.JPG) |
| Joe Hicketts would hit the post on the Power Play Friday night in PG. |
Austin Carroll and Jamie Crooks got the goals for the club, who took a 2-0 lead into the third and shut the door.
The Royals were outshot 30-28 on the night, but held a 14-4 advantage in the second.
Victoria went 1 for 5 on the power play, while shutting down all 4 Prince George man advantages.
Last season the Royals took 6 of 8 encouters against their BC Division rivals, winning all 4 on the road while splitting the double headers at home. They’ve now won every game on the road against the Cougars in team history (5-0).
Victoria forward Alex Gogolev is now on an 11 game point streak (4g 9a) and leads the team in points with (32). Logan Nelson has pushed his streak to 8 games (3g 8a) and is tied with Gogolev in assists (21). Crooks has now scored 50 goals with the Royals and has tied Kevin Sundher (90) for 2nd all time goals scored in Bruins / Royals history.
Victoria remains 6th in the Conference with 29 points, 4 more that 7th Seattle, 5 ahead of 8th place Everett.
The Cougars fall into 9th in the Conference, 7 back of the Royals.
Victoria is undefeated in regulation in their last 3 games, taking 5 of 6 points in that span. The Royals improve to 5-8 on the road, while Cougars dip to 2 games below .500 at home (5-7-1-0).
After the game in Prince George Saturday night, Victoria returns home for a tilt against BC Division rivals Vancouver Wednesday and Swift Current on Teddy Bear Toss Night a week Saturday.
How the 2 teams match up
Prince George
|
Victoria
|
|
| Team Record | 9-13-1-3 -- 22 points | 14-12-0-1 -- 29 points |
| Division Ranking | 4th B.C. | 3rd B.C. |
| Conference Ranking | 9th Western | 6th Western |
| League Ranking | 20th | 11th |
| Past 10 Games | 2-6-0-2 | 5-4-0-1 |
| Streak | 0-2-0-0 | 2-0-0-1 |
| Last Game | 2-0 L vs Victoria (Nov 30 2012) Final | 2-0 W @ Prince George (Nov 30 2012) Final |
| Home Record | 5-7-1-0 | 9-4-0-1 |
| Away Record | 4-6-0-3 | 5-8-0-0 |
| GF | 71 | 79 |
| GA | 96 | 88 |
| PP (Overall) | (18/124) 14.5 | (25/127) 19.7 |
| PP (Home) | (6/47) 12.8 | (12/64) 18.8 |
| PP (Away) | (12/77) 15.6 | (13/63) 20.6 |
| PK (Overall) | (24/86) 72.1 | (25/123) 79.7 |
| PK (Home) | (9/31) 71.0 | (10/57) 82.5 |
| PK (Away) | (15/55) 72.7 | (15/66) 77.3 |
| Leading Rookie | Pochiro (3-8-11) | Hicketts (1-7-8) |
| Most PIM | Jacobs - 37 | Carroll - 62 |
| Team PIM/GM | 12.2/Game | 19.9/Game |
| Leading Scorers | Jacobs (10-13-23) | Gogolev (11-21-32) |
| Erricson (6-8-14) | Nelson (6-21-27) | |
| Forsberg (5-9-14) | Walker (10-11-21) | |
| Bourke (3-9-12) | Crooks (13-6-19) | |
| Siwak (5-6-11) | Magee (12-7-19) | |
| Last 5 Games | 2-0 L vs Victoria (Nov 30 2012) Final | 2-0 W @ Prince George (Nov 30 2012) Final |
| 3-2 L @ Victoria (Nov 24 2012) Final | 4-3 L vs Moose Jaw (Nov 27 2012) Final SO | |
| 5-4 W @ Victoria (Nov 23 2012) Final | 3-2 W vs Prince George (Nov 24 2012) Final | |
| 4-3 W vs Regina (Nov 20 2012) Final SO | 5-4 L vs Prince George (Nov 23 2012) Final | |
| 5-4 L @ Kamloops (Nov 17 2012) Final SO | 5-2 W vs Saskatoon (Nov 20 2012) Final | |
| Leading After 1st | 4-2-0-0 | 8-2-0-1 |
| Leading After 2nd | 7-0-1-1 | 8-0-0-1 |
| Tied After 1st | 2-0-1-2 | 3-3-0-0 |
| Tied After 2nd | 1-3-0-1 | 1-1-0-0 |
| Trailing After 1st | 3-11-0-1 | 3-7-0-0 |
| Trailing After 2nd | 1-10-0-1 | 5-11-0-0 |
| Out Shooting Opponents | 5-6-0-2 | 5-2-0-0 |
| Out Shot by Opponents | 2-7-1-1 | 7-10-0-1 |
| 1-Goal Games | 6-3-1-3 | 8-2-0-1 |
| 2-Goal Games | 1-4-0-0 | 4-2-0-0 |
| 3-Goal Games | 1-1-0-0 | 1-6-0-0 |
