TONIGHT'S LINEUP SATURDAY, APRIL 24, 2021 - 7:05 PM ProsperA PlACe - KelownA, BC KELOWNA ROCKETS VANCOUVER GIANTS NO PLAYER YOB GP RECORD SV% GAA SO NO PLAYER YOB GP RECORD SV% GAA SO 1 NICHOLAS CRISTIANO AP 04 0 - - - - 31 TRENT MINER COL 19 01 8 6-2-0-0 .952 1.18 4 30 ROMAN BASRAN 01 3 2-1-0-0 .900 3.00 0 33 DREW SIM* 03 5 3-1-0-0 .814 4.08 1 31 COLE SCHWEBIUS 01 3 2-1-0-0 .864 3.67 1 NO PLAYER YOB POS GP G A PTS PIM NO PLAYER YOB POS GP G A PTS PIM 2 NOAH DOREY* 03 D 3 0 2 2 4 5 JACOB GENDRON 02 D 12 0 0 0 0 3 SEAN COMRIE 00 D 6 0 4 4 4 6 MARKO STACHA* 02 6 12 0 3 3 10 5 JOHN BABCOCK* 04 D 5 0 1 1 2 8 TRISTEN NIELSEN 00 C 12 11 10 21 8 6 KAEDAN KORCZAK VGK 19 01 D 6 1 2 3 10 10 ZACK OSTAPCHUK 03 LW 12 4 6 10 11 8 TREVOR WONG 03 C 6 5 2 7 2 11 BRYCE BADER 01 LW 12 3 3 6 14 9 MARK LIWISKI 01 LW 6 4 2 6 19 12 ADAM HALL 01 C 12 5 2 7 4 10 TURNER MCMILLEN* 03 RW 6 0 1 1 4 14 ERIC FLORCHUK 00 C 12 4 10 14 2 12 STEEL QUIRING* 03 F 5 1 1 2 0 16 COLE SHEPARD 02 C 0 0 0 0 0 14 ELIAS CARMICHAEL 03 D 5 1 2 3 4 17 KADEN KOHLE 02 C 12 0 1 1 16 15 RILEN KOVACEVIC* 04 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 COLTON LANGKOW 04 C 0 0 0 0 0 16 SCOTT COUSINS* 04 C 4 0 2 2 0 19 KRZ PLUMMER 02 LW 2 0 0 0 0 17 ALEX SWETLIKOFF 01 C 5 3 2 5 9 21 NICCO CAMAZZOLA* 03 D 9 0 1 1 13 18 DAVID KOPE 00^ RW 6 2 5 7 2 22 CONNOR HORNING 01 D 12 0 4 4 2 19 ETHAN ERNST 02 C 2 0 0 0 5 23 KADYN CHABOT* 02 LW 12 0 2 2 2 20 NOLAN FLAMAND* 04 RW 6 0 2 2 0 24 BRENDEN PENTECOST* 03 D 7 0 1 1 13 21 JAKE LEE 01 D 6 0 3 3 7 26 DALLON WILTON 01 RW 12 0 1 1 10 22 DILLON HAMALIUK SJ 19 00^ LW 6 2 4 6 16 28 JULIAN CULL* 04 RW 9 0 0 0 5 23 JAKE POOLE 02 RW 6 1 5 6 2 29 TANNER BROWN 02^ D 12 0 3 3 10 24 DYLAN WIGHTMAN* 03 C 6 3 2 5 2 36 JUSTIN LIES 03^ RW 11 2 3 5 28 25 TYSON FEIST 01 D 4 1 4 5 7 41 ALEX KANNOK LEIPERT 00 D 12 4 6 10 18 27 JACKSON DESOUZA* 03 D 2 0 0 0 0 42 JUSTIN SOURDIF FLA 20 02 C 12 5 16 21 21 28 ANDREW CRISTALL* AP 05 F 6 2 2 4 0 47 MAZDEN LESLIE* AP 05 D 10 5 0 5 8 29 WILLIAM IRVINE* 03 D 1 0 0 0 0 *Rookie AP - Affiliate Player ^Late Birthdate President/GM: Bruce Hamilton Majority Owner/President/Governor: Ron Toigo Head Coach: Kris Mallette General Manager: Barclay Parneta Assistant Coach: Vernon Fiddler Director of Player Personnel: Ed Fowler Assistant Coach/Skills Development.: Curtis Hamilton VP Operations/Asst GM: Peter Toigo Director of Hockey Ops: Jake Wagman Head Coach: Michael Dyck Athletic Therapist/Strength & Conditioning Coach: Scott Hoyer Associate Coach: Keith McCambridge Goaltender Coach: Adam Brown Goaltender Coach: Paul Fricker Equipment Manager: Andrew Knopf Athletic Therapist: Mike Burnstein Equipment Manager: Shingo Sasaki Referees: Jeff INGRAM, MArk PEARCE Strength & Conditioning Coach: Jordan Mackenzie Linesmen: Cody WANNER, NAthan VAN OOSTEN Head Scout: Terry Bonner VGJ: BArry Kennedy Scouting Director: Daryl Anning Starters, scratches and line combos for the Rockets will be posted on Twitter @Kelowna_Rockets at least 30 minutes prior to puck drop VANCOUVER GIANTS VS KELOWNA ROCKETS Saturday, April 24, 2021 –7:05 