Game notes vs. Spokane

Tonight’s Preview: The Rockets enter the final week of the regular season riding a three game winning streak after wins over Spokane, Seattle and Vancouver. Over that period the Rockets have out-scored the opposition 11-2. In the big picture the team has out-scored the opposition 16-4 in their last five games, with three of those games ending in shutout victories. Tonight’s game against the Chiefs is the 4th and final meeting of the season. These two teams met last Wednesday in Kelowna, with the Rockets recording a 3-2 shootout win. Brandon McMillan scored the game winning goal. In the Rockets lone appearance at the Spokane Arena on November 15th, the Chiefs used a 26 save performance from James Reid in a 1-0 victory. Overall the Rockets have points in 17 of their last 22 games (15-5-0-2). The Rockets have only been out-shot four times in their last 21 games.

Who’s Hot – Who’s Not: Since returning from the WJHC, Brandon McMillan has 10+20=30 in 31 games…McMillan has 19 goals this season, a career high after scoring 15 times in 2007-2008….The Rockets have lost just twice when the 19 year-old scores...Tyson Barrie has 3+3=6 in his last six games…Brandon McMillan has 6+14=20 in his last fifteen games and is riding a seven game point streak (4+8=12)….McMillan now has 157 career assists….Barrie has 128 career assists….Adam Brown has started seventeen of the teams last twenty-two games.…Adam Brown is 11-3-0-4 in his last eighteen starts…Shane McColgan has points in four of his last six games (four assists), but has one goal in his last thirteen…Just eight of McColgan’s 24 goals this season have been scored on home ice…The Rockets have allowed just seven power play goals against in their last eighteen games…Dallas Jackson has 3+10=13 in 15 games since being acquired at the trade deadline. Geordie Wudrick has 17+14=31 in 35 games with the Rockets since he was acquired from Swift Current in November….The Rockets have played 24 games since the trade deadline. The Rockets have a point in 18 of those 24 games and are 14-6-0-4 over that period… The Rockets are 6 and 4 in the shootout this season. The Rockets only shootout losses have come against Kamloops, Portland, Chilliwack and Lethbridge. Adam Brown has been in goal for all four shootout losses…Dallas Jackson is riding a four game point streak (4 A). Jackson has a point in nine of his last ten games (1+10=11)…Geordie Wudrick has points in 4 of his last 6 games (4+3=7).

Game Day Tidbits: Shane McColgan is attempting to win the WHL rookie scoring title. The last time a Rockets player led the league in scoring as a rookie was in 1996-97, when Scott King collected 97 points (40+57=97)….The Rockets are 6 and 6 in situations that feature three games in three nights….The Rockets have lost 30 times this season. Last season the Rockets lost just 21 times….Tyson Barrie has a four point lead on Kevin Connauton of the Vancouver Giants for the WHL scoring lead by defencemen with 70 points.…The Rockets have been involved in thirty (30) one goal games this season. The Rockets are 15-10-2-3 in those thirty games…Tyson Barrie leads the team with 11 power play goals….Tyson Barrie has a team high 51 assists, 11 more than he had all of last season…McColgan is tied with Giants d-man Kevin Connauton for the WHL lead in scoring by rookies with 67 points…Ryan Huska recorded his 100th regular season victory December 4th against Edmonton…Defenceman Mitchell Chapman and forward Brett Bulmer are rated by NHL Central Scouting for this summers draft in Los Angeles. Chapman is rated 151st while Bulmer is ranked 164th among North American born skaters…The Rockets have 1 home game and 2 road games left for a total of 3. Of those three games, one is against an American based team with two against BC Division rivals….Brandon McMillan collected his 100th career assist vs. Edmonton on February 3rd…The Rockets have twelve players with 10 or more goals. Last season the Rockets had 12 players with 10 or more goals…Geordie Wudrick is 5 for 5 in shootouts…Sixteen year-old Jason Siebert made his WHL debut last Friday against Seattle. Siebert was the Rockets 1st round pick – 17th overall – in the 2009 WHL Bantam Draft…Tyson Barrie scored three times Saturday against Vancouver becoming the first Rockets d-man in franchise history to score three goals in one game…..Barrie is the franchise’s all time leader in points by a defenceman.