KELOWNA ROCKETS vs. VICTORIA ROYALS - 6
KELOWNA ROCKETS vs. VICTORIA ROYALS Saturday, January 2, 2016 - 7:05 PM Prospera Place - Kelowna, BC NO. 1 30
PLAYER JACKSON WHISTLE MICHAEL HERRINGER
POS G G
SH L L
HT 6'1 6'
RILEY STADEL GORDIE BALLHORN* DANNY GATENBY* JONATHAN SMART* LUCAS JOHANSEN TANNER WISHNOWSKI* NICK MERKLEY JORDAN BORSTMAYER* ROURKE CHARTIER 'A' TOMAS SOUSTAL KOLE LIND* RODNEY SOUTHAM 'A' TATE COUGHLIN DILLON DUBE
F/D D D D D LW C RW C C/RW RW C/RW RW C LW
L L L L L L R R L R R R R L L
5'10 6'1 6'3 5'11½ 6'1 6'0
180 186 174 170 176 186 5'10½ 185 5'11½ 172 5'11 190 6'3 198 6'½ 172 6' 185 6'2 188 5'10¼ 180 6'1 182
Surrey, BC Wetaskiwin, AB Kelowna, BC Kelowna, BC Port Moody, BC Oakbank, MB Calgary, AB St. Brieux, SK Saskatoon, SK Unicov, Czech Rep. Shaunavon, SK Saskatoon, SK Victoria, BC Cochrane, AB Langley, BC
Jan. 16/96 Sept. 2/97 Sept.17/98** June 1/99 Nov. 16/97** Jan. 28/97 May 23/97 Jan. 9/98 Apr. 3/96 Feb. 15/97 Oct. 16/98** Aug 9/96 July 23/97 July 20/98 Sept. 13/99
2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 16 17 19 20 21
D D LW C D C LW D
L R L R R R L R
6'1½ 6'6 6'3 5'11 6'3½ 6'1¾ 6'1¼ 6'0
Surrey, BC St. Albert, AB Camrose, AB
Jan. 2/97 May 9/98 Aug. 2/96 Nov. 16/95** Dec. 13/98** July 11/95 June 27/97 May 15/97
22 23 24 25 27 28 29
3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
CONNER BRUGGEN-CATE*(AP)
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
DEVANTE STEPHENS BRAYDYN CHIZEN* JUSTIN KIRKLAND TYSON BAILLIE 'A' CAL FOOTE* COLE LINAKER CALVIN THURKAUF* JOE GATENBY 'A'
WT HOMETOWN 192 West Kelowna, BC 176 Comox, BC
176 190 185 198 198 179 202 185
Fort Saskatchewan, AB
Denver, CO Edmonton, AB Zug, Switzerland Kelowna, BC
DOB June 9/95 Jan. 26/96
NO. PLAYER 30 GRIFFEN OUTHOUSE 35 COLEMAN VOLLRATH
POS SH HT G L 5'11" G L 6'0"
WT HOMETOWN 175 Williams Lake, BC 170 Calgary, AB
DOB Mar. 13/98 Jan. 19/95
JOE HICKETTS RYAN GAGNON RALPH JARRATT JORDAN WHARRIE SCOTT WALFORD ETHAN PRICE JACK WALKER RYAN PECKFORD MATTHEW PHILLIPS KEITH ANDERSON ALEX FORSBERG TYLER SOY DANTE HANNOUN LOGAN FISHER TY WESTGARD
D D D D D RW LW C C RW LW C C C RW
L R L R L R L L R R L L R L R
5'8" 6'1" 6'2" 6'2" 6'1" 5'10" 5'11" 6'0" 5'6" 6'3" 5'11" 5'11" 5'5" 6'2" 6'0"
177 198 217 180 188 188 179 184 137 204 192 172 154 204 185
Kamloops, BC Quesnel, BC Fort St. John, BC Port Moody, BC Coquitlam, BC Lincoln, NE Edina, MN Stony Plain, AB Calgary, AB Hermiston, OR Waldheim, SK Cloverdale, BC Delta, BC Red Deer, AB White Rock, BC
May 4/96 Apr. 30/96 Mar. 18/98 Jun. 16/97 Jan. 12/99 Jan. 17/97 July 30/96 Mar. 4/99 Apr. 6/98 Apr. 18/97 Jan. 4/95 Feb. 10/97 Aug. 2/98 Apr. 10/95 May 21/98
BRAYDEN PACHAL VLADIMIR BOBYLEV REGAN NAGY TYLER THOMPSON JARED DMYTRIW MARSEL IBRAGIMOV CHAZ REDDEKOPP
D C RW RW RW D D
R L R R R R L
5'11" 6'2" 6'0" 6'4" 5'11" 6'2" 6'3"
175 202 177 191 180 186 220
Estevan, SK Lipetsk, Russia Ogema, SK Lakeville, MN Craven, SK Kazan, Russia West Kelowna, BC
Aug 23/99 Apr. 18/97 May 11/97 Jan. 4/97 Jun. 6/98 Aug. 4/97 Jan. 1/97
*Rookie **Late Birthday Affects NHL Draft Status
President/GM: Bruce Hamilton Asst GM/Dir Player Personnel: Lorne Frey Head Coach: Brad Ralph Assistant Coach: Kris Mallette Assistant/Goalie Coach: Travis Crickard Skills Development: Kim Gellert Athletic Therapist/Strength & Conditioning Coach: Scott Hoyer Equipment Manager: Chaydyn Johnson
President & General Manager: Cameron Hope Head Coach: Dave Lowry Assistant GM, Hockey Ops & Comm: Jeff Harris Assistant GM, Player Personnel: Grant Armstrong Assistant Coach: Enio Sacilotto Goaltender Coach: Lynden Sammartino Athletic Therapist: Khore Elliott Equipment Manager: Matt Auerbach Strength, Conditioning & Skills Coach: Jeff Compton Manager of Comm. & Hockey Ops Coord: Adam McKinnon
Referees: Tyler ADAIR, Mike CAMPBELL Linesmen: Kevin CROWELL, Ward PATEMAN VGJ: Lorne Craig
Rockets Next Home Game: Friday January 8 vs. Everett (7:05)
Kelowna Rockets Regular Season Statistics 2015-2016 After Game #39 NO. PLAYER GP 24 Tyson Baillie 39 19 Dillon Dube 32 10 Nick Merkley 31 16 Kole Lind* 39 23 Justin Kirkland 36 26 Cole Linaker 37 15 Tomas Soustal 27 7 Lucas Johansen 36 27 Calvin Thurkauf* 29 25 Cal Foote* 38 17 Rodney Southam 34 28 Joe Gatenby 39 14 Rourke Chartier 10 4 Gordie Ballhorn* 39 21 Devante Stephens 38 3 Riley Stadel 23 9 Tanner Wishnowski* 31 6 Jonathan Smart* 17 11 Jordan Borstmayer* 33 18 Tate Coughlin 33 22 Braydyn Chizen* 19 5 Danny Gatenby* 21 Team Totals 700 Goaltending Statistics NO. PLAYER GP MIN GA 30 Michael Herringer 15 780 41 1 Jackson Whistle 27 1559 66 Team Totals 42 2339 107 Scoring by Periods SOG 1st 2nd 3rd OT Total Rockets 1 35 46 57 0 140 Opponents 0 27 43 38 2 109 Rockets Record after Second Period: When Leading: 20 0 When Losing: 2 8 When Tied: 5 2 First Goal of the Game:
G 24 15 11 13 12 12 10 5 7 4 5 2 6 2 2 1 4 0 1 1 0 0 142 Svs 382 761 1143
1 0 1
When Rockets Score First: 20 2 2 When Opponent Score First: 7 8 0 Home and Away Record: Overall Overtime Home 13 2 1 0 0 1 0 Road 14 8 1 0 1 1 0 Total 27 10 2 0 1 2 0
A 37 22 20 17 16 15 12 16 10 12 6 8 3 6 5 5 2 4 1 0 0 0 214
PTS 61 37 31 30 28 27 22 21 17 16 11 10 9 8 7 6 6 4 2 1 0 0 356
