It was a WHL debut to remember for Roman Basran.
In his first ever start, the 16-year-old netminder stopped all 38 shots in a Saturday at Prospera Place.
Basran, a native of Delta, started the season with the B.C. Major Midget LeagueÎÚÑ»´«Ã½™s Okanagan Rockets, but was called up when Brodan Salmond went down with an injury.
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Basran saw his first action with Kelowna the previous week, playing the last 39 minutes and giving up two goals on 19 shots in a 6-1 loss to Vancouver.
Another rookie, Liam Kindree got things started for Kelowna 1:17 into the middle frame with his fourth of the season.
Dillon Dube extended KelownaÎÚÑ»´«Ã½™s lead at 14:41 with his 14th goal, then with 53.6 seconds to play in the second period Carsen Twarynski notched his 15th and the RocketsÎÚÑ»´«Ã½™ fourth shorthanded goal of the season to make it 3-0.
James HilsendagerÎÚÑ»´«Ã½™s point shot found its way through traffic to give the Rockets a 4-0 cushion 1:16 in to the third.
Kelowna enjoyed multi-point evenings from Carsen Twarynski(1G, 2A), Dillon Dube(1G,1A), Liam Kindree(1G, 1A), and Kaedan Korczak(2A).
The Rockets, who play host to Prince George Wednesday, improve to 14-8-2-1.
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