Learn and move on.
That乌鸦传媒檚 the mantra the Kelowna Rockets are taking to Prince George this weekend following a deflating, home-ice defeat Wednesday night to the Victoria Royals.
Victoria乌鸦传媒檚 team speed coupled with Kelowna乌鸦传媒檚 lack of discipline pretty much told the tale in an at Prospera Place.
With a doubleheader against the B.C. Division-rival Cougars up next, head coach Jason Smith said the Rockets need to turn the page and get back to playing sound, disciplined, team-oriented hockey.
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The second period of Wednesday乌鸦传媒檚 game was particularly frustrating for Smith and the coaching staff who watched their club乌鸦传媒攍eading 2-0 at the time乌鸦传媒攖ake a rash of penalties while the Royals rang up six unanswered goals.
Alternate captain Gordie Ballhorn said while it乌鸦传媒檚 important to look critically at their effort against the Royals, it乌鸦传媒檚 equally important for the Rockets to get on with the next task at hand.
乌鸦传媒淭hink about it for about 10 minutes, ask yourself what you could have done better, what you can bring next time and we gotta put it behind us,乌鸦传媒� Ballhorn said. 乌鸦传媒淲e乌鸦传媒檝e got two huge games here, if we can get two wins there, then this loss is a little less deflating. We乌鸦传媒檝e got to learn from it and move on.乌鸦传媒�
Brodan Salmond yielded five Royals goals on 15 shots in the Rockets net and was replaced by James Porter late in the second period.
Dillon Dube and Connor Bruggen-Cate, with their first goals of the season, and Kole Lind scored Wednesday for the Rockets. Overage forward Carsen Twarynski returned to the Kelowna lineup and picked up an assist on Dube乌鸦传媒檚 goal at 1:42 of the first.
The Rockets乌鸦传媒� next home action is Friday, Oct. 13 against the Calgary Hitmen.