PIM PPG SHG 42 6 1 36 4 0 26 3 0 22 0 0 32 2 0 25 5 0 38 1 0 10 2 1 24 3 0 22 2 0 49 2 0 14 1 0 2 2 0 36 0 0 33 0 0 52 0 0 28 0 0 6 0 0 4 0 0 19 0 0 13 0 0 4 0 0 '440 34 2
AVE PCT W L OT SL 3.15 0.903 8 4 0 0 2.57 0.919 19 7 1 0 3.26 0.905 27 11 1 0 Shots by Period 1st 2nd 3rd Rockets 395 386 391 Opponents 386 448 415
16-01-02 GW SOG 6 0/0 3 0/0 3 1/1 2 '0-0 3 1/1 2 '0-0 0 0/0 0 '0-0 1 0/0 0 0/0 2 0-0 0 0/0 1 0/0 0 0/0 0 0/0 1 '0-0 0 0/0 0 0'0 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0'0 0 0/0 25 0 SO 0 2 2 OT 6 5
Rockets Shots on Goal Record: 0 When Outshooting Opponent: 10 1 0 When Outshot by Opponent: 16 7 0 When Shots Are Tied: 1 2 Rockets Specialty Teams: Power Play: 0 Opp. PPGF SHGA 0 Rockets 154 34 5
PTS 0 0 0
+/12 6 6 17 5 12 12 5 11 8 2 15 1 19 12 2 4 5 -4 -3 -6 2 0 PIM 0 0 0
Total 1184 1261 0 2 0
0 0 0 Pct.% 22.1
Shorthanded: Rockets
Opp. 168
PPGA 32
SHGF 2
Pct.% 81.0
Rockets vs. Royals Saturday January 2, 2016 Game Time - 7:05 pm th
Tonight’s Preview: The Kelowna Rockets play their 5 game in 7 nights when they welcome to Victoria Royals to Prospera Place. The Rockets and Royals are meeting for the fourth time this season. The Royals shutout the th Rockets 3-0 at Prospers Place back on October 9 before the two teams split th th a pair of games in Victoria (3-1 W and 5-1 L) on November 27 and 28 . The Rockets are coming off a 3th 1 loss in Everett last night. Joe Gatenby scored the lone goal in the teams 10 setback of the season. Michael Herringer took the loss in goal. The Rockets generated just 16 shots on net. The Rockets have won 22 of their last 31 games overall (22-7-1-1) and are 13-2-1-0 on home ice and 14-8-1-0 on the road. Overall; the Rockets have points in 20 of 25 games (18-5-2-0). Overall, the team has won 8 of its last 13 games. Oh Canada! Rourke Chartier is in Finland representing Canada at the World Junior Hockey Championships. The Rockets have been well represented at the World Juniors. Madison Bowey, Josh Morrissey and GM Bruce Hamilton came home with a gold medal last year from the prestigious tournament. Other notable players from the Rockets that have played for Canada include: Jamie Benn, Tyler Myers, Brandon McMillan, Tyson Barrie, Luke Schenn, Blake Comeau, Shea Weber, Josh Gorges, th Chuck Kobasew, Brett McLean and Robb Gordon. Chartier is the 14 player from the Rockets to play for Team Canada. th
Whistle Racking Up Winning Record: Twenty year-old Jackson Whistle is going after his 87 career win in a Kelowna Rockets uniform this evening. Here are the franchise leaders: 1) Adam Brown: 107 wins 2) Jordan Cooke: 92 wins 3) Jackson Whistle: 86 wins 4) Kelly Guard: 83 wins This and That: The Rockets are 0 for 10 on the power play in their last four games after the Christmas break….Justin Kirkland returns to the line-up tonight after serving a three game suspension for a hit last Sunday in Kamloops…Riley Stadel returned to the line-up last night in Everett after serving a one game suspension for a hit against the Blazers Monday night….The Rockets had their nine game winning streak at home snapped Wednesday night. It ties the longest home ice winning streak of the season set originally by the Seattle Thunderbirds. The Rockets have won 9 consecutive games at home in three consecutive seasons but have been unable to win 10 in a row. The last time that happened was 2011-2012, when the team won 23 straight games at Prospera Place…Tyson Baillie is playing in career game #299 tonight….Jackson Whistle played in five of the six games on the Eastern Division road trip. The only game th he did not start was a 6-3 victory in Swift Current….Tyson Baillie’s hat-trick December 15 in Swift Current st th was the first of his WHL career in his 291 career game…The Rockets are rated as the 5 best team in the th country after being ranked 4 best for four consecutive weeks in the CHL Top 10 rankings….Tomas Soustal is playing for the Czech Republic at the World Junior Hockey Championships.…Calvin Thurkauf is representing Switzerland at the World Junior’s….Three members of the Rockets have been rated by NHL Central Scouting. Lucas Johansen and Dillon Dube are rated as ‘B’ prospects for June’s draft in Buffalo. Tomas Soustal, who was not selected last year, is ranked as a ‘C’ prospect…Rookie Gordie Ballhorn leads the Rockets with a +19 ratings….Nine of Justin Kirkland’s 12 goals have been scored on the road this season….Jackson Whistle has started 25 of the last 33 games…The Rockets receive relief from the th th schedule maker when they play 9 of 10 at home from January 19 to February 8 ….Cole Linaker has 97 career points…Lucas Johansen played in career game #100 Wednesday night against the Tips. Who’s Hot: Kole Lind has 4+3=7 in his last 5 games…Tyson Baillie had his six game point streak snapped Wednesday night. Baillie had 6+4=10 over that stretch….Tyson Baillie has points in 24 of his last 29 games……Justin Kirkland has points in 9 of his last 15 games. Kirkland has 4+12=16 over that period…Cole Linaker has points in 8 of his last 17 games. Linaker has 4+6=10 over that stretch…Dillon Dube has 13+18=31 in his last 25 games.
