Thursday 26 December 2013

Preview: Prince George at Victoria, Friday Dec. 27th 2013

The Victoria Royals (23-13-0-2, 48pts) return from their Christmas break to entertain the Prince George Cougars (14-18-2-3, 33pts) for a pair of back to back games beginning Friday night.

Pregame show on The Zone @ 91.3 fm at 6:45 or online at www.thezone.fm/listen

It’s the 5th meeting of the season, with the Royals holding a 3-1 series advantage winning the last 3 encounters.  Most recently sweeping the Cougars on the Island by 3-0 and 5-4 scores October 14th and 16th.

The Royals posted a franchise record 48 points (23-13-0-2) ahead of Christmas this season.

Victoria is 10 games over .500 and tied with Everett for 3rd in the West.  Prince George is 9th in the West, 4 points back of Tri City for the 8th and final playoff spot.

The Royals are riding a 2 game win streak, and have points in their last 4 (3-1-0-1) after a 5 game road trip picking up 7 of a possible 10 points.  Most recently a 5-3 victory against the Oil Kings on Dec 17th.

The Cougars won their last game 3-1 against the Giants in Vancouver on December 15th.

Both clubs will be without 16 year olds participating at the U-17 tournament in Nova Scotia from Dec. 29th – Jan. 4th.

Victoria sends Tyler Soy, Chaz Reddekopp, Assistant Coach Enio Sacilotto and Athletic Therapist Khore Elliot.  Prince George will be without the services of Brad Morrison, Jansen Harkins and Tate Olsen.

Over the break, Royals defenseman Keegan Kanzig signed a 3 year entry level contract with the Calgary Flames who drafted him in the 3rd round this past year.
Victoria Royals vs Prince George Cougars: Head To Head Stats
Summary

Description
Result
Head to Head Record 2013-14 Regular Season Victoria 3-1-0-0Prince George 1-3-0-0
Head to Head Record 2012-13 Regular Season Victoria 6-2-0-0Prince George 2-4-0-2
Last 5 Years record between teams Victoria 25-9-0-2Prince George 11-21-0-4
Victoria vs. Prince George Last 5 Years record at Victoria Victoria 12-5-0-1Prince George 6-10-0-2
Victoria vs. Prince George Last 5 Years record at Prince George Victoria 13-4-0-1Prince George 5-11-0-2
Previous Meetings This Season Prince George 4 @ Victoria 5 (Oct 16 2013) Final
Prince George 0 @ Victoria 3 (Oct 14 2013) Final
Victoria 1 @ Prince George 0 (Oct 2 2013) Final
Victoria 0 @ Prince George 2 (Oct 1 2013) Final
How the 2 teams match up
Prince George
Victoria
Team Record 14-18-2-3 -- 33 points 23-13-0-2 -- 48 points
Division Ranking 4th B.C. 2nd B.C.
Conference Ranking 9th Western 4th Western
League Ranking 18th 6th
Past 10 Games 5-4-1-0 6-3-0-1
Streak 1-0-0-0 3-0-0-1
Last Game 3-1 W @ Vancouver (Dec 15 2013) Final 5-3 W @ Edmonton (Dec 17 2013) Final
Home Record 6-7-2-3 11-8-0-1
Away Record 8-11-0-0 12-5-0-1
GF 110  111 
GA 140  94 
PP (Overall) (23/164) 14.0 (34/163) 20.9
PP (Home) (8/74) 10.8 (19/89) 21.3
PP (Away) (15/90) 16.7 (15/74) 20.3
PK (Overall) (40/173) 76.9 (25/163) 84.7
PK (Home) (11/72) 84.7 (15/91) 83.5
PK (Away) (29/101) 71.3 (10/72) 86.1
Leading Rookie Harkins (5-5-10) Soy (9-8-17)
Most PIM McNulty - 65 Carroll - 76
Team PIM/GM 16.6/Game 15.2/Game
Leading Scorers Fiddler (15-22-37) Nelson (12-20-32)
Bourke (13-21-34) Magee (12-17-29)
Witala (18-13-31) Carroll (18-10-28)
Forsberg (6-20-26) Blomqvist (11-15-26)
Wilson (10-15-25) Walker (15-9-24)
Last 5 Games 3-1 W @ Vancouver (Dec 15 2013) Final 5-3 W @ Edmonton (Dec 17 2013) Final
6-3 L @ Spokane (Dec 14 2013) Final 6-1 W @ Lethbridge (Dec 15 2013) Final
5-1 W @ Tri-City (Dec 13 2013) Final 4-3 L @ Medicine Hat (Dec 14 2013) Final SO
3-1 L vs Kootenay (Dec 10 2013) Final 4-3 W @ Swift Current (Dec 12 2013) Final OT
5-2 W vs Tri-City (Dec 7 2013) Final 3-2 L @ Vancouver (Dec 10 2013) Final
Leading After 1st 8-2-0-1 14-1-0-0
Leading After 2nd 9-1-0-0 17-0-0-0
Tied After 1st 3-7-2-0 7-1-0-0
Tied After 2nd 3-2-0-2 3-0-0-1
Trailing After 1st 3-9-0-2 2-11-0-2
Trailing After 2nd 2-15-2-1 3-13-0-1
Out Shooting Opponents 7-5-2-2 7-5-0-1
Out Shot by Opponents 7-12-0-1 13-8-0-1
1-Goal Games 6-4-2-3 9-4-0-2
2-Goal Games 4-2-0-0 6-3-0-0
3-Goal Games 2-7-0-0 4-3-0-0