The Royals snappped an 11 game winless slide in Victoria Friday with a 5-3 win over Vancouver, as the line of Jamie Crooks, Brandon Magee and Steven Hodges combined for 7 points. Hodges with 2 goals and the Gordie Howe hat trick. Coleman Vollrath made 28 saves for his 3rd win of the season. Cain Franson had 3 points for the Giants.
The victory tied the franchise record for wins in a season with 33. With a single point, the club can tie the franchise record for most points in a season with 74 held by the Chilliwack Bruins in ‘10-11 (33-31-4-4, 74).
It’s the 10th and final meeting of the season, with the Royals winning the past 4 and holding a 7 games to 2 advantage in the series.
The Giants have won 3 straight at home, most recently a 1-0 overtime shut out Sunday against Everett.
The Royals had 7 scratches Friday, 5 due to injury, plus 2 suspended. Keegan Kanzig served the final of his two game suspension, while Tim Traber served his second of six games. Victoria was missing Alex Gogolev, Trent Lofthouse, Tyler Stahl, Luke Harrison and Logan Fisher to injury.
Victoria is playing their 4th of 5 games in 6 nights, part of a gruelling 6 in 8 stretch.
After Vancouver Saturday, the club returns home for a 5pm Sunday start against Portland, and will face the Winterhawks again Tuesday and wrap up the regular season with a home and home with Everett next Friday and Saturday.
| Previous Meetings This Season | Vancouver 3 @ Victoria 5 (Mar 8 2013) Final Vancouver 1 @ Victoria 4 (Jan 26 2013) Final Vancouver 4 @ Victoria 6 (Jan 25 2013) Final Victoria 6 @ Vancouver 2 (Jan 18 2013) Final Vancouver 7 @ Victoria 2 (Dec 5 2012) Final 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
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| Team Record | 19-47-2-0 -- 40 points | 33-27-2-5 -- 73 points |
| Division Ranking | 5th B.C. | 3rd B.C. |
| Conference Ranking | 10th Western | 6th Western |
| League Ranking | 22nd | 11th |
| Past 10 Games | 4-4-2-0 | 1-7-1-1 |
| Streak | 0-1-0-0 | 1-0-0-1 |
| Last Game | 5-3 L @ Victoria (Mar 8 2013) Final | 5-3 W vs Vancouver (Mar 8 2013) Final |
| Home Record | 12-21-0-0 | 20-9-2-2 |
| Away Record | 7-26-2-0 | 13-18-0-3 |
| GF | 185 | 211 |
| GA | 284 | 236 |
| PP (Overall) | (47/273) 17.2 | (69/319) 21.6 |
| PP (Home) | (25/141) 17.7 | (35/156) 22.4 |
| PP (Away) | (22/132) 16.7 | (34/163) 20.9 |
| PK (Overall) | (76/286) 73.4 | (67/306) 78.1 |
| PK (Home) | (37/134) 72.4 | (30/135) 77.8 |
| PK (Away) | (39/152) 74.3 | (37/171) 78.4 |
| Leading Rookie | Popoff (13-11-24) | Walker (8-13-21) |
| Most PIM | Geertsen - 126 | Kanzig - 153 |
| Team PIM/GM | 16.6/Game | 19.1/Game |
| Leading Scorers | Houck (20-34-54) | Gogolev (20-45-65) |
| Rouse (14-36-50) | Magee (30-30-60) | |
| Franson (28-21-49) | Crooks (32-20-52) | |
| Kulak (12-28-40) | Walker (19-29-48) | |
| Sward (7-19-26) | Hodges (27-18-45) | |
| Last 5 Games | 5-3 L @ Victoria (Mar 8 2013) Final | 5-3 W vs Vancouver (Mar 8 2013) Final |
| 1-0 W vs Everett (Mar 3 2013) Final OT | 4-3 L @ Kelowna (Mar 6 2013) Final SO | |
| 4-2 L @ Kamloops (Mar 2 2013) Final | 6-0 L @ Kamloops (Mar 5 2013) Final | |
| 5-4 W vs Lethbridge (Mar 1 2013) Final OT | 3-2 L vs Spokane (Mar 2 2013) Final | |
| 5-3 W @ Kamloops (Feb 27 2013) Final | 4-3 L vs Spokane (Mar 1 2013) Final OT | |
| Leading After 1st | 10-4-1-0 | 16-5-1-1 |
| Leading After 2nd | 13-1-1-0 | 20-0-0-2 |
| Tied After 1st | 6-12-1-0 | 12-6-1-2 |
| Tied After 2nd | 5-10-1-0 | 3-1-2-2 |
| Trailing After 1st | 3-31-0-0 | 5-16-0-2 |
| Trailing After 2nd | 1-36-0-0 | 10-26-0-1 |
| Out Shooting Opponents | 16-18-0-0 | 12-8-0-2 |
| Out Shot by Opponents | 3-28-2-0 | 19-19-2-3 |
| 1-Goal Games | 10-11-2-0 | 14-4-2-5 |
| 2-Goal Games | 1-11-0-0 | 9-4-0-0 |
| 3-Goal Games | 4-8-0-0 | 5-9-0-0 |