Man Games Lost to Injury/Illness/Suspension: 83 games Jackson Whistle: 3 games Rourke Chartier: 19 games Tanner Wishnowski – 8 game Nick Merkley: 3 games Jonathan Smart: 13 games Riley Stadel – 14 games Dillon Dube – 2 game suspension Tomas Soustal – 2 games Rodney Southam – 6 games LBI Dillon Dube – 5 games UBI Lucas Johansen 3 games Justin Kirkland – 3 game suspension Riley Stadel – 1 game suspension Rockets Season Highs and Lows: Most Goals Scored: 8 @ Portland November 7/15 (8-5 W) Most Goals Allowed: 7 @ Rd Deer (7-4 Loss) October 3/15. Most Power Play Chances: 9 @ Blazers September 26/15 Most Power Play Goals Scored: 3 @ Portland November 6/2015 (5-4 win 3 for 3), @ Prince George October 17/15 (6-2 W) Most Power Play Goals Allowed: 2 @ Oil Kings October 2/15 (5-3 w) Most Shots Taken: 59 vs. Kootenay December 2/15 (4-1 W) Fewest Shots Taken: 15 @ Victoria November 28/15 (5-1 loss) Most Shot Allowed: 44 @ Blazers September 26/15 Fewest Shots Allowed: 19 vs. Kootenay December 2/15 (4-1 W). Last shutout: Jackson Whistle 27 saves in 1-0 win in Moose Jaw (Dec 16/15), Jackson Whistle 26 saves in a 3-0 win vs. Calgary Hitmen (October 24/15) Last time shut-out: October 16/15 (3-0 Loss in Prince George), October 9/15 (3-0 L at home to Victoria Royals – Coleman Vollrath 26 saves) Shootout Game Winning Goals: Nick Merkley vs. Giants (2-1 W November 11/15) OT Game Winning Goal: 0 Most Points by one player: Tyson Baillie (2+3=5) @ Prince George October 17/15 Hat tricks: Kole Lind vs. Blazers December 28/15 (3-2 W), Tyson Baillie @ Swift Current December 12/15 (6-3 W), Rourke Chartier vs. BC: 11-5-0-0 vs. US: 5-1-2-0 vs. Central: 9-1-0-0 vs. East: 3-3-0-0 Roster Stats: Player total: 24 Year by Year Breakdown: 20’s – 3 Linaker, Baillie, Whistle 19’s – 5 Chartier, Stadel, Southam, Kirkland, Herringer 18’s – 9 Johansen, Merkley, Gatenby, Soustal, Stephens, Wishnowski, Coughlin, Thurkauf, Ballhorn 17’s - 6 Dube, Danny Gatenby, Lind, Borstmayer, Chizen, Foote, 16’s – 1 Smart Month Games September: 3 October: 12 November: 11 December: 12 January: 12 February: 13 March: 9
Record 2-1-0-0 9-4-0-0 9-1-1-0 8-3-1-0 0-1-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0
Home 1-0-0-0 4-2-0-0 4-0-0-0 4-0-1-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0
Road 1-1-0-0 5-2-0-0 5-1-1-0 4-3-0-0 0-1-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0
How the Rockets were built: st 1 Rd: Merkley, Chartier, Dube nd 2 Rd: Foote, Gatenby rd 3 Rd: Baillie, Stadel, Borstmayer th 4 Rd: Lind th 5 Rd: Kirkland th 6 Rd: Linaker, Johansen th 9 Rd: Chizen Listed: Ballhorn, Coughlin, Stephens, Wishnowski, Danny Gatenby Trade: Whistle, Herringer, Southam CHL Import Draft: Thurkauf, Soustal Game notes compiled by Regan Bartel of AM 1150
2015-16 Regular Season Team Statistics Victoria Royals PLAYERS #
Name
Pos GP G A PTS +/- PIM PPG PPA SH SHA GW FG IG OT UA EN SOG SOA SOGW SO% Pt/G PIMPG SA SH%
16 Alex Forsberg
LW 38 14 31 45
13 43
6
9
0
0
2
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0.0
1.18 1.13
65
21.5
11 Matthew Phillips
C
39 19 18 37
8
6
5
6
0
0
6
5
2
0
1
0
0
1
0
0.0
0.95 0.15
55
34.5
19 Dante Hannoun
C
39 16 16 32
17 6
2
2
0
0
2
1
4
0
0
0
0
1
0
0.0
0.82 0.15
53
30.2
9
LW 39 15 17 32
5
55
5
10
0
0
2
4
2
0
1
0
1
2
0
50.0
0.82 1.41
103 14.6
17 Tyler Soy
C
39 14 16 30
2
15
5
5
1
0
3
2
4
0
2
1
0
1
0
0.0
0.77 0.38
59
23.7
2
Joe Hicketts
D
29 2
28 30
13 20
2
13
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
1.03 0.69
30
6.7
23 Vladimir Bobylev
C
39 13 11 24
11 39
2
2
0
0
3
4
0
1
2
1
0
0
0
0.0
0.62 1.00
55
23.6
29 Chaz Reddekopp D
38 4
12 16
4
71
2
5
1
0
0
1
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.42 1.87
26
15.4
3
D
37 3
13 16
20 43
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.43 1.16
26
11.5
20 Logan Fisher
C
39 5
8
13
4
38
0
1
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.33 0.97
29
17.2
8
RW 37 3
9
12
0
11
1
1
0
1
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.32 0.30
55
5.5
24 Regan Nagy
RW 39 5
5
10
8
20
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.26 0.51
25
20.0
27 Jared Dmytriw
RW 38 4
4
8
0
18
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.21 0.47
18
22.2
*
10 Ryan Peckford
C
35 5
2
7
0
10
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.20 0.29
10
50.0
*
12 Keith Anderson
RW 24 1
5
6
4
28
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.25 1.17
5
20.0
4
D
3
5
4
13
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.14 0.35
23
8.7
2
1
3
3
5
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.43 0.71
4
50.0
*
* *
Jack Walker
Ryan Gagnon Ethan Price
Ralph Jarratt
37 2
25 Tyler Thompson
RW 7
6
Jordan Wharrie
D
22 1
1
2
0
19
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.09 0.86
8
12.5
22 Brayden Pachal
D
27 1
1
2
8
21
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.07 0.78
7
14.3
28 Marsel Ibragimov D
33 0
2
2
6
22
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.06 0.67
10
0.0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.00 0.40
1
0.0
10 0
0
0
1
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.00 0.40
1
0.0
LW 12 0
0
0
1
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.00 0.50
4
0.0
*
21 Ty Westgard
RW 5
*
7
D
Scott Walford
*X 26 Matt Dykstra Goalies # Name
GP Mins GA SO GAA W L OTL SL
35 Coleman Vollrath 34 1872 76 * 30 Griffen Outhouse 10 478 Empty Net Totals
4
15
SVS SV%
2.44 18 11 0
2
898
822
0.915
2
1.88 5
0
247
232
0.939
2
1
3
39 2350 94
SA
1
3 3
2.40 23 13 1
2
1148 1054 0.918
* indicates rookie X indicates inactive
