Two Days Away

With the regular season beginning in two days time, all that’s left to do is wait for the puck to drop.

On Friday night the Kelowna Rockets will open up the regular season at home against the Kamloops Blazers at Prospera Place.

The roster for opening night is set. Kelowna still has a couple of tough roster decisions to make with a total of 27 players still on the roster, but those decisions don’t have to be made yet as the teams are given time at the start of the season to make final roster choices.

On opening night the Rockets will be carrying two goaltenders, 10 defencemen, and 15 forwards.

Regardless of where they played last season, each player is looking to improve and build their game year to year. Here’s a look at how each player on the Rockets roster did in the 2016-17 season:

Goaltenders:

Brodan Salmond – Kelowna Rockets – 2nd WHL season – 23 games played, 1217 minutes played, 56 goals against, 3 shutouts, and a goals against average of 2.76

James Porter – Edge School for Athletes 15’s – 14 games played, 788 minutes played, 28 goals against, 3 shutouts, goals against average of 2.13

Defence:

Gordie Ballhorn – Kelowna Rockets – 2nd WHL season – 59GP, 4G, 8A, 12PTS, 17PIMS

Konrad Belcourt – Kelowna Rockets – 1st WHL season – 44GP, 0G, 1A, 1PTS, 15PIMS

Braydyn Chizen – Kelowna Rockets – 2nd WHL season – 65GP, 3G, 7A, 10PTS, 82PIMS

Cal Foote – Kelowna Rockets – 2nd WHL season – 71GP, 6G, 51A, 57PTS, 41PIMS

Kelvin Hair – OHA Prep Red – 24GP, 1G, 8A, 9PTS, 22PIMS

James Hilsendager – Regina Pats / Kelowna Rockets – 3rd WHL season – 64GP, 6G, 21A, 27PTS, 61PIMS

Kaedan Korczak – Yorkton Maulers – 42GP, 2G, 13A, 15PTS, 36PIMS

Kyle Pow – POE U18 – 18GP, 1G, 1A, 2PTS, 33PIMS

Devante Stephens – Kelowna Rockets – 3rd WHL season – 67GP, 13G, 22A, 35PTS, 75PIMS

Libor Zabransky – HC Kometa Brno – 34GP, 9G, 26A, 35PTS, 36PIMS

Forwards:

Ted Brennan – Saanich Braves – 33GP, 13G, 15A, 28PTS, 8PIMS

Conner Bruggen-Cate – Kelowna Rockets – 1st WHL season – 55GP, 3G, 10A, 13PTS, 37PIMS

Jack Cowell – Kelowna Rockets – 1st WHL season – 59GP, 4G, 8A, 12PTS, 17PIMS

Dillon Dube – Kelowna Rockets – 3rd WHL season – 40GP, 20G, 35A, 55PTS, 40PIMS

Nolan Foote – Kelowna Rockets – 1st WHL season – 52GP, 19G, 16A, 35PTS, 25PIMS

Erik Gardiner – Kelowna Rockets – 1st WHL season – 42GP, 4G, 11A, 15PTS, 8PIMS

Liam Kindree – Vancouver NW Giants – 40GP, 28G, 39A, 67PTS, 46PIMS

Will Kushniryk – Yale Hockey Academy – 52GP, 15G, 14A, 29PTS, 58PIMS

Kole Lind – Kelowna Rockets – 2nd WHL season – 70GP, 30G, 57A, 87PTS, 79PIMS

Leif Mattson – Kelowna Rockets – 1st WHL season – 46GP, 9G, 5A, 14PTS, 23PIMS

Colum McGauley – Nelson Leafs – 38GP, 9G, 8A, 17PTS, 8PIMS

Marek Skvrne – HC Kometa Brno – 49GP, 13G, 18A, 31PTS, 40PIMS

Tomas Soustal – Kelowna Rockets – 3rd WHL season – 49GP, 18G, 29A, 47PTS, 48PIMS

Kyle Topping – Kelowna Rockets – 1st WHL season – 59GP, 14G, 15A, 29PTS, 38PIMS

Carsen Twarynski – Calgary Hitmen / Kelowna Rockets – 3rd WHL season – 64GP, 17G, 26A, 43PTS, 60PIMS

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Players all get a fresh start on Friday in game one of the 2017-2018 regular season. Puck drop on Friday night when the Rockets open the season against the Kamloops Blazers will be at 7:05pm at Prospera Place.

Tickets are available for Rockets home games through selectyourtickets.com, at the Prospera Place box office or by phone at 250-762-5050.