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1 NAME PHONE March 4, 2017 Game One (1) Entry Per Person Per Game Entry Box Located at the Rockets Fan Information Booth at Prospera Place in Main Entrance Lobby at all Rockets Regular Season Home Games from September 24, 2016 to March 17, 2017 Names will be drawn LIVE on March 17, 2017 vs. Vancouver If you are not in attendance at the game and do not provide a substitute, your entry will become void and another name will be drawn in your place You must be willing to go on to the ice surface to collect your Authentic Jersey NAME PHONE March 4, 2017 Game Entry Box Located at the Rockets Fan Information Booth at Prospera Place in Main Entrance Lobby Winner Will Be Announced At Tonight s Game NAME PHONE March 4, 2017 Game Entry Box Located at the Rockets Fan Information Booth at Prospera Place in Main Entrance Lobby Winner Will Be Announced At Tonight s Game

2 NAME PHONE March 4, 2017 Game Entry Box Located at the Rockets Fan Information Booth at Prospera Place in Main Entrance Lobby Winner Will Be Announced At Tonight s Game NAME PHONE March 4, 2017 Game Entry Box Located at the Rockets Fan Information Booth at Prospera Place in Main Entrance Lobby Winner Will Be Announced At Tonight s Game

3 SUNDAY MARCH 19, 2017 KELOWNA COMMUNITY THEATRE (1375 Water Street, Kelowna, BC) Business Casual Attire Cash Bar 2:00 pm-3:30 pm Catered Reception-Mingle With Players 3:30 pm-4:30 pm Awards Ceremony TICKETS ON SALE FEBRUARY 15 ADULTS $25.00 KIDS (12-) $15.00 To Purchase Tickets Contact Anne-Marie Hamilton PEPSI SAVE ON FOODS PLAYER OF THE GAME CONTEST You must be 6-12 years of age and a registered Minor Hockey Player. You must be able to skate. FULL hockey equipment, skates and helmet are required. Enter at Save On Foods Locations HOME HARDWARE STICK BOY/GIRL CONTEST Must be 12 or Under to Enter Enter at Home Hardware TRU FROZEN YOGURT 3 STAR PRESENTER CONTEST Must be 12 or Under to Enter Enter at TRU Frozen Yogurt

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5 KELOWNA ROCKETS vs. TRI-CITY AMERICANS Saturday, March 4th, :05 PM Prospera Place - Kelowna, BC NO. PLAYER POS SH HT WT HOMETOWN DOB NO. PLAYER POS SH HT WT HOMETOWN DOB 30 MICHAEL HERRINGER G L 6'½ 175 Comox, BC Jan. 26/96 30 RYLAN PARENTEAU G 6'1 189 Saskatoon, SK Nov BRODAN SALMOND G L 5'11½ 187 Calgary, AB Oct. 8/98** 31 EVAN SARTHOU G 6'1 185 Black Diamond, WA Sep BECK WARM* G 6'0 175 West Vancouver, BC Apr JAMES HILSENDAGER D L 6'1 195 Lloydminster, SK Mar. 20/97 4 GORDIE BALLHORN 'A' D L 6'½ 194 Wetaskiwin, AB Sept. 2/97 2 DAKOTA KREBS RD R 6'4 200 Okotoks, AB Mar KONRAD BELCOURT* D R 5' Sherwood Park, AB May 4/00 3 DALTON YORKE RD R 6'3 207 Maple Ridge, BC May 22 7 LUCAS JOHANSEN 'A' D L 6'1½ 179 Port Moody, BC Nov. 16/97** 6 JUUSO VALIMAKI LD L 6'2 205 Nokia, FIN Oct. 6/ 8 JACK COWELL* LW L 6'2 170 Winnipeg, MB May 2/99 7 BRENDAN O'REILLY RD R 6'3 210 Southlake, TX May NICK MERKLEY 'A' C R 5'10½ 185 Calgary, AB May 23/97 10 DYLAN COGHLAN RD R 6'2 190 Nanaimo, BC Feb ERIK GARDINER* LW L 6'1 182 Humboldt, SK Mar. 21/99 12 JORDAN TOPPING LW L 6'1 195 