskatchewan, the 18 year-old was born in the Manitoba city… Tyrell Goulbourne,
J.T Barnett and rookie Austin Glover are the only three skaters that have
failed to find the score sheet this season…The Rockets have scored 20 goals in
their last five games. Bell (4), Sissons and Chartier (3 each), Franko,
Severson and McKinlay (2 each) and Lees and Nyberg (1 each) lead the way.
Rockets Prospects
Recognized: Two prospects with the Kelowna Rockets will participate
in the upcoming Western Canada U-16 Challenge Cup. Nick Merkley will play for
Team Alberta while Joe Gatenby will suit up for Team BC. Merkley was the
Rockets 1st round pick in the 2012 WHL bantam draft while Gatenby
was taken in the second round. The U-16 Challenge Cup takes place Nov 1st
to 4th in Calgary.
Milestone
Makers:
Zach Franko played in
his 150th career game October 5/12 in Prince George.
Dylen McKinlay played
in his 250th career WHL regular season game September 22/2012
Ryan Olsen is five games
shy of 150 for his career. This is game #146 tonight.
Myles Bell played in
his 200th career WHL game Thursday against Prince George.
J.T Barnett has
scored 46 career WHL goals.
Colton Sissons has 96
career points.
Three Stars 1st 2nd 3rd
Jordon Cooke: 3 1
Colton Sissons: 1 1
Madison Bowey: 1
Zach Franko: 1 1
Myles Bell: 1 2 1
Rourke Chartier:
1
Dylen McKinlay 1 1
Damon Severson
1
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