After falling short last night in Fernie (losing 2-1 in overtime), the Rockets were looking to avenge that defeat in front of their hometown crowd Saturday night.  But, when the smoke had cleared, it was the visitors who claimed the two points, and victory.

     This was a very well played game right from the opening faceoff.  Reviewing the boxscores, we see that the Ghostriders were able to hit for a goal in each period, enroute to their 3-0 shutout win.  The the play was close-checking for the entire sixty minutes, with the difference being that Fernie was able to capitalize on their opportunities.

     The lone goal of the first period came off a point shot from Ty Morton, a goal which resulted from the Rockets getting too deep into their own end.  A pass out of the corner found Morton all alone just over the blueline, and his hard blast just trickled by Jarrod Schamerhorn in the Golden cage.

     In the second period, Fernie dominated territorial-wise, outshooting the locals 17-4, with Schamerhorn making some outstanding saves.  Rockets penalty-killing units were tested several times, and did a great job keeping the strong Fernie powerplay off the scoresheet.  The only tally of the period came when R.T.Rice got behind the Rocket defense on a long stretch pass, and fired the puck off the post.

     In the third, Rockets ran into a little more penalty trouble early, but this time couldn't stem the Fernie offense, as the visitors Connor McLaughlin hit at the 3:10 mark.  The Rockets tried time and again to generate sustained offense in the Ghostrider end, but the Fernie defense was solid on this night.  Final score was 3-0 Fernie.

     Rockets are back on the ice Sunday afternoon, for another inter-divisional contest, this time against the visiting Kimberley Dynamiters.