Salt Spring Island BC Jul TOMAS SOUSTAL C/RW R 6'2½ 199 Unicov, Czech Rep. Feb. 15/97 15 MICHAEL RASMUSSEN C/LW L 6'6 216 Surrey, BC Apr KOLE LIND RW R 6'1 173 Shaunavon, SK Oct. 16/98** 17 CARSON FOCHT* C L 6'0 170 Regina, SK Feb RODNEY SOUTHAM 'C' C/RW R 6' 177 Saskatoon, SK Aug 9/96 19 TYLER SANDHU RW R 5' Richmond, BC Jan CARSEN TWARYNSKI LW L 6'2 198 Calgary, AB Nov. 24/97** 20 MAXWELL JAMES LW L 6'4 230 Kamloops, BC Apr DILLON DUBE C L 5' Cochrane, AB July 20/98 21 VLADISLAV LUKIN RW L 6'1 203 Ufa, RUS Jan CONNER BRUGGEN-CATE* LW L 6'1 189 Langley, BC Sept. 13/99 22 NOLAN YAREMKO LW L 6'1 203 Spirit River, AB May DEVANTE STEPHENS D L 6'1½ 176 Surrey, BC Jan. 2/97 23 LANDON FULLER RW R 6' Mile House, BC Jul BRAYDYN CHIZEN D R 6'6¼ 196 St. Albert, AB May 9/98 24 AUSTYN PLAYFAIR C L 6'5 207 Scottsdale, AZ Jul REID GARDINER RW R 5' Humboldt, SK Jan. 19/96 25 KYLE OLSON C/RW R 5' Calgary, AB Mar KYLE TOPPING* C L 5' Ganges, BC Nov. 18/99** 26 RILEY SAWCHUK* C R 5' Prince Albert, SK Mar CAL FOOTE D R 6'4 210 Englewood, CO Dec. 13/98** 27 KELTIE JERI-LEON* C/RW R 5' W. Kelowna, BC Jan CALVIN THURKAUF LW L 6'1½ 203 Zug, Switzerland June 27/97 28 MORGAN GEEKIE C R 6'2 177 Strathclair, MB Jul LEIF MATTSON* RW R 6' 200 Stonewall, MB July 23/99 29 BRETT LEASON* C R 6'4 196 Calgary, AB Apr NOLAN FOOTE* LW L 6'2½ 177 Englewood, CO Nov. 29/00** 32 PARKER AuCOIN LW L 6'0 195 St. Albert, AB Jul. 30 *Rookie 34 SETH BAFARO* RD R 5' Revelstoke, BC May 16 **Late Birthday Affects NHL Draft Status 37 PARKER WOTHERSPOON LD L 6'1 185 Surrey, BC Aug COLTEN GERLIB D R 6'0 157 Kamloops, BC Jul. 3/9 President/GM: Bruce Hamilton Governor/GM: Bob Tory Asst GM/Dir Player Personnel: Lorne Frey Head Coach: Mike Williamson For each game we will only print Head Coach: Jason Smith Asst. Coach: Brian Pellerin 750 copies of this roster.go to Assistant Coach: Kris Mallette Head Scout/Asst. GM: Barclay Parneta Under the Program Menu Click Assistant/Goalie Coach: Travis Crickard Athletic Therapist: Zach Fournier Program Download and find a Skills Development: Kim Gellert Equipment Manager: Innes Mackie link to our program Athletic Therapist/Strength & Conditioning Coach: Scott Hoyer Goaltending Coach: Rejean Beauchemin Skating Instructor: Evan Marble Development/Video Coach: Adam Brown Equipment Manager: Chaydyn Johnson Rockets Next Home Game: Tuesday, March 7th, 2017 vs. VICTORIA (7:05 p.m.) Referees: Chris CRICH, Steve PAPP Linesmen: Travis GAWRYLETZ, Dustin MINTY VGJ: Tyler McClellan

6 NO. FORWARDS POS SH HT WT HOMETOWN D.O.B SEASON LEAGUE GP G A PTS PIM NHL STATUS 8 Cowell, Jack* LW L 6'2 170 Winnipeg, MB May 2/99 Vincent Massey Trojans CAHS Eligible Merkley, Nick 'A' C R 5'10½ 185 Calgary, AB May 23/97 Kelowna Rockets WHL ARZ '15 12 Gardiner, Erik* LW L 6'1 182 Humboldt, SK Mar. 21/99 Prince Albert Mintos SMHL Eligible Soustal, Tomas C/RW R 6'2½ 199 Unicov, Czech Rep. Feb. 15/97 Kelowna Rockets WHL Eligible Lind, Kole RW R 6'1 173 Shaunavon, SK Oct. 16/98** Kelowna Rockets WHL Eligible Southam, Rodney 'C' C/RW R 6' 177 Saskatoon, SK Aug 9/96 Kelowna Rockets WHL Over Age 18 Twarynski, Carsen