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Saturday, January 2nd at Kelowna Rockets YEAR IN REVIEW: The Victoria Royals played in their first game of 2016 last night. The Royals finished 2015 with a 44-23-2-2 record through 71 games. Victoria collected seven shutouts in the year, which included outscored their opposition 244-175. Royals’ forward Alex Forsberg led on offence in 2015 as he collected 72 points (28g-44a) over 69 games. PENALTY KILL PROWESS: The Royals and Rockets enter tonight’s contest sporting two of the best penalty killing units in the Western Hockey League. Victoria holds the fourth best record on the road at 83.8% and has only allow 11 goals against on 68 times shorthanded. The Rockets meanwhile, boast the top penalty kill unit on home at 90.9% Kelowna has only given up six goals through 66 times shorthanded. FIRST YEARS: The Western Conference’s top two rookie scorers will be facing off tonight as Victoria’s Matthew Phillips and Kole Lind are in first and second place respectively. Through 39 games apiece, Phillips has tallied 37 points (19g-18a), while Lind has registered 30 (13g-17a). The Royals’ rookie has compiled eight multipoint games, while the Rockets’ freshman has amassed six multipoint contests so far this season. BATTLE BETWEEN THE PIPES: Entering tonight’s contest the Royals’ Colman Vollrath and the Rockets’ Jackson Whistle are both in the top five in multiple goaltending categories in the WHL. Vollrath is fourth in the league for wins by a netminder with 18, while Whistle is tied for second in the league with 19 victories. Vollrath currently holds the third best goals against average (GAA) with 2.44 and fifth best save percentage (SV%) at 0.915. Whistle sports the fourth best GAA at 2.54 and third highest SV% at 0.920. BEST FOOT FORWARD: With Jack Walker’s goal in the opening period of the Royals’ last game, Victoria has now outscored the opposition 48-29 in the first stanza. The Royals have also outshot their opponents by a combined 424-348 margin in the opening 20 minutes of play. During the 2014-15 season Victoria was outscored 65-69 in the first period while being outshot 693-764. HEATING UP: Royals’ forwards Vladimir Bobylev and Tyler Soy are currently riding five and four game point streaks respectively. Bobylev has tallied five points (3g-4a) in the team’s previous five contests, while Soy has notched one goal and four assists in four games. PROSPECT REPORT: Victoria recently had seven prospects competing at the Mac's Midget AAA World Invitational Tournament in Calgary, AB. Forward Zach Russell won gold with the Calgary NW Flames and tallied 13 points (7g-6a) in six games, while forward Arjun Atwal of the SSAC Boston Pizza Athletics also collected 13 points (7g-6a) in five contests. Both players finished the tournament tied for second in tournament scoring. Other prospects participating were forward Lach Hadley (1 goal) of the South Island Royals, goaltenders Dean McNabb of the Regina Pat Canadians, and Lucas Leisen of the SSAC Boston Pizza Athletics, defensemen Luke Bast of the Red Deer Optimist Chiefs, and the Lloydminster Bandit Pipeline Bobcats' Daniel Hilsendager. ROSTER BREAKDOWN: The 2015-16 Victoria Royals roster is composed as follows: AGE: 1995 – 3, 1996 – 3, 1997 – 9, 1998 – 6, 1999 – 3 LOCATION: B.C. – 10, Alberta – 4, Saskatchewan – 4, USA – 4, Europe – 2 2015-16 REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE: Tuesday, January 5th vs Tri-City Americans – 7:05 p.m. – SOFMC – Victoria, BC Wednesday, January 6th vs Tri-City Americans – 7:05 p.m. – SOFMC – Victoria, BC
Standings Eastern Conference East Division Rank Team
GP W
1
38 23 11
Brandon Wheat Kings
L OTL SL PTS PCT 2
2
GF
GA PIM
50 0.658 146 111 387
Home
Away
P10
STK
11-6-1-2
12-5-1-0
6-3-1-0
2-0-1-0
2
Prince Albert Raiders
38 22 12
3
1
48 0.632 123 118 505
13-6-2-0
9-6-1-1
5-4-1-0
0-1-0-0
3
Moose Jaw Warriors
37 18 14
4
1
41 0.554 128 119 425
10-7-1-1
8-7-3-0
5-5-0-0
0-2-0-0
4
Regina Pats
39 17 16
3
3
40 0.513 122 137 543
9-8-2-0
8-8-1-3
3-4-1-2
2-0-0-1
5
Saskatoon Blades
37 14 20
3
0
31 0.419 115 154 496
6-12-2-0
8-8-1-0
4-6-0-0
1-0-0-0
38 12 21
4
1
29 0.382
90
123 426
7-11-1-0
5-10-3-1
4-4-1-1
2-0-1-0
L OTL SL PTS PCT
GF
GA PIM
6 Swift Current Broncos Central Division Rank Team
GP W
1
38 26 12
Lethbridge Hurricanes
0
0
52 0.684 162 117 574
Home
Away
P10
STK
14-3-0-0
12-9-0-0
8-2-0-0
0-1-0-0
2
Calgary Hitmen
40 25 13
1
1
52 0.650 136 121 596
13-4-1-0
12-9-0-1
8-2-0-0
3-0-0-0
3
Red Deer Rebels
38 25 13
0
0
50 0.658 139 115 445
13-5-0-0
12-8-0-0
6-4-0-0
1-0-0-0
4
Edmonton Oil Kings
39 16 19
4
0
36 0.462 110 127 539
9-8-3-0
7-11-1-0
4-5-1-0
3-0-1-0
5
Medicine Hat Tigers
37 13 20
3
1
30 0.405 120 146 522
7-10-1-1
6-10-2-0
5-4-1-0
1-0-0-0
39
2
0
14 0.179
76
167 468
5-12-2-0
1-19-0-0
0-10-0-0
0-15-0-0
L OTL SL PTS PCT
GF
GA PIM
6 Kootenay Ice Western Conference B.C. Division Rank Team
GP W
1
39 27 10
Kelowna Rockets
6
31
2
0
56 0.718 140 109 546 96
Home
Away
P10
STK
13-2-1-0
14-8-1-0
5-4-1-0
0-1-1-0
2
Victoria Royals
39 23 13
1
2
49 0.628 129
521
11-6-0-2
12-7-1-0
4-5-0-1
0-1-0-0
3
Prince George Cougars
37 23 12
1
1
48 0.649 129 106 717
13-4-0-1
10-8-1-0
7-3-0-0
2-0-0-0
4
Kamloops Blazers
36 18 14
3
1
40 0.556 126 110 385
10-7-2-1
8-7-1-0
6-4-0-0
1-0-0-0
5 Vancouver Giants U.S. Division Rank Team
38 13 20
3
2
31 0.408 109 135 465
9-11-1-0
4-9-2-2
5-4-1-0
0-1-0-0
GP W
1
35 21 12
Everett Silvertips
L OTL SL PTS PCT 0
2
44 0.629
GF
GA PIM
96
76
321
Home
Away
P10
STK
11-6-0-1
10-6-0-1
7-3-0-0
2-0-0-0
2
Seattle Thunderbirds
36 20 13
3
0
43 0.597 116 107 510
12-2-2-0
8-11-1-0
4-5-1-0
0-1-0-0
3
Spokane Chiefs
37 19 14
3
1
42 0.568 123 121 465
12-6-1-1
7-8-2-0
5-4-1-0
1-0-0-0
4
Portland Winterhawks
5 Tri-City Americans x = Clinched Playoff Position y = Teams who have clinched Division title
Friday, Jan 1 Brandon 3 at Edmonton 4 Final OT Kelowna 1 at Everett 3 Final Victoria 1 at Kamloops 4 Final Swift Current 3 at Regina 4 Final OT Prince Albert 1 at Saskatoon 6 Final
36 18 17
1
0
37 0.514 123 118 497
10-8-0-0
8-9-1-0
5-4-1-0
1-0-0-0
37 15 20
2
0
32 0.432 116 141 544
8-10-1-0
7-10-1-0
5-4-1-0
0-1-0-0
Saturday, Jan 2 Kootenay at Moose Jaw 7:00 pm CST Brandon at Red Deer 7:00 pm MST Calgary at Lethbridge 7:00 pm MST Edmonton at Medicine Hat 7:30 pm MST Everett at Kamloops 7:00 pm PST Spokane at Portland 7:00 pm PST Vancouver at Prince George 7:00 pm PST Tri-City at Seattle 7:05 pm PST Victoria at Kelowna 7:05 pm PST
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Sunday, Jan 3 Moose Jaw at Saskatoon 2:00 pm CST Kootenay at Swift Current 4:00 pm CST Prince Albert at Regina 4:00 pm CST Brandon at Calgary 4:00 pm MST Spokane at Portland 5:00 pm PST Vancouver at Prince George 5:00 pm PST
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PLAYER JACKSON WHISTLE MICHAEL HERRINGER
POS G G
SH L L
HT 6'1 6'
