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| The Royals practiced in Cranbrook Monday |
The Royals begin 3 games in 4 nights, in the final stretch of 7 consecutive on the road. They’ll be in Calgary Friday and Medicine Hat Saturday.
Victoria looks to snap a 4 game slide after falling by identical 6-2 scores in Portland Friday and Saturday and losses to Kamloops and Vancouver.
Against the Winterhawks, the Royals openend the scoring in both weekend games, but could not hold off the 3rd best offense in the league.
Lethbridge is one of the hottest teams in the Eastern Conference riding a 2 game win streak and winning 7 of their last 10 contests.
Most recently, the Canes scored twice in the final 5 minutes to tie the game and eventually won 5-4 in a shootout against the visiting Saskatoon Blades Saturday.
The Hurricanes wrap up their 6 game home stand Wednesday, winning 4 and losing once in a shoot out to Vancouver.
They’re expected to reveal their 3rd jerseys against the Royals.
After Wednesday’s contest, Victoria will have reached the quarter mark of the season, playing 18 of 72 games.
How the 2 teams match up
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| Team Record | 10-7-1-1 -- 22 points | 9-8-0-0 -- 18 points |
| Division Ranking | 3rd Central | 3rd B.C. |
| Conference Ranking | 4th Eastern | 6th Western |
| League Ranking | 9th | 14th |
| Past 10 Games | 7-1-1-1 | 4-6-0-0 |
| Streak | 4-0-0-1 | 0-4-0-0 |
| Last Game | 5-4 W vs Saskatoon (Nov 3 2012) Final SO | 6-2 L @ Portland (Nov 3 2012) Final |
| Home Record | 8-3-1-1 | 6-2-0-0 |
| Away Record | 2-4-0-0 | 3-6-0-0 |
| GF | 61 | 46 |
| GA | 55 | 60 |
| PP (Overall) | (15/90) 16.7 | (17/87) 19.5 |
| PP (Home) | (11/65) 16.9 | (7/42) 16.7 |
| PP (Away) | (4/25) 16.0 | (10/45) 22.2 |
| PK (Overall) | (21/84) 75.0 | (16/74) 78.4 |
| PK (Home) | (13/57) 77.2 | (5/29) 82.8 |
| PK (Away) | (8/27) 70.4 | (11/45) 75.6 |
| Leading Rookie | Blomqvist (1-10-11) | Hicketts (1-5-6) |
| Most PIM | Yakubowski - 49 | Carroll - 47 |
| Team PIM/GM | 18.2/Game | 19.7/Game |
| Leading Scorers | Maxwell (12-8-20) | Gogolev (8-12-20) |
| Ramsay (3-10-13) | Nelson (3-13-16) | |
| Hood (3-10-13) | Walker (6-7-13) | |
| Merkley (8-4-12) | Magee (8-4-12) | |
| Mckechnie (9-2-11) | Crooks (6-3-9) | |
| Last 5 Games | 5-4 W vs Saskatoon (Nov 3 2012) Final SO | 6-2 L @ Portland (Nov 3 2012) Final |
| 5-2 W vs Medicine Hat (Nov 2 2012) Final | 6-2 L @ Portland (Nov 2 2012) Final | |
| 4-3 L vs Vancouver (Oct 30 2012) Final SO | 5-2 L @ Kamloops (Oct 27 2012) Final | |
| 4-1 W vs Swift Current (Oct 27 2012) Final | 4-1 L @ Vancouver (Oct 26 2012) Final | |
| 6-1 W vs Regina (Oct 26 2012) Final | 4-3 W vs Brandon (Oct 23 2012) Final OT | |
| Leading After 1st | 7-2-0-0 | 3-1-0-0 |
| Leading After 2nd | 8-0-0-0 | 4-0-0-0 |
| Tied After 1st | 0-0-0-1 | 3-1-0-0 |
| Tied After 2nd | 1-0-0-1 | 0-0-0-0 |
| Trailing After 1st | 3-5-1-0 | 3-6-0-0 |
| Trailing After 2nd | 1-7-1-0 | 5-8-0-0 |
| Out Shooting Opponents | 7-1-0-0 | 3-0-0-0 |
| Out Shot by Opponents | 3-6-1-1 | 5-8-0-0 |
| 1-Goal Games | 3-1-1-1 | 7-0-0-0 |
| 2-Goal Games | 2-1-0-0 | 2-1-0-0 |
| 3-Goal Games | 2-4-0-0 | 0-5-0-0 |
