KELOWNA ROCKETS vs.PRINCE GEORGE COUGARS - 6
KELOWNA ROCKETS vs.PRINCE GEORGE COUGARS Wednesday March 9, 2016 - 7:05 PM Prospera Place - Kelowna, BC NO. 1 30 31
PLAYER JACKSON WHISTLE MICHAEL HERRINGER BRODAN SALMOND* (AP)
POS G G G
SH L L L
HT 6'1 6' 5'11
3 4 6 7 9 10 11 14 15 16 17 18 19 21 22
RILEY STADEL GORDIE BALLHORN* JONATHAN SMART* LUCAS JOHANSEN TANNER WISHNOWSKI* NICK MERKLEY JORDAN BORSTMAYER* ROURKE CHARTIER 'A' TOMAS SOUSTAL KOLE LIND* RODNEY SOUTHAM 'C' TATE COUGHLIN DILLON DUBE DEVANTE STEPHENS BRAYDYN CHIZEN*
F/D D D D LW C RW C C/RW RW C/RW RW C D D
L L L L L R R L R R R R L L R
5'10 6'1 5'11½ 6'1 6'0
23 24 25 26 27 28
JUSTIN KIRKLAND TYSON BAILLIE 'A' CAL FOOTE* COLE LINAKER 'A' CALVIN THURKAUF* JOE GATENBY 'A'
LW C D C LW D
L R R R L R
HOMETOWN West Kelowna, BC Comox, BC Calgary, AB
DOB June 9/95 Jan. 26/96 Oct. 8/98
180 186 170 176 186 5'10½ 185 5'11½ 172 5'11 190 6'3 198 6'½ 172 6' 185 6'2 188 5'10¼ 180 6'1½ 176 6'6 190
Surrey, BC Wetaskiwin, AB 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 Surrey, BC St. Albert, AB
Jan. 16/96 Sept. 2/97 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 Jan. 2/97 May 9/98
2 3 4 6 8 9 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
6'3 5'11 6'3½ 6'1¾ 6'1¼ 6'0
Camrose, AB
Aug. 2/96 Nov. 16/95** Dec. 13/98** July 11/95 June 27/97 May 15/97
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
*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 Skating Instructor: Evan Marble Equipment Manager: Chaydyn Johnson
Referees: Mike CAMPBELL, Mike LANGIN Linesmen: Kevin CROWELL, Dustin MINTY VGJ: Shane McMillan
WT 192 176 180
185 198 198 179 202 185
Fort Saskatchewan, AB
Denver, CO Edmonton, AB Zug, Switzerland Kelowna, BC
NO. PLAYER 33 NICK MCBRIDE 35 TY EDMONDS
POS SH G L G L
HT 6'3" 6'2"
WT HOMETOWN 185 Maple Ridge, BC 180 Winnipeg, MB
DOB Jan. 11/97 Aug. 20/96
SAM RUOPP 'C' LUKA ZORKO JOEL LAKUSTA SHAUN DOSANJH CHASE WITALA 'A' BRAD MORRISON JOSH CURTIS JANSEN HARKINS 'A' JESSE GABRIELLE COLBY MCAULEY 'A' BROGAN O'BRIEN ADAM KADLEC 'AP' LUKE HARRISON BARTEK BISON SHANE COLLINS
D D D D LW C RW C LW LW LW RW RW LW D
L L R L L L R L L L L R R L R
6'4" 6'5" 6'2" 6'1" 5'11" 5'11" 6'0" 6'1" 6'0" 5'11" 6'2" 6'2" 6'0" 6'3" 6'0"
183 207 180 195 181 161 160 180 214 172 195 179 204 187 180
Zehner, SK Moribor, SLV Sherwood Park, AB Richmond, BC Prince George, B.C. Prince George, B.C. Winnipeg, MB N. Vancouver B.C. Moosomin, SK Sherwood Park, AB Prince George, B.C. Edina, MN W. Kelowna, B.C. Amsterdam, NED Rosetown, SK
Jun. 3/96 Feb. 27/97 Jun. 24/98 Mar. 15/96 May 27/95 Jan. 4/97 Sep. 24/98 May 23/97 Jun. 17/97 May 28/96 Aug. 13/97 Sep. 03/99 Oct. 7/95 Mar. 26/98 Feb. 20/97
JARED BETHUNE JUSTIN ALMEIDA AARON BOYD KOLBY JOHNSON TATE OLSON KODY MCDONALD JOSEPH CARVALHO JOSH ANDERSON MAX MARTIN
LW C LW LW D RW D D D
L L L L L R L L L
6'1" 5'9" 6'3" 6'1" 6'2" 6'0" 5'7" 6'3 5'11"
185 160 181 181 180 196 181 218 176
Fort Frances, ONT Kitimat, B.C. Winnipeg, MB Rosetown, SK Saskatoon, SK Lethbridge, AB Burnaby, B.C. Duncan, B.C. Winnipeg, MB
Jan. 20/97 Feb. 6/99 May. 24/97 May. 12/98 Mar. 21/97 Apr. 7/98 Nov. 6/95 Aug. 29/98 Jul. 25/99
President: Greg Pocock General Manager: Todd Harkins Head Coach: Mark Holick Ass't Coach: Michael Hengen Ass't Coach: Roman Vopat Ass't Coach/Education Advisor: Brent Arsenault Team Psychologist: Dr. Saul L. Miller Power Skating Coach: Karen Kos Goaltending Consultant: Justin Cardinal Equipment Manager: Ramandeep S. Dhanjal (Chico) Athletic Therapist: Craig Hyslop
Rockets Next Home Game: Friday, March 11 vs. Kamloops (7:05 p.m.)
Kelowna Rockets Regular Season Statistics 2015-2016 After Game #65 NO. PLAYER GP G A PTS PIM PPG SHG 24 Tyson Baillie 63 38 49 87 62 11 1 23 Justin Kirkland 62 27 34 61 61 2 1 19 Dillon Dube 58 23 34 57 50 5 0 10 Nick Merkley 44 17 31 48 44 5 1 26 Cole Linaker 63 16 28 44 33 7 0 7 Lucas Johansen 62 9 34 43 20 3 1 27 Calvin Thurkauf* 54 14 25 39 44 7 0 15 Tomas Soustal 51 17 22 37 62 2 0 16 Kole Lind* 62 14 23 37 38 0 0 14 Rourke Chartier 35 21 12 33 14 5 0 25 Cal Foote* 64 6 24 30 34 3 0 28 Joe Gatenby 60 3 15 18 33 1 0 17 Rodney Southam 55 6 10 16 67 2 0 9 Tanner Wishnowski* 47 5 4 9 36 0 0 4 Gordie Ballhorn* 59 3 6 9 56 0 0 21 Devante Stephens 65 2 6 8 47 0 0 3 Riley Stadel 49 1 6 7 99 0 0 6 Jonathan Smart* 38 2 5 6 14 0 0 11 Jordan Borstmayer* 58 2 2 4 6 0 0 18 Tate Coughlin 44 2 0 2 21 0 0 22 Braydyn Chizen* 38 1 1 2 34 0 0 Team Totals 1150 230 364 594 '771 54 4 Goaltending Statistics NO. PLAYER GP MIN GA Svs AVE PCT W L OT SL 30 Michael Herringer 38 2125 113 1017 3.19 0.900 23 11 1 0 31 Brodan Salmond* 5 232 13 100 3.38 0.885 2 1 0 0 1 Jackson Whistle 27 1559 66 761 2.54 0.920 19 7 2 0 Team Totals 70 3916 192 1878 3.26 0.905 44 19 3 0 Scoring by Periods Shots by Period SOG 1st 2nd 3rd OT Total 1st 2nd 3rd Rockets 3 58 78 91 4 234 Rockets 691 680 638 Opponents 0 58 67 68 3 194 Opponents 676 694 679 Rockets Record after Second Period: When Leading: 30 0 When Losing: 4 15 When Tied: 10 3 First Goal of the Game:
2 0 1
When Rockets Score First: 30 3 3 When Opponent Score First: 14 15 0 Home and Away Record: Overall Overtime Home 25 5 2 0 0 2 0 Road 19 13 1 0 4 1 0 Total 44 18 3 0 4 3 0
16-03-09 GW SOG 6 0/1 8 3/3 4 0/0 4 1/1 2 '0-0 1 '0-0 1 0/0 1 1/1 2 '0-0 6 0/0 1 0/0 0 0/0 2 0-0 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0/0 1 '0-0 0 0'0 0 0/0 0 0/0 1 0'0 41 0 SO 1 0 2 3 OT 17 14
Rockets Shots on Goal Record: 0 When Outshooting Opponent: 18 3 0 When Outshot by Opponent: 24 13 0 When Shots Are Tied: 2 2 Rockets Specialty Teams: Power Play: 0 Opp. PPGF SHGA 0 Rockets 255 55 7
PTS 0 0 0 0
+/20 23 9 9 18 10 16 16 12 9 12 28 4 -3 16 6 -7 9 -17 -2 -9 0 PIM 0 0 0 0
Total 2054 2051 1 2 0
0 0 0 Pct.% 21.6
Shorthanded: Rockets
Opp. 280
PPGA 56
SHGF 8
Pct.% 80.0
Rockets vs. Cougars Wednesday March 9, 2016 Game Time – 7:05 pm Tonight’s Preview: The Kelowna Rockets play game two of a three game home stand tonight against the visiting Prince George Cougars. The Rockets host the Kamloops Blazers Friday night. This is the eighth and final meeting of the season between two teams that could possibly meet in the opening round of the playoffs. The Rockets are 5-2-0-0 in the first 7 meetings after back-to-back wins in Prince George in mid-February. The Cougars have the bragging rights of beating the Rockets at Prospera Place th (2-1) back on October 30 . In the big picture, the Rockets are 31-8-0-0 in the last 39 regular season appearances against the Cougars and are 14-5-0-0 in their last 19 games vs. their BC Division rivals at Prospera Place. The Rockets power play has just 4 goals in 29 chances (13.8%) while the Cougars are 7 for 25 (28%) in the seven games. Dillon Dube and Tyson Baillie lead the Rockets in the seasonal series with 13 points apiece. Dube has 6+7=13 while Baillie has 3+10=13. Justin Kirkland has five goals in the seven games. Rourke Chartier has been impressive, despite playing in only three games against the Cougars. Chartier has 3+4=7. Michael Herringer is 4-0-0-0 with a goals against average of 2.72 and a save percentage of .924. Rockets Recap: The Rockets enter