PHOTO CREDIT: STEVE DUNSMOOR
The Kelowna Rockets will be looking to build on their two-game win streak when they host the Seattle Thunderbirds on tonight at Prospera Place - puck drop is set for 7:05 pm.
It's the first meeting for the two since the 2022 WHL Playoffs, where the T-Birds eliminated the Rockets in the first round. Seattle advanced all the way to the championship, where they fell to the Edmonton Oil Kings.
"Not much has changed over there from last year for them," said Rockets head coach Kris Mallette in his post-game interview on Wednesday.
"We know they're a team that is very skilled, very hard to play against. Players obviously with our returning roster are well aware of what Seattle brings. We're going to have to bring our A-game, there's no secret there."
The Rockets are coming off a 3-0 win over the Victoria Royals on Wednesday night on home ice. Marcus Pacheco and Caden Price scored in the first, and Adam Kydd added another in the third for insurance. Jari Kykkanen made twenty saves to pick up his second career shutout.
Seattle has had a light schedule to open the season playing just two games so far. They opened the season in Vancouver with a 4-3 in a shootout win on September 23rd and again downed the Giants 6-2 in their home opener on October 1st.
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Both Colton Dach and Talyn Boyko are still away at training camps.
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