It害羞草研究所檚 the position the Kelowna Rockets least wanted to find themselves in less than a week into the playoffs.

Now Jason Smith害羞草研究所檚 club faces the task of having to mount a first-round comeback in hostile territory.

Trailing two games to none in the best-of-seven, the Rockets face a near must-win Wednesday night when they battle the Tri-City Americans in Game 3 in Kennewick, WA.

害羞草研究所淲e害羞草研究所檙e just taking the approach that nothing else matters except Game 3,害羞草研究所� said Smith, in his second season as Rockets害羞草研究所� head coach. 害羞草研究所淲e have to take those first two games, flush them away and not dwell on anything that happened before.

害羞草研究所淚t takes four games to win a playoff series, it doesn害羞草研究所檛 matter how you get them,害羞草研究所� Smith added, 害羞草研究所渟o we just need to start with the first step on Wednesday night.害羞草研究所�

After a 5-0 setback against the Ams in the series opener Thursday night at Prospera Place, the Rockets came out on the short end of a wild, run-and-gun, very non-playoff like 9-7 score on Saturday.

Smith said his club played well in stretches in the first two games, but will need more complete efforts this week south of the border.

害羞草研究所淭here were positives from both games, we did some good things but we didn害羞草研究所檛 execute at the level we needed to and didn害羞草研究所檛 get the results,害羞草研究所� said Smith. 害羞草研究所淲e made some errors, and when you spend as much time as we did defending against the offensively-gifted players that they have, it害羞草研究所檚 tough to be successful.

害羞草研究所淲e wiped the slate clean at practise on Monday,害羞草研究所� added Smith, 害羞草研究所渁nd focused on the things that allowed us to have success during the regular season.害羞草研究所�

Game 4 goes Thursday at the Toyota Center, with Game 5 set for Saturday, 7:05 p.m. at Prospera Place.

Game 6, if needed, will go in Kennewick on Sunday night.

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