Sunday 16 February 2014

Preview: Victoria at Moose Jaw, Mon, Feb 17.2014

The Victoria Royals (40-16-1-3, 84pts) visit the Moose Jaw Warriors (15-34-3-5, 38 pts) Monday at noon in their only meeting of the season.

Pregame show at 11:45 am PST on The Zone @ 91.3 fm

The club continues to set franchise records, including wins with 40, points in 12 consecutive games (10-0-1-1), points (84), and road victories with 20 (20-6-0-1).  Victoria has won 5 in a row, and 7 consecutive on the road.

Most recently a 5-4 come from behind victory or the Raiders in Prince Albert Saturday.

Jack Walker scored the eventual game winner and Brandon Magee had 3 assists as his line with Axel Blomqvist (2a) and Steven Hodges (1g) combined for 6 points.  Defenseman Joe Hicketts had two assists and his defensive partner Travis Brown had a goal and assist.  Coleman Vollrath earned his 20th win with 22 saves.

It’s the only meeting of the season, as last year Moose Jaw won 4-3 in a shoot out in Victoria, and the Royals fell 2-0 to the Warriors the year prior.

Moose Jaw suffered a 6-1 loss to Medicine Hat Saturday in Alberta, but won in Lethbridge 4-2 Friday.

The Tribe are 10 games under .500 at home this season (9-19-0-3).

Moose Jaw sits 10th in the East, 22 points out of a playoff spot.

The Warriors have taken the 2nd most penalty minutes on average per game in the league. 

Moose Jaw is led in scoring by top prospect Brayden Point with 26 goals and 37 assists for 63 points.  He won Gold at the U-18 this past summer with Royals Joe Hicketts.

Monday’s matinee will be the first and only time this season that Travis Brown will square off against his former team.  Brown was selected by the Warriors in the 4th round, 76th overall, in the 2009 WHL Bantam Draft.  He played three and half seasons for the tribe; he played in 182 games, he had 25 goals, and 109 points.  Brown led the Warriors defence in scoring in his rookie season, 2011-2012, and was part of the team that went to the 2012 Eastern Conference Final.

After Victoria plays Monday in Moose Jaw, they’ll travel to Brandon for a Wednesday game, then Regina and Saskatoon before travelling back to the Island.  Then they’ll play a pair in Prince George before their next home date March 7th and 8th against Kamloops. 

- Marlon Martens
Victoria Royals vs Moose Jaw Warriors: Head To Head Stats
Summary

Description
Result
Head to Head Record 2013-14 Regular Season Victoria 0-0-0-0Moose Jaw 0-0-0-0
Head to Head Record 2012-13 Regular Season Victoria 0-0-0-1Moose Jaw 1-0-0-0
Last 5 Years record between teams Victoria 0-3-0-1Moose Jaw 4-0-0-0
Victoria vs. Moose Jaw Last 5 Years record at Victoria Victoria 0-1-0-1Moose Jaw 2-0-0-0
Victoria vs. Moose Jaw Last 5 Years record at Moose Jaw Victoria 0-2-0-0Moose Jaw 2-0-0-0



How the 2 teams match up
Moose Jaw
Victoria
Team Record 15-34-3-5 -- 38 points 40-16-1-3 -- 84 points
Division Ranking 5th East 2nd B.C.
Conference Ranking 10th Eastern 3rd Western
League Ranking 19th 5th
Past 10 Games 2-8-0-0 8-0-1-1
Streak 0-1-0-0 10-0-1-1
Last Game 6-1 L @ Medicine Hat (Feb 15 2014) Final 5-4 W @ Prince Albert (Feb 15 2014) Final
Home Record 6-15-3-2 20-10-1-2
Away Record 9-19-0-3 20-6-0-1
GF 148  196 
GA 221  149 
PP (Overall) (52/269) 19.3 (55/257) 21.4
PP (Home) (29/130) 22.3 (31/148) 20.9
PP (Away) (23/139) 16.5 (24/109) 22.0
PK (Overall) (56/248) 77.4 (45/248) 81.9
PK (Home) (22/112) 80.4 (27/138) 80.4
PK (Away) (34/136) 75.0 (18/110) 83.6
Leading Rookie Sleptsov (2-16-18) Soy (11-13-24)
Most PIM Eberle - 117 Carroll - 99
Team PIM/GM 17.8/Game 14.3/Game
Leading Scorers Point (26-37-63) Magee (20-33-53)
Fioretti (14-28-42) Blomqvist (20-29-49)
Rodewald (19-16-35) Brown (12-36-48)
Eberle (14-19-33) Carroll (29-18-47)
White (16-12-28) Nelson (19-26-45)
Last 5 Games 6-1 L @ Medicine Hat (Feb 15 2014) Final 5-4 W @ Prince Albert (Feb 15 2014) Final
4-2 W @ Lethbridge (Feb 14 2014) Final 3-2 W vs Tri-City (Feb 12 2014) Final OT
3-1 L vs Kootenay (Feb 11 2014) Final 3-2 W @ Vancouver (Feb 10 2014) Final
6-3 L vs Swift Current (Feb 8 2014) Final 6-4 W @ Kelowna (Feb 8 2014) Final
7-1 W @ Prince Albert (Feb 7 2014) Final 3-1 W @ Kamloops (Feb 7 2014) Final
Leading After 1st 9-5-1-0 22-1-1-1
Leading After 2nd 12-0-1-2 27-0-1-1
Tied After 1st 4-11-2-3 13-2-0-0
Tied After 2nd 2-4-2-0 9-0-0-1
Trailing After 1st 2-18-0-2 5-13-0-2
Trailing After 2nd 1-30-0-3 4-16-0-1
Out Shooting Opponents 8-11-2-1 15-5-1-2
Out Shot by Opponents 5-20-1-4 22-11-0-1
1-Goal Games 9-6-3-5 18-5-1-3
2-Goal Games 2-10-0-0 10-5-0-0
3-Goal Games 2-10-0-0 5-3-0-0