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They split their early two encounters in Victoria, with the Kelowna winning 4-1 October 12th, and the Royals edging the Rockets the following night 3-2, paced by a Ben Walker Gordie Howe Hat Trick.
Victoria is coming off a pair of wins against the visiting Prince George Cougars Friday and Saturday by 5-1 and 4-3 scores. The latter a come from behind shoot out victory. The club played without their top to point producers, Alex Gogolev (day to day) and Logan Nelson (lower body) on the weekend. The Royals are 6th in the Conference, 5 points back of the Americans.
Kelowna is 3rd in the West, and has now won 14 straight at home after a 5-1 win over Everett on Sunday. Overall they’ve won 14 of their last 16, putting them just 2 points behind Kamloops. The Rockets had F Colton Sissons, their captain, back in the lineup after he missed 10 games with a concussion. G Jordon Cooke also returned from a foot injury to stop 18 shots.
How the 2 teams match up
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| Team Record | 26-10-1-1 -- 54 points | 19-14-0-2 -- 40 points |
| Division Ranking | 2nd B.C. | 3rd B.C. |
| Conference Ranking | 3rd Western | 6th Western |
| League Ranking | 5th | 11th |
| Past 10 Games | 9-1-0-0 | 6-2-0-2 |
| Streak | 3-0-0-0 | 2-0-0-0 |
| Last Game | 5-1 W vs Everett (Dec 30 2012) Final | 4-3 W vs Prince George (Dec 29 2012) Final SO |
| Home Record | 15-2-0-0 | 12-5-0-1 |
| Away Record | 11-8-1-1 | 7-9-0-1 |
| GF | 160 | 106 |
| GA | 94 | 113 |
| PP (Overall) | (31/152) 20.4 | (33/165) 20.0 |
| PP (Home) | (14/60) 23.3 | (15/83) 18.1 |
| PP (Away) | (17/92) 18.5 | (18/82) 22.0 |
| PK (Overall) | (28/182) 84.6 | (31/157) 80.3 |
| PK (Home) | (7/72) 90.3 | (14/70) 80.0 |
| PK (Away) | (21/110) 80.9 | (17/87) 80.5 |
| Leading Rookie | Chartier (9-9-18) | Hicketts (1-8-9) |
| Most PIM | Goulbourne - 61 | Kanzig - 84 |
| Team PIM/GM | 15.6/Game | 20.2/Game |
| Leading Scorers | Bell (23-30-53) | Gogolev (13-23-36) |
| Franko (14-29-43) | Nelson (8-23-31) | |
| McKinlay (13-22-35) | Crooks (17-12-29) | |
| Olsen (18-15-33) | Walker (12-17-29) | |
| Sissons (11-17-28) | Magee (14-14-28) | |
| Last 5 Games | 5-1 W vs Everett (Dec 30 2012) Final | 4-3 W vs Prince George (Dec 29 2012) Final SO |
| 5-3 W @ Vancouver (Dec 28 2012) Final | 5-1 W vs Prince George (Dec 28 2012) Final | |
| 7-3 W vs Kamloops (Dec 27 2012) Final | 5-2 L @ Edmonton (Dec 15 2012) Final | |
| 6-2 L @ Calgary (Dec 16 2012) Final | 3-2 L @ Red Deer (Dec 14 2012) Final SO | |
| 6-1 W @ Red Deer (Dec 15 2012) Final | 6-2 W @ Seattle (Dec 11 2012) Final | |
| Leading After 1st | 20-3-0-0 | 10-3-0-1 |
| Leading After 2nd | 22-4-0-0 | 11-0-0-1 |
| Tied After 1st | 4-3-1-0 | 5-3-0-1 |
| Tied After 2nd | 2-1-0-0 | 1-1-0-0 |
| Trailing After 1st | 2-4-0-1 | 4-8-0-0 |
| Trailing After 2nd | 2-5-1-1 | 7-13-0-1 |
| Out Shooting Opponents | 20-5-1-1 | 8-3-0-1 |
| Out Shot by Opponents | 5-5-0-0 | 9-11-0-1 |
| 1-Goal Games | 5-5-1-1 | 11-2-0-2 |
| 2-Goal Games | 6-3-0-0 | 4-2-0-0 |
| 3-Goal Games | 5-1-0-0 | 1-7-0-0 |