LW L 6'2 198 Calgary, AB Nov. 24/97** Calgary Hitmen WHL PHI '16 19 Dube, Dillon C L 5' Cochrane,AB July 20/98 Kelowna Rockets WHL CGY '16 20 Bruggen-Cate, Conner* LW L 6'1 189 Langley, BC Sept. 13/99 Kelowna Rockets WHL Eligible Gardiner, Reid RW R 5' Humboldt, SK Jan. 19/96 Prince Albert Raiders WHL Over Age 24 Topping, Kyle* C L 5' Salt Spring Island, BC Nov. 18/99** Cowichan Valley BCHL Eligible Thurkauf, Calvin LW L 6'1½ 203 Zug, Switzerland June 27/97 Kelowna Rockets WHL CBJ '16 28 Mattson, Leif* RW R 6' 200 Stonewall, MB July 23/99 St. Albert midget AAA AMHL Eligible Foote, Nolan* LW L 6'2½ 177 Englewood, CO Nov. 29/00** Colorado T-Birds U16 T1EH Eligible 2019 NO. DEFENCE POS SH HT WT HOMETOWN D.O.B SEASON LEAGUE GP G A PTS PIM DRAFT 2 Hilsendager, James D L 6'1 195 Lloydminster, SK Mar. 20/97 Regina Pats WHL Eligible Ballhorn, Gordie 'A' D L 6'½ 194 Wetaskiwin, AB Sept. 2/97 Kelowna Rockets WHL Eligible Belcourt, Konrad* D R 5' Sherwood Park, AB May 4/00 Sherwood Park Kings AMHL Eligible Johansen, Lucas 'A' D L 6'1½ 179 Port Moody, BC Nov. 16/97** Kelowna Rockets WHL WSH '16 21 Stephens, Devante D L 6'1½ 176 Surrey, BC Jan. 2/97 Kelowna Rockets WHL BUF '15 22 Chizen, Braydyn D R 6'6¼ 196 St. Albert, AB May 9/98 Kelowna Rockets WHL MIN '16 25 Foote, Cal D R 6'4 210 Englewood, CO Dec. 13/98** Kelowna Rockets WHL Eligible 2017** NO. GOALIES POS SH HT WT HOMETOWN D.O.B SEASON LEAGUE GP MP GA SO AVE DRAFT 30 Herringer, Michael G L 6'½ 175 Comox, BC Jan. 26/96 Kelowna Rockets WHL Over Age 31 Salmond, Brodan G L 5'11½ 187 Calgary, AB Oct. 8/98** Kelowna Rockets WHL Eligible 2017** *Rookie **Late Birthday Affects NHL Draft Status President/General Manager: Bruce Hamilton Asst. GM/Dir. Player Personnel: Lorne Frey Head Coach:Jason Smith Assistant Coach: Kris Mallette Assistant/Goalie Coach: Travis Crickard Athletic Therapist/Strength & Conditioning Coach: Scott Hoyer Skills Development: Kim Gellert Video/Development Coach: Adam Brown Skating Instructor: Evan Marble Equipment Manager: Chaydyn Johnson Kelowna Rockets WHL Roster

7 Rockets vs. Americans Saturday March 4th, 2017 Game Time 7:05 pm Tonight s Preview: The Kelowna Rockets open a 6 game home stand tonight against the Tri City th Americans. This is the 4 and final meeting of the season between the two teams. The Rockets are in the seasonal series. The Rockets are coming off a 3-2 shootout win last night in Everett. Nolan Foote, th th the 6 shooter, scored the winner in the teams 39 victory of the season. Reid Gardiner, named the first star, had two goals in the victory. Michael Herringer was sharp, specifically in the shootout, stopping all 6 shooters he faced. The Rockets were 0 for 3 on the power play but were 4 for 4 on the penalty kill. The team has 12 wins in the last 15 games ( ) while earning a point in 10 of their last 11 games (9-1-10). Following tonight s game, the Rockets host Victoria Tuesday night. The Rockets have scored 54 goals in their last 11 games (4.90 per game). Streak n: Reid Gardiner enters tonight s game riding an 11 game point streak. Gardiner has 7+10=17 over that stretch. The 21 