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Game Day Preview: The Kelowna Rockets play
game two of a four game home stand against the visiting Prince George Cougars.
The Rockets are 4-0-0-0 in the eight game seasonal series, winning by scores of
7-6 in overtime, 4-3 in overtime, 4-2 and 5-3. These two teams haven’t seen
each other since November 29th. Dillon Dube has 3+8=11 in 4 games
while Carsen Twarynski has 5+4=9. James Porter Junior has played in three of
the four games. The Rockets are 11-3-0-0 in their last 14 regular season
meetings between the Cougars. The Rockets are coming off a 3-2 shootout loss
Saturday night to the visiting Edmonton Oil Kings. Cal Foote and Braydyn Chizen
each scored once in the loss. Overall, the Rockets have points in 19 of their
last 27 games (16-8-2-1). The Rockets host Seattle Friday night at Prospera
Place before welcoming Kamloops Saturday night. The Rockets visit the Cougars
for a double header February 27th and February 28th
before the Cougars are back here March 14th.
Deadline Ringers: Since the WHL trade
deadline, January 10th, this is how the Rockets top players have
performed. Cal Foote and Kole Lind each have 26 points. Kind has 11+15=26 while
Foote has 9+17=26. Dillon Dube has 9+11=20 while Leif Mattson has 7+12=19. Carsen
Twarynski has 8+7=15 since trades were consummated.
Broadcasters Notebook:
With
13 games left in the regular season, 8 of the 13 will be played on home ice.
The only five road games are in Kamloops, Prince George (twice), Everett and
Vancouver…Of the 13 games remaining, 10 are against teams in the BC
Division…Cal Foote has 15 goals. The franchise record is 21 set by Madison
Bowey in 2014-2015…..If Cal Foote and Dillon Dube stay healthy in the next 9
games, they will both reach the 200 games played mark in the exact same game in
Prince George….Cal Foote has 8 points in his last 5 games….The Rockets 20 home
ice wins is the second most of any team in the Western Conference (tied with
Victoria). The Everett Silvertips have 22 home ice victories…Erik Gardiner
returned to the line-up February 9th in Victoria after missing 39
games with an upper body injury.…. Kole Lind had his 20 game point streak snapped
February 3rd in Everett. Lind had 15+23=38 over that period, which
was good for the third longest point streak in franchise history. Tyson Barrie
had a 21 game point streak in 2009-2010 while the team record is 24 games set
by Brett McLean. McLean had 18+31=49 in the 1996-1997 campaign…The Rockets have
four hat-tricks this season from Carsen Twarynski (vs. Portland/Prince George),
and Kole Lind (Prince Albert/Kamloops)…The Rockets have sent 17 players to
Canada’s roster at the World Junior… The Rockets had their 13 game home ice
winning streak snapped January 5th vs. Seattle…The Rockets are 7 and
4 in overtime with game winners coming from Kole Lind (twice), Dillon Dube
Carsen Twarynski (twice) and Cal Foote (twice). The only losses in OT came
against the Tri City Americans, Portland Winterhawks, Red Deer Rebels and
Victoria Royals… …Dillon Dube has scored 20+ goals in three consecutive
seasons…The Rockets won their 30th game of the season January 24th
vs. Lethbridge, marking the 11th straight season the team has
achieved that mark. The last time they fell short was in 2006-2007 when the
team earned 22 victories….The Rockets are 3-4-2-0 in their last 9 road
games….Dillon Dube hit the 200 point mark in his career Friday February 9th
in Victoria….Carsen Twarynski is playing in his 85th regular season
game as a member of the Rockets. Twarynski has 80 points in those 85 games….The
Rockets are 17-5-1-0 against teams in the BC Division…The Rockets have opened
the scoring 33 times this season…The opposition has opened the scoring in 4 of
the last 6 games.
Streaking: Cal Foote has points
in 19 of his last 22 games…Dillon Dube has points in 18 of his last 21 games…Leif
Mattson has points in 10 of his last 12 games.
Roster
Stats:
Player
total:
25
Year by
Year Breakdown:
20’s (1997) – 3 Ballhorn, Twarynski, Hilsendager
19’s (1998) - 5 Salmond, Lind, Dube, Cal Foote,
Chizen
18’s (1999) - 6 Topping, Mattson, Gardiner, Bruggen-Cate, Cowell, Skvrne
17’s (2000) - 9
Porter, Foote, Zabransky, Kindree,
Brennan, McGauley, Kushniryk, Pow, Hair
16’s (2001) - 2 Korczak, Basran
NHL
Drafted Players: Cal
Foote (Tampa Bay 2017), Kole Lind (Vancouver 2017), Dillon Dube (Calgary 2016),
Carsen Twarynski (Philadelphia 2016), Brayden Chizen (Minnesota 2016).
Game Notes Compiled by Regan Bartel of AM 1150
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