iSight Optometry Recap: Rockets fall short to Royals
The Kelowna Rockets fell 2-1 to the Victoria Royals on Friday at Prospera Place in Kelowna BC.
Scoreless through the first period, the Royals took a 2-0 lead into the third period. With time ticking away, Andrew Cristall was able to get the Rockets on the board with 44 seconds to play in the game.
“I think the team down the hall was the hungrier of the two,” said Rockets head coach Kris Mallette in his postgame interview.
“They were sacrificing, we had a lot of shot opportunities that they were blocking and getting in front of. As the game wore on, I thought they looked like the fresher team and just won a lot of one-on-one battles when it was on the line.”
KRIS MALLETTE POSTGAME INTERVIEW | GAME HIGHLIGHTS | BOXSCORE
GAME SUMMARY
Max Graham was awarded a penalty shot with 9:17 to go in the first period, but Royals starter Braden Holt turned him aside.
While playing four-on-four hockey, Tanner Scott (6) was able to put the Royals on the board first 4:20 into the middle frame. Charging to the net, Logan Pickford (1) redirected the feed up and over Rockets starter Jari Kykkanen.
In the final minute of the game, with the Rockets net empty, Andrew Cristall (11) was able to pull the Rockets within one.
ADDITIONAL STATS
- The Rockets record is now 7-7-1-0
- Kelowna was 0/4 on the powerplay, Victoria was 0/3
- Kelowna outshot the Royals 28-20
- This was the third of eight meetings between the Rockets and Royals, Victoria leads the season series 2-1. They’ll face each other next on November 13th when the Rockets make their first visit of the season to Victoria
UP NEXT
The Rockets are back in action tomorrow, Saturday, when the Red Deer Rebels and former Rocket Elias Carmichael will then make their lone visit of the season.
Single Game Tickets 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.
