iSight Optometry Recap: Reschny’s late short handed goal sinks Rockets
For the second night in a row, the Victoria Royals defeated the Kelowna Rockets 3-2 at the Save-On-Foods Memorial Arena in Victoria, BC.
GAME SUMMARY
With :47 seconds left in the first period, Reggie Newman (16) standing in front of Rockets starter Jari Kykkanen was able to redirect Jaren Brinson‘s drive from the point into the net.
The puck coming along the right side bounced off the boards behind the back of the Rockets net to Tanner Scott at the left side of the net who then pushed the puck out front to Newman (17) for his second goal of the game nine seconds into the second period.
The Rockets cut the Royals lead in half 3:21 into the third after Tij Iginla (37) ripped a one-timer from the top of the right faceoff circle while on the power play. At 8:22 Rockets captain Gabriel Szturc (27) let a wrist shot fly from the slot that beat goaltender Braden Holt to tie the game. With a Royal in the box, Victoria went to clear the zone where Caden Price stopped the puck at the left neutral zone faceoff dot, miss-handling the puck, Cole Reschny (17) picked it up where he stick-handled the puck through Price’s skates while cutting around him to beat Kykkanen blocker side with 2:33 to go in regulation.
ADDITIONAL STATS
- The Rockets record is now 24-28-3-0
- Rockets goaltender Jari Kykkanen stopped 17 of 20 shots fired his way
- Victoria was 1/7 with the man advantage, while the Rockets power play went 1/6
- The Rockets outshot the Royals 37-20
- This was the final meeting of the season between the two, the Rockets record against the Royals wraps up at 2-5-1-0
UP NEXT
Kelowna will now return home for their Family Day Game on Monday, February 19 when the Tri-City Americans make their final visit of the season to Prospera Place. Kids (12 and under) tickets are on sale for $10. It will also be a Fan First Menu night at Prospera, which means $2 hot dogs and $5 beer from Lucky Lager.
Single Game Tickets for all Rockets games can be purchased:
- Online at selectyourtickets.com
- By calling Select Your Tickets at 250-762-5050
- Or by visiting the Select Your Tickets box office at the Prospera Place box office. The box office is open 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday and opens at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday home game days.
Six and twelve game Mini Packs for the Kelowna Rockets season are now on sale through Select Your Tickets. To learn how to save on walk-up tickets and use the flexibility of a Mini Pack click here.
