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It will be the debut of the newest Royal, 18 year old forward #16 Trent Lofthouse who was acquired from the Silvertips Thursday in exchange for a 6th round pick in 2014. Victoria also sent G Jared Rathjen to Vancouver for an 8th round pick this year.
It’s their 2nd of 4 meetings of the season with Victoria winning 4-3 in a shoot out at Tri City on October 6th.
The 6th place Royals are just 5 points back of the 5th place Americans in the West and could be to within one with a pair of weekend wins.
Victoria had their 2 game winning streak snapped with a 4-2 loss in Kelowna on Wednesday as they officially reach the mid way point of the season game wise.
Tri City snapped their 2 game skid with a 6-3 win against Spokane on Monday. The Americans have just 5 wins in their last 10, the Royals have 6.
Tri City has 11 wins in 19 road games (11-7-1-0), Victoria is 7 over .500 at home (12-5-0-1).
Injuries:
#17 Alex Gogolev, F, lower body, 3 - 7 days
#28 Luke Harrison, F, upper body, indefinite
#19 Logan Nelson, F, lower body, 4 - 6 weeks
#10 Ben Walker, F, Upper, Day to Day
How the 2 teams match up
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| Team Record | 21-14-1-2 -- 45 points | 19-15-0-2 -- 40 points |
| Division Ranking | 3rd U.S. | 3rd B.C. |
| Conference Ranking | 5th Western | 6th Western |
| League Ranking | 9th | 12th |
| Past 10 Games | 5-4-0-1 | 6-3-0-1 |
| Streak | 1-0-0-0 | 0-1-0-0 |
| Last Game | 6-3 W vs Spokane (Dec 31 2012) Final | 4-2 L @ Kelowna (Jan 2 2013) Final |
| Home Record | 10-7-0-2 | 12-5-0-1 |
| Away Record | 11-7-1-0 | 7-10-0-1 |
| GF | 117 | 108 |
| GA | 107 | 117 |
| PP (Overall) | (29/145) 20.0 | (33/173) 19.1 |
| PP (Home) | (20/80) 25.0 | (15/83) 18.1 |
| PP (Away) | (9/65) 13.8 | (18/90) 20.0 |
| PK (Overall) | (23/126) 81.7 | (34/163) 79.1 |
| PK (Home) | (15/56) 73.2 | (14/70) 80.0 |
| PK (Away) | (8/70) 88.6 | (20/93) 78.5 |
| Leading Rookie | McCue (12-9-21) | Hicketts (1-8-9) |
| Most PIM | Mychan - 67 | Kanzig - 84 |
| Team PIM/GM | 12.5/Game | 20.7/Game |
| Leading Scorers | Feser (21-23-44) | Gogolev (13-23-36) |
| Strömwall (12-17-29) | Nelson (8-23-31) | |
| Rankin (15-10-25) | Crooks (18-12-30) | |
| McCue (12-9-21) | Walker (13-17-30) | |
| Williams (10-9-19) | Magee (14-14-28) | |
| Last 5 Games | 6-3 W vs Spokane (Dec 31 2012) Final | 4-2 L @ Kelowna (Jan 2 2013) Final |
| 4-3 L @ Portland (Dec 29 2012) Final | 4-3 W vs Prince George (Dec 29 2012) Final SO | |
| 4-3 L vs Portland (Dec 28 2012) Final | 5-1 W vs Prince George (Dec 28 2012) Final | |
| 4-1 W @ Seattle (Dec 18 2012) Final | 5-2 L @ Edmonton (Dec 15 2012) Final | |
| 2-1 W @ Spokane (Dec 15 2012) Final | 3-2 L @ Red Deer (Dec 14 2012) Final SO | |
| Leading After 1st | 11-2-0-1 | 10-3-0-1 |
| Leading After 2nd | 13-0-0-2 | 11-0-0-1 |
| Tied After 1st | 8-4-1-1 | 5-3-0-1 |
| Tied After 2nd | 4-3-1-0 | 1-1-0-0 |
| Trailing After 1st | 2-8-0-0 | 4-9-0-0 |
| Trailing After 2nd | 4-11-0-0 | 7-14-0-1 |
| Out Shooting Opponents | 10-7-0-2 | 8-4-0-1 |
| Out Shot by Opponents | 10-7-1-0 | 9-11-0-1 |
| 1-Goal Games | 10-5-1-2 | 11-2-0-2 |
| 2-Goal Games | 4-3-0-0 | 4-3-0-0 |
| 3-Goal Games | 5-4-0-0 | 1-7-0-0 |
