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Rockets end five-game slide with win in Kamloops

Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡ opens weekend set between division rivals with 4-2 victory over the Blazers.
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Brodan Salmond and the Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡ Rockets downed the hometown Kamloops Blazers in WHL action Friday. -Photo by Marissa Baecker/Shoot the Breeze

The Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡ Rockets put a halt to their longest losing streak of the season with a 4-2 win over the Blazers in Kamloops Friday in WHL action.

Dillon Dube’s power play goal at 12:18 of the second period stood up as the winner as the Rockets ended a five-game (0-4-1-0) slide in the first of two weekend games between the BC Division rivals.

Marek Skrvne, with a shorthanded goal, Carsen Twarynski, with his 43rd of the season, and Kole Lind with his 38th, also scored for Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡.

Brodan Salmond stopped 36 shots in the Rockets’ net, while Dylan Ferguson made 34 for Kamloops.

The Rockets (39-22-5-2) remain five points ahead of Victoria for top spot in the B.C. Division.

GAME SUMMARY

The teams will face off again tomorrow at Prospera Place in a 7:05 p.m. start.

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