The end of 2024 hasn't been kind to the Kelowna Rockets as they lost their sixth consecutive game on New Year's Eve.

Down at the Town Toyota Center, the Rockets fell to the Wenatchee Wild 6-1 on Tuesday night.

The game was scoreless for the first 14 minutes until Wentachee scored twice in 35 seconds. Eastyn Mannix and Caelan Joudrey each scored his fifth goal of the season to make it 2-0.

Wenatchee continued to dominate in the second period as they got goals from Kenta Isogai (15), Dawson Seitz (8), and Maddix McCagherty (9) to make it 5-0. Isogai and Seitz's goals took place on the powerplay.

Kelowna got on the board 1:39 into the third period when Hiroki Gojsic scored his 10th goal of the campaign to break the shutout. Jacob Henderson and Andrew Cristall collected the assists.

The Wild's Lukas McCloskey's added his fourth of the season to make it 6-1.

Rockets goaltenders Rhett Stoesser and Jake Pilon combined for 20 saves while Wenatchee's goalie duo of Brendan Gee and Daniel Hauser combined to make 29 saves on the win.

With their sixth straight loss, Kelowna is now 13-17-2-1, but still remain just one point out of a playoff spot. With their win, Wenatchee (13-17-3-1) leap-frogged them in the standings. 

As the calendar flips, the Rockets open 2025 in Kamloops on Friday, Jan. 3 to take on the Blazers at Sandman Centre. Puck drop is at 7 p.m.

The following night, the team will return to Prospera Place to take on the Vancouver Giants. Puck drop is at 6:05 p.m.