the game five points back of the Victoria Royals for first place in the WHL. The Rockets do have two games in hand on the Royals. The Rockets are coming off a 3-2 loss to th the Kamloops Blazers Saturday night. It was only the team’s 5 home ice loss of the season. It came on the heels of a 3-2 loss in Kamloops Friday night. The team fired 101 shots on goal in the two games. The th th last time the team lost two in a row prior to this past weekend was on December 18 and 19 on a prairie th st road trip and January 30 and 31 . In the big picture, the Rockets have points in 39 of 51 games (35-133-0). Rockets Career Games Played List: 1) Jason Deleurme: 341 games 5) Gavin McLeod: 321 games 2) Tyler Mosienko: 338 games 6) Ryan Cuthbert: 319 games 3) Brett Palin: 324 games 7) Brett McLean: 308 games 4) Tyson Baillie: 322 games Number Crunching Michael Herringer has started in 24 of the teams last 27 games…Tyson Baillie is 13 points shy of 100. The last Rockets player to hit 100 points was Colin Long in 2007-2008….Justin Kirkland has scored the game winning goal in three of the teams last 6 wins…The Rockets have won 7 of their last 10 games overall...The Rockets are a combined 72-1-5-0 when leading after two periods when you combine this seasons totals and last seasons….The Rockets are one of only three teams in the WHL that have not lost when leading after 40 minutes. The Rockets are 31-0-2-0. The Kamloops Blazers and Prince Albert Raiders are also without a regulation loss after two periods …The Rockets are a combined 54-19-80 against BC Division teams on the road in the last five seasons…The Rockets are 24-4-1-0 when Tyson Baillie scores. The only regulation losses when the 20 year-old finds the back of the net were against Vancouver, Red Deer, Saskatoon and Kamloops…..The Rockets are attempting to become the first team in the WHL to reach the 50 win plateau in four straight seasons. For that to happen, the team must win 6 of their final 7 games…The Rockets have 7 games left in the regular season. Of those 7 games, 4 will be played on home ice. Of those 7 games, 5 are against BC Division rivals…The Rockets were 13-1-0-0 against Central Division opponents this season. The only loss came in Lethbridge in the sixth game of the season….The Rockets have been out-shot in 39 of 65 games this season… Riley Stadel has 12 fighting majors this season and 32 over his career….Justin Kirkland has 33 points in his last 26 games. Who’s Hot: Lucas Johansen had 2+10=12 in February and has points in 8 of his last 10 games…Johansen has (1+8=9) over that period. Johansen has points in 12 of his last 15 games…Cole Linaker had his 9 game point streak snapped last Saturday. Linaker had 3+6=9 over that period…Linaker has a career high 44 points, five more point than a season ago…Tyson Baillie has points in 10 of his last 13 games…Justin Kirkland has a 10 game point streak (5+10=15)…Kirkland has points in 12 of his last 13 games…The Rockets are 206-57-11-6 in their last 280 regular season games dating back to the start of the 2012-2013 campaign.
Upcoming games: March 11 vs. Blazers March 12 @ Chie
March 13 @ Americans March 16 vs. Royals
March 18 @ Giants March 19 vs. Giants
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 vs. Portland January 29/16 (5-3 W), vs. Tri City January 9/16 (7-5 W), @ Portland November 6/2015 (5-4 win 3 for 3), @ Prince George October 17/15 (6-2 W) Most power play goals allowed: 4 vs. Giants Feb 19/16 (6-5 W – Giants were 4/10) 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: 46 @ Prince George February 12/16 (4-3 OTW) Fewest Shots Allowed: 16 vs. Medicine Hat January 23/16 (4-0 W) Last shutout: Michael Herringer 16 saves vs. Medicine Hat (4-0 W January 23/16), 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: February 9/16 (6-0 @ Seattle – Logan Flodell 31 saves), January 31/16 (2-0 loss in Seattle - Logan Flodell 23 saves), 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: Justin Kirkland vs. Hitmen (3-2 W Feb 6/2016), Nick Merkley vs. Giants (2-1 W November 11/15) OT Game Winning Goal: Justin Kirkland @ Everett February 24/16 (6-5 W), Rourke Chartier @ Prince George February 12/2016 (4-3 OTW), Justin Kirkland @ Victoria January 16 (2-1 W), Rodney Southam @ th Kamloops November 18 . Most Points by one player: Tyson Baillie (2+3=5) @ Prince George October 17/15 Hat tricks: Chartier vs. Seattle (7-4 W February 8/16), Lind vs. Blazers December 28/15 (3-2 W), Baillie @ Swift Current December 12/15 (6-3 W), Chartier December 2/2015 vs. Kootenay. Penalty Shot Goal: Dillon Dube vs. Cougars January 19/16 (7-4 W). vs. BC: 18-10-0-0 vs. US: 11-4-3-0 vs. Central: 13-1-0-0 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, Lind, Borstmayer, Chizen, Foote,Salmond 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 7-4-1-0 10-3-0-0 0-2-0-0
Home 1-0-0-0 4-2-0-0 4-0-0-0 4-0-1-0 6-1-1-0 6-1-0-0 0-1-0-0
Road 1-1-0-0 5-2-0-0 5-1-1-0 4-3-0-0 1-3-0-0 4-2-0-0 0-1-0-0
How the Rockets were built: st th 1 Rd: Merkley, Chartier, Dube, Smart 10 Rd: Salmond 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 Trade: Whistle, Herringer, Southam CHL Import Draft: Thurkauf, Soustal Game notes compiled by Regan Bartel of AM 1150
2015-16 Prince George Cougars Regular Season Scoring No. 8 13 9 15 12 25 21 27 14 26 2 19 17 18 23 28 4 22 24 10 3 6 29 16
Player Chase Witala Jesse Gabrielle Brad Morrison Brogan O'Brien Jansen Harkins Tate Olson Jared Bethune Joseph Carvalho Colby McAuley Kody McDonald Sam Ruopp Shane Collins Luke Harrison Bartek Bison Aaron Boyd Josh Anderson Joel Lakusta Justin Almeida Kolby Johnson Josh Curtis Luka Zorko Shaun Dosanjh Max Martin Adam Kadlec
No. Goaltender 35 Ty Edmonds 33 Nick McBride
Cougars powerplay Shorthanded Goals Against
GP 67 67 67 66 63 61 67 67 61 66 64 64 62 52 58 39 41 43 36 13 25 34 8 2
G 39 40 26 18 22 8 16 2 13 15 4 2 8 6 5 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0
GP 31 27 67
MIN 2228 1341 3569
A PPG PTS PPAPIM 36 75 79 34 74 99 32 58 33 37 55 28 32 54 49 38 46 82 19 35 58 28 30 32 16 29 146 13 28 118 21 25 94 18 20 47 11 19 51 9 15 46 9 14 37 5 6 88 4 6 17 3 5 2 3 4 64 2 2 2 0 1 6 1 1 32 1 1 2 0 0 0 GOALTENDERS GA GAA SVS 101 2.72 1053 66 2.95 630 167 2.81 1683
A 270
51 7
11 4 9 5 5 4 4 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
7 9 12 9 11 17 4 11 2 3 1 5 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
SHG 1 7 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GWG 3 5 5 3 3 2 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 10 -7 12 -10 15 9 7 7 5 22 19 -1 7 -5 -4 8 -3 -1 1 0 -3 0 0
IG 7 7 6 4 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MGG 7 8 5 0 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MPG 16 23 18 13 14 13 7 2 2 5 5 2 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
SOG 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SOA 3 4 3 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SOWG 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SV% 0.912 0.905 0.910
W 21 12 33
L 14 10 24
OTL 2 1 3
SOL 0 1 1
SOW 3 0 3
SOSv 10 3 13
SOS 10 5 15
SOGA 0 2 2
SO 4 1 5
EN 4 0 #REF!
