Rockets game notes vs. Cougars

Tonight’s Preview: The Kelowna Rockets are meeting the Prince George Cougars for the 9^th and final time this season. The Rockets are 6-2-0-0 against Prince George, having out-scored the Cougars 33-21. The Rockets have won six of the last seven meetings between the two teams. Tonight’s game is the fifth of seven straight games against teams in the BC Division. The Rockets return home to host the Chilliwack Bruins on Friday night. Overall the Rockets have won seven of their last eight games and have scored five or more goals in six of their last seven home games. The loss last night snapped a three game road winning streak. The Rockets had won three straight over Seattle, Spokane and Tri City prior to last night’s setback.

Seasonal Series Breakdown:

1 2 3 OT Total

Rockets 9 9 14 1 33

Cougars 8 5 8 0 21

• The Rockets are 8 for 46 (17.4%) on the power play in the seasonal series. The Cougars are 6 for 37 (16.2%) with the extra man. The Cougars have out-shot the Rockets in seven of the eight games.

Rockets recent game: Zak Stebner and MacKenzie Johnston scored third period goals in a 4-2 loss last night to the Prince George Cougars. The Cougars had a 2-0 lead after one period and a 4-0 lead after 40 minutes. The Rockets were 0 for 6 on the power play while allowing a power play goal on five penalty kills. Jordon Cooke took the loss in goal.

Who’s Hot: Zach Franko had his thirteen game point streak end Wednesday night. Franko had 9+9=18 over that period…Shane McColgan has points in 14 of his last 17 games….Mitchell Callahan has 8+13=21 in his last twenty-two games…Brett Bulmer had his ten game point streak snapped last night. Bulmer had 4+11=15 over that period. Geordie Wudrick had ten goals in the month of January. In November he had 11. Zak Stebner has goals in back-to-back games..Zak Stebner has scored goals in back-to-back games.

This and That: Zak Stebner has eight career goals against the Cougars. That means 28% of his goals (29) have been scored against Prince George.…The Rockets average 2.70 goals per game on the road. At home they average 4.3 goals per game….The Rockets have allowed the 5^th fewest goals against in the WHL (150). Only Red Deer (126), Spokane (142), Tri City and Medicine Hat (144) have allowed fewer goals…Shane McColgan leads the Rockets in road points with 21. McColgan is followed by Brett Bulmer (19) and Zach Franko (16)…..Since the start of November the Rockets have lost just eleven times in their last 37 games. The Rockets lost ten times in their first 14 games to start the season….Jason Siebert is missing his 27^th straight games after undergoing surgery on his wrist….Adam Brown moved into second place all-time on the Kelowna Rockets list of games played by a goalie. Brown has played 131 games, two more than Kristofer Westblom. The franchise leader is Kevin Swanson with 167 games played… The Rockets have allowed the fewest goals against on the road in the WHL this season (67)….The Rockets have scored 51 more goals at home than on the road. The Rockets have played 27 games at home and 24 times on opposition ice…The Rockets are the only team in the WHL this season that have not lost in overtime or the shoot-out…The Rockets have been involved in sixteen one goal games this season. The Rockets are 11-5-0-0 in those sixteen one goal games…Adam Brown has started thirty-five of the last 41 games…The Rockets franchise played in its 1400^th regular season game December 14^th in Medicine Hat. The team has 727 regular season wins….The Rockets were 8 and 10 in 18 games this season without Tyson Barrie in the lineup. Barrie missed seven games at the start of the season with a hip injury and eleven games as a member of Team Canada….Only four players have played in all 51 regular season games this season. They are Zach Franko, Kevin Smith, Evan Bloodoff and Spencer Main…The Rockets are 11-6-0-0 in seventeen games since returning from the Christmas break…The Rockets have scored 6 or more goals on home ice ten times this season…Cody Chikie is the WHL Player of the Week. Chikie had 7 points (1+6=7) last week…Max Adolph returned to the lineup last night after missing ten straight games with injury.