The upcoming CIBC Canada Russia Series will have some Kelowna talent this year.
Three Rockets have been named to the roster for Team WHL ahead of the series, which will pit Team Russia junior hockey players against the best-of-the-best of the Canadian Hockey League in a six-game series kicking off in Saskatchewan in November.
Nolan Foote, Kaedan Korczak and Dillon Hamaliuk are the trio of Rockets which will join Team WHL, a league high number.
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The three Rockets were drafted in the first two rounds of last June乌鸦传媒檚 NHL draft in Vancouver.
So far this season, Foote, a Tampa Bay draft pick, has four goals and six assists this season; Hamaliuk, a San Jose pick, has five goals and five assists; and Korczak, a Las Vegas selection, has two goals and three assists.
This will be 17th year of the CIBC Canada Russia Series. Team CHL has won 12 times while Team Russia has four wins.
The Rockets are back in action Wednesday night when they host the Swift Current Broncos at Prospera Place.
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