The Victoria Royals (22-41-2-4, 50pts) wrap up 4 games in 5 nights on the road against the Vancouver Giants (38-26-2-3, 81pts) Sunday evening.
Past 10 Games: Victoria: 4-6-0-0 Vancouver: 3-5-1-1
SERIES: It’s the final meeting of the season, the Royals with a 3-6 record thus far, falling 6-0 last Sunday at home to the Giants after defeating them 5-2 the night before.
Both teams are playing 3 in 3 nights.
LAST GAME: Victoria suffered a 3-0 loss in Everett Saturday. Vancouver is coming off a 3-2 victory in Kamloops, after falling 6-3 to the same Blazers in Vancouver on Friday.
ROAD / HOME: Victoria is 1-2 on the road trip, with the win coming in Kelowna 3-1 Friday night. They started the road trip with a 3-2 loss in Everett on Wednesday. Vancouver is 10 over .500 at the Pacific Coliseum with 21 wins, they are however, winless in their last 5 games at home.
STANDINGS: Victoria is in 8th with 50 points, 4 ahead of Seattle and Prince George. The Royals have 3 games remaining, the Thunderbirds 5, and Cougars 4.
Victoria now needs a combination of 7 points derived from Royals wins and / or Thunderbird losses to eliminate Seattle from playoff contention. They need 5 points in relation to Prince George.
Vancouver is tied with Spokane for 4th in the West, but the Chiefs have a game in hand.
UP NEXT: The Royals wrap up the regular season with a pair of home games next Wednesday and Friday against the Portland Winterhawks.
LEADING SCORERS:
Crooks (35-30-65)
Nelson (22-37-59)
Soudek (27-30-57)
Rintoul (16-33-49)
Magee (21-24-45)/
Gallagher (40-35-75)
Tvrdon (27-39-66)
Martinook (35-22-57)
Franson (26-30-56)
Manning (7-33-40)
PAST MEETINGS:
Vancouver 6 @ Victoria 0 (March 4 2012)
Vancouver 2 @ Victoria 5 (March 3 2012)
Victoria 3 @ Vancouver 11 (Nov 18 2011)
Vancouver 5 @ Victoria 3 (Nov 5 2011)
Vancouver 1 @ Victoria 2 (Nov 4 2011)
Victoria 1 @ Vancouver 8 (Oct 21 2011)
Victoria 1 @ Vancouver 5 (Oct 10 2011)
Vancouver 3 @ Victoria 5 (Sep 24 2011)
Victoria 2 @ Vancouver 5 (Sep 23 2011)
DRAFTED/NHL SIGNED PLAYERS: For Victoria: D Tyler Stahl (Carolina, 6th rd 2010), D Jordan Fransoo (Ottawa, 7th rd 2011). For Vancouver: F Marek Tvrdon (DET 4th rd 2011 ), F Brendan Gallagher (MTL 5th rd 2010 ), D David Musil (EDM 2nd rd 2011)
TOP PROSPECTS: Central Scoutings mid-term rankings of North American players positions Victoria’s Steven Hodges (55), and Logan Nelson (108). For Vancouver: D Brett Kulak (67), F Dalton Sward (188),
INJURIES:
For Vancouver:
#14, Austin Vetterl, Lower body, 1 month+
#18, Anthony Ast, Lower body, 2 weeks
#16, Austin Fyten, Lower body, 1 month+
For Victoria:
#3, Zach Habscheid, Lower body, 1 month
EVERETT 51 Points REMAINING: (4)
Mar. 11 at Seattle
Mar. 14 at Kelowna
Mar. 16 at Tri-City
Mar. 17 at Seattle
VICTORIA 50 Points REMAINING: (3)
Mar 11 at Vancouver
Mar 14 vs Portland
Mar 16 vs Portland
SEATTLE 46 Points REMAINING: (5)
Mar. 11 vs Everett
Mar. 13 vs Spokane
Mar. 16 at Spokane
Mar. 17 vs Everett
Mar. 18 at Portland
PRINCE GEORGE 46 Points REMAINING: (4)
Mar. 11 at Tri City
Mar. 13 at Tri City
Mar. 16 at Kamloops
Mar. 17 vs Kamloops
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