Scouting Reports

This was a feisty affair, as both teams combined for 102 minutes in penalties which involved several skirmishes, with the Rockets coming out on top with a tight 2-1 victory over the Portland Winterhawks. Tomas Poletin got the Rockets on the board in the first on a power play, scoring on a hard wrister from the top of the circle. Defenceman Mazden Leslie scored a beauty, and game winner, in his 300 WHL game. Goaltender Harrison Boettiger was very good again in the net for the Rockets making 30 saves for the win.

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The Everett Silvertips continued their winning ways away from home, beating the Kelowna Rockets 6-3, for their 13th straight win on the road. They broke open what was a tight game with three unanswered goals in the second period. Carter Bear led the way with two goals including a shorthanded breakaway, while Jaxsin Vaughan, Rylan Gould, Zackary Shantz, and Landon Dupont had singles. Anders Miller made 23 saves for the win.

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The Penticton Vees scored three times in the first period, and didn’t look back, cruising to an 8-0 victory over the visiting Tri-City Americans. Ryden Evers and Doogan Pederson led the way with two goals each, while Ethan Weber, Matteo Danis, Tristan Petersen and Brady Birnie chipped in with three points apiece. Ethan McCallum was steady in the net in his first start with the Vees posting the shut out stopping 18 shots.

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 Power plays brought goals; both teams’ goaltenders struggled a little bit. Power plays looked good, but Seattle controlled the pace. They had more pressure, more chances, and more grade A chances. Victoria could not stop the Seattle offence and power play.

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The visiting Edmonton Oil Kings nine game winning streak ended on this night as the hometown Kelowna Rockets defeated them 5-2 (two empty net goals). This was a true goaltenders battle, as two highly regarded netminders went head to head. On this night, the Rocket’s Harrison Boettiger got the win over Parker Snell, but they were both excellent. Hayden Paupanekis, Kalder Varga and Shane Smith, with what proved to be the winner on the powerplay scored for the Rockets. Mazden Leslie and Hiroki Gojsic scored empty netters.

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Great pace to this game, not a lot of whistles. Good physicality out of both teams, Calgary had more chances and grade A’s, but the game was decently even overall and very back and forth with limited shots to start. As the game went on, the chances picked up with fatigue. Med hat allowed a late power play goal to send it to overtime, and the Ruck brothers connected on a delayed penalty to win.

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Grayson Burzynski is an offensive defenseman who reads plays well and consistently attacks with his forwards. Both of his goals tonight came from sneaking backdoor as his forwards rolled high, burying rebounds that popped out to him. His breakouts were crisp and simple-finding teammates early before joining the rush

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This high scoring matchup featured goals from all over the lineup and true back and forth action all night. Goals came in every situation from shorthanded, on the power play, and at even strength. In the end, it was the Blazers who edged out the Americans in overtime.

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Despite the high score, this game did not see a decisive goal until late in the third period. The Thunderbirds completed an impressive comeback after trailing by three midway through the second, rattling off four unanswered goals to regain control. Capitalizing on several sloppy sequences from the Broncos, they ultimately secured a hard earned victory.

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The hometown Kelowna Rockets peppered Spokane with 45 shots enroute to a 7-1 victory. They broke the game wide open scoring five times in the second period with Hiroki Gojsic, Tij Iginla and Jacob Henderson leading the way all with three points. Goaltender Harrison Boettiger got the win on a fairly quiet night where he faced 22 shots.

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This game was back and forth for most of the night, but Swift Current had more dangerous chances and more grade A’s. The majority of Moose Jaws shots were from the outside or from range; they were opportunistic in their scoring. Swift Current was better in this game, but Moose Jaw kept themselves in the game until Pantelakis scored five-hole in the shootout for the only goal and game winner.

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The hometown Kelowna Rockets held a 4-3 lead going into the third period, but could not hold on and lost 5-4 in overtime to the Lethbridge Hurricanes. The Hurricanes got the game tying goal from Will Scott, off of fortunate bounce off the end boards, and the game winner from a Kai Anderson one timer in overtime. The Rockets had several good chances in the third period but, Cane’s goaltender Koen Cleaver made some good stops when he needed to.

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