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Game Day Preview: The Kelowna Rockets
face the Tri City Americans for the first time this season and for the first
time since the 2018 playoffs. The Americans beat the Rockets in the opening
round in four games. These two teams meet tomorrow night in the rematch at
Prospera Place. The Rockets are coming off a 9-6 loss to the Seattle
Thunderbirds Wednesday night. Leif Mattson had 2+2=4 and Kyle Topping had 0+4=4
in the teams’ fourth straight loss. The Rockets enter the game with a record of
1 and 8, which is the slowest start in franchise history. Next weekend the
Rockets are in Victoria for a pair of games on Friday and Saturday before
playing their third game in three nights Sunday October 21st in
Vancouver.
Let’s Make a Deal: The Rockets made two
trades this week. The team acquired 20 year-old defenceman Dalton Galley (October
10, 2018) from the Medicine Hat Tigers for a 10th round bantam pick.
Gally has played two full seasons with the Tigers and hails from Eagle River,
Alaska. In a separate deal, the hockey club acquired 18 year-old forward
Michael Farrin (October 11th) from the Saskatoon Blades for a third
round WHL bantam pick. Farrin, from Richmond, BC, has played 133 WHL regular
season games and had five points in 8 games this season before requesting a
trade.
Trade Winds Blow: The Rockets made a
trade with the Victoria Royals Saturday September 29th. The team
acquired 20 year-old Lane Zablocki for a conditional 7th round and
conditional 4th round bantam draft pick. Zablocki is a third round
NHL draft pick of the Detroit Red Wings (2017 – unsigned). In the 2016-2017
campaign, Zablocki scored 28 goals split between the Regina Pats and Red Deer
Rebels. Zablocki has played with the Pats, Rebels, Hurricanes and the
Royals. Zablocki never played a game
with the WHL team that drafted him in 2013 – the Prince George Cougars.
Broadcasters Notebook:
We’ve
got the Cup! The Rockets were awarded the 2020 Memorial Cup on Wednesday. The
ten day tournament will take place May 22nd to 31st. It marks the
second time in franchise history the team has hosted (2004) and will mark its 6th
appearance at the prestigious event. The team has made previous appearances in
2003, 2004, 2005, 2009 and 2015….Five members of the Kelowna Rockets have been
named to NHL Central Scouting’s “Players to watch’ list. Forward Nolan Foote is
an ‘A’ prospect, meaning a first round candidate. Kaedan Korczak is a ‘B’
prospect which means he is projected to be selected in the second or third
round. Roman Basran, Kyle Topping and Lassi Thomson are ‘C’ prospect, which
means they could be taken in the third to the seventh round…. The Rockets have
failed to open the scoring in 8 of the 9 games this season….The Rockets have
trailed going onto the third period in 8 of the 9 games.
Season Highs/Lows:
Most goals scored: 6 vs. Seattle October
10/18 (9-6 L)
Most goals allowed: 9 vs. Seattle October
10th, 2018 (9-6 L)
Most shots on net: 45 @ Seattle October
6th, 2018 (4-1 L), 40 vs. Kamloops September 22nd, 2018 (3-1 L)
Fewest shots on net: 21 vs. Vancouver
October 3rd, 2018 (5-0 L)
Most shots allowed: 39 @ Prince George
September 29th, 2018 (5-2 W)
Fewest shots allowed:
23 vs. Victoria October 5, 2018 (4-3 L)
Last time shut out: October 3rd, 2018 vs.
Vancouver (5-0 L)
Most power play goals
allowed: 4
vs. Seattle October 10th, 2018 (9-6 L). T-Birds were 4/5 on power
play.
Most power play goals
scored:
2 vs. Seattle October 10, 2018 (9-6 L)
Roster
Stats:
Player
total:
26
Year by
Year Breakdown:
20’s (1998) – 4 Gally, Zablocki, Chizen, Bowen
19’s (1999) - 5 Topping, Mattson, Gardiner, Bruggen-Cate,
Cowell
18’s (2000) - 10 Farrin, Thomson, Porter, Foote, Zabransky, Kindree, Brennan,
Kushniryk, Pow, Steffler,
17’s (2001) - 6
Korczak, Crosbie, Basran, Liwiski, Wilton,
Augustine
16’s (2002) - 1 Ernst
Game Notes Compiled by Regan Bartel of AM 1150
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