P.M. – Prospera Place TALE OF THE TAPE Vancouver Giants (9-3-0-0 – 18 points) Kelowna Rockets (4-2-0-0 – 8 points) 21 2nd in BC Division 4th in B.C. Division Power Play: 11/46 – 23.9% Power Play: 4/26 – 15.4% Penalty Kill: 45/52 – 86.5% Penalty Kill: 23/33 – 69.7% Last Ten: 8-2-0-0 Streak: 4-0-0-0 Last Ten: 4-2-0-0 Streak: 1-0-0-0 GF: 44 GA: 29 GF: 26 GA: 20 PIM: 199 PIM: 99 TEAM NOTES PREPARED BY ROCKETS COMMUNICATIONS STAFF - Tonight’s Preview: Kelowna will take on the Giants for the second time this season, in their only other previous meeting Vancouver shutout the Rockets 6-0….Tristen Nielsen put on a clinic, registering three goals and a pair of assists…2005 born defenceman Mazden Leslie scored the first and second goals of his WHL career in that game. The Rockets will have a tall order ahead of them as the Giants are second in the BC Division, their power play ranks eleventh in the league while their penalty kill is fourth among all WHL teams. The Rockets have won the last three of their four games, the only loss came to the BC Division leading Kamloops Blazers on Tuesday night. The Giants are well rested and are ready for the Rockets, they had last night off…their last game was a 5-3 win over Victoria on Wednesday night. Last night, the Rockets took down the Prince George Cougars 5-1…..Tyson Feist was the games first star with a goal and an assist on the night. - Injured reserve: The Rockets have been without forward Ethan Ernst since March 29 after the forward underwent surgery on his wrist…he is listed as out indefinitely. Rookie defenceman Jackson DeSouza joined Ernst on the injury list the week….he’s listed as out day-to-day with a lower body injury. - Wong cracks HUB team of the Week: Following his five point/four goal performance last weekend, centreman Trevor Wong was named to the RE/MAX B.C. Hub Team of the week for the week ending April 18, 2021 - Milestones: Jake Lee suited up in his 200th WHL regular season game on Monday, while Alex Swetlikoff dressed in his 100th game. SERIES RECAP vs. VANCOUVER LAST FIVE GAMES: LAST FIVE GAMES: Apr. 23 vs Prince George 5-1 W OVERALL HOME AWAY Mar. 26 vs. Victoria 5-0 W Apr. 20 @ Kamloops 6-2 L 0-1-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-1-0-0 Apr. 19 @ Victoria 7-2 W Apr. 17 @ Prince George 7-5 W Mar. 28 @ Vancouver 6-0 L Mar. 28 @ Vancouver 6-0 L Apr. 24 vs. Vancouver 7:05 PM Apr. 29 Vs. Vancouver 7:05 PM May 7 @ Vancouver 7:00 PM NEXTNEXT FIVEFIVE GAMES:GAMES: Apr.Mar. 27 30 @vs. Victoria Kamloops 7:05PM7:05 PM Apr.Apr. 29 2 vs.@ VancouverPrince George 7:05PM7:00 PM Apr. 3 @ Victoria 7:05 PM Apr. 30 vs. Kamloops 7:05 PM Apr. 5 vs. Kamloops 7:05PM May 1 @ Kamloops 7:00 PM Apr. 7 @ Kamloops 7:00PM May 4 vs Prince George 7:05 PM ROCKETS STATISTICS LEADERS GOALS: Wong: Swetlikoff (5) (2) +/-: FeistSix tied (+ 10for) first (+2) SOG: Hamaliuk Carmichael (22 (4)) ASSISTSSSISTS: :Kope Cristall, Poole (2) (5) PPG: MultipleLee (1) tied (1) SV%: :Basran Schwebius (.900 (1.000)) POINTS: Four tied for first (2) PIM: Korczak (4) GAA: Schwebius (0.00) POINTS: Wong, Kope (7) PIM: