KAMLOOPS — It was a goaltender battle at Memorial Arena in Kamloops on Tuesday night. Michael Herringer stopped 40 shots for the Rockets to help his team to a 1-0 shutout victory over the Blazers.
The win gives the Rockets a 2-1 series lead in the best-of-seven WHL quarterfinal. The game was played at Memorial Arena in Kamloops in front of a sold out crowd of 3400 people packed in to Memorial Arena.
The fans were into it early and the Blazers had some jump, but struggled to get traffic in front of Herringer most of the night.
The first period was scoreless with the Blazers outshooting the Rockets 12-9.
The Rockets got on the scoreboard at the tailend of a Blazers power play. A turnover led to Justin Kirkland wiring a shot off the far post and in for a 1-0 Rockets lead less than two minutes into the second period.
The Blazers were finding ways to get pucks on goal, but did not find many rebounds in the second period.
Connor Ingram was called upon to make a few top notch saves, none better than on Dillon Dube as the period ended.
In the third period, the Blazers were tagged with three penalties as they spent six minutes shorthanded in the period.
A last effort with the goalie pulled came up short, as the Rockets prevailed 1-0 over the Blazers.
These two teams will move over to the friendly confines of the Sandman Centre on Wednesday night for Game 4.