RILEY STADEL GORDIE BALLHORN* DANNY GATENBY* JONATHAN SMART* LUCAS JOHANSEN TANNER WISHNOWSKI* NICK MERKLEY JORDAN BORSTMAYER* ROURKE CHARTIER 'A' TOMAS SOUSTAL KOLE LIND* RODNEY SOUTHAM 'A' TATE COUGHLIN DILLON DUBE
F/D D D D D LW C RW C C/RW RW C/RW RW C LW
L L L L L L R R L R R R R L L
5'10 6'1 6'3 5'11½ 6'1 6'0
180 186 174 170 176 186 5'10½ 185 5'11½ 172 5'11 190 6'3 198 6'½ 172 6' 185 6'2 188 5'10¼ 180 6'1 182
Surrey, BC Wetaskiwin, AB Kelowna, BC Kelowna, BC Port Moody, BC Oakbank, MB Calgary, AB St. Brieux, SK Saskatoon, SK Unicov, Czech Rep. Shaunavon, SK Saskatoon, SK Victoria, BC Cochrane, AB Langley, BC
Jan. 16/96 Sept. 2/97 Sept.17/98** June 1/99 Nov. 16/97** Jan. 28/97 May 23/97 Jan. 9/98 Apr. 3/96 Feb. 15/97 Oct. 16/98** Aug 9/96 July 23/97 July 20/98 Sept. 13/99
2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 16 17 19 20 21
D D LW C D C LW D
L R L R R R L R
6'1½ 6'6 6'3 5'11 6'3½ 6'1¾ 6'1¼ 6'0
Surrey, BC St. Albert, AB Camrose, AB
Jan. 2/97 May 9/98 Aug. 2/96 Nov. 16/95** Dec. 13/98** July 11/95 June 27/97 May 15/97
22 23 24 25 27 28 29
3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
CONNER BRUGGEN-CATE*(AP)
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
DEVANTE STEPHENS BRAYDYN CHIZEN* JUSTIN KIRKLAND TYSON BAILLIE 'A' CAL FOOTE* COLE LINAKER CALVIN THURKAUF* JOE GATENBY 'A'
WT HOMETOWN 192 West Kelowna, BC 176 Comox, BC
176 190 185 198 198 179 202 185
Fort Saskatchewan, AB
Denver, CO Edmonton, AB Zug, Switzerland Kelowna, BC
DOB June 9/95 Jan. 26/96
NO. PLAYER 30 GRIFFEN OUTHOUSE 35 COLEMAN VOLLRATH
POS SH HT G L 5'11" G L 6'0"
WT HOMETOWN 175 Williams Lake, BC 170 Calgary, AB
DOB Mar. 13/98 Jan. 19/95
JOE HICKETTS RYAN GAGNON RALPH JARRATT JORDAN WHARRIE SCOTT WALFORD ETHAN PRICE JACK WALKER RYAN PECKFORD MATTHEW PHILLIPS KEITH ANDERSON ALEX FORSBERG TYLER SOY DANTE HANNOUN LOGAN FISHER TY WESTGARD
D D D D D RW LW C C RW LW C C C RW
L R L R L R L L R R L L R L R
5'8" 6'1" 6'2" 6'2" 6'1" 5'10" 5'11" 6'0" 5'6" 6'3" 5'11" 5'11" 5'5" 6'2" 6'0"
177 198 217 180 188 188 179 184 137 204 192 172 154 204 185
Kamloops, BC Quesnel, BC Fort St. John, BC Port Moody, BC Coquitlam, BC Lincoln, NE Edina, MN Stony Plain, AB Calgary, AB Hermiston, OR Waldheim, SK Cloverdale, BC Delta, BC Red Deer, AB White Rock, BC
May 4/96 Apr. 30/96 Mar. 18/98 Jun. 16/97 Jan. 12/99 Jan. 17/97 July 30/96 Mar. 4/99 Apr. 6/98 Apr. 18/97 Jan. 4/95 Feb. 10/97 Aug. 2/98 Apr. 10/95 May 21/98
BRAYDEN PACHAL VLADIMIR BOBYLEV REGAN NAGY TYLER THOMPSON JARED DMYTRIW MARSEL IBRAGIMOV CHAZ REDDEKOPP
D C RW RW RW D D
R L R R R R L
5'11" 6'2" 6'0" 6'4" 5'11" 6'2" 6'3"
175 202 177 191 180 186 220
Estevan, SK Lipetsk, Russia Ogema, SK Lakeville, MN Craven, SK Kazan, Russia West Kelowna, BC
Aug 23/99 Apr. 18/97 May 11/97 Jan. 4/97 Jun. 6/98 Aug. 4/97 Jan. 1/97
*Rookie **Late Birthday Affects NHL Draft Status
President/GM: Bruce Hamilton Asst GM/Dir Player Personnel: Lorne Frey Head Coach: Brad Ralph Assistant Coach: Kris Mallette Assistant/Goalie Coach: Travis Crickard Skills Development: Kim Gellert Athletic Therapist/Strength & Conditioning Coach: Scott Hoyer Equipment Manager: Chaydyn Johnson
President & General Manager: Cameron Hope Head Coach: Dave Lowry Assistant GM, Hockey Ops & Comm: Jeff Harris Assistant GM, Player Personnel: Grant Armstrong Assistant Coach: Enio Sacilotto Goaltender Coach: Lynden Sammartino Athletic Therapist: Khore Elliott Equipment Manager: Matt Auerbach Strength, Conditioning & Skills Coach: Jeff Compton Manager of Comm. & Hockey Ops Coord: Adam McKinnon
Referees: Tyler ADAIR, Mike CAMPBELL Linesmen: Kevin CROWELL, Ward PATEMAN VGJ: Lorne Craig
Rockets Next Home Game: Friday January 8 vs. Everett (7:05)
Kelowna Rockets Regular Season Statistics 2015-2016 After Game #39 NO. PLAYER GP 24 Tyson Baillie 39 19 Dillon Dube 32 10 Nick Merkley 31 16 Kole Lind* 39 23 Justin Kirkland 36 26 Cole Linaker 37 15 Tomas Soustal 27 7 Lucas Johansen 36 27 Calvin Thurkauf* 29 25 Cal Foote* 38 17 Rodney Southam 34 28 Joe Gatenby 39 14 Rourke Chartier 10 4 Gordie Ballhorn* 39 21 Devante Stephens 38 3 Riley Stadel 23 9 Tanner Wishnowski* 31 6 Jonathan Smart* 17 11 Jordan Borstmayer* 33 18 Tate Coughlin 33 22 Braydyn Chizen* 19 5 Danny Gatenby* 21 Team Totals 700 Goaltending Statistics NO. PLAYER GP MIN GA 30 Michael Herringer 15 780 41 1 Jackson Whistle 27 1559 66 Team Totals 42 2339 107 Scoring by Periods SOG 1st 2nd 3rd OT Total Rockets 1 35 46 57 0 140 Opponents 0 27 43 38 2 109 Rockets Record after Second Period: When Leading: 20 0 When Losing: 2 8 When Tied: 5 2 First Goal of the Game:
G 24 15 11 13 12 12 10 5 7 4 5 2 6 2 2 1 4 0 1 1 0 0 142 Svs 382 761 1143
1 0 1
When Rockets Score First: 20 2 2 When Opponent Score First: 7 8 0 Home and Away Record: Overall Overtime Home 13 2 1 0 0 1 0 Road 14 8 1 0 1 1 0 Total 27 10 2 0 1 2 0
A 37 22 20 17 16 15 12 16 10 12 6 8 3 6 5 5 2 4 1 0 0 0 214
PTS 61 37 31 30 28 27 22 21 17 16 11 10 9 8 7 6 6 4 2 1 0 0 356
PIM PPG SHG 42 6 1 36 4 0 26 3 0 22 0 0 32 2 0 25 5 0 38 1 0 10 2 1 24 3 0 22 2 0 49 2 0 14 1 0 2 2 0 36 0 0 33 0 0 52 0 0 28 0 0 6 0 0 4 0 0 19 0 0 13 0 0 4 0 0 '440 34 2
AVE PCT W L OT SL 3.15 0.903 8 4 0 0 2.57 0.919 19 7 1 0 3.26 0.905 27 11 1 0 Shots by Period 1st 2nd 3rd Rockets 395 386 391 Opponents 386 448 415
16-01-02 GW SOG 6 0/0 3 0/0 3 1/1 2 '0-0 3 1/1 2 '0-0 0 0/0 0 '0-0 1 0/0 0 0/0 2 0-0 0 0/0 1 0/0 0 0/0 0 0/0 1 '0-0 0 0/0 0 0'0 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0'0 0 0/0 25 0 SO 0 2 2 OT 6 5
Rockets Shots on Goal Record: 0 When Outshooting Opponent: 10 1 0 When Outshot by Opponent: 16 7 0 When Shots Are Tied: 1 2 Rockets Specialty Teams: Power Play: 0 Opp. PPGF SHGA 0 Rockets 154 34 5
PTS 0 0 0
+/12 6 6 17 5 12 12 5 11 8 2 15 1 19 12 2 4 5 -4 -3 -6 2 0 PIM 0 0 0
Total 1184 1261 0 2 0
0 0 0 Pct.% 22.1
Shorthanded: Rockets
Opp. 168
PPGA 32
SHGF 2
Pct.% 81.0
Rockets vs. Royals Saturday January 2, 2016 Game Time - 7:05 pm th
