Kelowna comes in off a 4-2 win in Portland on Halloween, which snapped a four-game winless skid. Spokane arrives at 10-1-0-1 and is the only team in the league without a road loss.

It’s the first of the season’s meetings between the clubs, and the Rockets will have a familiar face back in the lineup after Vojtech Cihar was reassigned to Kelowna by the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday.

KELOWNA ROCKETS

Kelowna sits at 5-3-2-3 after a complete road effort in Portland.

Dawson Gerwing opened the Rockets’ scoring off a cross-crease feed from William Matte, Peyton Kettles gave Kelowna the lead on the power play, and Nate Corbet added a shorthanded goal late in the second period. Ryan Oothoudt sealed it with an empty-net goal. Harrison Boettiger made 35 saves, and the Rockets went 2-for-3 on the power play while killing all four Portland chances.

Jakub Frolo leads the Rockets with 11 points (2G, 9A). Gerwing has moved into second with 10 points (5G, 5A), tied with Owen Folstrom (3G, 7A) and Madden Daneault (3G, 7A). Gerwing, Tomas Poletin and Jacob Henderson share the team lead with five goals each.

Daneault is away this week, representing Canada White at the U17 World Challenge in Oakville, Ontario.

Cihar’s return gives the forward group a major boost. The Kings prospect recorded 31 points in 31 games with Kelowna last season, added 13 points in nine playoff games, and was named MVP of the 2026 World Junior Championship.

The Rockets have been solid on home ice, converting at 21.88 percent on the power play and killing 82.76 percent of penalties at Prospera Place. Overall, Kelowna’s power play sits at 19.64 percent and the penalty kill at 78.69 percent.

SPOKANE CHIEFS

Spokane enters at 10-1-0-1 and has been one of the league’s most complete teams.

The Chiefs have allowed just 23 goals in 12 games and are a perfect 5-0-0-0 on the road. Their most recent outing was a 4-3 shootout loss to Medicine Hat on October 30, which ended a five-game winning streak that included back-to-back wins over Portland.

Chase Harrington leads Spokane with 19 points (6G, 13A) and also leads the team with 37 penalty minutes. Owen Martin leads the club with nine goals and has 13 points, as does Tyus Sparks (3G, 10A). Brody Gillespie has 10 points (5G, 5A), and defenceman Rhett Sather has seven assists. Sather was one of three Chiefs named to NHL Central Scouting’s Preliminary Players to Watch list last week. Parker Colmer leads Spokane’s rookies with six points (2G, 4A).

The Chiefs have been dangerous on the road power play, converting at 30.0 percent (6-for-20), while their road penalty kill has allowed just two goals on 23 chances (91.30 percent). Spokane averages 16.6 penalty minutes per game.

HEAD-TO-HEAD

Wednesday marks the first meeting of the season between the Rockets and Chiefs.

Kelowna dominated last season’s series, going 4-1-0-0. Over the last five seasons, the series has been close, with Spokane holding a 9-7-1-0 edge. The Rockets are 5-3-1-0 at home against the Chiefs in that span.

WHAT TO WATCH

Kelowna’s home penalty kill against Spokane’s road power play. The Chiefs are converting at 30 percent away from home. The Rockets will need to stay disciplined and lean on a penalty kill that went 4-for-4 in Portland.

Solving the league’s stingiest defence. Spokane has allowed fewer than two goals per game. Kelowna’s shot volume and power play will be key to breaking through.

Cihar’s impact. The World Junior MVP adds another proven scorer and an all-situations presence to a lineup missing Daneault.

Building momentum. Saturday’s win was Kelowna’s first regulation victory since October 7. Back-to-back wins would be a strong way to start a busy November.

