In Eric Blais鈥� eyes it wasn鈥檛 an overly pretty display, but the 鈥� head coach will gladly take a pair of wins to open the

The Rockets kicked off the 2017-18 campaign on the weekend at the Capital News Centre with a two-game sweep of the visiting Vancouver Northeast Chiefs.

鈥淲e鈥檙e still forming as a team and trying to find out who we are,鈥� said Blais who enters his second season behind the Rockets鈥� bench. 鈥淲e did some really good things and, at the same time, we have things we really need to work on. I鈥檝e been jamming in a lot of information, it鈥檚 going to take a while to settle in. We have some work to do, but we鈥檙e happy with the wins.鈥�

The Rockets, who were without veteran leaders Will Reimer and Brandon Della Paolera due to injury, prevailed 4-2 over the Chiefs on Saturday afternoon.

Rookie Ben King, a WHL bantam draft pick of the Swift Current Broncos, and linemate Ethan Schaeffer paced the Rockets attack with a goal and an assist apiece. Seattle Thunderbirds鈥� prospect Cole Schwebius earned the win in goal.

On Sunday, the Rockets overcame a sluggish start and some bad penalties with a strong third period to earn a 6-5 victory in overtime.

Tanner Brown netted the winner in the extra period as the Rockets overcame 4-2 and 5-3 deficits over the final 20 minutes of regulation.

Nolan Corrado and Ben King each had a goal an an assist while Roman Basran earned the victory in his debut in the Rockets鈥� net.

The Rockets, who will get a break from league play this weekend, will head to Richmond for a pair of exhibition games against the Everett Silvertips U18 team.

Okanagan鈥檚 next BCMML action is Oct. 7 and 8 at home to the Vancouver Northwest Giants.