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Number Crunching: The Rockets have 28
games left in the regular season. Of those 28 games, 17 will be played on home
ice. Of those 28 games, 14 are against BC Division rivals….These two teams are
a combined 40-1-0-2 when leading after two periods…The Rockets have been
out-shot in 31 of 44 games this season….The team hit the 30 win mark
Saturday night in a 2-1 overtime victory in Victoria…The Rockets have been to
overtime in two of their last four home games and have been on the losing end
of both…Seven of the teams last 9 games have been decided by a single goal. The
Rockets are 4-1-2-0 in those one goal games…The Rockets are 30-11-3-0 after 44
games this season. Last season the team was 34-7-3-0 after 44 games…The team
has scored 159 goals after 44 games this season, down 31 goals from the same
point in 201-4-2015….The team has allowed 126 goals against, only 17 more than
at the same time last season.
This and That: Tyson Baillie
returns to the line-up tonight after missing back-to-back games in Victoria on
the weekend because of a death in the family…Dillon Dube has 4+4=8 in four
games against the Cougars in the seasonal series…Tyson Baillie has 2+6=8 in
four games also against the Cougars….Michael Herringer is making his 7th
consecutive start tonight, which is a first for the soft spoken netminder…The
19 year-old has a career record of 23-7-1-0…The Rockets are 15-3-0-0 in their
last 18 regular season dates at home against the Cougars…Rourke Chartier has 55
goals in his last 72 regular season games….The Rockets have lost three straight
overtime games on home ice…9 of the Rockets next 10 games are on home ice…Two
former members of the Kelowna Rockets have made the NHL All-Star team. Shea
Weber of the Nashville Predators is making his 5th appearance while
Jamie Benn of the Dallas Stars is making his second trip (NHL All-Star games
was cancelled on lockout year and wasn’t played in Olympic year). Benn was
first named an all-star in 2011-2012…January is a busy month for birthdays.
Devante Stephens turned 19 (Jan 2), Jordan Borstmayer turned 18 (Jan 9), Travis
Crickard turned 29 (Jan 11), Riley Stadel turned 20 (Jan 16), Kris Mallette
turned 37 (Jan 19), Michael Herringer turns 20 (Jan 26), Tanner Wishnowski
turns 19 (Jan 28) … Ten of Justin Kirkland’s 14 goals have been scored on the
road this season….Jackson Whistle has started 25 of the last 38 games…The
Rockets receive relief from the schedule maker when they play 9 of 10 at home
from January 19th to February 8th….Cole Linaker recorded
his 100th career point with an assist last Friday in Victoria.
Two picked for Top
Prospects game: Second
year players Lucas Johansen and Dillon Dube have been selected to play in the
CHL Top Prospects game January 28th in Vancouver. Both Johansen and
Dube are playing with Team Cherry. It marks the first time since the 2011-2012
season that two members of the Rockets have played in the game after Colton
Sissons and Damon Severson were afforded the luxury that season. Nick Merkley
played in the game last season and was eventually chosen in the first round of
the 2015 NHL draft by the Arizona Coyotes.
Who’s Hot: Rourke Chartier had
his 7 game point streak snapped Saturday night. Chartier had 6+4=10 over that
stretch…Chartier has 93 career goals...Dillon Dube has 19 goals this season
which is a career high….Dube has 5+3=8 in his last 8 games… Nick Merkley has 3+5=8 in his last 6 games…Kole Lind has points in 7 of his last 10 games. Lind has
5+5=10 over that stretch…Tyson Baillie has 2+3=5 in his last three games….Tyson
Baillie has points in 27 of his last 32 games and has been held off the
score-sheet only 9 times this season…Justin Kirkland has points in 12 of his
last 20 games. Kirkland has 6+13=19 over that period
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