ROSTER UPDATE

The Kelowna Rockets have called up 2008-born defenceman Dylan Deets from the Lloydminster Bobcats (AJHL). Deets currently leads the AJHL in points with 27 points in 15 games played. He is expected to make his WHL debut against the Spokane Chiefs this Wednesday with the Rockets missing defenceman Rowan Guest & Dane Sorensen who are both out with injuries.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

Season Record KEL: 5-3-2-3 | SPO: 10-1-0-1

Goals For KEL: 42 | SPO: 40

Goals Against KEL: 38 | SPO: 23

Powerplay KEL: 11/56 — 19.64% | SPO: 10/51 — 19.61%

Penalty Kill KEL: 13/61 — 78.69% | SPO: 8/50 — 84.0%

ROCKETS SCORING LEADERS

1. Jakub Frolo — 2G, 9A, 11P
2. Dawson Gerwing — 5G, 5A, 10P
3. Owen Folstrom — 3G, 7A, 10P
4. Madden Daneault — 3G, 7A, 10P
5. Tomas Poletin — 5G, 4A, 9P

CHIEFS SCORING LEADERS

1. Chase Harrington — 6G, 13A, 19P
2. Owen Martin — 9G, 4A, 13P
3. Tyus Sparks — 3G, 10A, 13P
4. Brody Gillespie — 5G, 5A, 10P
5. Rhett Sather — 0G, 7A, 7P

• #26 Rowan Guest - Week to Week (LBI)
• #25 Jaxon Kehrig - Week to Week (LBI)
• #2 Dane Sorensen - Week to Week (UBI)

UPCOMING SCHEDULE

Following Wednesday’s game, the Rockets head to Prince George for a weekend set against the Cougars on Friday, November 6 at 7:00 p.m. and Saturday, November 7 at 6:00 p.m. Kelowna then returns home to host the Moose Jaw Warriors on Tuesday, November 10 at 7:05 p.m.

Deets, an 18-year-old from Cold Lake, Alberta, has been one of the most productive players in junior hockey this season. The right-shot defenceman leads the entire AJHL in scoring with 27 points (3G, 24A) in 15 games, seven points clear of the next closest player. His 24 assists and 1.80 points per game make him the top offensive threat on the Bobcats’ blue line.

Now in his third season with Lloydminster, Deets has steadily grown his game. He recorded 17 points (5G, 12A) in 43 games as a 16-year-old in 2024-25 and added 14 points (3G, 11A) in 52 games last season before his breakout this fall.

Deets was originally selected by the Moose Jaw Warriors in the 12th round, 258th overall, of the 2023 WHL Prospects Draft and is now listed by the Rockets.

Deets is expected to make his WHL debut with the Rockets as they host the league-leading Spokane Chiefs on Wednesday, November 4 at 6:05pm at Prospera Place, before heading to Prince George for a weekend set against the Cougars.

Single-game tickets for all Rockets home games are available through selectyourtickets.com or at the Select Your Tickets Box Office at Prospera Place. Fans can also stream every game live and free on YouTube.

Cihar (Los Angeles Kings, 2025 2nd Round Pick) returns to Kelowna after beginning the season with Ontario, where he recorded one assist in eight AHL games. The 19-year-old from Chomutov, Czechia, signed his entry-level contract last season with the Kings after being selected 59th overall in the 2025 NHL Draft.

Cihar was one of the most dynamic players in the WHL after joining the Rockets midway through last season. In 31 regular-season games, the 6-foot-1 winger recorded 31 points (12G, 19A) and a plus-18 rating. He was even better in the playoffs, scoring 13 points (6G, 7A) in nine games..

Before arriving in Kelowna last season, Cihar starred on the international stage at the 2026 IIHF World Junior Championship. He recorded 12 points (4G, 8A) in seven games to help Czechia win the silver medal, earning tournament MVP honours and a spot on the tournament All-Star Team. Cihar also began last season playing against men in Czechia’s top professional league with HC Energie Karlovy Vary, where he had eight points in 27 games.

A true all-situations forward, Cihar brings a proven offensive touch along with the ability to contribute on both the power play and the penalty kill. His return reunites him with Tomas Poletin, his teammate on Czechia’s silver medal-winning World Junior team.

He is expected to be in the lineup when the Rockets return to Prospera Place to host the Spokane Chiefs on Wednesday, November 4 at 7:05 p.m., before heading to Prince George for a weekend set against the Cougars.

Single-game tickets for all Rockets home games are available through selectyourtickets.com or at the Select Your Tickets Box Office at Prospera Place. Fans can also stream every game live and free on YouTube.

Dawson Gerwing, Peyton Kettles, Nate Corbet and Ryan Oothoudt scored for Kelowna, while Harrison Boettiger made 35 saves. The victory snapped a four-game winless streak and was the Rockets’ first regulation win since October 7.

