The Kelowna Rockets dropped their first game back after the Christmas break to the Blazers in Kamloops Wednesday night (Dec. 27)

Kamloops opened the scoring at 14:33 of the first period on a goal by Andrew Thomson.

The Blazers went up 2-0 at the 58-second mark of the second when Jordan Keller found the net behind Rockets goaltender Jari Kykkanen on the power play.

Dylan Sydor made it 3-0 Kamloops at 6:16 of the second.

Kelowna finally got on the board a minute later with an unassisted goal by Hiroki Gojsic, his seventh of the season, to make it 3-1.

With Kykkaen pulled for the extra attacker the Rockets Gabriel Szturc scored his 15th at 17:43 of the third period, with assists to Andrew Cristall and Caden Price.

That would be it for Kelowna, however, as they would fall short and lose 3-2.

The Rockets are in seventh spot in the WHL Western Conference (15-16-2-0) with 32 points.

Kelowna hosts Kamloops Friday (Dec. 29) at Prospera Place with the puck drop at 7:05 p.m.

The 50-50 draw for that game starts at $10,000.

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