The Kelowna Rockets were too much for the Kamloops Blazers on Saturday night. The Rockets jumped out to a 5-0 lead midway through the game and cruised to a 5-0 victory.

The Rockets opened the scoring 3:05 into the first period. Riley Stadel finished off a play on an odd man rush to give the Rockets a 1-0 lead. Dalton Yorke of the Rockets scored in similar fashion as he jumped up in the play and buried a goal to make it 2-0 for the Rockets after the first period. The Blazers outshot the Rockets 10-9 in the period.

The second period was all Rockets as they scored 55 seconds into the period. Cole Linakar had two chances in front and scored on the second one to make it 3-0. Shortly later, Jordan Bortsmayer scored on abreakaway and Joe Gatenby from the point as the Rockets built up a 5-0 led only 6:11 into the second period.

Connor Ingram played half the game as he finished with 13 saves on 18 shots. Cole Kehler came in for his first WHL preseason action, and he was tested early. Kehler played well in the period as the Blazers continued to trail 5-0 and were outshot 18-3 in the period.

The Blazers struggled generating offense for most of the night. They had a few sparse chances in the third period, but couldn’t beat goaltender Jackson Whistle in a 5-0 loss.

Kehler had an outstanding game stopping all 19 shots he faced in the second half. The Blazers and Rockets both went 0-for-3 on the power play.

The Blazers have the week to prepare as they go to Vancouver next week to play the Victoria Royals on Saturday, September 6 at 3:00pm and the Vancouver Giants on Sunday, September 7 at 5:00pm. Both games will be played at Sungod Arena in Delta.