Tonight’s Preview: The Kelowna Rockets play their 5 game in 7 nights when they welcome to Victoria Royals to Prospera Place. The Rockets and Royals are meeting for the fourth time this season. The Royals shutout the th Rockets 3-0 at Prospers Place back on October 9 before the two teams split th th a pair of games in Victoria (3-1 W and 5-1 L) on November 27 and 28 . The Rockets are coming off a 3th 1 loss in Everett last night. Joe Gatenby scored the lone goal in the teams 10 setback of the season. Michael Herringer took the loss in goal. The Rockets generated just 16 shots on net. The Rockets have won 22 of their last 31 games overall (22-7-1-1) and are 13-2-1-0 on home ice and 14-8-1-0 on the road. Overall; the Rockets have points in 20 of 25 games (18-5-2-0). Overall, the team has won 8 of its last 13 games. Oh Canada! Rourke Chartier is in Finland representing Canada at the World Junior Hockey Championships. The Rockets have been well represented at the World Juniors. Madison Bowey, Josh Morrissey and GM Bruce Hamilton came home with a gold medal last year from the prestigious tournament. Other notable players from the Rockets that have played for Canada include: Jamie Benn, Tyler Myers, Brandon McMillan, Tyson Barrie, Luke Schenn, Blake Comeau, Shea Weber, Josh Gorges, th Chuck Kobasew, Brett McLean and Robb Gordon. Chartier is the 14 player from the Rockets to play for Team Canada. th
Whistle Racking Up Winning Record: Twenty year-old Jackson Whistle is going after his 87 career win in a Kelowna Rockets uniform this evening. Here are the franchise leaders: 1) Adam Brown: 107 wins 2) Jordan Cooke: 92 wins 3) Jackson Whistle: 86 wins 4) Kelly Guard: 83 wins This and That: The Rockets are 0 for 10 on the power play in their last four games after the Christmas break….Justin Kirkland returns to the line-up tonight after serving a three game suspension for a hit last Sunday in Kamloops…Riley Stadel returned to the line-up last night in Everett after serving a one game suspension for a hit against the Blazers Monday night….The Rockets had their nine game winning streak at home snapped Wednesday night. It ties the longest home ice winning streak of the season set originally by the Seattle Thunderbirds. The Rockets have won 9 consecutive games at home in three consecutive seasons but have been unable to win 10 in a row. The last time that happened was 2011-2012, when the team won 23 straight games at Prospera Place…Tyson Baillie is playing in career game #299 tonight….Jackson Whistle played in five of the six games on the Eastern Division road trip. The only game th he did not start was a 6-3 victory in Swift Current….Tyson Baillie’s hat-trick December 15 in Swift Current st th was the first of his WHL career in his 291 career game…The Rockets are rated as the 5 best team in the th country after being ranked 4 best for four consecutive weeks in the CHL Top 10 rankings….Tomas Soustal is playing for the Czech Republic at the World Junior Hockey Championships.…Calvin Thurkauf is representing Switzerland at the World Junior’s….Three members of the Rockets have been rated by NHL Central Scouting. Lucas Johansen and Dillon Dube are rated as ‘B’ prospects for June’s draft in Buffalo. Tomas Soustal, who was not selected last year, is ranked as a ‘C’ prospect…Rookie Gordie Ballhorn leads the Rockets with a +19 ratings….Nine of Justin Kirkland’s 12 goals have been scored on the road this season….Jackson Whistle has started 25 of the last 33 games…The Rockets receive relief from the th th schedule maker when they play 9 of 10 at home from January 19 to February 8 ….Cole Linaker has 97 career points…Lucas Johansen played in career game #100 Wednesday night against the Tips. Who’s Hot: Kole Lind has 4+3=7 in his last 5 games…Tyson Baillie had his six game point streak snapped Wednesday night. Baillie had 6+4=10 over that stretch….Tyson Baillie has points in 24 of his last 29 games……Justin Kirkland has points in 9 of his last 15 games. Kirkland has 4+12=16 over that period…Cole Linaker has points in 8 of his last 17 games. Linaker has 4+6=10 over that stretch…Dillon Dube has 13+18=31 in his last 25 games.
Man Games Lost to Injury/Illness/Suspension: 83 games Jackson Whistle: 3 games Rourke Chartier: 19 games Tanner Wishnowski – 8 game Nick Merkley: 3 games Jonathan Smart: 13 games Riley Stadel – 14 games Dillon Dube – 2 game suspension Tomas Soustal – 2 games Rodney Southam – 6 games LBI Dillon Dube – 5 games UBI Lucas Johansen 3 games Justin Kirkland – 3 game suspension Riley Stadel – 1 game suspension Rockets Season Highs and Lows: Most Goals Scored: 8 @ Portland November 7/15 (8-5 W) Most Goals Allowed: 7 @ Rd Deer (7-4 Loss) October 3/15. Most Power Play Chances: 9 @ Blazers September 26/15 Most Power Play Goals Scored: 3 @ Portland November 6/2015 (5-4 win 3 for 3), @ Prince George October 17/15 (6-2 W) Most Power Play Goals Allowed: 2 @ Oil Kings October 2/15 (5-3 w) Most Shots Taken: 59 vs. Kootenay December 2/15 (4-1 W) Fewest Shots Taken: 15 @ Victoria November 28/15 (5-1 loss) Most Shot Allowed: 44 @ Blazers September 26/15 Fewest Shots Allowed: 19 vs. Kootenay December 2/15 (4-1 W). Last shutout: Jackson Whistle 27 saves in 1-0 win in Moose Jaw (Dec 16/15), Jackson Whistle 26 saves in a 3-0 win vs. Calgary Hitmen (October 24/15) Last time shut-out: October 16/15 (3-0 Loss in Prince George), October 9/15 (3-0 L at home to Victoria Royals – Coleman Vollrath 26 saves) Shootout Game Winning Goals: Nick Merkley vs. Giants (2-1 W November 11/15) OT Game Winning Goal: 0 Most Points by one player: Tyson Baillie (2+3=5) @ Prince George October 17/15 Hat tricks: Kole Lind vs. Blazers December 28/15 (3-2 W), Tyson Baillie @ Swift Current December 12/15 (6-3 W), Rourke Chartier vs. BC: 11-5-0-0 vs. US: 5-1-2-0 vs. Central: 9-1-0-0 vs. East: 3-3-0-0 Roster Stats: Player total: 24 Year by Year Breakdown: 20’s – 3 Linaker, Baillie, Whistle 19’s – 5 Chartier, Stadel, Southam, Kirkland, Herringer 18’s – 9 Johansen, Merkley, Gatenby, Soustal, Stephens, Wishnowski, Coughlin, Thurkauf, Ballhorn 17’s - 6 Dube, Danny Gatenby, Lind, Borstmayer, Chizen, Foote, 16’s – 1 Smart Month Games September: 3 October: 12 November: 11 December: 12 January: 12 February: 13 March: 9
Record 2-1-0-0 9-4-0-0 9-1-1-0 8-3-1-0 0-1-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0
Home 1-0-0-0 4-2-0-0 4-0-0-0 4-0-1-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0
Road 1-1-0-0 5-2-0-0 5-1-1-0 4-3-0-0 0-1-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0
