Tonight’s Preview: The
Kelowna Rockets play game two of a five game home stand tonight when they host
the Red Deer Rebels. This is the second meeting of the season between the
two teams. The Rockets were a 6-2 winner back on November 28th. The Rockets do not make a visit to Red Deer in 2013-2014. These two
teams played three times last season – twice in Red Deer and once in Kelowna.
The Rockets were a 3-1 and 6-1 winner in the Central Alberta city and earned an
8-1 win at Prospera Place on November 9, 2013. The Rockets are coming off a 7-3
win over the Kamloops Blazers Saturday night. Myles Bell had a record tying 6
point game (4+2=6) in the teams’ 42nd win of the
season. The Rockets enter
tonight’s game having won 26 of their last 31 games overall and 35 of their
last 41 games. Five of the Rockets next seven games are on home ice. The
Rockets host Edmonton Friday and Victoria Saturday night.
Bell`s 6 Point Game: Leading
scorer Myles Bell`s six point game Saturday tied a franchise record. Jamie Benn
also had 6 points (2+4=6). Several players have recorded five point games,
including teammate Damon Severson, who had five assists two seasons ago. A
Tacoma Rockets player may have recorded six or more points in a game but that
information is unavailable.
Who’s Hot: The power
play is 7 for 13 in its last three games…Rourke
Chartier has 7+8=15 in his last twelve games…Damon Severson has 2+8=10 in his
last twelve games…Myles Bell has 14 goals in his last fourteen games and has eight
– two goal games this season…Madison
Bowey has 2+7=9 in his last eleven games…The Rockets are 39-4-0-3 in their last
46 home games dating back to last season.
This and That: Myles
Bell is the WHL Player of the Week. Bell had 6+3=9 in three games last week.
Bell was also named POW from December 30th to January 5th….Rourke
Chartier has been named a game star in five of the last 11 games….Mitch Wheaton
turns 19 tomorrow…Cole Martin is +95 over the last two seasons…Riley Stadel had
7 goals in his first nine games. The 17 year-old has three goals in his last 34
games….Myles Bell had 11 goals in January. Ryan Olsen had 7 goals in January.
Rourke Chartier has 6 goals…The Rockets have 20 games left in the regular
season. Twelve are on home ice with 8 on the road…The Rockets are in their
longest home stand of the season which consists of five consecutive games….The
Rockets have scored six or more goals eight times on home ice this season… The
Rockets are 14-2-0-0 in the second game when facing back-to-back scenarios this
season….The team has been rated as the best team in the CHL according to the
Top 10 junior rankings for five consecutive weeks….Six alumni of the Rockets’
will play for their respective countries at the Sochi Olympics. Jamie Benn,
Shea Weber and Duncan Keith will wear colours for Canada. Alex Edler (Sweden),
Lauris Darzins ( Latvia) and Thomas Raffl (Austria) will also compete…After losing two of his first three games,
Jackson Whistle has won eleven of his last twelve games….The
Rockets have played in six shootout games this season and are 4 and 3. Three of
the four shootout wins have come on the road in Victoria, Prince George and
Seattle…Jordon Cooke is 39-5-0-2 at home in last 46 starts at home dating back
to last season…The Rockets have scored 4 or more goals in 22 of their 29 road
games this season.
Milestone
Makers:
Myles Bell recorded
his 100th career goal and 250th career point January 25th
vs. Lethbridge.
Ryan Huska, according
to HockeyDB, has 285 WHL regular season victories.
Carter Rigby is
playing in his 148th WHL game tonight – 3 shy of 150.
Ryan Olsen played in
his 250th career game January 24th vs. Medicine Hat.
Madison Bowey has 98
career points.
Rockets
Three Star Leaders:
1st Star 2nd
Star 3rd Star Total
Madison Bowey: 7 3 0 10
Jordon Cooke: 6 0 4 10
Myles Bell: 5 3 1 9
Tyson Baillie: 4 2 3 9
Nick Merkley: 1 4 3 8
Jackson Whistle: 1 5 2 8
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