Junior hockey: Rockets blank Giants, Vees shut out Spruce Kings
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The Kelowna Rockets posted their first shutout win of the season Friday in Langley while in Penticton, the Vees blanked the visiting Spruce Kings.
A roundup of junior hockey results from the Okanagan and area.
Kelowna 4, Vancouver 0
Andrew Cristall tallied four points, including one goal, and Jari Kykkanen was unbeatable in net as the Rockets blanked the Giants in Langley on Friday night.
Gabriel Szturc, John Babcock and Dylan Wightman also scored for Kelowna (11-13-2-0), which led 2-0 at the period breaks.
The win was Kelowna’s third in a row and first shutout victory of the season.
Szturc and Babcock opened the scoring with goals late in the first period. Wightman made it 3-0 halfway through the third on the power play, with Cristall rounding out the scoring at 18:53 with an empty-net goal.
Brett Mirwald stopped 31 shots for Vancouver (9-15-2-0), which is playing three games in three days this weekend.
Kelowna was 1-for-3 on the power play while Vancouver was 0-for-3.
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