Kamloops Blazers beat Kelowna Rockets 3-2 on CCM Cooperall night
KAMLOOPS — In their retro full-length CCM Propac pants and in front of a national televised audience, the Blazers picked up a crucial two points at home on Friday night in a 3-2 win over the Kelowna Rockets.
Jermaine Loewen opened the scoring for Kamloops 2:35 into the first, and received second-period goals from Nick Chyzowski and Garrett Pilon on quality scoring chances.
The win for Kamloops ends a streak of six straight losses to Kelowna, who had lost 14 of the past 15 meetings between the teams prior to tonight’s victory. The Rockets outshot the Blazers 55-24, and goalie Connor Ingram made a season-high 53 saves to help earn his team the win.
“It felt the same as if it was 30; it’s the same intensity, it’s the same game. It’s a little bit more action but it’s nothing too different”, Ingram said. “If you look at it, they put up a lot of shots but not a lot of scoring chances, so it wasn’t too much. I saw pretty much everything, if you see it you’re going to stop it most times.”