SPECIAL TEAMS % Cougars penalty kill 18.9%
PK 254 14
Shorthanded Goals For
SCORING 1st 2nd COUGARS 56 81 Opposition 52 74 Average goals scored per game: Average goals allowed per game:
Cougars lead after 1 Cougars tied after 1 Cougars trail after 1
21-4-0-0 11-9-3-1 4-14-0-0
Cougars lead after 2 Cougars tied after 2 Cougars trail after 2
26-1-0-0 5-5-3-1 5-21-0-0
Cougars score first Opponent scores first
26-8-1-1 10-19-2-0
Cougars at home Cougars on the road Cougars OVERALL
GP 35 32 67
W 21 15 36
3rd 92 76 3.46 3.07
OT 3
SO 3 1
Pen 306
+/-
% 83.0%
SHOTS ON GOAL 1st 2nd 3rd COUGARS 725 748 763 Opposition 705 695 613 Average shots per game: Average shots allowed per game:
TOT 232 206
MISCELLANEOUS (Record when…) PG outshoot the opp. PG are outshot Shots are tied
26-16-1-1 9-9-2-0 1-2-0-0
PG score 4 or more PG score 3 or less PG allow 3 or less PG allow 4 or more
26-4-0-0 10-23-3-1 33-7-1-0 3-20-2-1
HOME and AWAY OTL SOL 1 1 2 0 3 1
GF 130 102 232
GA 93 113 206
STK L10 1-0-0-0 5-4-1-0 0-1-0-0 3-6-1-0 1-0-0-0 5-5-0-0
OT 13 23 33.6 30.4
SO 3 1
Cougars vs BC Cougars vs US Cougars vs CENTRAL Cougars vs EAST
15-12-1-1 10-9-1-0 9-3-0-0 2-3-1-0
Cougars in OT Cougars in Shootouts
0-3 3-1
it's a 1-goal game it's a 2-goal game it's a 3+-goal game
L 12 15 27
G/Kill PP/PK 2 15 15 21
2-man PP 2-man PK
Pct 0.629 0.500 0.567
PTS 44 32 76
PP 20.0% 17.8% 18.9%
10-5-3-1 6-8-0-0 20-14-0-0
PK 81.1% 84.7% 83.0%
TOT 2252 2037
% 13.3% 71.4%
Wednesday, March 9th, 2016 Prince George Cougars (36-27-3-1) at Kelowna Rockets (44-18-3-0)
THE HOME STRETCH: As the 2015-16 season continues the Cougars are enjoying a successful 22nd season in the Western Hockey League. Their 36-27-3-1 record through 67 games has them ranked third in the B.C. Division and 15 points ahead of their pace from a season ago. Their 36 victories marks the second most wins ever in a season for the Prince George Cougars with five games still remaining. Heading into tonight’s matchup against the Kelowna Rockets the Cougars are nine points ahead of their point total and five wins ahead of their victory total from 2014-15. One of the Cougars final five games will be played at home while four more will take place on the road including tonight’s game in Kelowna. BACK-TO-BACK: For the first time since 2006 and 2007, the Prince George Cougars have clinched a berth in the WHL Playoffs in back-to-back seasons. With the Tri-City Americans falling last night against Kamloops, the Prince George Cougars officially punched their ticket to the WHL playoffs, and did so four games faster in 2015-16. Now it’s just a matter of determining who the Cougars will face on Round 1. Heading into tonight’s game the Cougars hold a one point lead over Kamloops for third place in the B.C. Division and if the playoffs were to begin today, the Cougars would face Kelowna in Round 1. Other potential first round matchups include: Victoria, Seattle or Everett. COUGARS-ROCKETS: Tonight at Prospera Place the Prince George Cougars will clash with the Kelowna Rockets for an eighth and final time in 2015-16. So far this season the Cougars are 2-4-1-0 against the Rockets and are 1-2 against them in games played in the Okanagan. In seven games this season against the Rockets, Jesse Gabrielle (2G, 4A) leads all Cougars with six points. Between the pipes, Ty Edmonds is 2-3 against the Rockets and has posted a save percentage of .911 with a goals-against-average of 2.84. Dillon Dube and Tyson Baillie each have 13 points against the Cougars. WITALA ‘CHASING’ HISTORY: February 3rd in Prince Albert, SK, Cougars forward Chase Witala became the all-time leading goal scorer in franchise history. At 12:21 of the third period Witala ripped a shot past Rylan Parenteau of the Prince Albert Raiders to secure his 32nd goal of the season and the 112th goal of his career, which moved him past former captain Eric Hunter who had previously held the record. For his career, Witala has now scored 119 goals and 116 assists for 235 points. With five games remaining in the season Witala is now just two points shy of surpassing Troy Bourke (236 points) for the all-time franchise lead in points. Witala is also two games shy of 300 for his WHL career. LEADING THE PACK: Chase Witala (39G, 36A) lead the team in points with 75. Witala also leads the team with 10 power play goals and two hat-tricks. Jesse Gabrielle leads the Cougars in goals (40), the entire WHL in shorthanded goals (7), and tops the team with multi-point games (23) and goal scored at home (25). Defenceman Tate Olson (8G, 38A) leads all Cougars d-men with 46 points. Cougars defencemen Sam Ruopp lead the team in plus-minus with at +22. Colby McAuley is tops on the team with 146 penalty minutes and leads the WHL with 16 fighting majors. Brogan O’Brien leads all Cougar rookies with 18 goals and 37 assists. ROSTER BREAKDOWN: Currently the Cougars roster sits at 26 players: Two goalies, nine defencemen and 15 forwards. Three are 20, four are 19, 10 are 18, six are 17, and three are 16. 16 of the 26 players were selected by the Cougars in the WHL Bantam Draft, six were acquired via trade, two were added to the 50-man protected list and two were selected in the CHL Import Draft. Nine are from B.C., five are from Saskatchewan, four are from Alberta, four are from Manitoba, along with one each from Ontario, the United States, the Netherlands and Slovenia.
UPCOMING GAMES: PRINCE GEORGE COUGARS AT VICTORIA ROYALS (FRIDAY, MARCH 11TH) PRINCE GEORGE COUGARS AT VICTORIA ROYALS (SUNDAY, MARCH 13TH) PRINCE GEORGE COUGARS AT KAMLOOPS BLAZERS (FRIDAY. MARCH 18TH) KAMLOOPS BLAZERS AT PRINCE GEORGE COUGARS (SATURDAY, MARCH 19TH)
Wednesday, March 9th, 2016 – Game Notes Continued… COUGARS SIGN ADAM KADLEC: Prince George Cougars General Manager Todd Harkins announced earlier this month that 1999-born forward Adam Kadlec (Edina, MN) signed a Standard WHL Player Agreement with the Cougars. Originally selected by the Cougars in the 10th round (203rd overall) in the 2014 WHL Bantam Draft, Kadlec (6’2”, 179 pounds) started this season with the Boston Jr. Bruins 18U program in the U.S. Premier Hockey League. Last season Kadlec scored 16 goals and added 25 assists for 41 points along with 46 penalty minutes in just 25 games with the Jr. Bruins 16U team. Kadlec became the sixth player form the 2014 Cougars draft class to sign with the team joining Justin Almeida, Max Martin, Ethan O’Rourke, Peter Kope, and Ryan Schoettler. Kadlec made his WHL debut February 24th in Spokane. EDMONDS MAKES HISTORY: With a victory on January 23rd against the Kamloops Blazers Prince George Cougars veteran goaltender Ty Edmonds (Winnipeg, MB) earned his 65th career WHL victory, all of which have come with the Cougars. That 65th victory moves Ty Edmonds into sole possession of second place on the list for all-time victories by a Prince George Cougars goaltender which had previous been held by Billy Thompson (1999 – 2003 and 64 wins). Edmonds is now just 27 victories shy of surpassing Scott Myers (1996-2000 and 95 wins) for the all-time lead in wins. FOUR COUGARS RANKED BY NHL CENTRAL SCOUTING: Back in January Cougars had four of their players crack NHL Central Scouting’s Mid-Term Rankings list. Leading the way was defenceman Josh Anderson who was ranked 62nd out of all draft eligible North American skaters. Rookie forward Brogan O’Brien appeared 94th on the list and goaltenders Ty Edmonds (20th) and Nick McBride (29th) made the list for draft eligible North American goaltenders. In 39 games this season, Anderson has a goal, five assists and 86 penalty minutes. O’Brien leads all Cougars rookies in scoring with 18 goals and 37 assists. Edmonds has a record of 21-14-2-0 with four shutouts and Nick McBride is 12-10-1-1 with a shutout since joining the Cougars after a trade with Prince Albert. In addition to the four roster players, the Cougars also had three of their college prospects: Riley Tufte (17th), Dennis Cholowski (48th), and Rem Pitlick (141st) ranked. BRIGHT FUTURE: The Cougars were well represented at the 2015-16 Mac’s AAA Midget Tournament in Calgary. 10 Cougars prospects represented their respective teams. Ethan O’Rourke (Cariboo Cougars), Ryan Schoettler (Lloydminster Bobcats) and Joel Patsey (Cariboo Cougars) were all selected by the Cougars in the 2014 WHL Bantam Draft while 2015 draftees Jackson Leppard (Vancouver Northwest Giants), Jonas Harkins (Cariboo Cougars), Tyler Ho (Cariboo Cougars), Reid Perepeluk (Cariboo Cougars), and Liam Ryan (Vancouver North East Chiefs) had an impressive first showing at the tournament. Jeremy Gervais (Cariboo Cougars) and Brandon McClintock (South Island Royals) were both listed earlier this season by the Cougars and also gained valuable experience. Ryan Schoettler won a Silver Medal, the tournament plus-minus award and was named a tournament all-star for Lloydminster. Schoettler signed a Standard WHL Player Agreement with the Prince George Cougars earlier in January, 2016. DID YOU KNOW: On December 8th against Kootenay, Chase Witala became the first Cougar since Blake Robson in 2002 to record back-to-back hat-tricks. Jansen Harkins recorded his 100th career assist on December 15th in Seattle. Harkins is now just 38 assists shy of the all-time record which is currently held by Troy Bourke (152) and on February 24th in Spokane he suited up in his 200th career WHL game. Ironically on the same day (February 24th, 2016) that Jansen Harkins suited up for game #200, his younger brother Jonas Harkins dressed in his first ever WHL game. Jesse Gabrielle became the youngest Cougar ever to reach 40 goals in a season when he scored at 5:58 of the second period of last night’s game. Quinn Hancock, Todd Fiddler, Blair Betts, Eric Hunter, Derek Halldorson and Brett Connolly are the other Cougars who have reached the 40 goal mark during their respective WHL careers.
