ISight Optometry Recap: Cristall scores twice as Rockets double up on Royals

ISight Optometry Recap: Cristall scores twice as Rockets double up on Royals

After falling 4-1 to the Everett Silvertips on Friday night, the Rockets rebounded in the second of their three game in three night road trip with a 4-2 victory over the Victoria Royals on Saturday night.

After having his 15 game point streak come to an end last night, Andrew Cristall scored twice while Hiroki Gojsic and Jakub Stancl also scored in the victory. Rhett Stoesser put forth an outstanding performance in goal turning aside 49 shots in the win.

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Andrew Cristall would open the scoring shorthanded when he and Kayden Longley did some great work on the penalty kill before Cristall beat Royals Jayden Kraus to put Kelowna up 1-0. Hiroki Gojsic would add to Kelowna’s lead when he hammered a shot past Kraus on the power play with under four minutes remaining in the period. Victoria would get themselves on the board when Cosmo Wilson rifled a shot past Stoesser with 0.3 seconds left to go in the period to head into the break down 2-1.

Jakub Stancl would score the lone goal in the second period, beating Kraus for his 11th of the season to extend Kelowna’s lead back up to two. Stoesser came up with several big saves in the third period to keep Victoria at bay which allowed Cristall to pot his second of the night into the empty net, pushing Kelowna ahead 4-1. Victoria would score late off a goal from Escalus Burlock to make it 4-2.

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