Saturday 16 February 2013

Preview: Victoria at Calgary (Feb 16)

The Victoria Royals (32-20-1-4, 69pts) visit the Calgary Hitmen (37-17-1-3, 78pts) Saturday night, playing their second of 3 in 3 nights.

Pregame show at 5:40, with puck drop at 6:00 PST on The Zone @ 91.3 fm in Victoria, or online at www.thezone.fm/whl

It’s the third meeting of the season, with both clubs winning their respective games on home ice.  On November 9th, defenseman Alex Roach scored two power play goals to lead the Hitmen to a 5-2 victory .   

On October 18th in Victoria, Alex Gogolev scored twice against his former club as Victoria defeated Calgary Hitmen 3-1.  Zane Jones had the lone tally also against his former club.

The Royals fell 2-1 in a shoot out to the host Rebels Friday night and are now 2-1-0-1 on their 6 game road trip.  They won in Tri City and Spokane to kick off the trip, but after a loss at Kootenay are winless in 2.

The Hitmen who received honourable mentions in the CHL Top 10 this week, are coming off a 4-3 loss at the Chiefs Wednesday, wrapping up 9 consecutive on the road with a 5-4 record.  The loss snapped a 4 game win streak.

Calgary sits 3rd in the Eastern Conference, 9 points back of Edmonton for top spot.  Victoria is now 5th in the West, 1 back of Spokane, and 2 up on Tri City.

- Marlon Martens

Previous Meetings This Season Victoria 2 @ Calgary 5 (Nov 9 2012) Final
Calgary 1 @ Victoria 3 (Oct 18 2012) Final

How the 2 teams match up
Calgary
Victoria
Team Record 37-17-1-3 -- 78 points 32-20-1-4 -- 69 points
Division Ranking 2nd Central 3rd B.C.
Conference Ranking 3rd Eastern 5th Western
League Ranking 6th 8th
Past 10 Games 6-4-0-0 5-3-0-2
Streak 0-1-0-0 0-1-0-1
Last Game 4-3 L @ Spokane (Feb 13 2013) Final 2-1 L @ Red Deer (Feb 15 2013) Final SO
Home Record 16-8-1-2 19-5-1-2
Away Record 21-9-0-1 13-15-0-2
GF 205  186 
GA 158  188 
PP (Overall) (44/235) 18.7 (61/272) 22.4
PP (Home) (26/132) 19.7 (28/125) 22.4
PP (Away) (18/103) 17.5 (33/147) 22.4
PK (Overall) (55/299) 81.6 (51/255) 80.0
PK (Home) (32/147) 78.2 (19/107) 82.2
PK (Away) (23/152) 84.9 (32/148) 78.4
Leading Rookie Padakin (16-13-29) Hicketts (2-18-20)
Most PIM Rissling - 111 Carroll - 128
Team PIM/GM 19.2/Game 19.1/Game
Leading Scorers Sylvester (31-37-68) Gogolev (20-45-65)
Macek (27-39-66) Magee (28-23-51)
Brassart (23-34-57) Crooks (28-14-42)
Roach (14-29-43) Walker (16-24-40)
Chase (14-26-40) Hodges (23-14-37)
Last 5 Games 4-3 L @ Spokane (Feb 13 2013) Final 2-1 L @ Red Deer (Feb 15 2013) Final SO
6-2 W @ Tri-City (Feb 12 2013) Final 5-1 L @ Kootenay (Feb 13 2013) Final
4-3 W @ Seattle (Feb 9 2013) Final OT 5-3 W @ Spokane (Feb 10 2013) Final
5-1 W @ Everett (Feb 8 2013) Final 5-3 W @ Tri-City (Feb 8 2013) Final
4-3 W @ Portland (Feb 6 2013) Final 4-1 W vs Seattle (Feb 6 2013) Final
Leading After 1st 22-4-1-1 16-4-0-1
Leading After 2nd 28-0-1-1 20-0-0-2
Tied After 1st 9-4-0-0 11-4-1-2
Tied After 2nd 7-3-0-2 2-1-1-1
Trailing After 1st 6-9-0-2 5-12-0-1
Trailing After 2nd 2-14-0-0 10-19-0-1
Out Shooting Opponents 25-6-1-2 12-5-0-2
Out Shot by Opponents 12-11-0-1 18-15-1-2
1-Goal Games 13-5-1-3 14-2-1-4
2-Goal Games 6-4-0-0 8-3-0-0
3-Goal Games 7-3-0-0 5-8-0-0