UPCOMING GAMES: PRINCE GEORGE COUGARS AT VICTORIA ROYALS (FRIDAY, MARCH 11TH) PRINCE GEORGE COUGARS AT VICTORIA ROYALS (SUNDAY, MARCH 13TH) PRINCE GEORGE COUGARS AT KAMLOOPS BLAZERS (FRIDAY. MARCH 18TH) KAMLOOPS BLAZERS AT PRINCE GEORGE COUGARS (SATURDAY, MARCH 19TH)
Standings Eastern Conference East Division Rank Team
GP W
1
67 43 18
x Brandon Wheat Kings
L OTL SL PTS PCT 4
2
GF
GA PIM
92 0.687 291 191 777
Home
Away
P10
STK
21-8-1-2
22-10-3-0
7-1-2-0
6-0-2-0
2
x Prince Albert Raiders
66 36 22
7
1
80 0.606 207 203 808
21-10-3-0
15-12-4-1
5-3-2-0
0-1-0-0
3
x Moose Jaw Warriors
67 34 25
7
1
76 0.567 235 221 728
18-12-2-1
16-13-5-0
6-4-0-0
1-0-0-0
4
x Regina Pats
5
Swift Current Broncos
66 31 27
3
5
70 0.530 218 236 924
17-13-2-1
14-14-1-4
5-4-0-1
0-1-0-1
66 23 35
5
3
54 0.409 175 227 746
13-19-1-1
10-16-4-2
3-6-1-0
0-1-0-0
67 25 38
4
0
54 0.403 207 292 905
13-19-2-0
12-19-2-0
5-5-0-0
0-2-0-0
6 Saskatoon Blades Central Division Rank Team
GP W
1
67 44 21
x Lethbridge Hurricanes
L OTL SL PTS PCT 1
1
GF
GA
PIM
90 0.672 283 200 941
Home
Away
P10
STK
26-6-0-1
18-15-1-0
4-5-0-1
1-0-0-0
2
x Red Deer Rebels
67 42 22
1
2
87 0.649 240 191 816
22-8-1-2
20-14-0-0
7-3-0-0
5-0-0-0
3
x Calgary Hitmen
66 37 25
2
2
78 0.591 219 204 1006
21-10-2-0
16-15-0-2
5-4-1-0
1-0-0-0
4
Edmonton Oil Kings
66 28 31
6
1
63 0.477 188 213 861
17-13-4-0
11-18-2-1
4-6-0-0
1-0-0-0
5
Medicine Hat Tigers
66 26 35
3
2
57 0.432 199 263 809
14-16-1-2
12-19-2-0
6-3-0-1
0-1-0-0
67 10 51
6
0
26 0.194 139 300 757
8-21-4-0
2-30-2-0
0-9-1-0
0-10-2-0
6 Kootenay ICE Western Conference B.C. Division Rank Team
GP W
1
x Victoria Royals
67 45 16
2
x Kelowna Rockets
3
Prince George Cougars
4
L OTL SL PTS PCT 3
3
GF
GA
PIM
96 0.716 256 154 794
Home
Away
P10
STK
23-6-1-3
22-10-2-0
8-1-1-0
8-0-1-0
65 44 18
3
0
91 0.700 234 194 894
25-5-2-0
19-13-1-0
7-3-0-0
0-2-0-0
67 36 27
3
1
76 0.567 232 206 1219
21-12-1-1
15-15-2-0
5-5-0-0
1-0-0-0
Kamloops Blazers
67 33 25
5
4
75 0.560 222 211 719
18-10-4-2
15-15-1-2
6-3-0-1
4-0-0-0
5 Vancouver Giants U.S. Division Rank Team
68 23 37
5
3
54 0.397 192 251 807
14-18-2-0
9-19-3-3
2-7-0-1
0-6-0-1
GP W
1
x Seattle Thunderbirds
66 40 23
2
x Everett Silvertips
3
Portland Winterhawks
4
Spokane Chiefs
5 Tri-City Americans x = Clinched Playoff Position y = Teams who have clinched Division title
Tuesday, Mar 8 Saskatoon 2 at Calgary 5 Final Portland 2 at Everett 3 Final Lethbridge 7 at Kootenay 2 Final Prince Albert 2 at Red Deer 6 Final Kamloops 6 at Tri-City 2 Final
L OTL SL PTS PCT 3
0
GF
GA PIM
83 0.629 211 177 898
Home
Away
P10
STK
26-5-2-0
14-18-1-0
9-1-0-0
8-0-0-0
66 37 22
4
3
81 0.614 173 154 560
20-9-3-2
17-13-1-1
4-3-2-1
1-0-0-0
66 33 29
4
0
70 0.530 211 206 821
19-12-1-0
14-17-3-0
5-4-1-0
0-2-0-0
65 30 26
5
4
69 0.531 202 220 763
18-12-2-1
12-14-3-3
3-5-1-1
0-1-0-0
67 31 33
2
1
65 0.485 218 238 943
17-13-1-1
14-20-1-0
3-7-0-0
0-2-0-0
Wednesday, Mar 9 Regina at Swift Current 7:00 pm CST Prince Albert at Medicine Hat 7:00 pm MST Kamloops at Spokane 7:05 pm PST Prince George at Kelowna 7:05 pm PST
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Friday, Mar 11 Moose Jaw at Regina 7:00 pm CST Prince Albert at Swift Current 7:00 pm CST Brandon at Saskatoon 7:05 pm CST Calgary at Edmonton 7:00 pm MST Red Deer at Lethbridge 7:00 pm MST Kootenay at Medicine Hat 7:30 pm MST Kamloops at Kelowna 7:05 pm PST Prince George at Victoria 7:05 pm PST Tri-City at Spokane 7:05 pm PST Portland at Vancouver 7:30 pm PST Everett at Seattle 7:35 pm PST
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PLAYER JACKSON WHISTLE MICHAEL HERRINGER BRODAN SALMOND* (AP)
POS G G G
SH L L L
HT 6'1 6' 5'11
3 4 6 7 9 10 11 14 15 16 17 18 19 21 22
RILEY STADEL GORDIE BALLHORN* JONATHAN SMART* LUCAS JOHANSEN TANNER WISHNOWSKI* NICK MERKLEY JORDAN BORSTMAYER* ROURKE CHARTIER 'A' TOMAS SOUSTAL KOLE LIND* RODNEY SOUTHAM 'C' TATE COUGHLIN DILLON DUBE DEVANTE STEPHENS BRAYDYN CHIZEN*
F/D D D D LW C RW C C/RW RW C/RW RW C D D
L L L L L R R L R R R R L L R
5'10 6'1 5'11½ 6'1 6'0
23 24 25 26 27 28
JUSTIN KIRKLAND TYSON BAILLIE 'A' CAL FOOTE* COLE LINAKER 'A' CALVIN THURKAUF* JOE GATENBY 'A'
LW C D C LW D
L R R R L R
HOMETOWN West Kelowna, BC Comox, BC Calgary, AB
DOB June 9/95 Jan. 26/96 Oct. 8/98
180 186 170 176 186 5'10½ 185 5'11½ 172 5'11 190 6'3 198 6'½ 172 6' 185 6'2 188 5'10¼ 180 6'1½ 176 6'6 190
Surrey, BC Wetaskiwin, AB 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 Surrey, BC St. Albert, AB
Jan. 16/96 Sept. 2/97 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 Jan. 2/97 May 9/98
2 3 4 6 8 9 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
6'3 5'11 6'3½ 6'1¾ 6'1¼ 6'0
Camrose, AB
Aug. 2/96 Nov. 16/95** Dec. 13/98** July 11/95 June 27/97 May 15/97
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
*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 Skating Instructor: Evan Marble Equipment Manager: Chaydyn Johnson
Referees: Mike CAMPBELL, Mike LANGIN Linesmen: Kevin CROWELL, Dustin MINTY VGJ: Shane McMillan
WT 192 176 180
185 198 198 179 202 185
Fort Saskatchewan, AB
Denver, CO Edmonton, AB Zug, Switzerland Kelowna, BC
NO. PLAYER 33 NICK MCBRIDE 35 TY EDMONDS
POS SH G L G L
HT 6'3" 6'2"
WT HOMETOWN 185 Maple Ridge, BC 180 Winnipeg, MB
DOB Jan. 11/97 Aug. 20/96
SAM RUOPP 'C' LUKA ZORKO JOEL LAKUSTA SHAUN DOSANJH CHASE WITALA 'A' BRAD MORRISON JOSH CURTIS JANSEN HARKINS 'A' JESSE GABRIELLE COLBY MCAULEY 'A' BROGAN O'BRIEN ADAM KADLEC 'AP' LUKE HARRISON BARTEK BISON SHANE COLLINS
D D D D LW C RW C LW LW LW RW RW LW D
L L R L L L R L L L L R R L R
6'4" 6'5" 6'2" 6'1" 5'11" 5'11" 6'0" 6'1" 6'0" 5'11" 6'2" 6'2" 6'0" 6'3" 6'0"
183 207 180 195 181 161 160 180 214 172 195 179 204 187 180
Zehner, SK Moribor, SLV Sherwood Park, AB Richmond, BC Prince George, B.C. Prince George, B.C. Winnipeg, MB N. Vancouver B.C. Moosomin, SK Sherwood Park, AB Prince George, B.C. Edina, MN W. Kelowna, B.C. Amsterdam, NED Rosetown, SK
