Given the various scenarios his team could be facing, GM Bruce Hamilton likes exactly where the Kelowna Rockets stand four games into the Western Hockey League playoffs.
With a chance to close out their first round series on home ice, the Rockets will battle the B.C. rival Kamloops Blazers tonight in Game 5 at Prospera Place.
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Game 6, if needed, will go Sunday in Kamloops. Face off at the Sandman Centre is 7 p.m.