BOXSCORE | HIGHLIGHTS

GAME RECAP

After a scoreless first period that included a fight between William Matte and Portland’s Jordin St. Louis, the Winterhawks opened the scoring at 3:08 of the second. Sam Auld scored his first of the season, with Will McLaughlin and David Hoy assisting.

The Rockets responded at 8:56. Matte found Gerwing with a cross-crease feed, and Gerwing tapped it in for his fifth goal of the season. Von Lakovic also picked up an assist.

Kelowna took the lead on the power play at 14:25, as Kettles sent a point shot that found its way through traffic and into the net. Dane Sorensen and Oothoudt assisted.

The Rockets added a big insurance goal while shorthanded late in the period. At 19:04, Corbet and Owen Folstrom broke out on a two-on-none, played tic-tac-toe, and Corbet tapped it in for his first goal of the season to make it 3-1.

Portland pulled back within one at 9:23 of the third, with Reed Brown scoring his sixth of the season.

With Portland goaltender Cruz Chase pulled for an extra attacker, Gerwing negated an icing and fed Oothoudt, who tapped the puck into the empty net on the power play at 18:39 to seal the 4-2 win.

The Rockets went 2-for-3 on the power play and killed all four Portland chances, adding a shorthanded goal. Boettiger was sharp throughout, turning aside 35 of 37 shots as Portland outshot Kelowna 37-32.

Gerwing and Corbet each finished with a goal and an assist, while Matte recorded an assist and a fight.

The win was Kelowna’s first since beating Portland on October 16, and it gives the Rockets a 2-0-0-1 record against the Winterhawks this season.

ADDITIONAL STATS

Shots on Goal Kelowna: 32 | Portland: 37

Powerplay Kelowna: 2/3 | Portland: 0/4

Faceoffs Kelowna: 37 | Portland: 32

UP NEXT

The Rockets return to Prospera Place to host the first-placed Spokane Chiefs on Wednesday, November 4 at 7:05 p.m.

It’s the third meeting of the season between the clubs and the first in Portland. The teams split two games at Prospera Place last week, with Kelowna winning 3-2 in overtime on October 16 and Portland taking a 3-2 shootout decision five days later.

The Rockets come in rested after a week off, while Portland returns home after beating Vancouver 3-1 on Wednesday.

KELOWNA ROCKETS

Kelowna sits at 4-3-2-3 and is looking to snap a four-game winless skid (0-1-0-3). Three of those four games went to a shootout, where the Rockets are 0-3 this season.

The Rockets earned a point on their trip to Victoria last weekend in a 5-4 shootout loss on Friday before falling 4-1 on Saturday. Tomas Poletin scored twice in Friday’s game as Kelowna built a 4-1 lead before the Royals rallied.

Jakub Frolo now leads the Rockets with 11 points (2G, 9A) and a team-best plus-10 rating. Poletin (5G, 4A), Jacob Henderson (5G, 4A) and Owen Folstrom (3G, 6A) each have nine points, with Poletin and Henderson sharing the team lead in goals. Henderson has been especially dangerous with the man advantage, scoring three of his five goals on the power play. Dawson Gerwing (4G, 4A) and Cole Braunshausen (3G, 5A) each have eight points.

Madden Daneault, who sits second in team scoring with 10 points (3G, 7A) in eight games, will represent Canada White at the U17 World Challenge in Oakville, which opens on November 1.

Folstrom and Poletin have been a strong one-two punch at the faceoff dot, winning 53.6 percent and 53.1 percent of their draws respectively.

Road special teams remain the area to clean up. Kelowna’s power play is converting at 9.52 percent away from home (2-for-21), and the road penalty kill sits at 71.43 percent. Overall, the power play is at 16.98 percent and the penalty kill at 77.19 percent.

Harrison Boettiger has carried the load in goal, appearing in 10 of Kelowna’s 12 games. He was named to NHL Central Scouting’s Preliminary Players to Watch list on Monday, along with Matte and Colton Lien.

PORTLAND WINTERHAWKS

Portland enters the weekend at 6-4-1-1 after snapping a two-game losing streak with Wednesday’s 3-1 win over Vancouver.