Jun. 3/96 Feb. 27/97 Jun. 24/98 Mar. 15/96 May 27/95 Jan. 4/97 Sep. 24/98 May 23/97 Jun. 17/97 May 28/96 Aug. 13/97 Sep. 03/99 Oct. 7/95 Mar. 26/98 Feb. 20/97
JARED BETHUNE JUSTIN ALMEIDA AARON BOYD KOLBY JOHNSON TATE OLSON KODY MCDONALD JOSEPH CARVALHO JOSH ANDERSON MAX MARTIN
LW C LW LW D RW D D D
L L L L L R L L L
6'1" 5'9" 6'3" 6'1" 6'2" 6'0" 5'7" 6'3 5'11"
185 160 181 181 180 196 181 218 176
Fort Frances, ONT Kitimat, B.C. Winnipeg, MB Rosetown, SK Saskatoon, SK Lethbridge, AB Burnaby, B.C. Duncan, B.C. Winnipeg, MB
Jan. 20/97 Feb. 6/99 May. 24/97 May. 12/98 Mar. 21/97 Apr. 7/98 Nov. 6/95 Aug. 29/98 Jul. 25/99
President: Greg Pocock General Manager: Todd Harkins Head Coach: Mark Holick Ass't Coach: Michael Hengen Ass't Coach: Roman Vopat Ass't Coach/Education Advisor: Brent Arsenault Team Psychologist: Dr. Saul L. Miller Power Skating Coach: Karen Kos Goaltending Consultant: Justin Cardinal Equipment Manager: Ramandeep S. Dhanjal (Chico) Athletic Therapist: Craig Hyslop
Rockets Next Home Game: Friday, March 11 vs. Kamloops (7:05 p.m.)
Kelowna Rockets Regular Season Statistics 2015-2016 After Game #65 NO. PLAYER GP G A PTS PIM PPG SHG 24 Tyson Baillie 63 38 49 87 62 11 1 23 Justin Kirkland 62 27 34 61 61 2 1 19 Dillon Dube 58 23 34 57 50 5 0 10 Nick Merkley 44 17 31 48 44 5 1 26 Cole Linaker 63 16 28 44 33 7 0 7 Lucas Johansen 62 9 34 43 20 3 1 27 Calvin Thurkauf* 54 14 25 39 44 7 0 15 Tomas Soustal 51 17 22 37 62 2 0 16 Kole Lind* 62 14 23 37 38 0 0 14 Rourke Chartier 35 21 12 33 14 5 0 25 Cal Foote* 64 6 24 30 34 3 0 28 Joe Gatenby 60 3 15 18 33 1 0 17 Rodney Southam 55 6 10 16 67 2 0 9 Tanner Wishnowski* 47 5 4 9 36 0 0 4 Gordie Ballhorn* 59 3 6 9 56 0 0 21 Devante Stephens 65 2 6 8 47 0 0 3 Riley Stadel 49 1 6 7 99 0 0 6 Jonathan Smart* 38 2 5 6 14 0 0 11 Jordan Borstmayer* 58 2 2 4 6 0 0 18 Tate Coughlin 44 2 0 2 21 0 0 22 Braydyn Chizen* 38 1 1 2 34 0 0 Team Totals 1150 230 364 594 '771 54 4 Goaltending Statistics NO. PLAYER GP MIN GA Svs AVE PCT W L OT SL 30 Michael Herringer 38 2125 113 1017 3.19 0.900 23 11 1 0 31 Brodan Salmond* 5 232 13 100 3.38 0.885 2 1 0 0 1 Jackson Whistle 27 1559 66 761 2.54 0.920 19 7 2 0 Team Totals 70 3916 192 1878 3.26 0.905 44 19 3 0 Scoring by Periods Shots by Period SOG 1st 2nd 3rd OT Total 1st 2nd 3rd Rockets 3 58 78 91 4 234 Rockets 691 680 638 Opponents 0 58 67 68 3 194 Opponents 676 694 679 Rockets Record after Second Period: When Leading: 30 0 When Losing: 4 15 When Tied: 10 3 First Goal of the Game:
2 0 1
When Rockets Score First: 30 3 3 When Opponent Score First: 14 15 0 Home and Away Record: Overall Overtime Home 25 5 2 0 0 2 0 Road 19 13 1 0 4 1 0 Total 44 18 3 0 4 3 0
16-03-09 GW SOG 6 0/1 8 3/3 4 0/0 4 1/1 2 '0-0 1 '0-0 1 0/0 1 1/1 2 '0-0 6 0/0 1 0/0 0 0/0 2 0-0 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0/0 1 '0-0 0 0'0 0 0/0 0 0/0 1 0'0 41 0 SO 1 0 2 3 OT 17 14
Rockets Shots on Goal Record: 0 When Outshooting Opponent: 18 3 0 When Outshot by Opponent: 24 13 0 When Shots Are Tied: 2 2 Rockets Specialty Teams: Power Play: 0 Opp. PPGF SHGA 0 Rockets 255 55 7
PTS 0 0 0 0
+/20 23 9 9 18 10 16 16 12 9 12 28 4 -3 16 6 -7 9 -17 -2 -9 0 PIM 0 0 0 0
Total 2054 2051 1 2 0
0 0 0 Pct.% 21.6
Shorthanded: Rockets
Opp. 280
PPGA 56
SHGF 8
Pct.% 80.0
Rockets vs. Cougars Wednesday March 9, 2016 Game Time – 7:05 pm Tonight’s Preview: The Kelowna Rockets play game two of a three game home stand tonight against the visiting Prince George Cougars. The Rockets host the Kamloops Blazers Friday night. This is the eighth and final meeting of the season between two teams that could possibly meet in the opening round of the playoffs. The Rockets are 5-2-0-0 in the first 7 meetings after back-to-back wins in Prince George in mid-February. The Cougars have the bragging rights of beating the Rockets at Prospera Place th (2-1) back on October 30 . In the big picture, the Rockets are 31-8-0-0 in the last 39 regular season appearances against the Cougars and are 14-5-0-0 in their last 19 games vs. their BC Division rivals at Prospera Place. The Rockets power play has just 4 goals in 29 chances (13.8%) while the Cougars are 7 for 25 (28%) in the seven games. Dillon Dube and Tyson Baillie lead the Rockets in the seasonal series with 13 points apiece. Dube has 6+7=13 while Baillie has 3+10=13. Justin Kirkland has five goals in the seven games. Rourke Chartier has been impressive, despite playing in only three games against the Cougars. Chartier has 3+4=7. Michael Herringer is 4-0-0-0 with a goals against average of 2.72 and a save percentage of .924. Rockets Recap: The Rockets enter the game five points back of the Victoria Royals for first place in the WHL. The Rockets do have two games in hand on the Royals. The Rockets are coming off a 3-2 loss to th the Kamloops Blazers Saturday night. It was only the team’s 5 home ice loss of the season. It came on the heels of a 3-2 loss in Kamloops Friday night. The team fired 101 shots on goal in the two games. The th th last time the team lost two in a row prior to this past weekend was on December 18 and 19 on a prairie th st road trip and January 30 and 31 . In the big picture, the Rockets have points in 39 of 51 games (35-133-0). Rockets Career Games Played List: 1) Jason Deleurme: 341 games 5) Gavin McLeod: 321 games 2) Tyler Mosienko: 338 games 6) Ryan Cuthbert: 319 games 3) Brett Palin: 324 games 7) Brett McLean: 308 games 4) Tyson Baillie: 322 games Number Crunching Michael Herringer has started in 24 of the teams last 27 games…Tyson Baillie is 13 points shy of 100. The last Rockets player to hit 100 points was Colin Long in 2007-2008….Justin Kirkland has scored the game winning goal in three of the teams last 6 wins…The Rockets have won 7 of their last 10 games overall...The Rockets are a combined 72-1-5-0 when leading after two periods when you combine