It’s their 5th meeting of 8 this season, with Victoria holding a 3-1 series lead after a pair of wins in Prince George by scores of 2-0 and 4-3 on Nov 30th and Dec 1st respectively. They split a double header on the Island back in November.
The Royals are coming off a 3 game road trip (1-1-0-1) picking up a 6-2 win in Seattle, falling in a shoot out 3-2 in Red Deer, and dropping the final game 5-2 in Edmonton. Victoria is 6th in the Conference, 7 points back of Tri City and 8 ahead of Prince George.
The Cougars played a 3 game set against the Giants before the break, falling 2-1 in Vancouver and then winning the final two at home by 6-0 and 2-1 scores. Prince George is tied for 8th in the Conference with Everett, but have 3 games in hand.
The Royals will be without defensemen Joe Hicketts and Ryan Gagnon who are representing Team Pacific at the 2013 World U-17 Hockey Challenge from Dec. 29 to Jan. 4 in Victoriaville and Drummondville, Que. Cougars forward Carson Bolduc will also be participating. Prince George defenseman Rinalds Rosinskis is representing Latvia at the World Juniors.
How the 2 teams match up
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| Team Record | 12-18-1-3 -- 28 points | 17-14-0-2 -- 36 points |
| Division Ranking | 4th B.C. | 3rd B.C. |
| Conference Ranking | 8th Western | 6th Western |
| League Ranking | 19th | 13th |
| Past 10 Games | 3-7-0-0 | 5-3-0-2 |
| Streak | 2-0-0-0 | 0-1-0-1 |
| Last Game | 2-1 W vs Vancouver (Dec 16 2012) Final | 5-2 L @ Edmonton (Dec 15 2012) Final |
| Home Record | 8-9-1-0 | 10-5-0-1 |
| Away Record | 4-9-0-3 | 7-9-0-1 |
| GF | 87 | 97 |
| GA | 116 | 109 |
| PP (Overall) | (21/154) 13.6 | (31/155) 20.0 |
| PP (Home) | (8/63) 12.7 | (13/73) 17.8 |
| PP (Away) | (13/91) 14.3 | (18/82) 22.0 |
| PK (Overall) | (29/110) 73.6 | (29/148) 80.4 |
| PK (Home) | (10/43) 76.7 | (12/61) 80.3 |
| PK (Away) | (19/67) 71.6 | (17/87) 80.5 |
| Leading Rookie | Witala (4-9-13) | Hicketts (1-8-9) |
| Most PIM | Jacobs - 47 | Kanzig - 75 |
| Team PIM/GM | 12.2/Game | 20.2/Game |
| Leading Scorers | Jacobs (11-15-26) | Gogolev (13-23-36) |
| Forsberg (9-10-19) | Nelson (8-23-31) | |
| Siwak (9-8-17) | Walker (10-16-26) | |
| Erricson (7-9-16) | Crooks (15-10-25) | |
| Bourke (3-13-16) | Magee (13-10-23) | |
| Last 5 Games | 2-1 W vs Vancouver (Dec 16 2012) Final | 5-2 L @ Edmonton (Dec 15 2012) Final |
| 6-0 W vs Vancouver (Dec 15 2012) Final | 3-2 L @ Red Deer (Dec 14 2012) Final SO | |
| 2-1 L @ Vancouver (Dec 14 2012) Final | 6-2 W @ Seattle (Dec 11 2012) Final | |
| 2-0 L vs Swift Current (Dec 11 2012) Final | 2-1 W vs Swift Current (Dec 8 2012) Final | |
| 7-2 L @ Kelowna (Dec 8 2012) Final | 7-2 L vs Vancouver (Dec 5 2012) Final | |
| Leading After 1st | 6-2-0-0 | 9-3-0-1 |
| Leading After 2nd | 9-1-1-1 | 10-0-0-1 |
| Tied After 1st | 3-3-1-2 | 5-3-0-1 |
| Tied After 2nd | 2-5-0-1 | 1-1-0-0 |
| Trailing After 1st | 3-13-0-1 | 3-8-0-0 |
| Trailing After 2nd | 1-12-0-1 | 6-13-0-1 |
| Out Shooting Opponents | 6-8-0-2 | 6-3-0-1 |
| Out Shot by Opponents | 4-10-1-1 | 9-11-0-1 |
| 1-Goal Games | 8-5-1-3 | 10-2-0-2 |
| 2-Goal Games | 1-5-0-0 | 4-2-0-0 |
| 3-Goal Games | 1-2-0-0 | 1-7-0-0 |
