Rourke Chartier scored twice to lead the visiting Kelowna
Rockets past the Victoria Royals 4-1 Friday night, taking a 3-2 series lead.
“They capitalized on a couple of our turnovers, and we
had opportunities to win a hockey game,” said Head Coach Dave Lowry,
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| Another Physical Affair |
Game 6 will be played Sunday night at 5pm in Kelowna,
Game 7 if necessary is back in Victoria
Tuesday night.
“Reality is, we have to win a hockey game…we don’t, our
season is over.” Added Lowry.
The Rockets have won three straight after falling twice on
the road to open the series.
Tied at 1-1 going into the third, Kelowna
struck for three unanswered goals.
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| Baillie Scored The Game Winner |
“I have to take full responsibility, I have to make a
better play,” said the Royals Captain,
“I’m not sure if my lace fell off there, but either way I
have to stay on my feet or make a better decision. I have to wear that one, and now what we have
to do is play to win one game.”
Justin Kirkland struck just 1:08
later on a power play to give Kelowna
their first two goal lead, before Chartier added the insurance in to an empty
net.
Victoria came
out flying in the first, out shooting the visitors 10-2, and 29-25 overall.
“I thought we had a real good first period, we didn’t
capitalized on our chances.” Said Lowry.
Michael Herringer earned the win, while Coleman Vollrath took
the loss.
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| The Rockets Lead the Series 3-2 |
The Rockets were 1 for 3 on the power play and have scored
with the man advantage in 4 straight games, going 5/19 in the series.
“I thought our penalty kill for the most part did a
pretty good job,” said Lowry,
“We needed a timely kill and we didn’t get it.
The Royals were blanked on their 5 power plays, and now 0/13
over their last 3 outings.
“Special teams this time of year…power play doesn’t score
and it’s a tie game. You look at moments
in a game, if we could’ve generated something off of that – it would probably
be a different outcome.” added Lowry.
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| Phillips scored the lone Royals goal. |
Victoria hit 3
posts, including Jack Walker on breakaway during the second while it was still
0-0.
It was the first game of the series that wasn’t won by the
home team, or was decided by a single goal.
“I think the series is far from over, there’s no quit in
this room…” said Phillips, the Western Conference Rookie of the Year,
“It’s one game we have to win to come right back home and
give ourselves a chance.”
- Marlon Martens
Kelowna Rockets
4 at Victoria Royals 1 - Status:
Final
Friday, April 15, 2016 - Save-On-Foods Memorial Arena - Victoria, BC
Kelowna 0 1 3 - 4
Victoria 0 1 0 - 1
1st Period-
Friday, April 15, 2016 - Save-On-Foods Memorial Arena - Victoria, BC
Kelowna 0 1 3 - 4
Victoria 0 1 0 - 1
1st Period-
No Scoring.
Penalties-Wishnowski Kel (roughing), 3:08; Fisher Vic (cross checking), 8:33; Dube Kel (hooking), 17:33.
2nd Period-
2nd Period-
1, Kelowna,
Chartier 4 (Thurkauf, Soustal), 12:02.
2, Victoria, Phillips 5 (Nagy, Hannoun), 16:31.
Penalties-Southam Kel (high sticking), 1:20; Gagnon Vic (slashing), 7:02.
3rd Period-
3rd Period-
3, Kelowna,
Baillie 3 9:33.
4, Kelowna, Kirkland
5 (Johansen, Linaker), 10:41 (PP).
5, Kelowna,
Chartier 5 19:21 (EN).
Penalties-Thurkauf Kel (slashing), 7:30; Soy Vic (slashing), 10:34;
Ballhorn Kel (hooking), 11:38; Dube
Kel (roughing, roughing), 17:18; Soy
Vic (high sticking), 17:18; Walker
Vic (roughing), 17:18.
Shots on Goal-
Shots on Goal-
Kelowna
2-12-11-25.
Victoria
10-11-8-29.
Power Play Opportunities-
Kelowna 1 / 3;
Victoria 0 /
5.
Goalies-
Kelowna,
Herringer 7-5-0-0 (29 shots-28 saves).
Victoria, Vollrath 4-4-0-0 (24 shots-21 saves).
A-7,006
Referees-Mike Campbell (89), Reagan Vetter (39).
Linesmen-Ron Dietterle (121), Kirk Van Helvoirt (107).
