Rockets down 2-0 to T-Birds with series switching to Kelowna

The Seattle Thunderbirds are up two games to none on the Kelowna Rockets in their first round WHL playoff series.

The T-Birds defeated the Rockets 4-1 at the accesso ShoWare Center in Kent, WA on Saturday night.

The eighth-seeded Rockets held their own for 40 minutes against the top-ranked T-Birds.

Kelowna fell behind in the first period on a power play goal, but the Rockets were able to battle back in the second period and tie the game. Much like the night before, Seattle was able to pull ahead in the third period with two unanswered goals before adding an empty net goal.

Jari Kykkanen was in net again for the Rockets, facing 47 shots he was able to turn aside 44 of them.

Seattle outshot Kelowna 48-26

Lucas Ciona was the first star, Nolan Allan was the second and Jari Kykkanen was the third star of the night

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The series will shift to Kelowna for game three on Tuesday, April 4 and game four on Wednesday, April 5 at Prospera Place – puck drop is set for 7:05 pm.

Single-game tickets for both 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.

Elsewhere, the Kamloops Blazers dropped the Vancouver Giants 6-1 on Saturday to take a 2-0 lead in that series.