Tuesday 17 December 2013

Preview: Victoria at Edmonton, Tues, Dec 17th 2013

The Victoria Royals (22-13-0-2, 46pts) wrap up their 5 game road trip against the Edmonton Oil Kings (23-9-0-1, 47pts) Tuesday night. 

Pregame show at 5:45 on The Zone @ 91.3 fm.

Victoria looks to even the season series, after a 5-0 loss on the Island November 6th.

The Royals are coming off a 6-1 win against the Hurricanes on Sunday and have points in 3 straight on the trip (2-1-0-1). The Royals got goals from six different players. 

Ryan Gagnon scored his first WHL goal which stood as the winner, as he along with Brandon Magee and Steven Hodges had a goal and assist each.  Coleman Vollrath made 30 saves for the win.  Brett Cote and Chaz Reddekopp picked up 2 assists each while Ben Walker, Austin Carroll and Mitch Skapski rounded out the scoring.

After falling 3-2 in Vancouver Tuesday, the club won 4-3 in overtime in Swift Current Thursday, and picked up a single in a 4-3 shoot out loss Saturday in Medicine Hat.

Victoria has earned 5 of a possible 8 points, 4 games into the road trip.  They pull in to a tie for 3rd with Everett, while Seattle and Spokane are tied, 2 points back.

The Oil Kings have won 9 in a row, sitting atop of the Eastern Conference.  Their last loss came at home to Prince George 8-3 on November 22nd.  During the win streak, they’ve outscored their opposition 38-18.

Edmonton is without 5 players off to World Junior selection Camps and 112 points. Mads Eller attending on behalf of Denmark, Edgars Kulda for Latvia, Curtis Lazar and Griffin Reinhart for Canada, Henrik Samuelsson for USA.

Netminder Tristan Jarry has won his last 11 starts, including all 9 on their current win streak. 

- Marlon Martens
Victoria Royals vs Edmonton Oil Kings: Head To Head Stats
Summary

   
Description
Result
Head to Head Record 2013-14 Regular Season Victoria 0-1-0-0Edmonton 1-0-0-0
Head to Head Record 2012-13 Regular Season Victoria 0-2-0-0Edmonton 2-0-0-0
Last 5 Years record between teams Victoria 3-5-1-0Edmonton 6-2-1-0
Victoria vs. Edmonton Last 5 Years record at Victoria Victoria 1-2-1-0Edmonton 3-0-1-0
Victoria vs. Edmonton Last 5 Years record at Edmonton Victoria 2-3-0-0Edmonton 3-2-0-0
Previous Meetings This Season Edmonton 5 @ Victoria 0 (Nov 6 2013) Final



How the 2 teams match up
     
 
Edmonton
Victoria
Team Record 23-9-0-1 -- 47 points 22-13-0-2 -- 46 points
Division Ranking 1st Central 2nd B.C.
Conference Ranking 1st Eastern 4th Western
League Ranking 3rd 7th
Past 10 Games 9-1-0-0 6-3-0-1
Streak 9-0-0-0 2-0-0-1
Last Game 4-0 W vs Saskatoon (Dec 15 2013) Final 6-1 W @ Lethbridge (Dec 15 2013) Final
Home Record 10-5-0-1 11-8-0-1
Away Record 13-4-0-0 11-5-0-1
GF 126  106 
GA 81  91 
PP (Overall) (25/145) 17.2 (34/161) 21.1
PP (Home) (19/73) 26.0 (19/89) 21.3
PP (Away) (6/72) 8.3 (15/72) 20.8
PK (Overall) (23/156) 85.3 (24/158) 84.8
PK (Home) (10/71) 85.9 (15/91) 83.5
PK (Away) (13/85) 84.7 (9/67) 86.6
Leading Rookie Irving (7-19-26) Soy (9-8-17)
Most PIM Moroz - 87 Carroll - 76
Team PIM/GM 16.8/Game 15.3/Game
Leading Scorers Samuelsson (14-24-38) Nelson (12-20-32)
  Lazar (21-16-37) Carroll (18-10-28)
  Moroz (20-13-33) Magee (11-15-26)
  Corbett (10-17-27) Blomqvist (10-15-25)
  Irving (7-19-26) Walker (14-9-23)
Last 5 Games 4-0 W vs Saskatoon (Dec 15 2013) Final 6-1 W @ Lethbridge (Dec 15 2013) Final
  7-3 W vs Lethbridge (Dec 13 2013) Final 4-3 L @ Medicine Hat (Dec 14 2013) Final SO
  7-5 W @ Prince Albert (Dec 11 2013) Final 4-3 W @ Swift Current (Dec 12 2013) Final OT
  3-1 W @ Saskatoon (Dec 10 2013) Final 3-2 L @ Vancouver (Dec 10 2013) Final
  2-1 W vs Medicine Hat (Dec 8 2013) Final 7-4 L vs Vancouver (Dec 7 2013) Final
Leading After 1st 14-1-0-0 13-1-0-0
Leading After 2nd 18-2-0-0 16-0-0-0
Tied After 1st 7-3-0-0 7-1-0-0
Tied After 2nd 3-1-0-1 3-0-0-1
Trailing After 1st 2-5-0-1 2-11-0-2
Trailing After 2nd 2-6-0-0 3-13-0-1
Out Shooting Opponents 18-6-0-1 7-5-0-1
Out Shot by Opponents 4-3-0-0 12-8-0-1
1-Goal Games 6-2-0-1 9-4-0-2
2-Goal Games 5-5-0-0 5-3-0-0
3-Goal Games 2-0-0-0 4-3-0-0