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Rockets close homestand with win over Giants

Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ rebounds from loss to Prince George with win Friday at Prospera Place.
Vancouver Giants v Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ Rockets
Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ Rockets forward Kyle Topping (middle) celebrates his first period goal

Kole Lind and Tomas Soustal each scored their 10th goals of the season as the Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ Rockets downed the Vancouver Giants 5-3 Friday in WHL action at Prospera Place.

The Rockets (12-10-0) closed out their four-game homestand with a 2-2 record.

Dillon Dube, with his first of the season, Kyle Topping and Cal Foote also scored for Â鶹¾«Ñ¡. Calvin Thurkauf and Nick Merkley each had a pair of assists.

Brodan Salmond earned the win in net with the Rockets outshooting Vancouver 37-31.

Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ was 1-for-6 on the power play while Vancouver scored twice on six chances.

The Rockets will travel Victoria for a pair of games, meeting the Royals Sunday and Tuesday, before they return to Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ to take on the Regina Pats next Saturday night.

 

 



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