Blazers open the WHL playoffs with a loss
KELOWNA — The Rockets built up a 3-0 lead and hung on for a 3-2 victory over the Blazers in Game 1 of a WHL Western Conference quarter-final series.
The game started tentatively with the two teams feeling it out in the games first 10 minutes.
The Rockets came on late in the period and got the game’s first goal on an offensive zone faceoff. Lucas Johansen snuck in from the backend and slid a shot five-hole past goaltenderConnor Ingram for a 1-0 lead.
There was a late flurry of chances for the Rockets, but Ingram was solid between the pipes as the Rockets took a 1-0 lead into the first intermission.