Game Notes: Media Notes for Rockets-Cougars Game Three
Rockets @ Cougars
Tuesday March 29, 2011
Game Time 7:00 pm
Tonight’s Preview: The Kelowna Rockets lead the Prince George Cougars 2-0 in their best of seven Western Conference quarter-final series after a 4-1 win in game one and a 7-4 victory in game two. The series now shifts to Prince George for games three and four tonight and tomorrow night. If a game five is necessary, it will be played Friday in Kelowna. The Rockets played four games in Prince George during the regular season winning twice and losing twice. The Rockets were out-scored 10-8 at the CN Centre this season despite back-to-back 4-2 and 2-1 overtime wins in late November. The two losses, by scores of 4-2 and 3-0, came on February 4th and 5th. In the four games played in Prince George this season, the Rockets power play was 2 for 24 (8.3%). These two teams are meeting for the first time in the playoffs since 2000.
By the numbers: Of the 11 goals scored by the Rockets in this series, four have come from defenceman…The Rockets are 4 for 12 (33.3%) on the power play in the first two games while the Cougars are 1 for 5 (20%) with the extra man…The Rockets have out-shot the Cougars in the first two games…The Rockets have out-scored the Cougars 7-0 in the third period….Of the 25 penalties that have been called in the series, nine have been whistled down in the 1st and 3rd periods with seven infractions called in the second frame.
Game one recap: Mitchell Callahan scored twice while Damon Severson and Geordie Wudrick added singles. The two teams were tied at one after 40 minutes before the Rockets scored three unanswered goals in the final frame. Adam Brown earned the win in goal making 24 saves. The Rockets were 2 for 7 on the power play.
Game two recap: Cody Chikie and Shane McColgan each had three points games as the Rockets produced a 7-4 win Saturday night. The Cougars held a 4-3 lead after 40 minutes before the Rockets stormed back with four goals in the third period. Colton Sissons, Tyson Barrie, Jessey Astles, Kevin Smith and Zak Stebner scored goals in the win. Adam Brown made 26 saves as the Rockets went 2 for 5 on the power play.
Playoff Experience: Geordie Wudrick and Tyson Barrie lead the Rockets in playoff experience with 43 games apiece. Overage d-man Zak Stebner has 29 games of playoff experience after playing in 23 games last season with the WHL champion Calgary Hitmen.
Who’s Hot: Geordie Wudrick has goals in eight of his last ten games…Tyson Barrie has points in ten of his last fifteen…Evan Bloodoff has twelve points (6+6=12) in his last sixteen games…Shane McColgan has thirteen assists in his last twelve games…Mitchell Callahan has 5+4=9 in his last twelve games…Zach Franko has five goals in his last ten games.
This and That: Evan Bloodoff is serving game three of a four game suspension for a charging major against Vancouver in the final game of the regular season….Zak Stebner now has nine career goals against the Cougars. Eight of those nine were scored during the regular season with the lone playoff goal coming in game two… The Rockets had 17 more points than the Cougars during the regular season….The Rockets were 22-13-0-2 from January 1st to the end of the regular season. The Cougars were 14-20-0-1 over that same period. The Rockets accumulated 46 points over that stretch while the Cougars earned just 29….Tyson Barrie leads the Rockets in playoff points with 36. Barrie has 9+27=36. Wudrick has 26 career points.…Jason Siebert is missing his 50th straight game after undergoing surgery on his wrist….The Rockets allowed the fewest goals against on the road in the WHL this season (93 – tied with Red Deer)….The Rockets were involved in twenty-six (26) one goal games this season. The Rockets were 18-7-0-1 in those twenty-six (26) one goal games…Only three players dressed in all 72 regular season games this season. They were Zach Franko, Kevin Smith and Evan Bloodoff.…The Rockets received the second most power play chances of any team in the WHL this season (383). Tri City led the league with 385 opportunities.…The Rockets (6-0), Portland (5-0) and Swift Current (5-0) were the only three teams in the WHL this season that did not lose in overtime….The Rockets allowed the second (tied with Red Deer) fewest power play goals against in the WHL (51). Only Spokane allowed fewer goals against…At the Rockets awards banquet Sunday, Adam Brown was named the team MVP. Tyson Barrie was named the top defenceman while Mitchell Callahan was the top defensive forward. Colton Sissons picked up the rookie of the year award and top plus/minus player.
Milestone Makers:
Ryan Huska coached in his 250th WHL game Jan 21/11 @ Seattle.
Geordie Wudrick played in his 325th WHL game vs. Prince George Jan 28/11
Brett Bulmer played in his 100th career game December 15th in Lethbridge.
