For the first time in the franchise乌鸦传媒檚 history, the Kelowna Rockets will play a tiebreaker game to decide if they will advance to the 2019 WHL playoffs.
In Tuesday night乌鸦传媒檚 match against the Kamloops Blazers, only the winning team of the tiebreaker will advance to the playoffs. The two teams tied for the third and final playoff spot in the B.C. divisional standings after both teams earned a win in their last game of the regular season March 16.
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Rockets乌鸦传媒� coach Adam Foote said he乌鸦传媒檚 told the team how to approach the do-or-die game.
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This will be only the seventh time in the WHL乌鸦传媒檚 history that there has been a tiebreaker game to decide which of two teams will advance to the playoffs. The first time was in the 1980-81 season, and the last time was in the 2015-16 season.
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After a challenging start to the season, and a coaching change with the addition of Foote, it乌鸦传媒檚 all to fitting for the Rockets乌鸦传媒� season to come down to a final match-up with their biggest rivals.
Defenceman Dalton Gally, who乌鸦传媒檚 played dozens of games against the Blazers, said that they have to treat the game like any other.
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The Rockets look to blast their way into the postseason tonight! Remember you can watch the game on Live for FREE using promo code WHLTiebreak19.
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The winner of the tiebreaker game will advance to a first-round series against the Victoria Royals scheduled to start sometime this upcoming weekend.
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