Baillie keeps Rockets on top, leads scoring race

in Other News, regular season

Tyson Baillie, 12.16.15

 

December 16, 2015

The Kelowna Rockets defeated the Swift Current Broncos 6-3 Tuesday night in Swift Current, moving to 2-and-1 on its six game road trip and remaining in first place in the WHL.

Tyson Baillie netted a hat trick to lead the Rockets offense as Kelowna improved to 24-7-1-0 on the season.

Baillie now has 21 goals on the season and sits in first place in the WHL scoring race with 54 points in 32 games.

Kole Lind had a goal and an assist for Kelowna who also got goals from Riley Stadel, his first of the season, and Tanner Wishnowski on the night. Dillon Dube chipped in with two helpers.

Michael Herringer earned the win in net as the Broncos outshot Kelowna 30-25 in the game.

Kelowna will continue its road trip Wednesday in Moose Jaw before playing Friday in Prince Albert and Saturday in Saskatoon to end its pre-Christmas schedule.

The Rockets return to Prospera Place on Dec. 28 when they host the Kamloops Blazers.

 

Current Standings & Scoring Leaders:

 

Rank Western Conf. G W L otl SL PTS PCT GF GA STK P10 PIM
1 Kelowna Rockets 32 24 7 1 0 49 0.766 128 93 1-0-0-0 8-2-0-0 467
2 Prince George Cougars 32 20 10 1 1 42 0.656 110 91 2-0-0-0 8-1-0-1 620
3 Victoria Royals 32 20 10 1 1 42 0.656 110 73 0-1-0-0 6-3-1-0 430
4 Seattle Thunderbirds 31 18 11 2 0 38 0.613 105 93 0-2-0-0 4-5-1-0 443
5 Everett Silvertips 29 17 10 0 2 36 0.621 78 62 2-0-0-0 6-3-0-1 280
6 Spokane Chiefs 31 16 12 2 1 35 0.565 104 104 0-2-0-0 6-4-0-0 396
7 Kamloops Blazers 29 15 10 3 1 34 0.586 109 95 3-0-0-0 6-2-1-1 349
8 Portland Winterhawks 31 15 16 0 0 30 0.484 107 102 0-2-0-0 4-6-0-0 413
9 Tri-City Americans 32 13 18 1 0 27 0.422 99 122 2-0-0-0 5-5-0-0 458
10 Vancouver Giants 33 10 19 2 2 24 0.364 94 120 1-0-0-0 5-5-0-0 388
Rnk Eastern Conf. G W L otl SL Pts PCT GF GA STK P10 PIM
1 Red Deer Rebels 33 22 11 0 0 44 0.667 121 94 1-0-0-0 6-4-0-0 397
2 Calgary Hitmen 35 21 12 1 1 44 0.629 116 108 1-0-0-0 7-2-1-0 538
3 Lethbridge Hurricanes 32 21 11 0 0 42 0.656 132 99 1-0-0-0 8-2-0-0 489
4 Brandon Wheat Kings 32 19 10 1 2 41 0.641 120 90 1-0-0-0 6-3-1-0 341
5 Prince Albert Raiders 32 18 11 2 1 39 0.609 100 99 0-3-0-0 4-6-0-0 422
6 Moose Jaw Warriors 31 16 10 4 1 37 0.597 112 101 1-0-0-0 5-3-2-0 371
7 Regina Pats 33 15 14 2 2 34 0.515 100 111 0-1-0-1 4-4-0-2 466
8 Edmonton Oil Kings 34 13 18 3 0 29 0.426 93 113 0-4-0-0 5-5-0-0 492
9 Medicine Hat Tigers 32 11 18 2 1 25 0.391 101 127 3-0-0-0 4-6-0-0 477
10 Saskatoon Blades 30 11 16 3 0 25 0.417 87 124 1-0-0-0 2-8-0-0 407
11 Swift Current Broncos 32 10 18 3 1 24 0.375 77 102 0-1-0-0 2-6-1-1 345
12 Kootenay Ice 34 6 26 2 0 14 0.206 64 144 0-10-0-0 0-10-0-0 422
Scoring Leaders:
Player Team GP G A Pts
1 Tyson Baillie Kelowna Rockets 32 21 33 54 40
2 Brayden Burke Lethbridge Hurricanes 32 8 40 48 16
3 Dryden Hunt Moose Jaw Warriors 31 20 25 45 18
4 Reid Gardiner Prince Albert Raiders 32 20 24 44 24
5 Adam Brooks Regina Pats 33 16 28 44 12
6 Jon Martin Swift Current Broncos (total) click to view the entire list for Jon Martin 30 26 17 43 39
7 Brayden Point Moose Jaw Warriors 19 18 25 43 8
8 Mathew Barzal Seattle Thunderbirds 25 9 34 43 31
9 Ivan Nikolishin Red Deer Rebels 33 18 24 42 8
10 Radel Fazleev Calgary Hitmen 33 14 28 42 20
11 Alex Forsberg Victoria Royals 32 11 31 42 39
12 Parker Bowles Tri-City Americans 32 18 23 41 22
13 Kailer Yamamoto Spokane Chiefs 31 10 31 41 12
14 * Egor Babenko Lethbridge Hurricanes 32 17 23 40 18
15 Collin Shirley Kamloops Blazers 29 21 18 39 8
16 Tyler Wong Lethbridge Hurricanes 32 22 16 38 23
17 Nolan Patrick Brandon Wheat Kings 32 9 29 38 14
18 Keegan Kolesar Seattle Thunderbirds 31 16 21 37 61
19 Gage Quinney Kamloops Blazers (total) click to view the entire list for Gage Quinney 26 14 23 37 6
20 Jesse Gabrielle Prince George Cougars 32 19 16 35 53
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