Take A Seat Cougars, Rockets Offence Finds Ignition Key In 3rd

Cougars just wanting to hear the final buzzer late in the 3rd

Jackson Whistle did most of his work in the first including taking away a breakaway by going after the puck

Rockets got off to a slow start in the first as has been all to common this year. The Cougars were working hard and the Rockets were not getting the bounces. The first goal came off a combination of miscues by the Rockets D. Marc McNulty took advantage of the mistakes and put the puck past Jackson Whistle.

Whistle's crease has way too many bodies in it for Whistle's comfort

Rockets started to come on in the second putting pressure on the Cougars but Jordan Tkatch would get one more past Whistle before the Rockets offense would hit the ignition key.

Madison Bowey set to unload one in the second

Edmonds standing on his head in the second to keep Rockets to just one goal in the second

Riley Stadel would start things off at the 16 minute mark of the second with his 9th of the year on the powerplay. Kelowna outshot PG 19 to 5 in the second. Score after 2 was 2-1 but now it was only a matter of time.

The 3rd period was all Rockets, with Tyson Baillie scoring the tying goal off the faceoff. The only goal that Ty Edmonds would want to have back. Colton Heffly would tip a Damon Severson wrist shot to get the game winner. Minutes later Nick Merkley would add some insurance and then Ryan Olsen made sure PG was done with his 5th of the year.

Final numbers in the game, Rocket win 5-2, outshoot Cougars 51 to 28, 9 powerplays in the game, 5 for Kelowna and the only goal on the man advantage was off the stick of Stadel who is now the top scoring defenseman in the WHL with 9.

Stadel mixes it up with Gonek at the final buzzer

The Rockets sixth win in a row improved its record to 13-2-0-2 on the season, heading into the another home game Saturday night at Prospera Place when the Edmonton Oil Kings come to town.

It was Pink Power Play night at Propsera Place with the Rockets players wearing one-of-a-kind jersey's that were auctioned off for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation in an annual fundraiser.

Game Summary

Prince George Cougars 2 at Kelowna Rockets 5 - Status: Final
Friday, November 8, 2013 - Prospera Place - Kelowna, BC

Prince George 1 1 0 - 2
Kelowna 0 1 4 - 5

1st Period-1, Prince George, McNulty 4 (Wilson), 10:23. Penalties-Gatenby Kel (delay of game), 15:15; Wilson P.g (unsportsmanlike cnd.), 17:11; Nyberg Kel (checking to the head), 20:00.

2nd Period-2, Prince George, Tkatch 3 (Grewal, McNulty), 7:21. 3, Kelowna, Stadel 9 (Merkley), 16:21 (PP). Penalties-Carvalho P.g (delay of game), 15:18; Pochiro P.g (holding), 16:59; Severson Kel (roughing), 19:41.

3rd Period-4, Kelowna, Baillie 9 11:42. 5, Kelowna, Heffley 2 (Severson, Wheaton), 14:05. 6, Kelowna, Merkley 7 (Kirkland, Heffley), 16:10. 7, Kelowna, Olsen 5 (Wheaton, Rigby), 17:05. Penalties-Fiddler P.g (interference), 1:12; Wheaton Kel (hooking), 18:26; Harkins P.g (checking from behind), 18:35; Wilson P.g (unsportsmanlike cnd.), 19:32; Tkatch P.g (major-fighting), 19:51; Schmidli Kel (major-fighting), 19:51; Gonek P.g (major-fighting), 20:00; Roulston P.g (roughing), 20:00; Ruopp P.g (roughing), 20:00; Linaker Kel (roughing), 20:00; Stadel Kel (major-fighting), 20:00.

Shots on Goal-Prince George 13-5-10-28. Kelowna 15-19-17-51.
Power Play Opportunities-Prince George 0 / 4; Kelowna 1 / 5.
Goalies-Prince George, Edmonds 7-4-0-2 (51 shots-46 saves). Kelowna, Whistle 3-2-0-0 (28 shots-26 saves).
A-5,086
Referees-Steve Papp (17).
Linesmen-Dustin Minty (86), Ward Pateman (124).

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