Game Day Preview: The Kelowna Rockets close
out the month of November with a pair of games this week including a home game
tonight against the visiting Vancouver Giants. The Rockets are 11-1-1-0 in the
last 13 games against the G-Men at Prospera Place, with that one regulation
loss coming on October 3rd when the Giants earned a 5-0 shutout. The
Rockets have scored just one goal in the two game seasonal series. That one
goal came off the stick of Kyle Topping in a 3-1 road loss. Roman Basran has
started in both games against Vancouver, posting a goals against average of
4.11 with a save percentage of .869. The Rockets are coming off a 2-1 loss
Saturday in Everett. Kyle Topping had the lone goal in the teams’ 14th
loss of the season. The Rockets are in Tri City Friday before hosting the
Saskatoon Blades on Saturday. The Rockets are 7-4-1-0 in 12 games under Adam
Foote. The team has won 5 straight at home.
November’s best performers:
With
the month coming to close, Liam Kindree and Nolan Foote have had the most offensive
success. Foote (7+3=10) and Kindree (2+8=10) lead the way with 10 points
apiece. Kyle Topping has 9 points (5+4=9) in November while Leif Mattson
(1+6=7) has 7 points this month.
Broadcasters Notebook: Three players will
celebrate 100 games played with the Kelowna Rockets, at the same time, Saturday
against the visiting Saskatoon Blades. Kaedan Korczak, Libor Zabransky and Erik
Gardiner will hit the 100 games played mark on that night. Gardner hit the 100
games played milestone in the WHL recently, but Saturday’s game will be his 100th
with the Rockets. The 19 year-old had
played four previous games with the Regina Pats before being traded….Nolan Foote
has scored 7 home goals and 8 road goals this season…Foote is three points shy
(97) of 100 for his career …7 of Kyle Topping’s 11 goals have come on the
road…15 of Topping’s team leading 30 points have come on the road…Nolan Foote
turns 18 tomorrow….Four members of the Kelowna Rockets have been named to NHL
Central Scouting’s November “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 a second or third round candidate. Roman Basran/Lassi Thomson
are ‘C’ prospects, which means he could be taken in the third to the seventh
round…Adam Foote was officially named the new head coach of the Kelowna Rockets
on October 23, 2018 replacing Jason Smith.
Trade Winds: The Rockets traded 18
year-old Wil Kushniryk to the Tri City Americans October 22, 2018 for a 5th
round bantam pick. The Rockets acquired 20 year-old defenceman Dalton Galley October
10, 2018 from Medicine Hat for a 10th round bantam pick. The hockey
club acquired 18 year-old forward Michael Farren October 11th from
the Saskatoon Blades for a third round pick. The Rockets acquired 20 year-old
Lane Zablocki from Victoria for a conditional 7th round and
conditional 4th round bantam draft pick on September 29th.
Season Highs/Lows:
Most goals scored: 8 @ Victoria October
19/18 (8-2 W)
Most goals allowed: 9 vs. Seattle October
10th, 2018 (9-6 L)
Most shots on net: 45 @ Seattle October
6th, 2018 (4-1 L).
Fewest shots on net: 13 @ Edmonton
November 17, 2018 (3-1 L)
Most shots allowed: 50 @ Portland
November 10, 2018 (3-0 L)
Fewest shots allowed:
20 @ Victoria October 19, 2018 (8-2 W)
Last time shut out at
home: October
3rd, 2018 vs. Vancouver (5-0 L)
Last time shut out on
road: November
10, 2018 @ Portland (3-0 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:
4 @ Victoria October 19, 2018 (8-2 W)
Roster
Stats:
Player
total:
24
Year by
Year Breakdown:
20’s (1998) – 3 Gally, Zablocki, Chizen
19’s (1999) - 5 Topping, Mattson, Gardiner, Bruggen-Cate,
Cowell
18’s (2000) – 9 Farren, Thomson,
Porter, Foote, Zabransky, Kindree, Brennan, 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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