year-old also has goals in four of his last five games. Gardiner is also 1 point shy of 250 for his WHL career. Rodney Southam has points in 7 of his last 8 games with 6+7=13 over that stretch. Dillon Dube has points in 6 of his last 7 games (5+8=13). Dube also has goals in five of his last six games. Rookie Kyle Topping has goals in three of his last four games. That s a fact Jack: Lucas Johansen signed an entry level deal with the Washington Capitals on Thursday. st Johansen was a 1 round pick of the Caps this summer The Rockets have 83 points this season, with 14 available points over the final 7 regular season games. The most points the team can earn this season is 97, which puts them three shy of the 100 point barrier the team has reached in each of the last four seasons The Rockets have played 35 road games this season, with one more stop in Vancouver The Rockets have now won 20 or more road games in five consecutive seasons. The last time they failed to hit rd 20 wins was in when they won 15 games away from Prospera Place Kole Lind has the 3 most points by a 17 year-old draft eligible player in Kelowna Rockets franchise history. Lind has 79 points, which is tied with Brett McLean for second all-time. Lind is 11 points shy of matching the 90 points that franchise leader Nick Merkley put up in his 17 year-old season in The Rockets have lost their th last 4 overtime games The 56 shots the Rockets put up against the Vancouver Giants February 10 were a season high.the 15 shots the team surrendered February 22nd against the Edmonton Oil Kings was a season low The Rockets have generated 30 or more shots in 23 of their last 26 games The Rockets have surrendered 5 or more goals 13 times this season. The teams record, not surprisingly, is Fantastic in February: The Rockets compiled a record of in 13 games in 26 days in February. Of those 13 games, the team managed to score 5 or more goals 8 times. Overall, the team scored 74 goals or 5.7 goals per game. Nick Merkley (10+11=21) and Dillon Dube (6+15=21) were the top scorers during the month. Kole Lind had 20 points while Reid Gardiner had 19. The big surprise was Devante Stephens and Rodney Southam. Stephens had (3+11=14) 14 points while Southam (6+7=13) earned 13 points in those 13 games. Broadcasters Bits: Former Kelowna Rockets forward Mitchell Callahan has been called up by the NHL s Detroit Red Wings.Rockets alumni Jordon Cooke of the U of S Huskies was named Canada West Goalie of the Year. Former Rockets forward Tyson Baillie of the U of A Golden Bear was named Canada West Rookie of the Year...The Kelowna Rockets lost 10 of their first 21 regular season games. Since then, the team has 11 losses in the last 44 games In the Rockets last 12 losses (regulation or overtime loss) the opposition has opened the scoring The Rockets are since the trade deadline The Rockets were in December...The Rockets were in 10 games in November after going in 12 games in October The Rockets are the only team in the WHL that has failed to surrender a shorthanded goal against this season The Rockets are against BC based teams this season