The Winterhawks followed their shootout win in Kelowna with back-to-back losses in Spokane last weekend, falling 2-1 and 4-3, before returning home to beat the Giants.

Jordan Duguay leads Portland with 11 points (3G, 8A). Defenceman Stevie Grumley (1G, 6A) and Luke Wilfley (2G, 5A) each have seven points, while Kyle McDonough has six (2G, 4A). Rookie Trevor Toyne has scored in key moments against Kelowna, including the tying goal on October 16 and a shootout goal on October 21, and leads Portland’s rookies with six points (4G, 2A).

Portland’s power play has been a different story at home, converting just once on 17 chances (5.88 percent). On the road, the Winterhawks are 6-for-27. Their penalty kill sits at 84.91 percent overall but has allowed four goals on 17 chances at home (76.47 percent).

HEAD-TO-HEAD

The season series is even after two games at Prospera Place. Poletin scored twice, including the overtime winner, in Kelowna’s 3-2 win on October 16. Henderson scored twice in the rematch on October 21, including the tying goal late in the third, before Portland won it in the shootout.

The Rockets had the edge last season, earning points in all four meetings (3-0-1-0). Kelowna has also played well in Portland, going 5-3-0-0 at Veterans Memorial Coliseum over the last five seasons.

WHAT TO WATCH

Ending the skid. Kelowna has earned points in three of its last four games but is still looking for its first win since October 16. A week of rest gives the Rockets a chance to reset.

Special teams on both sides. Portland’s home power play has struggled at 5.88 percent, but Kelowna’s road penalty kill has allowed eight goals on 28 chances. At the other end, the Rockets’ road power play faces a Portland home penalty kill that has been beatable.

Henderson and Poletin. The two have combined for four goals against Portland in two games this season.

Closing out in regulation. Three of Kelowna’s last four games have gone to a shootout. Finishing the job in 60 minutes would go a long way.

Daneault’s absence. With the team’s second-leading scorer heading to Oakville, Frolo, Folstrom, and the rest of the forward group will need to carry the offence.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

Season Record KEL: 4-3-2-3 | POR: 6-4-1-1

Goals For KEL: 38 | POR: 29

Goals Against KEL: 36 | POR: 29

Powerplay KEL: 9/53 — 16.98% | POR: 7/44 — 15.91%

Penalty Kill KEL: 13/57 — 77.19% | POR: 8/53 — 84.91%

ROCKETS SCORING LEADERS

1. Jakub Frolo — 2G, 9A, 11P
2. Madden Daneault — 3G, 7A, 10P
3. Tomas Poletin — 5G, 4A, 9P
4. Jacob Henderson — 5G, 4A, 9P
5. Owen Folstrom — 3G, 6A, 9P

WINTERHAWKS SCORING LEADERS

1. Jordan Duguay — 3G, 8A, 11P
2. Stevie Grumley — 1G, 6A, 7P
3. Luke Wilfley — 2G, 5A, 7P
4. Kyle McDonough — 2G, 4A, 6P
5. Trevor Toyne — 4G, 2A, 6P

UPCOMING SCHEDULE

Following Saturday’s game, the Rockets return to Prospera Place to host the Spokane Chiefs on Wednesday, November 4 at 7:05 p.m. Kelowna then heads to Prince George for a weekend set against the Cougars on Friday, November 6 at 7:00 p.m. and Saturday, November 7 at 6:00 p.m., before hosting the Moose Jaw Warriors on Tuesday, November 10 at 7:05 p.m. Fans can watch Saturday’s game live and free on YouTube.

Matte, a 17-year-old forward from Calgary, Alberta, brings a rare combination of size and skill to the Rockets lineup. Standing 6-foot-7 and 216 pounds, the left-shot forward came up through the Calgary NW Flames program before joining Kelowna.

Matte has two points (1G, 1A) in eight games this season. His breakout came in the Rockets’ 10-2 win over Swift Current on October 7, when he scored his first goal of the season on a rebound and added an assist on Jaxon Kehrig’s goal, earning third-star honours. One of the tallest players on Central Scouting’s list, Matte gives NHL scouts a unique frame to follow as he develops through his draft season.

Colton Lien, a 17-year-old forward from Highlands Ranch, Colorado, leads all Kelowna rookies in scoring with three points (1G, 2A). The 6-foot-4 centre has steadily earned a bigger role as the season has progressed.

