Malc
02-06-2011, 01:33 PM
by Doyle Potenteau
A great weekend it wasn‘t for the Kelowna Rockets. Not after journeying north for a weekend doubleheader with high hopes to Prince George, only to get swept.
On Saturday, the Rockets were broomed out of the CN Centre, with a 3-0 shutout loss, with Cougars goalie Ty Rimmer blanking Kelowna with a 23-save effort.
Jordon Cooke, who replaced starter Adam Brown after two quick goals in the second period, was the only reason the score stayed 3-0.
Saturday‘s loss followed a 4-2 loss on Friday, a defeat which halted Kelowna‘s seven-game winning streak, a hot stretch which included a pair of lopsided wins over the Cougars - 6-2 on Jan. 19, and 7-3 on Jan. 28, though both those games were played at Prospera Place.
Saturday‘s whitewash loss was also the fourth time that Kelowna had been blanked, with all four shutouts coming on the road.
"On certain nights, you play against goalies who play really well and deserve shutouts," said Rockets head coach Ryan Huska, whose team was outshot 41-23 on Saturday night. "But we didn‘t test Rimmer really at all. We made it easy on him."
Huska also said that Saturday‘s effort "was the same type of effort," as Friday‘s loss. "It was disappointing more than anything," said Huska. "But sometimes it can be a good wake-up call. We‘ve had some success over the last little while, and winning isn‘t easy to do. You have to work hard to win, and it‘s something that we weren‘t willing to do enough of."
Asked what the plans were going forward, such as whether the Rockets were going to break down game film or have hard practices, Huska said "it‘s going to be a long week."
James Dobrowolski, with his 15th goal of the season, tallied at 19:18 of the first period, Taylor Stefishen, with his 16th, and Troy Bourke, with his 14th, scored for the Cougars (26-23-2-1), who led 1-0 and 3-0 at the period breaks.
The loss cost Kelowna (30-22-0-0) a chance to gain ground on front-running Vancouver (29-21-1-4) in the race for the B.C. Division lead.
ICE CHIPS: Kelowna‘s scratches were RW Mitchell Callahan (head), LW Jason Siebert (wrist), D Colton Jobke (knee) and RW Colton Sissons (groin).
http://www.kelownadailycourier.ca/stories_local_sports.php?id=330927
A great weekend it wasn‘t for the Kelowna Rockets. Not after journeying north for a weekend doubleheader with high hopes to Prince George, only to get swept.
On Saturday, the Rockets were broomed out of the CN Centre, with a 3-0 shutout loss, with Cougars goalie Ty Rimmer blanking Kelowna with a 23-save effort.
Jordon Cooke, who replaced starter Adam Brown after two quick goals in the second period, was the only reason the score stayed 3-0.
Saturday‘s loss followed a 4-2 loss on Friday, a defeat which halted Kelowna‘s seven-game winning streak, a hot stretch which included a pair of lopsided wins over the Cougars - 6-2 on Jan. 19, and 7-3 on Jan. 28, though both those games were played at Prospera Place.
Saturday‘s whitewash loss was also the fourth time that Kelowna had been blanked, with all four shutouts coming on the road.
"On certain nights, you play against goalies who play really well and deserve shutouts," said Rockets head coach Ryan Huska, whose team was outshot 41-23 on Saturday night. "But we didn‘t test Rimmer really at all. We made it easy on him."
Huska also said that Saturday‘s effort "was the same type of effort," as Friday‘s loss. "It was disappointing more than anything," said Huska. "But sometimes it can be a good wake-up call. We‘ve had some success over the last little while, and winning isn‘t easy to do. You have to work hard to win, and it‘s something that we weren‘t willing to do enough of."
Asked what the plans were going forward, such as whether the Rockets were going to break down game film or have hard practices, Huska said "it‘s going to be a long week."
James Dobrowolski, with his 15th goal of the season, tallied at 19:18 of the first period, Taylor Stefishen, with his 16th, and Troy Bourke, with his 14th, scored for the Cougars (26-23-2-1), who led 1-0 and 3-0 at the period breaks.
The loss cost Kelowna (30-22-0-0) a chance to gain ground on front-running Vancouver (29-21-1-4) in the race for the B.C. Division lead.
ICE CHIPS: Kelowna‘s scratches were RW Mitchell Callahan (head), LW Jason Siebert (wrist), D Colton Jobke (knee) and RW Colton Sissons (groin).
http://www.kelownadailycourier.ca/stories_local_sports.php?id=330927