The Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ Rockets six-game road trip is off to a good start.
In a 2-1 win Friday night, the Rockets pick up two valuable points with the victory over the Prince Albert Raiders, last year’s WHL champions.
It was the first game for the newly-acquired Matthew Wedman who the Rockets traded for just a day before the Western Canada road trip’s beginning. The former Seattle Thunderbirds captain notched an assist on the game-winning goal in his first game with Â鶹¾«Ñ¡.
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Dallon Wilton picked up his second goal of the year to open the scoring for the Rockets.
Â鶹¾«Ñ¡â€™s captain and Team Canada World Junior’s hopeful Nolan Foote notched his 14th goal of the campaign with the game-winning goal in the third period with just under seven minutes remaining.
Roman Basran made 26 saves for the Rockets in the win as the Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ point streak extends to seven games.
Wilton, Foote, Basran and the rest of the Rockets’ squad will continue the road trip Saturday night with a match against the Saskatoon Blades.
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