How the Rockets were built: st 1 Rd: Merkley, Chartier, Dube nd 2 Rd: Foote, Gatenby rd 3 Rd: Baillie, Stadel, Borstmayer th 4 Rd: Lind th 5 Rd: Kirkland th 6 Rd: Linaker, Johansen th 9 Rd: Chizen Listed: Ballhorn, Coughlin, Stephens, Wishnowski, Danny Gatenby Trade: Whistle, Herringer, Southam CHL Import Draft: Thurkauf, Soustal Game notes compiled by Regan Bartel of AM 1150
2015-16 Regular Season Team Statistics Victoria Royals PLAYERS #
Name
Pos GP G A PTS +/- PIM PPG PPA SH SHA GW FG IG OT UA EN SOG SOA SOGW SO% Pt/G PIMPG SA SH%
16 Alex Forsberg
LW 38 14 31 45
13 43
6
9
0
0
2
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0.0
1.18 1.13
65
21.5
11 Matthew Phillips
C
39 19 18 37
8
6
5
6
0
0
6
5
2
0
1
0
0
1
0
0.0
0.95 0.15
55
34.5
19 Dante Hannoun
C
39 16 16 32
17 6
2
2
0
0
2
1
4
0
0
0
0
1
0
0.0
0.82 0.15
53
30.2
9
LW 39 15 17 32
5
55
5
10
0
0
2
4
2
0
1
0
1
2
0
50.0
0.82 1.41
103 14.6
17 Tyler Soy
C
39 14 16 30
2
15
5
5
1
0
3
2
4
0
2
1
0
1
0
0.0
0.77 0.38
59
23.7
2
Joe Hicketts
D
29 2
28 30
13 20
2
13
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
1.03 0.69
30
6.7
23 Vladimir Bobylev
C
39 13 11 24
11 39
2
2
0
0
3
4
0
1
2
1
0
0
0
0.0
0.62 1.00
55
23.6
29 Chaz Reddekopp D
38 4
12 16
4
71
2
5
1
0
0
1
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.42 1.87
26
15.4
3
D
37 3
13 16
20 43
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.43 1.16
26
11.5
20 Logan Fisher
C
39 5
8
13
4
38
0
1
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.33 0.97
29
17.2
8
RW 37 3
9
12
0
11
1
1
0
1
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.32 0.30
55
5.5
24 Regan Nagy
RW 39 5
5
10
8
20
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.26 0.51
25
20.0
27 Jared Dmytriw
RW 38 4
4
8
0
18
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.21 0.47
18
22.2
*
10 Ryan Peckford
C
35 5
2
7
0
10
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.20 0.29
10
50.0
*
12 Keith Anderson
RW 24 1
5
6
4
28
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.25 1.17
5
20.0
4
D
3
5
4
13
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.14 0.35
23
8.7
2
1
3
3
5
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.43 0.71
4
50.0
*
* *
Jack Walker
Ryan Gagnon Ethan Price
Ralph Jarratt
37 2
25 Tyler Thompson
RW 7
6
Jordan Wharrie
D
22 1
1
2
0
19
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.09 0.86
8
12.5
22 Brayden Pachal
D
27 1
1
2
8
21
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.07 0.78
7
14.3
28 Marsel Ibragimov D
33 0
2
2
6
22
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.06 0.67
10
0.0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.00 0.40
1
0.0
10 0
0
0
1
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.00 0.40
1
0.0
LW 12 0
0
0
1
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.00 0.50
4
0.0
*
21 Ty Westgard
RW 5
*
7
D
Scott Walford
*X 26 Matt Dykstra Goalies # Name
GP Mins GA SO GAA W L OTL SL
35 Coleman Vollrath 34 1872 76 * 30 Griffen Outhouse 10 478 Empty Net Totals
4
15
SVS SV%
2.44 18 11 0
2
898
822
0.915
2
1.88 5
0
247
232
0.939
2
1
3
39 2350 94
SA
1
3 3
2.40 23 13 1
2
1148 1054 0.918
* indicates rookie X indicates inactive
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Saturday, January 2nd at Kelowna Rockets YEAR IN REVIEW: The Victoria Royals played in their first game of 2016 last night. The Royals finished 2015 with a 44-23-2-2 record through 71 games. Victoria collected seven shutouts in the year, which included outscored their opposition 244-175. Royals’ forward Alex Forsberg led on offence in 2015 as he collected 72 points (28g-44a) over 69 games. PENALTY KILL PROWESS: The Royals and Rockets enter tonight’s contest sporting two of the best penalty killing units in the Western Hockey League. Victoria holds the fourth best record on the road at 83.8% and has only allow 11 goals against on 68 times shorthanded. The Rockets meanwhile, boast the top penalty kill unit on home at 90.9% Kelowna has only given up six goals through 66 times shorthanded. FIRST YEARS: The Western Conference’s top two rookie scorers will be facing off tonight as Victoria’s Matthew Phillips and Kole Lind are in first and second place respectively. Through 39 games apiece, Phillips has tallied 37 points (19g-18a), while Lind has registered 30 (13g-17a). The Royals’ rookie has compiled eight multipoint games, while the Rockets’ freshman has amassed six multipoint contests so far this season. BATTLE BETWEEN THE PIPES: Entering tonight’s contest the Royals’ Colman Vollrath and the Rockets’ Jackson Whistle are both in the top five in multiple goaltending categories in the WHL. Vollrath is fourth in the league for wins by a netminder with 18, while Whistle is tied for second in the league with 19 victories. Vollrath currently holds the third best goals against average (GAA) with 2.44 and fifth best save percentage (SV%) at 0.915. Whistle sports the fourth best GAA at 2.54 and third highest SV% at 0.920. BEST FOOT FORWARD: With Jack Walker’s goal in the opening period of the Royals’ last game, Victoria has now outscored the opposition 48-29 in the first stanza. The Royals have also outshot their opponents by a combined 424-348 margin in the opening 20 minutes of play. During the 2014-15 season Victoria was outscored 65-69 in the first period while being outshot 693-764. HEATING UP: Royals’ forwards Vladimir Bobylev and Tyler Soy are currently riding five and four game point streaks respectively. Bobylev has tallied five points (3g-4a) in the team’s previous five contests, while Soy has notched one goal and four assists in four games. PROSPECT REPORT: Victoria recently had seven prospects competing at the Mac's Midget AAA World Invitational Tournament in Calgary, AB. Forward Zach Russell won gold with the Calgary NW Flames and tallied 13 points (7g-6a) in six games, while forward Arjun Atwal of the SSAC Boston Pizza Athletics also collected 13 points (7g-6a) in five contests. Both players finished the tournament tied for second in tournament scoring. Other prospects participating were forward Lach Hadley (1 goal) of the South Island Royals, goaltenders Dean McNabb of the Regina Pat Canadians, and Lucas Leisen of the SSAC Boston Pizza Athletics, defensemen Luke Bast of the Red Deer Optimist Chiefs, and the Lloydminster Bandit Pipeline Bobcats' Daniel Hilsendager. ROSTER BREAKDOWN: The 2015-16 Victoria Royals roster is composed as follows: AGE: 1995 – 3, 1996 – 3, 1997 – 9, 1998 – 6, 1999 – 3 LOCATION: B.C. – 10, Alberta – 4, Saskatchewan – 4, USA – 4, Europe – 2 2015-16 REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE: Tuesday, January 5th vs Tri-City Americans – 7:05 p.m. – SOFMC – Victoria, BC Wednesday, January 6th vs Tri-City Americans – 7:05 p.m. – SOFMC – Victoria, BC
