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Adam Lowry is the son of Royals Head Coach Dave Lowry, and is also Captain of the Broncos.
It’s also the club’s annual Teddy Bear Toss Night, last year Zane Jones got the goal in an 8-5 victory against Lethbridge on Dec 9th.
Last season Victoria fell 3-1 in Swift Current on January 17th. The Royals are coming off a 7-2 loss to the Giants on the Wednesday and now sit 7th in the West.
Swift Current won 3-1 in Vancouver Friday night, now (1-2) on their BC Division road swing, with the losses in Kelowna and Kamloops. Swift is in sole possession of 6th in the East with 31 points.
The Broncos lead the league in short handed goals with 7, and their power play is ranked 2nd best overall - penalty killing 6th best. 4 of Swift Current's 5 wins over their last 11 games have been against the Wheat Kings.
Broncos Finnish Netminder Eetu Laurikainen has played in all but 2 games for Swift Current this season. Adam Lowry is riding a 7 game point streak (5g 6a).
Victoria forward Logan Nelson is on a 10 game point streak (4g 9a), Brandon Magee has a league high 6 first goals. Alex Gogolev is the team point leader with 33 points.
It’s the last home game for the Royals before 3 on the road in Seattle, Red Deer and Edmonton, then pausing for the Christmas Break.
How the 2 teams match up
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| Team Record | 13-15-3-2 -- 31 points | 15-13-0-1 -- 31 points |
| Division Ranking | 2nd East | 3rd B.C. |
| Conference Ranking | 6th Eastern | 7th Western |
| League Ranking | 13th | 12th |
| Past 10 Games | 4-6-0-0 | 6-3-0-1 |
| Streak | 1-0-0-0 | 0-1-0-0 |
| Last Game | 3-1 W @ Vancouver (Dec 7 2012) Final | 7-2 L vs Vancouver (Dec 5 2012) Final |
| Home Record | 7-7-2-1 | 9-5-0-1 |
| Away Record | 6-8-1-1 | 6-8-0-0 |
| GF | 97 | 85 |
| GA | 94 | 98 |
| PP (Overall) | (33/129) 25.6 | (27/134) 20.1 |
| PP (Home) | (15/66) 22.7 | (13/69) 18.8 |
| PP (Away) | (18/63) 28.6 | (14/65) 21.5 |
| PK (Overall) | (22/137) 83.9 | (26/130) 80.0 |
| PK (Home) | (11/67) 83.6 | (11/59) 81.4 |
| PK (Away) | (11/70) 84.3 | (15/71) 78.9 |
| Leading Rookie | Martin (0-11-11) | Hicketts (1-7-8) |
| Most PIM | Derko - 68 | Carroll - 62 |
| Team PIM/GM | 16.4/Game | 19.2/Game |
| Leading Scorers | Lowry (15-22-37) | Gogolev (11-22-33) |
| Black (14-12-26) | Nelson (7-22-29) | |
| Gordon (8-18-26) | Walker (10-12-22) | |
| Bews (14-10-24) | Magee (12-9-21) | |
| Moser (10-12-22) | Crooks (14-6-20) | |
| Last 5 Games | 3-1 W @ Vancouver (Dec 7 2012) Final | 7-2 L vs Vancouver (Dec 5 2012) Final |
| 6-5 L @ Kelowna (Dec 5 2012) Final | 4-3 W @ Prince George (Dec 1 2012) Final | |
| 2-1 L @ Kamloops (Dec 4 2012) Final | 2-0 W @ Prince George (Nov 30 2012) Final | |
| 5-0 W vs Brandon (Dec 1 2012) Final | 4-3 L vs Moose Jaw (Nov 27 2012) Final SO | |
| 7-2 L vs Spokane (Nov 30 2012) Final | 3-2 W vs Prince George (Nov 24 2012) Final | |
| Leading After 1st | 7-3-2-0 | 8-2-0-1 |
| Leading After 2nd | 11-2-2-1 | 8-0-0-1 |
| Tied After 1st | 5-4-1-1 | 4-3-0-0 |
| Tied After 2nd | 1-4-1-1 | 1-1-0-0 |
| Trailing After 1st | 1-8-0-1 | 3-8-0-0 |
| Trailing After 2nd | 1-9-0-0 | 6-12-0-0 |
| Out Shooting Opponents | 8-3-1-2 | 5-3-0-0 |
| Out Shot by Opponents | 5-12-2-0 | 8-10-0-1 |
| 1-Goal Games | 5-8-3-2 | 9-2-0-1 |
| 2-Goal Games | 2-2-0-0 | 4-2-0-0 |
| 3-Goal Games | 2-2-0-0 | 1-6-0-0 |