The Rockets th are against U.S Division teams this season.calvin Thurkauf has 62 points this season, the 5 most from a European born player in one season wearing Kelowna Rockets colours. The franchise leader is Tomas Slovak (86 in ), followed by Vaclav Varada (85 in ). The third most points in one season put up by a European born player in one season is Jan Fadrny (77 in ). Tomas Oravec (65 in ) rounds out the top four. Game Notes Compiled by Regan Bartel of AM 1150

8 Kelowna Rockets Regular-Season Statistics After Game # NO. PLAYER GP G A PTS PIM PPG SHG GW SOG +/- 16 Kole Lind ' Calvin Thurkauf / Nick Merkley / Cal Foote / Tomas Soustal / Dillon Dube / Rodney Southam Lucas Johansen ' Carsen Twarynski Devante Stephens / Nolan Foote* / Reid Gardiner '0/ Kyle Topping* /0 2 2 James Hilsendager / Erik Gardiner* /0-5 8 Jack Cowell* / Leif Mattson* / Conner Bruggen-Cate* ' Braydyn Chizen /0 4 4 Gordie Ballhorn / Konrad Belcourt* Team Totals ' Goaltending Statistics GP Min GA SV GGA SV% W L OTL SOL SO PIM 30 Michael Herringer Brodan Salmond* Team Totals Scoring by Periods Shots by Period SOG 1st 2nd 3rd OT Total 1st 2nd 3rd OT Total Rockets Rockets Opponents Opponents Rockets Record after Second Period: Rockets Shots on Goal Record: When Leading: When Outshooting Opponent: When Losing: When Outshot by Opponent: When Tied: When Shots Are Tied: First Goal of the Game: Rockets Specialty Teams: Power Play: When Rockets Score First: Opp. PPGF SHGA Pct.% When Opponent Score First: Rockets Home and Away Record: Overall Overtime Shorthanded: Home Opp. PPGA SHGF Pct.% Road Rockets Total

9 * Rookie NO. NAME POS SH HT WT HOMETOWN D.O.B Season LEAGUE GP G A PTS PIM DRAFT Pronunciation 12 Topping, Jordan LW L 6'1 195 Salt Spring Island BC July 20/97 AMERICANS WHL Eligible Rasmussen, Michael C/LW L 6'6 216 Surrey, BC April 17/99 AMERICANS WHL Eligible 17 Razz-mew-sen 17 Focht, Carson * C L 6'0 170 Regina, SK Feb. 04/00 Regina Pat Canadians SMHL Eligible 18 Foke 19 Sandhu, Tyler RW R 5' Richmond, BC Jan. 07/96 AMERICANS WHL Free Agent San-doo 20 James, Maxwell LW L 6'4 230 Kamloops, BC April 13/97 AMERICANS WHL Eligible Lukin, Vladislav RW L 6'1 203 Ufa, RUS Jan. 24/97 AMERICANS WHL Eligible 17 Vlad-i-slov Lou-kin 22 Yaremko, Nolan LW L 6'1 203 Spirit River, AB May 17/98 AMERICANS WHL Eligible 17 Yuh-rem-koh 23 Fuller, Landon RW R 6' Mile House, BC Jul. 17/99 Sicamous Eagles KIJHL Eligible Playfair, Austyn C L 6'5 207 Scottsdale, AZ July 30/97 AMERICANS WHL Eligible Olson, Kyle C/RW R 5' Calgary, AB Mar. 22/99 AMERICANS WHL Eligible Sawchuk, Riley * C R 5' Prince Albert, SK Mar. 18/99 Prince Albert Mintos SMHL Eligible Jeri-Leon, Keltie * C/RW R 5' W. Kelowna, BC Jan. 19/00 Okanagan Hockey Acad. CSSHL Eligible 18 Kel-tee Jerry-Lee-on 28 Geekie, Morgan C R 6'2 177 Strathclair, MB Jul. 20/98 AMERICANS WHL Eligible Leason, Brett * C R 6'4 196 Calgary, AB Apr. 30/99 Calgary Flames Midget AMHL Eligible 17 Lee-sin 32 AuCoin, Parker LW L 6'0 195 St. Albert, AB July 30/98 AMERICANS WHL Eligible 17 Oh-coin NO. DEFENSE POS SH HT WT HOMETOWN D.O.B Season LEAGUE GP G A PTS PIM DRAFT Pronunciation 