Evan Bloodoff played in his 250th WHL game January 14th against Portland.
Zak Stebner played in his 250th WHL game January 21st @ Seattle
Mitchell Chapman played in his 100th WHL game February 4th in Prince George.
Rockets Season Highs and Lows:
Most Goals Scored: 9, vs. Chilliwack November 6/10 (9-3 W)
Most Goals Allowed: 7, vs. Vancouver October 20/10 (7-5 L)
Most Power Play Chances: 10, vs. Chilliwack Feb 2/11 (6-4 W), vs. Cougars Jan 28/11 (7-3 W), vs. Everett December 28/10 (4-0 W).
Most Power Play Goals Scored: 4, @ Kamloops March 11/11 (4 for 9 in a 5-1 win), vs. Everett December 28th (4 for 10), vs. Chillwack November 6/10 (9-3 W)
Most Power Play Goals Allowed: 3, vs. Medicine Hat Jan 15/11 (5-2 L), @ Portland Oct 30/10 (6-1 L), vs. Giants Oct 20/10 (7-5 L), @ Vancouver October 9/10 (4-1 L)
Most Shots Taken: 49 vs. Raiders October 10/10 (3-2 OTW)
Fewest Shots Taken: 15, @ Tri City Jan 23/11 (4-3 W), 17 @ Spokane Jan 22/11 (5-3 W)
Most Shot Allowed: 51 @ Kootenay Feb 22/11 (4-2 L), 46 vs. Portland Jan 14/11 (5-3 W)
Fewest Shots Allowed: 19 vs. Bruins November 8/10 (9-3 W)
Last Shutout: Adam Brown made 33 saves in 1-0 win over Blazers March 12/11, Adam Brown, 27 saves in 1-0 win in Red Deer Feb 25/11, Brown 26 saves December 28/10 in a 4-0 win vs. Everett.
Last Time Shutout: 5-0 vs. Seattle March 16/11, 1-0 vs. Chilliwack March 4th, 3-0 in Prince George Feb 5/11, 2-0 in Med Hat Dec 14/10, 4-0 loss in Kamloops, Nov 13/10, 1-0 loss in Tri City October 1/10 – Drew Owsley 34 saves.
Penalty Shots: Colten Mayor on Adam Brown (no goal) Dec 10/10 in a 5-1 win vs. Red Deer. Evan Bloodoff on Jeff Bosch (no goal), Nov 3/10 in a 5-2 win. Taylor Peters on Adam Brown (no goal), Oct 30/10 in a 6-1 Hawks win.
Shootout Game Winning Goals: Tyson Barrie vs. Kamloops March 21/11 (1-0 W), Shane McColgan vs. Lethbridge Dec 15/10 (3-2), Tyson Barrie vs. Everett Oct 22/10 (4-3 W), Geordie Wudrick @ Everett October 10/10 (4-3 W)
OT Game Winning Goal: Zach Franko scores at 4:52 in a 3-2 win in Chilliwack Mar/13/11, Geordie Wudrick scores gat :59 seconds in a 4-3 win in Calgary February 26/11, Zak Stebner scored at 2:22 of overtime in a 3-2 win over Everett February 13/11, Geordie Wudrick scores :42 seconds into overtime in a 3-2 win in Spokane Nov 27/10, Evan Bloodoff scores at 1:13 in a 2-1 win over Prince George Nov 20/10, Brett Bulmer scores at 3:33 in a 3-2 win over Raiders Oct 10/10
vs. BC: 21-12-0-1 vs. US: 11-9-0-0 vs. Central: 8-4-0-0 vs. East: 3-3-0-0
Roster Stats:
Player total: 24
Year by Year Breakdown:
20’s – 3 Bloodoff, Wudrick, Stebner,
19’s – 6 Barrie, Brown, Smith, Callahan, Stene, Chikie
18’s – 6 Main, Bulmer, Jobke, Chapman, Adolph
17’s – 6 McColgan, Johnston, Astles, Franko, Sissons, Cooke
16’s – 3 Siebert, Severson. Heffley,
Average Age: 17.91
Record by Month:
Month Games Record Home Road
September: 2 0-2-0-0 0-2-0-0 0-0-0-0
October: 12 4-8-0-0 2-4-0-0 -4-0-0
November: 11 10-1-0-0 5-0-0-0 5-1-0-0
December: 11 7-4-0-0 4-1-0-0 3-3-0-0
January: 13 8-5-0-0 5-3-0-0 3-2-0-0
February: 13 7-5-0-1 2-1-0-1 5-4-0-0
March: 10 7-3-0-0 3-3-0-0 4-0-0-0
Game notes compiled by AM 1150’s Regan Bartel
