Blazers post convincing win over Rockets

(Photo credit: Allen Douglas/Kamloops Blazers)

Nov 13, 2022 | 9:20 AM Pete McIntyre

The Kamloops Blazers defeated the Kelowna Rockets 6-1 on Saturday night at the Sandman Centre in Kamloops.

The Blazers jumped out to a 4-0 lead while holding the Rockets to just three shots in the opening twenty minutes.

Kamloops scored three goals on the power play.

Games notes:

  • Kamloops outshot Kelowna 28 to 14
  • Matthew Seminoff was the game’s first star, Kyle Masters was the second and Drew Englot was the third
  • The Rockets record moves to 6-8-1-0
  • Talyn Boyko stopped 32 of the 38 shots fired on him, his record is now 3-3-0-0
  • It was Turner McMillen’s 100th regular season game
  • The ten-game season series between the Blazers and Rockets now sits at 1-1

The two teams will meet next on December 27th at Prospera Place.

The Rockets are off until next weekend, when they’ll host the Spokane Chiefs Friday, November 18th and the Tri-City Americans on Saturday, November 19th.

Prospera Place will play host to the Rivalry Series game between the Canadian and American National Women’s Teams on Tuesday, November 15th.

Single-game tickets for the Rivalry Series game and all Rockets home games are on sale at Select Your Tickets. Tickets can be purchased online through [http://www.selectyourtickets.com%2C/]www.selectyourtickets.com, at the Prospera Place box office, or by phone at 250-762-5050.

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