Thursday 29 January 2015

Preview: Victoria at Spokane Fri.Jan.29.2015

The Victoria Royals (26-20-3-1, 56 pts) visit the Spokane Chiefs Friday night in their 2nd of a 3 game US road swing.

Pregame show at 6:40 on The Zone @ 91.3 fm or online cjzn.streamon.fm

Victoria is looking for their first win of the trek after a 4-3 loss at Portland on Wednesday night, snapping their points in 6 games streak.

Alex Forsberg scored twice, as the Royals outshot the ‘Hawks 39-36, but could not find the equalizer with the goaltender pulled.  Justin Paulic took his first loss with the club in 5 starts.

Spokane is winless in 6 (0-5-0-1) after falling by a pair of 2-0 scores versus Tri City and Seattle last Saturday and Sunday.

With 8 players on their injured list, the Chiefs have only scored one goal in their last 4 outings, while allowing 15 against.

It’s the fourth and final meeting, with the Royals holding a 2-1 series advantage after a pair of wins on Island in early January by 8-1 and 4-2 scores.  Victoria fell in Spokane 4-2 on Nov. 26th.

The Royals are 4th in the West with 56 points, 6 up on the 7th place Chiefs, but Spokane has 3 games in hand.

The Royals have scored 37 more goals overall, but have given up 16 more than the Chiefs.

Spokane owns the 4th best penalty kill, while Victoria has the 5th most efficient power play, operating at 40% over their last 5 games (8/20).  The Royals penalty killing is 11th, and has only allowed 2 goals against over their last 8 games (25/27).

The Chiefs are led in scoring by Adam Helewka with 57 points.  16 year old Kailer Yamamoto is 2nd in rookie goals with 16 and scoring with 39 points, 3rd most on his club.

The Royals are led in scoring by Austin Carroll with 59 points.  Travis Brown and Joe Hicketts are 1-2 in defenseman scoring in the WHL with 47 and 45 points respectively.  Victoria has 7 players with 40 or more points, while Spokane has 2.

The Royals are in the middle of 3 games in 4 nights on the road.

The 3 game US road swing wraps up Saturday night at Tri City.

- Marlon Martens

Victoria Royals vs Spokane Chiefs: Head To Head Stats Summary
  
Description
Result
Head to Head Record 2014-15 Regular SeasonVictoria 2-1-0-0Spokane 1-2-0-0
Head to Head Record 2013-14 Regular SeasonVictoria 1-3-0-0Spokane 3-1-0-0
Last 5 Years record between teamsVictoria 5-11-1-2Spokane 14-5-0-0
Victoria vs. Spokane Last 5 Years record at VictoriaVictoria 3-6-1-0Spokane 7-3-0-0
Victoria vs. Spokane Last 5 Years record at SpokaneVictoria 2-5-0-2Spokane 7-2-0-0
Previous Meetings This SeasonSpokane 2 @ Victoria 4 (Jan 3 2015) Final
Spokane 1 @ Victoria 8 (Jan 2 2015) Final
Victoria 2 @ Spokane 4 (Nov 26 2014) Final

How the 2 teams match up
   
 
Spokane
Victoria
Team Record23-20-3-1 -- 50 points26-20-3-1 -- 56 points
Division Ranking4th U.S.2nd B.C.
Conference Ranking7th Western4th Western
League Ranking15th9th
Past 10 Games2-7-0-17-2-1-0
Streak0-5-0-10-1-0-0
Last Game2-0 L vs Seattle (Jan 25 2015) Final4-3 L @ Portland (Jan 28 2015) Final
Home Record11-10-2-016-7-3-0
Away Record12-10-1-110-13-0-1
GF135 172 
GA142 158 
PP (Overall)(37/176) 21.0(50/218) 22.9
PP (Home)(11/82) 13.4(29/104) 27.9
PP (Away)(26/94) 27.7(21/114) 18.4
PK (Overall)(33/192) 82.8(43/213) 79.8
PK (Home)(10/89) 88.8(17/102) 83.3
PK (Away)(23/103) 77.7(26/111) 76.6
Leading RookieYamamoto (16-23-39)Nagy (5-6-11)
Most PIMLaday - 67Carroll - 93
Team PIM/GM13.3/Game14.8/Game
Leading ScorersHelewka (26-31-57)Carroll (28-31-59)
 Fram (8-32-40)Brown (16-31-47)
 Brooks (16-23-39)Hicketts (9-36-45)
 Yamamoto (16-23-39)Forsberg (21-22-43)
 Stewart (16-14-30)Magee (15-27-42)
Last 5 Games2-0 L vs Seattle (Jan 25 2015) Final4-3 L @ Portland (Jan 28 2015) Final
 2-0 L vs Tri-City (Jan 24 2015) Final6-0 W vs Kamloops (Jan 24 2015) Final
 4-1 L @ Portland (Jan 23 2015) Final4-3 L vs Kamloops (Jan 23 2015) Final OT
 7-0 L @ Tri-City (Jan 17 2015) Final4-3 W @ Edmonton (Jan 18 2015) Final OT
 5-3 L @ Everett (Jan 16 2015) Final4-1 W @ Calgary (Jan 17 2015) Final
Leading After 1st11-3-0-012-3-0-0
Leading After 2nd15-0-1-117-1-0-0
Tied After 1st5-6-3-08-6-0-1
Tied After 2nd4-3-1-05-3-2-0
Trailing After 1st7-11-0-16-11-3-0
Trailing After 2nd4-17-1-04-16-1-1
Out Shooting Opponents15-10-1-015-6-1-0
Out Shot by Opponents8-8-2-110-13-2-1
1-Goal Games13-5-3-110-7-3-1
2-Goal Games4-9-0-05-6-0-0
3-Goal Games3-3-0-04-3-0-0