Rockets win in a shootout
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r The Kelowna Rockets defeated the Prince George Cougars 5-4 in a shootout on Wednesday night as Tyson Barrie and Adam Brown combined to win the game in the shootout.
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r Barrie was the only Kelowna player to score in the shootout while Brown stopped all three Cougars shooters as Kelowna improved to 9-7-1-0.
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r Kelowna jumped out of the gates quickly, scoring twice in the game's first eight minutes on goals by Mitchell Callahan and Brandon McMillan.
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r The Cougars made a game of it though, scoring twice in the period as James Dobrowolski had both PG goals in the period. Cougars forward Nick Buonassisi put Prince George on top with a breakaway goal after coming out of the penalty box midway through the second period for a 3-2 lead. Kelowna's Kyle St. Denis tipped in a power play marker on a nice pass from Shane McColgan to tie the game at 3-3 and send the team's to the dressing room locked in a tie through 40 minutes
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r The teams exchanged goals early in the third period. Spencer Main scored to give the Rockets a 4-3 lead before the Cougars Robbi Ciolfi tied it up at 4-4 just two minutes later.
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r A scoreless overtime sent the game to the shootout and the Rockets win.
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r Notes:
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r -Starting goalies:
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r Kelowna: Adam Brown
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r Prince George: Alex Wright
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r -Scratches:
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r Kelowna: Mark Gugenberger, Evan Bloodoff, Codey Ito, Max Adolph, Kyle Verdino.
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r Prince George: Brett Connolly, Kyzen Loo, Garrett Thiessen, Dallas Jackson.
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r -Attendance was another sellout crowd of 6,051, the Rockets 11th sellout of the season.
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r -Next Wednesday's game vs. the Red Deer Rebels is a special 2 p.m. start from Prospera Place in honour of Remembrance Day.
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