Lien scored his first career WHL goal on October 17 against Prince George, firing a shot from the high slot to open the scoring. Four days later, he set up Jacob Henderson’s game-tying goal with less than three minutes remaining in regulation against Portland.

Harrison Boettiger, an 18-year-old goaltender from Wheat Ridge, Colorado, has emerged as one of the most reliable netminders in the WHL this season. Now in his second year of draft eligibility, he has taken on the full starter’s workload in Kelowna and made the most of it.

The 6-foot-2 netminder has appeared in 10 of the Rockets’ 12 games, posting a 4-2-4 record with a 2.92 goals-against average and a .879 save percentage. He has earned at least a point in eight of his 10 starts and played every minute of a six-game stretch in October in which Kelowna went 3-0-1-2. His recognition on the preliminary list reflects his growth and consistency in a full-time starting role.

The Rockets return to action on Saturday, October 31, when they visit the Portland Winterhawks at 3:00 p.m. Kelowna returns to Prospera Place to host the Spokane Chiefs on Wednesday, November 4 at 7:05 p.m.

Single-game tickets for all Rockets home games are available through selectyourtickets.com or at the Select Your Tickets Box Office at Prospera Place. Fans can also stream every game live and free on YouTube.

Owen Folstrom scored for Kelowna, while Harrison Boettiger made 23 saves. The loss snapped the Rockets’ seven-game point streak.

BOXSCORE

GAME RECAP

Victoria opened the scoring just 53 seconds into the game, with Miles Cooper putting the Royals ahead 1-0. Cameron Schmidt and Odin Vauhkonen picked up the assists.

Nate Corbet and Victoria’s Marek Peroutka dropped the gloves at 16:48, and the Royals took control late in the period with two goals 44 seconds apart. Schmidt scored on the powerplay at 18:23, and Ashton Brown made it 3-0 at 19:07.

The Rockets answered before the intermission. With 13 seconds left in the period, a puck bounced off the end boards and out in front, where Folstrom buried it for his third goal of the season. Jacob Henderson and Dawson Gerwing assisted.

Neither team scored in the second period.

Victoria restored its three-goal lead at 2:48 of the third, as Drayden Uhrina cashed in a loose puck in front on the powerplay. Kelowna had several powerplay chances to cut into the lead but couldn’t solve Royals goaltender Cole Prelusky, who stopped 19 of 20 shots.

The Rockets went 0-for-5 on the power play, while Victoria went 2-for-5. The Royals outshot Kelowna 27-20.

Kelowna earned one point on the weekend and sits at 4-3-2-3 on the season.

ADDITIONAL STATS

Shots on Goal Kelowna: 20 | Victoria: 27

Powerplay Kelowna: 0/5 | Victoria: 2/5

Faceoffs Kelowna: 22 | Victoria: 42

UP NEXT

The Rockets have a week off before facing the Portland Winterhawks on Halloween, Saturday, October 31, at 3:00 p.m. at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Kelowna returns home to host the Spokane Chiefs on Wednesday, November 4 at 7:05 p.m.

Cole Braunshausen and Dawson Gerwing also scored for Kelowna, while Harrison Boettiger made 31 saves. The Rockets have now earned points in seven straight games.

BOXSCORE | HIGHLIGHTS

GAME RECAP

The Rockets wasted no time getting on the board. Victoria took a roughing penalty five seconds after the opening faceoff, and Poletin cashed in on the powerplay at 0:54 for his fourth goal of the season. Braunshausen and Jakub Frolo picked up the assists.

Poletin struck again at 8:40. The Royals goaltender misplayed the puck behind his net, and Poletin pounced, putting it into the empty cage to make it 2-0.

Victoria cut the lead in half at 12:39 on a 5-on-3 power play, as Cameron Schmidt finished a cross-crease pass.

Kelowna restored its two-goal lead at 5:30 of the second period when Braunshausen buried the rebound of a Nate Corbet point shot. Just over four minutes later, Gerwing did the same, cashing in a rebound off another point shot to make it 4-1. Corbet and Peyton Kettles assisted.

The Royals got one back with three seconds left in the period, as Ludovic Perreault scored to send Victoria into the second intermission trailing 4-2.

