Regan’s Game Notes: Feb. 11/11
Rockets vs. Bruins
Friday February 11, 2011
Game Time 7:05 pm
Tonight’s Preview: The Kelowna Rockets are meeting the Chilliwack Bruins for the fifth of eight times this season. The Rockets are 3-1-0-0, having out-scored the Bruins 21-13 in the first four meetings. These two teams clashed last Wednesday at Prospera Place with the Rockets earning a 6-4 win. These two teams meet tomorrow in Chilliwack. Tonight’s game is the sixth of seven straight games against teams in the BC Division. The Rockets are in Everett to conclude three games in three nights this weekend. Overall the Rockets have won four straight games at home but have dropped their last two games after back-to-back losses in Prince George last weekend.
Seasonal Series Breakdown:
1 2 3 OT Total
Rockets 7 10 4 0 21
Bruins 5 3 5 0 13
The Rockets are 7 for 26 (29.6%) on the power play in the seasonal series. The Bruins are 1 for 20 (5%) with the extra man. The Rockets have out-shot the Bruins in two of the four games.
Rockets recent game: The Rockets were shutout for the fourth time this season with a 3-0 setback in Prince George Saturday night. Adam Brown allowed three goals on 14 shots before being replaced by Jordon Cooke, who did not surrender a goal in 27 shots. The Rockets were out-shot 41-23 and were 0 for 8 on the power play while shutting out the Cougars in seven power play chances.
Who’s Hot: Shane McColgan has points in 14 of his last 18 games….Mitchell Callahan has 8+13=21 in his last twenty-two games…Brett Bulmer has points in ten of his last 12 games….Geordie Wudrick had ten goals in the month of January. In November he had 11. Zak Stebner has goals in two of his last three games.
This and That: The Rockets have just 20 games left in the regular season. Eleven of those 20 games are on home ice. Eleven of those games are against teams in the BC Division…..The Rockets are beginning a stretch of six games in nine night’s and ten games in the next 16 days…The Rockets have averaged 4.3 goals per game on home ice this season….The Rockets have allowed the 4th fewest goals against in the WHL (153 – tied with Spokane). Only Red Deer (129), Medicine Hat (148), Tri City (152) have allowed fewer goals…Shane McColgan leads the Rockets in road points with 21. McColgan is followed by Brett Bulmer (19) and Zach Franko (16)…..Since the start of November the Rockets have lost just twelve times in their last 38 games. The Rockets lost ten times in their first 14 games to start the season….Jason Siebert is missing his 28th straight games after undergoing surgery on his wrist….Adam Brown moved into second place all-time on the Kelowna Rockets list of games played by a goalie. Brown has played 132 games, three more than Kristofer Westblom. The franchise leader is Kevin Swanson with 167 games played… The Rockets have allowed the fewest goals against on the road in the WHL this season (70)….The Rockets have scored 51 more goals at home than on the road. The Rockets have played 27 games at home and 25 times on opposition ice…The Rockets are the only team in the WHL this season that have not lost in overtime or the shoot-out…The Rockets have been involved in sixteen one goal games this season. The Rockets are 11-5-0-0 in those sixteen one goal games…Adam Brown has started thirty-six of the last 42 games…The Rockets franchise played in its 1400th regular season game December 14th in Medicine Hat. The team has 727 regular season wins….The Rockets were 8 and 10 in 18 games this season without Tyson Barrie in the lineup. Barrie missed seven games at the start of the season with a hip injury and eleven games as a member of Team Canada….Only four players have played in all 52 regular season games this season. They are Zach Franko, Kevin Smith, Evan Bloodoff and Spencer Main…The Rockets are 11-7-0-0 in eighteen games since returning from the Christmas break…The Rockets have scored 6 or more goals on home ice ten times this season…Brett Bulmer is two penalty minutes shy of 200 for his career….Tyson Barrie has three times as many assists as he does goals over his career.
Next five games:
Feb 12 @ Chilliwack
Feb 13 @ Everett
Feb 16/11 @ Vancouver
Feb 18 vs.Spokane
Feb 19 vs. Vancouver
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, 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: 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 26 saves December 28/10 in a 4-0 win vs. Everett.
Last Time Shutout: 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: 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: 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: 14-9-0-0 vs. US: 9-7-0-0 vs. Central: 4-3-0-0 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 2-4-0-0
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 1-1-0-0 1-0-0-0 0-1-0-0
March: 10 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0
Notes compiled by AM-1150’s Regan Bartel