Given the various scenarios his team could be facing, GM Bruce Hamilton likes exactly where the Kelowna Rockets stand four games into the Western Hockey League playoffs.
With a chance to close out their first round series on home ice, the Rockets will battle the B.C. rival Kamloops Blazers tonight in Game 5 at Prospera Place.
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The goaltenders have been front and centre thus far in the series, with both Kelowna含羞草研究社檚 Michael Herringer and Kamloops含羞草研究社� Connor Ingram taking turns in the spotlight.
Herringer, 21, engineered a highlight reel save off Collin Shirley en route to a 3-2 win in Game 2, then added his second shutout of the series with 24 saves on Wednesday in Kamloops in
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Game 6, if needed, will go Sunday in Kamloops. Face off at the Sandman Centre is 7 p.m.