this seasons totals and last seasons….The Rockets are one of only three teams in the WHL that have not lost when leading after 40 minutes. The Rockets are 31-0-2-0. The Kamloops Blazers and Prince Albert Raiders are also without a regulation loss after two periods …The Rockets are a combined 54-19-80 against BC Division teams on the road in the last five seasons…The Rockets are 24-4-1-0 when Tyson Baillie scores. The only regulation losses when the 20 year-old finds the back of the net were against Vancouver, Red Deer, Saskatoon and Kamloops…..The Rockets are attempting to become the first team in the WHL to reach the 50 win plateau in four straight seasons. For that to happen, the team must win 6 of their final 7 games…The Rockets have 7 games left in the regular season. Of those 7 games, 4 will be played on home ice. Of those 7 games, 5 are against BC Division rivals…The Rockets were 13-1-0-0 against Central Division opponents this season. The only loss came in Lethbridge in the sixth game of the season….The Rockets have been out-shot in 39 of 65 games this season… Riley Stadel has 12 fighting majors this season and 32 over his career….Justin Kirkland has 33 points in his last 26 games. Who’s Hot: Lucas Johansen had 2+10=12 in February and has points in 8 of his last 10 games…Johansen has (1+8=9) over that period. Johansen has points in 12 of his last 15 games…Cole Linaker had his 9 game point streak snapped last Saturday. Linaker had 3+6=9 over that period…Linaker has a career high 44 points, five more point than a season ago…Tyson Baillie has points in 10 of his last 13 games…Justin Kirkland has a 10 game point streak (5+10=15)…Kirkland has points in 12 of his last 13 games…The Rockets are 206-57-11-6 in their last 280 regular season games dating back to the start of the 2012-2013 campaign.
Upcoming games: March 11 vs. Blazers March 12 @ Chie
March 13 @ Americans March 16 vs. Royals
March 18 @ Giants March 19 vs. Giants
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 vs. Portland January 29/16 (5-3 W), vs. Tri City January 9/16 (7-5 W), @ Portland November 6/2015 (5-4 win 3 for 3), @ Prince George October 17/15 (6-2 W) Most power play goals allowed: 4 vs. Giants Feb 19/16 (6-5 W – Giants were 4/10) 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: 46 @ Prince George February 12/16 (4-3 OTW) Fewest Shots Allowed: 16 vs. Medicine Hat January 23/16 (4-0 W) Last shutout: Michael Herringer 16 saves vs. Medicine Hat (4-0 W January 23/16), 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: February 9/16 (6-0 @ Seattle – Logan Flodell 31 saves), January 31/16 (2-0 loss in Seattle - Logan Flodell 23 saves), 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: Justin Kirkland vs. Hitmen (3-2 W Feb 6/2016), Nick Merkley vs. Giants (2-1 W November 11/15) OT Game Winning Goal: Justin Kirkland @ Everett February 24/16 (6-5 W), Rourke Chartier @ Prince George February 12/2016 (4-3 OTW), Justin Kirkland @ Victoria January 16 (2-1 W), Rodney Southam @ th Kamloops November 18 . Most Points by one player: Tyson Baillie (2+3=5) @ Prince George October 17/15 Hat tricks: Chartier vs. Seattle (7-4 W February 8/16), Lind vs. Blazers December 28/15 (3-2 W), Baillie @ Swift Current December 12/15 (6-3 W), Chartier December 2/2015 vs. Kootenay. Penalty Shot Goal: Dillon Dube vs. Cougars January 19/16 (7-4 W). vs. BC: 18-10-0-0 vs. US: 11-4-3-0 vs. Central: 13-1-0-0 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, Lind, Borstmayer, Chizen, Foote,Salmond 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 7-4-1-0 10-3-0-0 0-2-0-0
Home 1-0-0-0 4-2-0-0 4-0-0-0 4-0-1-0 6-1-1-0 6-1-0-0 0-1-0-0
Road 1-1-0-0 5-2-0-0 5-1-1-0 4-3-0-0 1-3-0-0 4-2-0-0 0-1-0-0
How the Rockets were built: st th 1 Rd: Merkley, Chartier, Dube, Smart 10 Rd: Salmond 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 Trade: Whistle, Herringer, Southam CHL Import Draft: Thurkauf, Soustal Game notes compiled by Regan Bartel of AM 1150
2015-16 Prince George Cougars Regular Season Scoring No. 8 13 9 15 12 25 21 27 14 26 2 19 17 18 23 28 4 22 24 10 3 6 29 16
Player Chase Witala Jesse Gabrielle Brad Morrison Brogan O'Brien Jansen Harkins Tate Olson Jared Bethune Joseph Carvalho Colby McAuley Kody McDonald Sam Ruopp Shane Collins Luke Harrison Bartek Bison Aaron Boyd Josh Anderson Joel Lakusta Justin Almeida Kolby Johnson Josh Curtis Luka Zorko Shaun Dosanjh Max Martin Adam Kadlec
No. Goaltender 35 Ty Edmonds 33 Nick McBride
Cougars powerplay Shorthanded Goals Against
GP 67 67 67 66 63 61 67 67 61 66 64 64 62 52 58 39 41 43 36 13 25 34 8 2
G 39 40 26 18 22 8 16 2 13 15 4 2 8 6 5 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0
GP 31 27 67
MIN 2228 1341 3569
A PPG PTS PPAPIM 36 75 79 34 74 99 32 58 33 37 55 28 32 54 49 38 46 82 19 35 58 28 30 32 16 29 146 13 28 118 21 25 94 18 20 47 11 19 51 9 15 46 9 14 37 5 6 88 4 6 17 3 5 2 3 4 64 2 2 2 0 1 6 1 1 32 1 1 2 0 0 0 GOALTENDERS GA GAA SVS 101 2.72 1053 66 2.95 630 167 2.81 1683
A 270
51 7
11 4 9 5 5 4 4 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
7 9 12 9 11 17 4 11 2 3 1 5 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
SHG 1 7 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GWG 3 5 5 3 3 2 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 10 -7 12 -10 15 9 7 7 5 22 19 -1 7 -5 -4 8 -3 -1 1 0 -3 0 0
IG 7 7 6 4 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MGG 7 8 5 0 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MPG 16 23 18 13 14 13 7 2 2 5 5 2 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
SOG 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SOA 3 4 3 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SOWG 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SV% 0.912 0.905 0.910
W 21 12 33
L 14 10 24
OTL 2 1 3
SOL 0 1 1
SOW 3 0 3
SOSv 10 3 13
SOS 10 5 15
SOGA 0 2 2
SO 4 1 5
EN 4 0 #REF!