Victoria carried that momentum into the third. Hayden Moore scored 54 seconds into the period to make it a one-goal game, and Filip Novak tied it at 5:26. The Royals outshot Kelowna 14-9 in the third.

Overtime brought drama when Frolo appeared to win it for the Rockets, but the goal was called back after he played the puck with his hand.

The shootout went five rounds before Wyatt Danyleyko scored the only goal to give Victoria the win.

The Rockets went 1-for-3 on the powerplay and killed seven of eight Victoria chances. Victoria outshot Kelowna 36-29.

Corbet and Frolo each finished with two assists, extending Frolo’s point streak to five games. Forward Jack Morgan made his WHL debut after being called up for the weekend.

The loss drops Kelowna to 0-3 in shootouts this season, all three coming in the Rockets’ last three games.

ADDITIONAL STATS

Shots on Goal Kelowna: 29 | Victoria: 36

Powerplay Kelowna: 1/3 | Victoria: 1/8

Faceoffs Kelowna: 35 | Victoria: 34

UP NEXT

The Rockets and Royals meet again tomorrow, Saturday, October 24, at 4:00 p.m. at the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre. Fans can watch live and free on YouTube.

Kelowna enters the weekend having earned points in six straight games after finishing its five-game homestand without a regulation loss. Victoria returns home after a five-game road trip through Alberta.

KELOWNA ROCKETS

Kelowna sits at 4-2-2-2 after closing the homestand with a 3-2 shootout loss to Portland on Wednesday. The Rockets went 2-0-1-2 across the five home games.

Jacob Henderson was the story on Wednesday. The defenceman scored on the power play in the first period, then tied the game with 2:54 left in regulation for the first two-goal game of his WHL career. He also scored the Rockets’ only shootout goal. Henderson now leads Kelowna with five goals and sits third in team scoring with eight points (5G, 3A).

Linden Sobocan made his first start of the season on Wednesday and stopped 32 of 34 shots.

Madden Daneault leads the Rockets with 10 points (3G, 7A) and is currently with the Red Deer Chiefs U18 AAA program. Jakub Frolo is second with nine points (2G, 7A), followed by Henderson and Owen Folstrom (2G, 6A) with eight each, and Eli Barrett with seven (3G, 4A). Colton Lien leads Kelowna’s rookies (besides 15-year-old Madden Daneault) with three points (1G, 2A).

The Rockets have outshot their opponent in seven straight games, but this weekend brings a different challenge. Kelowna is 1-1-1-0 on the road this season, with the powerplay converting at 7.69 percent away from home (1-for-13) and the penalty kill at 66.67 percent (5 goals allowed on 15 chances).

VICTORIA ROYALS

Victoria comes in at 6-3-0-0 and is back home after a five-game swing through Alberta.

The Royals opened the trip with three straight wins, beating Medicine Hat 6-1, Calgary 5-2 and Lethbridge 5-2. They finished it with back-to-back losses, falling 9-4 in Red Deer and 4-3 in Edmonton. Victoria has scored 38 goals through nine games.

Savin Virk leads the Royals with 13 points (4G, 9A), and Cameron Schmidt has 11 (4G, 7A). Nolan Stewart (3G, 7A) and Odin Vauhkonen (2G, 8A) each have 10 points, while Hayden Moore leads the team with five goals. Filip Novak leads Victoria’s rookies with five points (3G, 2A).

Special teams have been a strength. The Royals’ powerplay is converting at 22.22 percent and sits at 26.32 percent at home, while the penalty kill has allowed six goals on 39 chances (84.62 percent).

HEAD-TO-HEAD

The weekend marks the first two meetings of the season between the clubs.

Kelowna had the edge last season, going 4-1-0-1 in six meetings. Victoria has had the upper hand over the last five seasons, holding a 20-7-2-1 record against the Rockets. The Royals are 10-3-1-1 at home against Kelowna over that span.

WHAT TO WATCH

Road special teams. Victoria’s home power play (26.32 percent) meets a Rockets penalty kill that has allowed five goals on 15 road chances. With the Royals averaging just 14.4 penalty minutes a game, Kelowna will need to stay out of the box.

Henderson’s hot stick. The defenceman has scored in two of his last three games and leads the Rockets in goals.

