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He was dealt to Kelowna for a third-round selection in the 2024 draft along with goalie Cole Tisdale.

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In three previous games against his old team, including a 5-3 victory back on November 19^th, Jari Kykkanen was granted the start, so the anticipation and speculation continued to grow on when the 6’7 goalie would face his old team.

It was Americans’ goaltender Tomas Suchanek that was the better of the two, making 16 consecutive saves in the first period alone, including no less than three in-tight chances on forward Max Graham when the visitors came out of the gates hard.

The Czechia goalie, who will play for his country at the upcoming world junior hockey championships, was sharp, steady, and composed, yet remains undrafted, with that all likely changing this summer.

I’d suggest the Rockets deserved a better fate in the first period, dictating the play and looking confident. Yet, it is particularly crucial to have a goalie able to help you weather the early onslaught, before finally finding your footing.

Suchanek afforded the Americans’ that luxury.

Jackson DeSouza, serving a coincidental penalty for roughing, came out of the box in the third period and joined the attack on an odd man rush before Colton Dach found him for his fourth goal of the season.

The goal prohibited Suchanek from earning his first shutout of the season and second of his career.

The 19-year-old’s only shutout came last season in a 4-0 win over Spokane where he was forced to make 38 saves.

For a second straight night, the Rockets’ power play couldn’t manufacture a goal.

The best chance came in the second period, with the game still in doubt, when Americans captain Marc Lajoie clipped Rockets captain Colton Dach with his stick. Assessed a double minor, the Rockets had what appeared to be a four-minute power play to work with down 3-0, but Andrew Cristall was given an interference penalty 59 seconds later.

The Rockets are now 0-7 with the extra man on this road trip, after failing to score in three chances Friday in a 2-1 loss in Spokane.

Up until last night, the Toyota Center has been a friendly place.

The Rockets came into the game riding a five-game winning streak in a building that saw brand new seats and hand railing installed during the summer to make it a great junior rink.

The last loss to the Americans prior to last night, in their own building, was a 2-1 setback on October 17, 2017, when Dillon Dube, now with the NHL’s Calgary Flames, had the lone goal in the setback.

Digging deeper, the team had just two losses in their last 13 visits, going 2-10-1-0 over that stretch.

With five losses in their last six road games, and playing their third game in three nights in Everett Sunday afternoon, the character of the hockey club will be challenged like never before as they face an opponent they beat just ten days ago.