SPECIAL TEAMS % Cougars penalty kill 18.9%
PK 254 14
Shorthanded Goals For
SCORING 1st 2nd COUGARS 56 81 Opposition 52 74 Average goals scored per game: Average goals allowed per game:
Cougars lead after 1 Cougars tied after 1 Cougars trail after 1
21-4-0-0 11-9-3-1 4-14-0-0
Cougars lead after 2 Cougars tied after 2 Cougars trail after 2
26-1-0-0 5-5-3-1 5-21-0-0
Cougars score first Opponent scores first
26-8-1-1 10-19-2-0
Cougars at home Cougars on the road Cougars OVERALL
GP 35 32 67
W 21 15 36
3rd 92 76 3.46 3.07
OT 3
SO 3 1
Pen 306
+/-
% 83.0%
SHOTS ON GOAL 1st 2nd 3rd COUGARS 725 748 763 Opposition 705 695 613 Average shots per game: Average shots allowed per game:
TOT 232 206
MISCELLANEOUS (Record when…) PG outshoot the opp. PG are outshot Shots are tied
26-16-1-1 9-9-2-0 1-2-0-0
PG score 4 or more PG score 3 or less PG allow 3 or less PG allow 4 or more
26-4-0-0 10-23-3-1 33-7-1-0 3-20-2-1
HOME and AWAY OTL SOL 1 1 2 0 3 1
GF 130 102 232
GA 93 113 206
STK L10 1-0-0-0 5-4-1-0 0-1-0-0 3-6-1-0 1-0-0-0 5-5-0-0
OT 13 23 33.6 30.4
SO 3 1
Cougars vs BC Cougars vs US Cougars vs CENTRAL Cougars vs EAST
15-12-1-1 10-9-1-0 9-3-0-0 2-3-1-0
Cougars in OT Cougars in Shootouts
0-3 3-1
it's a 1-goal game it's a 2-goal game it's a 3+-goal game
L 12 15 27
G/Kill PP/PK 2 15 15 21
2-man PP 2-man PK
Pct 0.629 0.500 0.567
PTS 44 32 76
PP 20.0% 17.8% 18.9%
10-5-3-1 6-8-0-0 20-14-0-0
PK 81.1% 84.7% 83.0%
TOT 2252 2037
% 13.3% 71.4%
Wednesday, March 9th, 2016 Prince George Cougars (36-27-3-1) at Kelowna Rockets (44-18-3-0)
THE HOME STRETCH: As the 2015-16 season continues the Cougars are enjoying a successful 22nd season in the Western Hockey League. Their 36-27-3-1 record through 67 games has them ranked third in the B.C. Division and 15 points ahead of their pace from a season ago. Their 36 victories marks the second most wins ever in a season for the Prince George Cougars with five games still remaining. Heading into tonight’s matchup against the Kelowna Rockets the Cougars are nine points ahead of their point total and five wins ahead of their victory total from 2014-15. One of the Cougars final five games will be played at home while four more will take place on the road including tonight’s game in Kelowna. BACK-TO-BACK: For the first time since 2006 and 2007, the Prince George Cougars have clinched a berth in the WHL Playoffs in back-to-back seasons. With the Tri-City Americans falling last night against Kamloops, the Prince George Cougars officially punched their ticket to the WHL playoffs, and did so four games faster in 2015-16. Now it’s just a matter of determining who the Cougars will face on Round 1. Heading into tonight’s game the Cougars hold a one point lead over Kamloops for third place in the B.C. Division and if the playoffs were to begin today, the Cougars would face Kelowna in Round 1. Other potential first round matchups include: Victoria, Seattle or Everett. COUGARS-ROCKETS: Tonight at Prospera Place the Prince George Cougars will clash with the Kelowna Rockets for an eighth and final time in 2015-16. So far this season the Cougars are 2-4-1-0 against the Rockets and are 1-2 against them in games played in the Okanagan. In seven games this season against the Rockets, Jesse Gabrielle (2G, 4A) leads all Cougars with six points. Between the pipes, Ty Edmonds is 2-3 against the Rockets and has posted a save percentage of .911 with a goals-against-average of 2.84. Dillon Dube and Tyson Baillie each have 13 points against the Cougars. WITALA ‘CHASING’ HISTORY: February 3rd in Prince Albert, SK, Cougars forward Chase Witala became the all-time leading goal scorer in franchise history. At 12:21 of the third period Witala ripped a shot past Rylan Parenteau of the Prince Albert Raiders to secure his 32nd goal of the season and the 112th goal of his career, which moved him past former captain Eric Hunter who had previously held the record. For his career, Witala has now scored 119 goals and 116 assists for 235 points. With five games remaining in the season Witala is now just two points shy of surpassing Troy Bourke (236 points) for the all-time franchise lead in points. Witala is also two games shy of 300 for his WHL career. LEADING THE PACK: Chase Witala (39G, 36A) lead the team in points with 75. Witala also leads the team with 10 power play goals and two hat-tricks. Jesse Gabrielle leads the Cougars in goals (40), the entire WHL in shorthanded goals (7), and tops the team with multi-point games (23) and goal scored at home (25). Defenceman Tate Olson (8G, 38A) leads all Cougars d-men with 46 points. Cougars defencemen Sam Ruopp lead the team in plus-minus with at +22. Colby McAuley is tops on the team with 146 penalty minutes and leads the WHL with 16 fighting majors. Brogan O’Brien leads all Cougar rookies with 18 goals and 37 assists. ROSTER BREAKDOWN: Currently the Cougars roster sits at 26 players: Two goalies, nine defencemen and 15 forwards. Three are 20, four are 19, 10 are 18, six are 17, and three are 16. 16 of the 26 players were selected by the Cougars in the WHL Bantam Draft, six were acquired via trade, two were added to the 50-man protected list and two were selected in the CHL Import Draft. Nine are from B.C., five are from Saskatchewan, four are from Alberta, four are from Manitoba, along with one each from Ontario, the United States, the Netherlands and Slovenia.
UPCOMING GAMES: PRINCE GEORGE COUGARS AT VICTORIA ROYALS (FRIDAY, MARCH 11TH) PRINCE GEORGE COUGARS AT VICTORIA ROYALS (SUNDAY, MARCH 13TH) PRINCE GEORGE COUGARS AT KAMLOOPS BLAZERS (FRIDAY. MARCH 18TH) KAMLOOPS BLAZERS AT PRINCE GEORGE COUGARS (SATURDAY, MARCH 19TH)
Wednesday, March 9th, 2016 – Game Notes Continued… COUGARS SIGN ADAM KADLEC: Prince George Cougars General Manager Todd Harkins announced earlier this month that 1999-born forward Adam Kadlec (Edina, MN) signed a Standard WHL Player Agreement with the Cougars. Originally selected by the Cougars in the 10th round (203rd overall) in the 2014 WHL Bantam Draft, Kadlec (6’2”, 179 pounds) started this season with the Boston Jr. Bruins 18U program in the U.S. Premier Hockey League. Last season Kadlec scored 16 goals and added 25 assists for 41 points along with 46 penalty minutes in just 25 games with the Jr. Bruins 16U team. Kadlec became the sixth player form the 2014 Cougars draft class to sign with the team joining Justin Almeida, Max Martin, Ethan O’Rourke, Peter Kope, and Ryan Schoettler. Kadlec made his WHL debut February 24th in Spokane. EDMONDS MAKES HISTORY: With a victory on January 23rd against the Kamloops Blazers Prince George Cougars veteran goaltender Ty Edmonds (Winnipeg, MB) earned his 65th career WHL victory, all of which have come with the Cougars. That 65th victory moves Ty Edmonds into sole possession of second place on the list for all-time victories by a Prince George Cougars goaltender which had previous been held by Billy Thompson (1999 – 2003 and 64 wins). Edmonds is now just 27 victories shy of surpassing Scott Myers (1996-2000 and 95 wins) for the all-time lead in wins. FOUR COUGARS RANKED BY NHL CENTRAL SCOUTING: Back in January Cougars had four of their players crack NHL Central Scouting’s Mid-Term Rankings list. Leading the way was defenceman Josh Anderson who was ranked 62nd out of all draft eligible North American skaters. Rookie forward Brogan O’Brien appeared 94th on the list and goaltenders Ty Edmonds (20th) and Nick McBride (29th) made the list for draft eligible North American goaltenders. In 39 games this season, Anderson has a goal, five assists and 86 penalty minutes. O’Brien leads all Cougars rookies in scoring with 18 goals and 37 assists. Edmonds has a record of 21-14-2-0 with four shutouts and Nick McBride is 12-10-1-1 with a shutout since joining the Cougars after a trade with Prince Albert. In addition to the four roster players, the Cougars also had three of their college prospects: Riley Tufte (17th), Dennis Cholowski (48th), and Rem Pitlick (141st) ranked. BRIGHT FUTURE: The Cougars were well represented at the 2015-16 Mac’s AAA Midget Tournament in Calgary. 10 Cougars prospects represented their respective teams. Ethan O’Rourke (Cariboo Cougars), Ryan Schoettler (Lloydminster Bobcats) and Joel Patsey (Cariboo Cougars) were all selected by the Cougars in the 2014 WHL Bantam Draft while 2015 draftees Jackson Leppard (Vancouver Northwest Giants), Jonas Harkins (Cariboo Cougars), Tyler Ho (Cariboo Cougars), Reid Perepeluk (Cariboo Cougars), and Liam Ryan (Vancouver North East Chiefs) had an impressive first showing at the tournament. Jeremy Gervais (Cariboo Cougars) and Brandon McClintock (South Island Royals) were both listed earlier this season by the Cougars and also gained valuable experience. Ryan Schoettler won a Silver Medal, the tournament plus-minus award and was named a tournament all-star for Lloydminster. Schoettler signed a Standard WHL Player Agreement with the Prince George Cougars earlier in January, 2016. DID YOU KNOW: On December 8th against Kootenay, Chase Witala became the first Cougar since Blake Robson in 2002 to record back-to-back hat-tricks. Jansen Harkins recorded his 100th career assist on December 15th in Seattle. Harkins is now just 38 assists shy of the all-time record which is currently held by Troy Bourke (152) and on February 24th in Spokane he suited up in his 200th career WHL game. Ironically on the same day (February 24th, 2016) that Jansen Harkins suited up for game #200, his younger brother Jonas Harkins dressed in his first ever WHL game. Jesse Gabrielle became the youngest Cougar ever to reach 40 goals in a season when he scored at 5:58 of the second period of last night’s game. Quinn Hancock, Todd Fiddler, Blair Betts, Eric Hunter, Derek Halldorson and Brett Connolly are the other Cougars who have reached the 40 goal mark during their respective WHL careers.
