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Game Day Preview: The Kelowna Rockets close
out the month of February with a home game against the visiting Kamloops
Blazers. It is the teams 6th game in 9 nights. These two teams are
separated by 5 points for third place in the BC Division. The Rockets are in
Kamloops to conclude the seasonal series March 8th. Overall, the
Rockets are 3-3-1-0 in the seven games against Kamloops, with 4 of the 7
decided by a single goal. The Rockets are coming off a 4-3 shootout win last
night in Spokane. Leif Mattson (21st), Nolan Foote (30th)
and Alex Swetlikoff (3rd) scored in regulation time while Lassi
Thomson and Nolan Foote scored in the shootout. James Porter, the first star,
was excellent with 40 saves including two stops in the shootout. The Rockets
closed out the three game road trip with two wins in three games after a 5-2
victory in Victoria Monday and a 6-2 setback a night later to the Royals.
Overall, the Rockets are 9-12-2-1 in 24 games since the Christmas break. The
Rockets are 21-19-4-1 in 45 games under head coach Adam Foote. Following
tonight’s game, the Rockets are in Vancouver Friday before welcoming Portland
next Saturday and Sunday.
Who’s Hot:.Kyle Topping has
5+13=18 in his last 15 games…Leif Mattson has 3+8=11 in his last 8 games….Alex Swetlikoff has 3+5=8 in his last
8 games….Nolan Foote has 9+4=13 in his last 15 games….Lassi Thomson has 7+3=10
in his last 16 games …The Rockets have points in 14 of their last 21 home games
(11-7-3-0). Mark Liwiski has 5+2=7 in his last 11 games…Nolan Foote has a shot
on goal in every game he has played this season.
Broadcasters Notebook: Lassi Thomson’s 16
goals are two shy of the franchise record for goals by a European d-man. Tomas
Slovak holds the record (18 goals) in 2002-2003…The Rockets are 5-5-0-0 in 10
games in February….The team is 8-12-1-0 in 21 games since January 5th….Liam
Kindree and Teddy Brennan both played in their 100th career games
last night in Spokane….Kyle Topping’s next assist will be the 100th
of his career….Defenceman Shael Higson played in his 300th career
game Monday in Victoria….The Rockets have 9 games left in the regular season.
Of those 9, 6 are against teams in the BC Division…The team will play three
games in three nights March 1st, 2nd and 3rd…The
team has been out-shot in 16 of the last 23 games…The Rockets are 6-10-1-0 in
17 games against a US Division team this season. Three of the five wins have
come against Tri City with a single victory over Spokane, Everett and
Seattle…The team plays 3 more games against US Division rivals with two games
vs. Portland and a single against
Spokane.…The Rockets have played 18-one goal games at home this season. Last
year they played 15-one goal games at Prospera Place…The team has played in
10-one goal games on the road…The Rockets are 11-14-2-1 against BC Division
teams this season…Five members of the Kelowna Rockets have made NHL Central
Scouting’s latest rankings. Lassi Thomson is rated 14th, Nolan Foote
is ranked 26th and Kaedan Korczak is 31st. Kyle Topping
is 195th while Alex Swetlikoff is 217th, Among goalies, Roman Basran
is 11th among North American netminders…..Adam Foote was officially
named the new head coach of the Kelowna Rockets on October 23, 2018 replacing
Jason Smith.,,The Rockets are 9-13-1-0 when playing the second game of back-to-backs.
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:
16 vs. Victoria December 7, 2018 (2-0 win)
Last time shut out at
home: October
3rd, 2018 vs. Vancouver (5-0 L)
Last time shut out on
road: February
1, 2019 @ Spokane (4-0 L)
Last shutout at home:
December
7, 2018 vs. Victoria (2-0 W - Roman Basran 16 saves)
Last shutout on the
road: January
18, 2019 @ Everett (2-0 W – James Porter 40 saves)
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)
Overtime Games (7): vs. Kamloops (2-1 W) February 2, 2019, vs. Seattle (3-2 Loss) January
30, 2019, @ Kamloops (3-2 Loss) December 28, 2018, vs. Saskatoon (5-4 Loss)
December 1, 2018, @ Tri City Nov 30, 2018 (3-2 win), @ PG (4-3 Loss) November
14, 2018, vs. PG (4-3 win) October 27, 2018.
Game Notes Compiled by Regan Bartel of AM
1150
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