2 Krebs, Dakota RD R 6'4 200 Okotoks, AB Mar. 26/99 AMERICANS WHL Eligible 17 Duh-ko-tuh 3 Yorke, Dalton RD R 6'3 207 Maple Ridge, BC May 22/96 Prince Albert Raiders WHL Free Agent York 6 Välimäki, Juuso LD L 6'2 205 Nokia, FIN Oct. 6/98 AMERICANS WHL Eligible 17 You-so Val-uh-makee 7 O'Reilly, Brendan RD R 6'3 210 Southlake, TX May 15/97 AMERICANS WHL Eligible Coghlan, Dylan RD R 6'2 190 Nanaimo, BC Feb. 19/98 AMERICANS WHL Eligible 17 Cog-lin 23 Fuller, Landon RW R 6' Mile House, BC Jul. 17/99 Sicamous Eagles KIJHL Eligible Bafaro, Seth * RD R 5' Revelstoke, BC May 16/00 Okanagan Hockey Acad. CSSHL Eligible 18 Buh-far-o 37 Wotherspoon, Parker LD L 6'1 185 Surrey, BC Aug. 24/97 AMERICANS WHL Drafted by NYI 39 Gerlib, Colten D R 6'0 157 Kamloops, BC Jul. 3/99 Valley West Hawks BCMML Eligible 17 Ger-lib NO. GOALTENDERS POS SH HT WT HOMETOWN D.O.B Season LEAGUE GP GAA SVS% NA NA2 DRAFT Pronunciation 30 Parenteau, Rylan G 6'1 189 Saskatoon, SK Nov. 19/96 Prince Albert Raiders WHL Free Agent Puh-ron-toh 31 Sarthou, Evan G 6'1 185 Black Diamond, WA Sep. 24/97 AMERICANS WHL Eligible 17 Sar-thow 35 Warm, Beck * G 6'0 175 West Vancouver, BC Apr. 22/99 Vancouver NW Giants BCMML Eligible 17 Governor/GM Bob Tory Head Coach Mike Williamson Athletic Therapist Zach Fournier Asst. Coach Brian Pellerin Equipment Manager Innes Mackie Head Scout/Asst. GM Barclay Parneta Goaltending Coach Rejean Beauchemin

10 Game #66 Saturday, March 4th, 2017 Tri-City Americans ( pts) at Kelowna Rockets ( pts) Prospera Place (Kelowna, BC) 7:05 pm Television/Radio Information Local Radio Broadcast: NewsTalk 870 AM, 6:45 p.m. Online Broadcast: WHL Live, 6:30 p.m. The Series vs. Kelowna - This Season (4-Game Series) Game 1: 10/21/16 Kelowna KEL (4-2) Game 2: 11/30/16 Tri-City KEL (4-1) Game 3: 12/9/16 Tri-City KEL (3-2) OT Game 4: 3/4/17 Kelowna Seattle leads series (5-2) Washington s Lottery Weekly Report Tri-City: - Landon Fuller recalled from BCHL (Surrey) - Colten Gerlib recalled from BCHL (Surrey) - Seth Bafaro upper body injury, indefinite - Michael Rasmussen upper body injury, 3 months - Vladislav Lukin lower body injury, 2 weeks Tri-City Milestones Michael Rasmussen is 2 points from 100 in his career Juuso Välimäki is 12 points from 100 in his career Dylan Coghlan is 11 games from 200 in his career Tri-City Noteworthy Michael Rasmussen tied 2 nd for PPG at 15 Tyler Sandhu tied 8 th in league for assists at 54 3 rd in the league for PP assists at 27 is on a 6 game point streak (5G 6A) Dalton Yorke 1 st in the league for PIM with 134 Morgan Geekie tied 6 th in PTS with 86 tied 1 st for First Goals at 8 tied 8 th in Assists at 54 tied 9 th for PPG at 13 ended a 7 game point streak (3G 13A) 3/3 Jordan Topping is on a 4 game point streak (5G 4A) Tri-City Age Breakdown 1996 (20 yr old) (19 yr old) (18 yr old) (17 yr old) (16 yr old) 3 Average Age yrs old Tri-City Statistical Leaders Goals: (32) Michael Rasmussen, Morgan Geekie Assists: (54) Morgan Geekie, Tyler Sandhu Points: (86) Morgan Geekie Plus/Minus: (+23) Kyle Olson, Morgan Geekie

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