Owen Folstrom found himself is rare territory

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Folstrom didn’t cash in. Moments later, the Giants would win the game on the power play.

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Still, just getting the opportunity put Folstrom in some pretty exclusive company.

Before Saturday night, the last Rockets player to be awarded an overtime penalty shot was Jake Lee, back in November of 2021 against the Spokane Chiefs.

Lee didn’t score either.

The difference?

That Jake Lee penalty shot came during a game that eventually went to a shootout, with the Rockets coming away with the win.

So, if you’re keeping track, the Rockets went nearly five years between overtime penalty shots.

More precisely, the gap between Lee’s chance and Folstrom’s on September 19, 2026, was 1,757 days.

That’s a long time between opportunities.

And if history repeats itself at the same pace, Rockets fans might want to circle another date on the calendar.

2031.

That’s when, mathematically speaking, the next Rockets overtime penalty shot would arrive.

Of course, Folstrom probably won’t want to wait that long for another chance.

Folstrom was also part of another piece of Rockets history Saturday night.

This time, however, he was on the wrong side of it.

Madden Daneault made his Kelowna regular-season debut in Vancouver at 15 years and four months old.

That moved him past Folstrom on the Rockets’ list of youngest players to appear in a regular-season game.

But Daneault didn’t move into first.

That spot still belongs to Damon Severson.

Severson made his Kelowna debut on December 9, 2009, against the Regina Pats. Born August 7, 1994, he was 5,603 days old when he stepped onto the ice.

Daneault was 5,614 days old for his September 19, 2026 debut.

That’s an 11-day difference.

Severson’s mark has now stood for more than 16 years.

Folstrom, meanwhile, made his debut at 15 years and eight months old against the Regina Pats on December 9, 2023.

Interestingly, that was exactly 14 years after Severson made his debut in the same building.

Trevor Wong is third on the list at 5,655 days. Wong made his WHL debut for Kelowna on October 27, 2018, just hours after signing with the Rockets.

Nick Merkley is fourth at 5,685 days, followed by Madison Bowey at 5,708 days.

Bowey made his Kelowna regular-season debut against Lethbridge on December 15, 2010.

Folstrom is sixth at 5,741 days.

So the current top six looks like this:

1) Damon Severson – 5,603 days

2) Madden Daneault – 5,614 days

3) Trevor Wong – 5,655 days

4) Nick Merkley – 5,685 days

5) Madison Bowey – 5,708 days

6) Owen Folstrom – 5,741 days

That’s a pretty impressive group to join for a 15-year-old making his first WHL regular-season appearance.

And while Daneault didn’t quite catch Severson, he came within 11 days of doing it.

For now, Severson still owns the mark.

But Daneault has plenty of time to make some other history of his own.