UPCOMING GAMES: PRINCE GEORGE COUGARS AT VICTORIA ROYALS (FRIDAY, MARCH 11TH) PRINCE GEORGE COUGARS AT VICTORIA ROYALS (SUNDAY, MARCH 13TH) PRINCE GEORGE COUGARS AT KAMLOOPS BLAZERS (FRIDAY. MARCH 18TH) KAMLOOPS BLAZERS AT PRINCE GEORGE COUGARS (SATURDAY, MARCH 19TH)
Standings Eastern Conference East Division Rank Team
GP W
1
67 43 18
x Brandon Wheat Kings
L OTL SL PTS PCT 4
2
GF
GA PIM
92 0.687 291 191 777
Home
Away
P10
STK
21-8-1-2
22-10-3-0
7-1-2-0
6-0-2-0
2
x Prince Albert Raiders
66 36 22
7
1
80 0.606 207 203 808
21-10-3-0
15-12-4-1
5-3-2-0
0-1-0-0
3
x Moose Jaw Warriors
67 34 25
7
1
76 0.567 235 221 728
18-12-2-1
16-13-5-0
6-4-0-0
1-0-0-0
4
x Regina Pats
5
Swift Current Broncos
66 31 27
3
5
70 0.530 218 236 924
17-13-2-1
14-14-1-4
5-4-0-1
0-1-0-1
66 23 35
5
3
54 0.409 175 227 746
13-19-1-1
10-16-4-2
3-6-1-0
0-1-0-0
67 25 38
4
0
54 0.403 207 292 905
13-19-2-0
12-19-2-0
5-5-0-0
0-2-0-0
6 Saskatoon Blades Central Division Rank Team
GP W
1
67 44 21
x Lethbridge Hurricanes
L OTL SL PTS PCT 1
1
GF
GA
PIM
90 0.672 283 200 941
Home
Away
P10
STK
26-6-0-1
18-15-1-0
4-5-0-1
1-0-0-0
2
x Red Deer Rebels
67 42 22
1
2
87 0.649 240 191 816
22-8-1-2
20-14-0-0
7-3-0-0
5-0-0-0
3
x Calgary Hitmen
66 37 25
2
2
78 0.591 219 204 1006
21-10-2-0
16-15-0-2
5-4-1-0
1-0-0-0
4
Edmonton Oil Kings
66 28 31
6
1
63 0.477 188 213 861
17-13-4-0
11-18-2-1
4-6-0-0
1-0-0-0
5
Medicine Hat Tigers
66 26 35
3
2
57 0.432 199 263 809
14-16-1-2
12-19-2-0
6-3-0-1
0-1-0-0
67 10 51
6
0
26 0.194 139 300 757
8-21-4-0
2-30-2-0
0-9-1-0
0-10-2-0
6 Kootenay ICE Western Conference B.C. Division Rank Team
GP W
1
x Victoria Royals
67 45 16
2
x Kelowna Rockets
3
Prince George Cougars
4
L OTL SL PTS PCT 3
3
GF
GA
PIM
96 0.716 256 154 794
Home
Away
P10
STK
23-6-1-3
22-10-2-0
8-1-1-0
8-0-1-0
65 44 18
3
0
91 0.700 234 194 894
25-5-2-0
19-13-1-0
7-3-0-0
0-2-0-0
67 36 27
3
1
76 0.567 232 206 1219
21-12-1-1
15-15-2-0
5-5-0-0
1-0-0-0
Kamloops Blazers
67 33 25
5
4
75 0.560 222 211 719
18-10-4-2
15-15-1-2
6-3-0-1
4-0-0-0
5 Vancouver Giants U.S. Division Rank Team
68 23 37
5
3
54 0.397 192 251 807
14-18-2-0
9-19-3-3
2-7-0-1
0-6-0-1
GP W
1
x Seattle Thunderbirds
66 40 23
2
x Everett Silvertips
3
Portland Winterhawks
4
Spokane Chiefs
5 Tri-City Americans x = Clinched Playoff Position y = Teams who have clinched Division title
Tuesday, Mar 8 Saskatoon 2 at Calgary 5 Final Portland 2 at Everett 3 Final Lethbridge 7 at Kootenay 2 Final Prince Albert 2 at Red Deer 6 Final Kamloops 6 at Tri-City 2 Final
L OTL SL PTS PCT 3
0
GF
GA PIM
83 0.629 211 177 898
Home
Away
P10
STK
26-5-2-0
14-18-1-0
9-1-0-0
8-0-0-0
66 37 22
4
3
81 0.614 173 154 560
20-9-3-2
17-13-1-1
4-3-2-1
1-0-0-0
66 33 29
4
0
70 0.530 211 206 821
19-12-1-0
14-17-3-0
5-4-1-0
0-2-0-0
65 30 26
5
4
69 0.531 202 220 763
18-12-2-1
12-14-3-3
3-5-1-1
0-1-0-0
67 31 33
2
1
65 0.485 218 238 943
17-13-1-1
14-20-1-0
3-7-0-0
0-2-0-0
Wednesday, Mar 9 Regina at Swift Current 7:00 pm CST Prince Albert at Medicine Hat 7:00 pm MST Kamloops at Spokane 7:05 pm PST Prince George at Kelowna 7:05 pm PST
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Friday, Mar 11 Moose Jaw at Regina 7:00 pm CST Prince Albert at Swift Current 7:00 pm CST Brandon at Saskatoon 7:05 pm CST Calgary at Edmonton 7:00 pm MST Red Deer at Lethbridge 7:00 pm MST Kootenay at Medicine Hat 7:30 pm MST Kamloops at Kelowna 7:05 pm PST Prince George at Victoria 7:05 pm PST Tri-City at Spokane 7:05 pm PST Portland at Vancouver 7:30 pm PST Everett at Seattle 7:35 pm PST
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March 9, 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____________________ March 9, 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__________________ March 9, 2016 Game Entry Box Located at the Rockets Fan Information Booth at Prospera Place in Main Entrance Lobby 3 Winners Per Power Play Will Be Announced At Tonight’s Game
NAME ______________________________________PHONE____________________ March 9, 2016 Entry Box Located at the Rockets Fan Information Booth at Prospera Place in Main Entrance Lobby 3 Winners Will Be Announced At Tonight’s Game
NAME ___________________________________________AGE________________ March 9, 2016 Game Entry Box Located At The Rockets Fan Information Booth At Prospera Place In Main Entrance Lobby 3 Contestants Will Be Announced At Tonight’s Game Winner: $500 Bark n’ Fly Gift Certificate Runners Up: $50 Bark n’ Fly Gift Certificate Must Be Willing To Go On Ice Must Be 19 Or Older To Enter Must Get Puck Through The Hole To Win! Contest Will Take Place In The 1st Intermission
NAME ___________________________________________AGE________________ March 9, 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 Tree Beer Institute 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
GASOLINE ALLEY HARLEY DAVIDSON AND THE KELOWNA ROCKETS PRESENT THE 2015-2016 ONE TON FOOD BANK CHALLENGE IN AN EFFORT TO KEEP THE KELOWNA FOOD BANK SHELVES STOCKED THROUGHOUT THE SEASON. FANS ARE ENCOURAGED TO BRING NON-PERISHABLE FOOD ITEMS TO THE ROCKETS GAME OR TOYS SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN 15 AND UNDER. FOR EVERY DONATION MADE FANS WILL RECEIVE AN ENTRY FORM FOR A CHANCE TO WIN THE
GRAND PRIZE: TWO TICKETS TO THE MARCH 27, 2016 VANCOUVER CANUCKS vs. CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS GAME, OVERNIGHT ACCOMMODATION AND DINNER!!
SUNDAY MARCH 20, 2016 KELOWNA COMMUNITY THEATRE (1375 Water Street, Kelowna, BC)
Business Casual Attire • Cash Bar
1:00 pm-2:30 pm • Catered Reception-Mingle With Players 2:30 pm-3:30 pm • Awards Ceremony TICKETS ON SALE NOW ADULTS $25.00 KIDS (12-) $15.00
To Purchase Tickets Contact Anne-Marie Hamilton 250-979-0853 [email protected]
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
HOME HARDWARE STICK BOY/GIRL CONTEST Must be 12 or Under to Enter Enter at Home Hardware
TRU FROZEN YOGURT 3 STAR PRESENTER CONTEST Must be 12 or Under to Enter Enter at TRU Frozen Yogurt
GO TO THE APP STORE ON YOUR SMART PHONE AND DOWNLOAD THE ROCKETS FREE APPLICATION! GET THE ROCKETS PROGRAM PAGE AND FOLLOW THE 50/50 POT AS WELL AS CHECK 50/50 NUMBERS FOR EVERY DRAW.
