Tuesday 4 December 2012

Preview: Vancouver at Victoria

The Victoria Royals (15-12-0-1, 31pts) entertain their BC Division rival Vancouver Giants (7-20, 14 pts) Wednesday evening.

Pregame show on The Zone @ 91.3 FM at 6:40 or online at www.thezone.fm

It’s their 5th meeting of 10 this season, with the Royals winning 3 of 4 so far.  The Giants took the last game at the Colesium 4-1 back on October 26th.

Victoria remains 6th in the Conference after back to back road wins in Prince George last weekend by 2-0 and 4-3 scores.  Patrick Polivka earned both wins while Jamie Crooks and Austin Carroll scored each night.

Vancouver remains 10th in the West after dropping their 7th straight game versus the visiting Tri-City Americans Saturday, as the Ams scored shorthanded with 5.9 seconds left in the 4-3 loss.

The Giants have 2 wins in 12 on the road, while the Royals are 5 over .500 at home (9-4-0-1).  Victoria is undefeated in regulation in their last 4 (3-0-0-1).

After Vancouver Wednesday, Victoria entertains Adam Lowry and the Swift Current Broncos Saturday, which is also Teddy Bear Toss night.
Previous Meetings This Season Victoria 1 @ Vancouver 4 (Oct 26 2012) Final
Victoria 2 @ Vancouver 1 (Oct 7 2012) Final
Vancouver 2 @ Victoria 3 (Sep 22 2012) Final
Victoria 6 @ Vancouver 4 (Sep 21 2012) Final

How the 2 teams match up
Vancouver
Victoria
Team Record 7-20-0-0 -- 14 points 15-12-0-1 -- 31 points
Division Ranking 5th B.C. 3rd B.C.
Conference Ranking 10th Western 6th Western
League Ranking 22nd 11th
Past 10 Games 2-8-0-0 6-3-0-1
Streak 0-7-0-0 3-0-0-1
Last Game 4-3 L vs Tri-City (Dec 1 2012) Final 4-3 W @ Prince George (Dec 1 2012) Final
Home Record 5-10-0-0 9-4-0-1
Away Record 2-10-0-0 6-8-0-0
GF 73  83 
GA 112  91 
PP (Overall) (14/91) 15.4 (26/129) 20.2
PP (Home) (12/55) 21.8 (12/64) 18.8
PP (Away) (2/36) 5.6 (14/65) 21.5
PK (Overall) (28/116) 75.9 (25/128) 80.5
PK (Home) (17/62) 72.6 (10/57) 82.5
PK (Away) (11/54) 79.6 (15/71) 78.9
Leading Rookie Popoff (3-3-6) Hicketts (1-7-8)
Most PIM Vannieuwenhuizen - 57 Carroll - 62
Team PIM/GM 17.2/Game 19.6/Game
Leading Scorers Tvrdon (8-14-22) Gogolev (11-21-32)
Houck (4-18-22) Nelson (6-22-28)
Cheek (10-11-21) Magee (12-9-21)
Kulak (4-11-15) Walker (10-11-21)
Kessy (7-5-12) Crooks (14-6-20)
Last 5 Games 4-3 L vs Tri-City (Dec 1 2012) Final 4-3 W @ Prince George (Dec 1 2012) Final
4-0 L @ Everett (Nov 30 2012) Final 2-0 W @ Prince George (Nov 30 2012) Final
2-1 L vs Moose Jaw (Nov 28 2012) Final 4-3 L vs Moose Jaw (Nov 27 2012) Final SO
2-1 L @ Kamloops (Nov 24 2012) Final 3-2 W vs Prince George (Nov 24 2012) Final
3-0 L @ Portland (Nov 21 2012) Final 5-4 L vs Prince George (Nov 23 2012) Final
Leading After 1st 5-1-0-0 8-2-0-1
Leading After 2nd 5-0-0-0 8-0-0-1
Tied After 1st 2-6-0-0 4-3-0-0
Tied After 2nd 2-5-0-0 1-1-0-0
Trailing After 1st 0-13-0-0 3-7-0-0
Trailing After 2nd 0-15-0-0 6-11-0-0
Out Shooting Opponents 6-8-0-0 5-2-0-0
Out Shot by Opponents 1-11-0-0 8-10-0-1
1-Goal Games 4-8-0-0 9-2-0-1
2-Goal Games 0-3-0-0 4-2-0-0
3-Goal Games 2-3-0-0 1-6-0-0

