Tonight’s Preview: The
Kelowna Rockets have won ten of their last twelve games heading into a date
with the Tri City Americans tonight at Prospera Place. This is fourth and final
meeting of the season between the two teams’. The Rockets are 3-0-0-0 having
out-scored the U.S Division rivals 13-5. These two teams could meet in the
opening round of the playoffs. They last met in 2009 in round two with the
Rockets winning in six games. These two teams also met in 2004 with the Rockets
again eliminating the Americans in six games. With five games left in the
regular season, the team faces Tri City tonight, host Victoria Tuesday, are in
Kamloops Wednesday before closing out the regular season with a home and home
series with the Vancouver Giants this weekend. The Rockets are coming off a 3-1
win over the Spokane Chiefs Wednesday night for their 53rd win of
the season.
Oh, What a Night: The
Kelowna Rockets set a new franchise record for wins (53) and points (110) in a
season following a 3-1 victory Wednesday night over the Spokane Chiefs. The 53
wins break the old mark of 52 set just last season. The 110 points also snaps
the old mark of 109 set by the 2002-2003 club. Here is a list of the top team
records over the years.
2013-2014: 53 wins
2012-2013:
52 wins
2002-2003:
51 wins
2008-2009:
47 wins
2003-2004:
47 wins
Who’s Hot: Nick
Merkley has points in nine of his last ten games. Merkley has 8+5=13 over that
period. Marek Tvrdon has 15 points in his last thirteen games (6+9=15). Damon Severson has points in twelve of
his last 16 games…Myles Bell has points in 7 of his last 9 games. The 20
year-old has 3+5=8 over that period….The Rockets are 46-5-0-4 in their last 55
home games dating back to last season. Rourke Chartier has 2+5=7 in his last
seven games…Chartier has 30 points in his last 31 games.
Better than before: Several
players are enjoying career seasons. Madison Bowey has 24 more points than he
had last season. Bowey has 5 more goals and 19 more assists…Damon Severson has
58 points, 6 more than a season prior. Severson has 14+44=58…Rourke Chartier
has 21 more points than a year ago. Chartier has scored 8 more goals and 13
more points than in 2012-2013…Tyrell Goulbourne has 8 more points than last
season including two more goals. Surprisingly the 19 year-old has 33 fewer
penalty minutes.
This and That: For the
first time in franchise history the Kelowna Rockets are enjoying back-to-back
50 wins seasons….With two road games left in the regular season the hockey club
can tie the WHL record for road wins if they win their remaining two games. The
Rockets have 27 road wins while the league record is 29 wins on opposition
ice. …Myles Bell became the first
player since Geordie Wudrick to score 40 or more goals in a season. Wudrick had
43 in 2010-2011….The Rockets have six more wins on the road than the 21 they
had all of last season…Of Myles Bell’s 41 goals this season, 22 have been
scored on the road with 19 coming on home ice…The Rockets are 9-6-0-0 in their
last 15 road games…The Rockets are 8-1-0-2 in their last 11 home games and have
won six straight…The Rockets are 20-5-0-2 since the WHL trade deadline.…The
Rockets have been involved in 10-one goal games on home ice this season…Cole
Martin is +103 over the last two seasons…The Rockets have 5 games left in the
regular season. Three are on home ice with two on the road…The Rockets have
scored six or more goals eleven times on home ice this season… The Rockets are
17-4-0-0 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 a 10th consecutive week….After losing two of his first three games, Jackson Whistle has won fifteen
of his last seventeen games…The Rockets have played in 9 shootout games
this season and are 5 and 4. Four of the five shootout wins have come on the
road in Tri City, Victoria, Prince George and Seattle…Jordon Cooke is 44-6-0-3
at home in last 53 starts at home dating back to last season…The Rockets have
scored 4 or more goals in 24 of their 34 road games this season…In 8 of the
Rockets 10 regulation losses this season, leading scorer Myles Bell has failed
to score…Bell is tied for the league lead in game winning goals with 9….Bell
has just 23 power play points. That translates into 51 of his points coming
even strength…Bell has points in 13 of his last 17 games…Two birthdays in
March. Cole Martin will turn 20 on March 15th. Ryan Olsen will turn
20 on March 25th..
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