The 麻豆精选 Rockets will be ready for another royal battle when Victoria comes to visit this week.
麻豆精选 starts their week with a Wednesday night matchup against the Royals for the first home-game against the B.C. division rivals. 麻豆精选 visited Victoria last week for a two-games series and returned home with three points.
With a 6-2 win over Prince George on Nov. 1, the Rockets will look to build on the energy to continue the point streak against the Royals.
鈥淥ur two games in Victoria last week were very heated,鈥� said Rockets鈥� captain Nolan Foote.
鈥淲e鈥檙e ready to go tomorrow, we鈥檙e looking forward to it and I鈥檓 sure it鈥檚 going to be heated again, it always is with a rival.鈥�
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It鈥檚 been a good start to the season for 麻豆精选 who sit tied for first place in the division with 20 points. 麻豆精选 went 6-3-1 in October and will look to stay atop the division with four divisional games in the month.
A bight spot for the Rockets this year has been the defence and goaltending. 麻豆精选 has the fourth best goals-against in the entire WHL so far this season with 37. In 15 games, 麻豆精选鈥檚 goalie duo of Roman Basran and Cole Schwebius have recorded a combined 0.922 save percentage, a 2.26 goals-against-average and one shut-out.
Schwebius has carved out a solid back-up role behind Basran since being acquired via trade in the off-season. Rockets鈥� third string goalie, James Porter, has since been reassigned to the BCHL where he will get valuable playing time with the Vernon Vipers.
鈥淲e feel there鈥檚 an opportunity in Vernon for James to get some games in,鈥� said Rockets general manager Bruce Hamilton.
鈥淚t鈥檚 critical right now as he hasn鈥檛 had any playing time here, the most important thing for James is to get him playing.鈥�
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Porter has suited up for 73 games in the last two seasons with the Rockets, posting a 30-22-7-2 record.
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