Now this is fun!

Last night the Kelowna Rockets returned back from their Christmas Break, and the effects of the Christmas turkey tryptophan were non-apparent in a 7-1 drubbing of the tryptophan laden Kamloops Blazers.  I have never seen a Rockets roster execute passes the way this one did last night.  The passing was precise the speed was blazing (no pun intended) and the confidence of the players was extremely apparent.

It was the first game in Prospers place for the Rockets since December 7th, a 20 day span, and you could tell Kelowna was giddy with excitement to see this team play live again.  Last night's game marked the first time since March 9th of last years regular season against the very same Kamloops Blazers since the Rockets played in front of a Sellout Crowd, and only the second sellout since the Kelowna Rockets and the goliath Portland Winterhawks clashed at Prospera Place last February.

To me, it's insane that this club isn't bringing in a full house every single night with a 30-3-0-2 record.  I guarentee you that if any other club in the WHL posts that kind of record, the arena is packed, and the loudest in the league.  Sadly, that is not the case with the Rockets.  The arena is rarely sold out, and some sort of hush has engulfed the arena like none other I have ever seen in sports.  This Kelowna Rockets team has without a doubt the best record not only the club itself has ever seen at this point, but a record, at this point of the season, a WHL team has ever seen it it's history.  You will not be able to show me a team that at the 35 game mark has had a record at or better than 30-3-0-2 at the 35 game mark of the season.  In comparison, the Powerhouse Portland Winterhawks from last year, who finished the season at 57-12-1-2, had a record of 29-5-1-0 last year, that is 59 points, compared to Kelowna's 60 at the same point of the schedule, and the Winterhawks were drawing record crowds.

The point I am trying to make with this blog post is that the city of Kelowna needs to get excited about this team before the season is over and this amazing thing they have going is nowhere to be seen but the record books, because they are breaking records at this clip, if not league ones, then the club ones they have already broken.  Last year, the Rockets amazing 23 game winning streak was stopped by the Portland Winterhawks.  Mark my words, the 'Hawks will not be stopping this hurtleing Rocket this time around, they will only act as a sound barrier as this Rocket breaks it multiple times in the upcoming week.