Victoria Royals
# Player GP G A PTS PIM +/-
17 Alex Gogolev 4 1 4 5 4 2
11 Steven Hodges 3 2 2 4 14 1
18 Brandon Magee 4 3 0 3 9 1
10 Ben Walker 4 2 1 3 4 3
19 Logan Nelson 4 0 3 3 4 1
15 Jamie Crooks 4 1 1 2 2 -1
20 Logan Fisher 4 1 1 2 0 0
2 Joe Hicketts 4 1 1 2 10 3
27 Brett Cote 4 0 2 2 2 -1
21 Austin Carroll 4 1 0 1 8 -1
4 Jordan Fransoo 3 0 1 1 0 -3
14 Jack Walker 1 0 1 1 0 0
6 Jesse Zgraggen 4 0 1 1 7 -3
17 X Dakota Conroy 1 0 0 0 0 0
22 Taylor Crunk 3 0 0 0 0 -1
9 Mitch Deacon 2 0 0 0 0 0
23 X Kolton Dixon 3 0 0 0 17 2
25 Brandon Fushimi 1 0 0 0 0 0
3 Ryan Gagnon 2 0 0 0 0 0
28 Luke Harrison 4 0 0 0 4 -4
5 Keegan Kanzig 4 0 0 0 0 0
33 Patrik Polivka 3 0 0 0 0 0
1 X Jared Rathjen 1 0 0 0 0 0
7 Tyler Stahl 1 0 0 0 0 -1
12 Tim Traber 4 0 0 0 17 -4
35 Coleman Vollrath 1 0 0 0 0 0

# Player GP W L OTL SL MIN GA GAA SV%
33 Patrik Polivka 3 3 0 0 0 178:29 7 2.35 0.918
35 Coleman Vollrath 1 0 0 0 0 20:00 1 3.00 0.938
1 X Jared Rathjen 1 0 1 0 0 40:00 3 4.50 0.833

Vancouver Giants
# Player GP G A PTS PIM +/-
17 Marek Tvrdon 4 3 4 7 2 2
27 Jackson Houck 4 0 7 7 4 3
19 X Nathan Burns 4 3 2 5 4 2
12 Cain Franson 3 3 0 3 0 1
6 X David Musil 4 0 2 2 6 1
2 Brett Kulak 4 1 0 1 6 0
9 Dalton Sward 3 1 0 1 8 -1
14 Trevor Cheek 2 0 1 1 5 -2
10 Scott Cooke 4 0 1 1 2 0
37 X Taylor Makin 1 0 1 1 2 0
20 Tanner Moar 3 0 1 1 7 2
18 Anthony Ast 3 0 0 0 0 -1
39 Thomas Foster 2 0 0 0 0 0
31 Tyler Fuhr 1 0 0 0 0 0
22 Kale Kessy 1 0 0 0 2 0
15 Riley Kieser 4 0 0 0 0 0
1 Payton Lee 1 0 0 0 0 0
33 Liam Liston 2 0 0 0 0 0
8 Tyler Morrison 4 0 0 0 0 2
28 X John Neibrandt 3 0 0 0 0 -2
4 Blake Orban 3 0 0 0 2 2
16 Carter Popoff 3 0 0 0 12 -2
25 Tristan Sieben 3 0 0 0 2 -1
5 Wes Vannieuwenhuizen 4 0 0 0 9 -2
24 X Austin Vetterl 2 0 0 0 0 0
26 Taylor Vickerman 2 0 0 0 5 0
29 Reid Zalitach 2 0 0 0 0 0

# Player GP W L OTL SL MIN GA GAA SV%
1 Payton Lee 1 1 0 0 0 60:00 1 1.00 0.929
31 Tyler Fuhr 1 0 1 0 0 59:15 2 2.03 0.909
33 Liam Liston 2 0 2 0 0 118:32 8 4.05 0.800