Standings Eastern Conference East Division Rank Team
GP W
1
38 23 11
Brandon Wheat Kings
L OTL SL PTS PCT 2
2
GF
GA PIM
50 0.658 146 111 387
Home
Away
P10
STK
11-6-1-2
12-5-1-0
6-3-1-0
2-0-1-0
2
Prince Albert Raiders
38 22 12
3
1
48 0.632 123 118 505
13-6-2-0
9-6-1-1
5-4-1-0
0-1-0-0
3
Moose Jaw Warriors
37 18 14
4
1
41 0.554 128 119 425
10-7-1-1
8-7-3-0
5-5-0-0
0-2-0-0
4
Regina Pats
39 17 16
3
3
40 0.513 122 137 543
9-8-2-0
8-8-1-3
3-4-1-2
2-0-0-1
5
Saskatoon Blades
37 14 20
3
0
31 0.419 115 154 496
6-12-2-0
8-8-1-0
4-6-0-0
1-0-0-0
38 12 21
4
1
29 0.382
90
123 426
7-11-1-0
5-10-3-1
4-4-1-1
2-0-1-0
L OTL SL PTS PCT
GF
GA PIM
6 Swift Current Broncos Central Division Rank Team
GP W
1
38 26 12
Lethbridge Hurricanes
0
0
52 0.684 162 117 574
Home
Away
P10
STK
14-3-0-0
12-9-0-0
8-2-0-0
0-1-0-0
2
Calgary Hitmen
40 25 13
1
1
52 0.650 136 121 596
13-4-1-0
12-9-0-1
8-2-0-0
3-0-0-0
3
Red Deer Rebels
38 25 13
0
0
50 0.658 139 115 445
13-5-0-0
12-8-0-0
6-4-0-0
1-0-0-0
4
Edmonton Oil Kings
39 16 19
4
0
36 0.462 110 127 539
9-8-3-0
7-11-1-0
4-5-1-0
3-0-1-0
5
Medicine Hat Tigers
37 13 20
3
1
30 0.405 120 146 522
7-10-1-1
6-10-2-0
5-4-1-0
1-0-0-0
39
2
0
14 0.179
76
167 468
5-12-2-0
1-19-0-0
0-10-0-0
0-15-0-0
L OTL SL PTS PCT
GF
GA PIM
6 Kootenay Ice Western Conference B.C. Division Rank Team
GP W
1
39 27 10
Kelowna Rockets
6
31
2
0
56 0.718 140 109 546 96
Home
Away
P10
STK
13-2-1-0
14-8-1-0
5-4-1-0
0-1-1-0
2
Victoria Royals
39 23 13
1
2
49 0.628 129
521
11-6-0-2
12-7-1-0
4-5-0-1
0-1-0-0
3
Prince George Cougars
37 23 12
1
1
48 0.649 129 106 717
13-4-0-1
10-8-1-0
7-3-0-0
2-0-0-0
4
Kamloops Blazers
36 18 14
3
1
40 0.556 126 110 385
10-7-2-1
8-7-1-0
6-4-0-0
1-0-0-0
5 Vancouver Giants U.S. Division Rank Team
38 13 20
3
2
31 0.408 109 135 465
9-11-1-0
4-9-2-2
5-4-1-0
0-1-0-0
GP W
1
35 21 12
Everett Silvertips
L OTL SL PTS PCT 0
2
44 0.629
GF
GA PIM
96
76
321
Home
Away
P10
STK
11-6-0-1
10-6-0-1
7-3-0-0
2-0-0-0
2
Seattle Thunderbirds
36 20 13
3
0
43 0.597 116 107 510
12-2-2-0
8-11-1-0
4-5-1-0
0-1-0-0
3
Spokane Chiefs
37 19 14
3
1
42 0.568 123 121 465
12-6-1-1
7-8-2-0
5-4-1-0
1-0-0-0
4
Portland Winterhawks
5 Tri-City Americans x = Clinched Playoff Position y = Teams who have clinched Division title
Friday, Jan 1 Brandon 3 at Edmonton 4 Final OT Kelowna 1 at Everett 3 Final Victoria 1 at Kamloops 4 Final Swift Current 3 at Regina 4 Final OT Prince Albert 1 at Saskatoon 6 Final
36 18 17
1
0
37 0.514 123 118 497
10-8-0-0
8-9-1-0
5-4-1-0
1-0-0-0
37 15 20
2
0
32 0.432 116 141 544
8-10-1-0
7-10-1-0
5-4-1-0
0-1-0-0
Saturday, Jan 2 Kootenay at Moose Jaw 7:00 pm CST Brandon at Red Deer 7:00 pm MST Calgary at Lethbridge 7:00 pm MST Edmonton at Medicine Hat 7:30 pm MST Everett at Kamloops 7:00 pm PST Spokane at Portland 7:00 pm PST Vancouver at Prince George 7:00 pm PST Tri-City at Seattle 7:05 pm PST Victoria at Kelowna 7:05 pm PST
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Sunday, Jan 3 Moose Jaw at Saskatoon 2:00 pm CST Kootenay at Swift Current 4:00 pm CST Prince Albert at Regina 4:00 pm CST Brandon at Calgary 4:00 pm MST Spokane at Portland 5:00 pm PST Vancouver at Prince George 5:00 pm PST
NAME ______________________________________PHONE__________________ January 2, 2016 Game One (1) Entry Per Person Per Game Entry Box Located at the Rockets Fan Information Booth at Prospera Place in Main Entrance Lobby at all Rockets Regular Season Home Games from September 25, 2015 to March 16, 2016 Names will be drawn LIVE on March 19, 2016 vs. Vancouver If you are not in attendance at the game and do not provide a substitute, your entry will become void and another name will be drawn in your place You must be willing to go on to the ice surface to collect your Authentic Jersey
NAME_______________________________________ PHONE______________________________________
January 2, 2016 Game Entry Box Located at the Rockets Fan Information Booth at Prospera Place in Main Entrance Lobby Winner Will Be Announced At Tonight’s Game
NAME ______________________________________PHONE____________________ January 2, 2016 Game Entry Box Located at the Rockets Fan Information Booth at Prospera Place in Main Entrance Lobby Winner Will Be Announced At Tonight’s Game
NAME ______________________________________PHONE____________________ January 2, 2016 Game Entry Box Located at the Rockets Fan Information Booth at Prospera Place in Main Entrance Lobby Winner Will Be Announced At Tonight’s Game
NAME ___________________________________________AGE________________ January 2, 2016 Game Entry Box Located At The Rockets Fan Information Booth At Prospera Place In Main Entrance Lobby 4 Contestants Will Be Announced At Tonight’s Game Winners: Each Team Member Receives A $50 Subway Gift Card Runners Up: Each Team Member Receives A $25 Subway Gift Card Must Be Willing To Go On Ice Must Be 15 Or Older To Enter Contest Will Take Place In The 1st Intermission
NAME ___________________________________________AGE________________ January 2, 2016 Game Entry Box Located At The Rockets Fan Information Booth At Prospera Place In Main Entrance Lobby 4 Contestants Will Be Announced At Tonight’s Game Winner: $600 Danby Beverage Centre Runners Up: $25 Train Station Pub Gift Card Must Be Willing To Go On Ice / Blind Folded Must Be 19 Or Older To Enter Contest Will Take Place In The 2nd Intermission
ADMISSION: DONATION OF A NON-PERISHABLE FOOD ITEM FOR THE KELOWNA FOOD BANK BRING YOUR CAMERA BRING YOUR SKATES MUST BE IN SKATES TO ENTER ICE SURFACE *PLEASE NOTE* THERE IS NO SKATE RENTAL OR SKATE SHARPENER ON SITE
PEPSI SAVE ON FOODS PLAYER OF THE GAME CONTEST You must be 6-12 years of age and a registered Minor Hockey Player. You must be able to skate. FULL hockey equipment, skates and helmet are required. Enter at Save On Foods Locations
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