Liwiski (19) GAA: Basran (3.00) ROOKIE POINTS: Cristall (2) GWG: QuirinG (1) SO: Schwebius (1) ROOKIE POINTS: Wightman (5) GWG: Multiple tied (1) SO: Schwebius (1) ROCKETS SEASON HIGHS AND LOWS MOST GOALS SCORED: 5 – March 26 vs VIC MOST GOALS SCORED: 7 – Apr. 17 & 19 MOST SHOTS ALLOWED: 37 – March 28 @ VAN MOST GOALS GOALS ALLOWED: ALLOWED: 6 – twice 0 – March 26 vs VIC FEWEST SHOTS ALLOWED: 19 – March 26 vs VIC MOST PP GOALS SCORED: 1 – March 26 vs VIC MOST PP GOALS SCORED: 2 – Apr. 19 at VIC MOST GOALS (PLAYER): 4 – Wong – Apr. 17 @ PG MOST PP GOALS ALLOWED: 0 – March 26 vs VIC MOST PP SHOTS GOALS ON ALLOWED NET: 35: 5– –March Apr. 1726 @vs PG VIC MOST ASSISTS (PLAYER): 2 – multiple FEWESTMOST SHOTS SHOTS ON NET: ON NET:36 – Apr. 35 – 23 March vs. PG 26 vs VIC MOST SAVES (PLAYER): 31 – Basran – March 28 FEWEST SHOTS ON NET: 20 – March 28 @ VAN YEAR-BY-YEAR ROSTER BREAKDOWN: 20-year-olds (00) – 3 (Comrie, Hamaliuk, Kope) 19-year-olds (01) – 7 (Liwiski, Swetlikoff, Korczak, Feist, Basran, ………………………………. Lee, Schwebius) 18-year-olds (02) – 2 (Ernst, Poole) 17-year-olds (03) – 8 (Wong, McMillen, Quiring, Wightman, Dorey, …………………………………Irvine, Carmichael, DeSouza) 16-year-olds (04) – 4 (Kovacevic, Cousins, Flamand, Babcock) Affiliated Players: Cristall (05), Cristiano (04) REGULAR SEASON 2020-21 * denotes rookie AP denotes affilate player Apr 24 NO. PLAYER GP G A PTS +/- PIM SOG PPG PPA SHG SHA OTG GWG 8 Trevor Wong 6 5 2 7 4 2 15 0 0 2 0 0 1 18 David Kope 6 2 5 7 1 2 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 22 Dillon Hamaliuk (SJ '19) 6 2 4 6 6 16 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 Mark Liwiski 6 4 2 6 7 19 16 1 0 1 1 0 1 23 Jake Poole 6 1 5 6 6 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 Alex Swetlikoff 5 3 2 5 3 9 12 1 0 0 1 0 0 25 Tyson Feist 4 1 4 5 10 7 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 Dylan Wightman* 6 3 2 5 5 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 Andrew Cristall* AP 6 2 2 4 3 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 Sean Comrie 6 0 4 4 0 4 12 0 1 0 1 0 0 14 Elias Carmichael 5 1 2 3 1 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Kaedan Korczak (Vegas '19) 6 1 2 3 7 10 15 0 2 1 0 0 0 21 Jake Lee 6 0 3 3 3 7 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 12 Steel Quiring* 5 1 1 2 -2 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 Noah Dorey* 3 0 2 2 2 4 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 16 Nolan Flamand* 6 0 2 2 -3 0 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 16 Scott Cousins* 4 0 2 2 2 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 10 Turner McMillen* 6 0 1 1 -2 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 John Babcock* 5 0 1 1 4 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 William Irvine* 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 Jackson DeSouza* 2 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 Ethan Ernst 2 0 0 0 -2 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 Rilen Kovacevic* 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NO.