iN NUMBERS: WHL season start for Kamloops, Okanagan teams

Tension grows, the whistle blows and the puck goes down the ice as the WHL season gets going. Here are some stats for your favourite local teams. A tough start for the Penticton Vees in their new rivalry with the Kelowna Rockets, and Kamloops Blazers leading the Western Conference.

Here are the numbers:

5,307: People showed up to see the Penticton Vees take on the Kelowna Rockets in the Vees’ first WHL season.
5: Goals scored by the Rockets eked out a victory against Penticton on Sep. 26.
2: Games between the Rockets and the Vees, and two wins for Kelowna. Sorry, Vees.
3: Penticton Vees were called up to the NHL on the second NHL Draft Day back in June.
16: Years of age makes Brooks DeMars the youngest Penticton Vee.
3: Wins in a row has the Kamloops Blazers off to a good start.
6: Goals for Blazer J.P Hurlbert so far this season making him the league’s leading goal scorer.
1: Shutout so far this season from Blazers’ Logan Edmonstone.
2: WHL weekly awards for Blazers, one for Hurlbert and one for Edmonstone.
172: Days left in the WHL season.