After falling to the Kamloops Blazers on the road in their first taste of preseason action on Friday night, the Kelowna Rockets quickly earned their revenge on Saturday at home.
After falling to the Kamloops Blazers on the road in their first taste of preseason action on Friday night, the Kelowna Rockets quickly earned their revenge on Saturday, this time in front of their home crowd.
It was almost as if someone flipped the script. On Friday, it was the Blazers who were victorious over the Rockets 4-2, but just 24 hours later, it would be the Rocket who put up four goals, and the Blazers, two. The win marks Kelowna’s first of the 2023/24 preseason, in what was a big night for a pair of veterans. Max Graham and John Babcock both had three points on the night, while netminders Nathan Kam and Jari Kykkanen split time in the crease.The Rockets jumped out to a two goal lead courtesy of Max Graham and Logan Peskett, before Blazers’ forward Shea Van Olm would cut the deficit in half on the powerplay in the second frame. In the third period, Lake Country, B.C.
Rockets defensemen John Babcock would add another insurance marker to make it a 4-1 game, but Van Olm would double down for his second of the night just over three minutes later to pull the Blazers within two goals. Kelowna’s next game is Friday, September 15 when they host the Vancouver Giants, while Kamloops hosts the Victoria Royals that same night.In Vernon, the Vipers blanked the Salmon Arm Silverbacks for the second time in as many nights to start off the preseason.Midway through the first frame, Vipers forward Julian Facchinelli would open the scoring with an even-strength goal, his first tally of the preseason.
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