Shot volume against Victoria’s offence. The Rockets have controlled play for seven straight games, but the Royals have scored at least four goals in five of their nine games.

Finishing in the shootout. Kelowna has lost two straight in a shootout. Turning those extra points into wins would go a long way on a road weekend.

Morgan’s call-up. The 17-year-old forward will look to make his WHL debut on Friday night against the Royals.

ROSTER UPDATE

The Rockets have called up 2009-born forward Jack Morgan ahead of this weekend’s games. The Langley, B.C., product was selected by Kelowna in the ninth round, 188th overall, of the 2024 WHL Prospects Draft.

Morgan has spent the last three seasons with Delta Hockey Academy in the CSSHL. He recorded 51 points (32G, 19A) in 35 games with the U17 Prep team in 2024-25, then posted 41 points (14G, 27A) in 30 games with the U18 Prep team last season. He has five points (2G, 3A) in four games with Delta’s U18 Prep team this year.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

Season Record KEL: 4-2-2-2 | VIC: 6-3-0-0

Goals For KEL: 33 | VIC: 38

Goals Against KEL: 28 | VIC: 31

Powerplay KEL: 8/45 — 17.78% | VIC: 10/45 — 22.22%

Penalty Kill KEL: 10/44 — 77.27% | VIC: 6/39 — 84.62%

ROCKETS SCORING LEADERS

1. Madden Daneault — 3G, 7A, 10P
2. Jakub Frolo — 2G, 7A, 9P
3. Jacob Henderson — 5G, 3A, 8P
4. Owen Folstrom — 2G, 6A, 8P
5. Eli Barrett — 3G, 4A, 7P

ROYALS SCORING LEADERS

1. Savin Virk — 4G, 9A, 13P
2. Cameron Schmidt — 4G, 7A, 11P
3. Nolan Stewart — 3G, 7A, 10P
4. Odin Vauhkonen — 2G, 8A, 10P
5. Hayden Moore — 5G, 3A, 8P

UPCOMING SCHEDULE

Following the weekend in Victoria, the Rockets visit the Portland Winterhawks on Saturday, October 31 at 3:00 p.m. before returning to Prospera Place to host the Spokane Chiefs on Wednesday, November 4 at 7:05 p.m. Fans can watch both games in Victoria live and free on YouTube.

Linden Sobocan made 32 saves in his first start of the season. The Rockets have now earned points in six straight games and finished their five-game homestand without a regulation loss.

BOXSCORE | HIGHLIGHTS | POST-GAME: MARTIN | POST-GAME: HENDERSON

GAME RECAP

Portland opened the scoring at 6:31 of the first period, as Jordan Duguay finished an odd-man rush to put the Winterhawks ahead 1-0. Sam Spehar and Easton Dozark picked up the assists.

Henderson answered just 79 seconds later on the powerplay. The defenceman faked a slapshot, walked around a defending forward and roofed it over Portland goaltender Cruz Chase to tie the game at 1-1. Jakub Frolo and Owen Folstrom assisted.

The Rockets controlled the opening period, outshooting Portland 18-8, but the game was tied after 20 minutes.

The Winterhawks regained the lead on the power play at 4:55 of the second, with Will McLaughlin scoring from the point. Spehar and Luke Wilfley assisted, and Portland carried the 2-1 lead into the third.

Kelowna kept pushing and broke through late. With 2:54 remaining in regulation, Henderson went bar down over Chase’s glove for his second of the night and fifth of the season, completing the first two-goal game of his WHL career. Eli Barrett and Colton Lien picked up the assists.

Overtime produced chances at both ends, including a late Rockets powerplay, but neither team could find a winner.

In the shootout, Henderson was the only Rocket to score, while Trevor Toyne and Jake Gustafson scored for Portland, with Gustafson’s goal in the fourth round deciding it.

Kelowna outshot Portland 39-34 and went 1-for-7 on the power play. The Winterhawks were 1-for-5.

ADDITIONAL STATS

Shots on Goal Kelowna: 39 | Portland: 34

Powerplay Kelowna: 1/7 | Portland: 1/5

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The Rockets head to Vancouver Island for a two-game set against the Victoria Royals, starting Friday, October 23 at 7:05 p.m. and continuing Saturday, October 24 at 4:00 p.m. at the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre.