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Game Day Preview: This is the second to
last home game before the Christmas break. The Rockets host Victoria Friday
before heading out on the road for four consecutive games to wrap up the
opening half of the season. The Rockets host the Tri City Americans tonight in
the fourth and finally meeting of the season between these two playoff rivals.
The Rockets are 2-1-0-0, with all three games decided by a single goal. The
road team has won all three games; including the Rockets 3-2 overtime win last
Friday at Toyota Center. The Americans beat the Rockets at Prospera Place (5-4)
back on October 13th. Leif
Mattson, Kaedan Korczak and Kyle Topping lead the Rockets offensively in the
three games with four points apiece. Mattson and rookie Dallon Wilton lead the
team in goals with two each against the Am’s. The Rockets are 8-5-2-0 in 15
games under head coach Adam Foote.
Who’s Hot: Nolan Foote has
points in 6 of his last 7 games. Foote has 5+4=9 over that stretch. Leif Mattson
has four goals in his last 5 games. The 19 year-old has registered at least one
shot on goal in 28 of the teams 29 games this season. Kyle Topping has 3 goals
in his last 5 games. Topping has registered a point in 21 of the teams 29 games
this season. In his last three appearances,
goaltender James Porter has stopped 85 of the last 91 shots (.934 save percentage)
he has faced. The Rockets penalty killing unit is 15 for 15 in their last three
road games.
Broadcasters Notebook:
Lassi
Thomson has been invited to Team Finland’s training camp for the upcoming World
Junior Hockey Championships….Libor Zabransky has been invited to Team Czech
Republic’s training camp as well…...The Rockets traded 19 year-old Jack Cowell
to the Kootenay Ice November 29th for a third round bantam pick… The
Rockets are 5-8-1-0 against BC Division teams this season…Nolan Foote has
scored 8 home goals and 8 road goals this season …7 of Kyle Topping’s 12 goals
have come on the road…16 of Topping’s team leading 31 points have come on the
road….The Rockets have only one December birthday to celebrate. Lane Zablocki
officially turns 20 on December 27th….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.,,.The
Rockets are 3-7-1-0 when playing the second game of back-to-backs….The opposition
has opened the scoring in three straight games…The Rockets have scored 38 goals
on home ice, or 2.92 goals per game…Last season after 13 home games the team
had scored 57 goals or 4.4 goals per game.
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:
22
Year by
Year Breakdown:
20’s (1998) – 3 Gally, Zablocki, Chizen
19’s (1999) - 4 Topping, Mattson, Gardiner, Bruggen-Cate
18’s (2000) – 8 Farren, Thomson,
Porter, Foote, Zabransky, Kindree, Brennan, 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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