Pregame show at 5:40, with puck drop at 6:00 PST on The Zone @ 91.3 fm in Victoria, or online at www.thezone.fm/whl
It’s the third meeting of the season, with both clubs winning their respective games on home ice. On November 9th, defenseman Alex Roach scored two power play goals to lead the Hitmen to a 5-2 victory .
On October 18th in Victoria, Alex Gogolev scored twice against his former club as Victoria defeated Calgary Hitmen 3-1. Zane Jones had the lone tally also against his former club.
The Royals fell 2-1 in a shoot out to the host Rebels Friday night and are now 2-1-0-1 on their 6 game road trip. They won in Tri City and Spokane to kick off the trip, but after a loss at Kootenay are winless in 2.
The Hitmen who received honourable mentions in the CHL Top 10 this week, are coming off a 4-3 loss at the Chiefs Wednesday, wrapping up 9 consecutive on the road with a 5-4 record. The loss snapped a 4 game win streak.
Calgary sits 3rd in the Eastern Conference, 9 points back of Edmonton for top spot. Victoria is now 5th in the West, 1 back of Spokane, and 2 up on Tri City.
- Marlon Martens
| Previous Meetings This Season | Victoria 2 @ Calgary 5 (Nov 9 2012) Final Calgary 1 @ Victoria 3 (Oct 18 2012) Final |
How the 2 teams match up
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| Team Record | 37-17-1-3 -- 78 points | 32-20-1-4 -- 69 points |
| Division Ranking | 2nd Central | 3rd B.C. |
| Conference Ranking | 3rd Eastern | 5th Western |
| League Ranking | 6th | 8th |
| Past 10 Games | 6-4-0-0 | 5-3-0-2 |
| Streak | 0-1-0-0 | 0-1-0-1 |
| Last Game | 4-3 L @ Spokane (Feb 13 2013) Final | 2-1 L @ Red Deer (Feb 15 2013) Final SO |
| Home Record | 16-8-1-2 | 19-5-1-2 |
| Away Record | 21-9-0-1 | 13-15-0-2 |
| GF | 205 | 186 |
| GA | 158 | 188 |
| PP (Overall) | (44/235) 18.7 | (61/272) 22.4 |
| PP (Home) | (26/132) 19.7 | (28/125) 22.4 |
| PP (Away) | (18/103) 17.5 | (33/147) 22.4 |
| PK (Overall) | (55/299) 81.6 | (51/255) 80.0 |
| PK (Home) | (32/147) 78.2 | (19/107) 82.2 |
| PK (Away) | (23/152) 84.9 | (32/148) 78.4 |
| Leading Rookie | Padakin (16-13-29) | Hicketts (2-18-20) |
| Most PIM | Rissling - 111 | Carroll - 128 |
| Team PIM/GM | 19.2/Game | 19.1/Game |
| Leading Scorers | Sylvester (31-37-68) | Gogolev (20-45-65) |
| Macek (27-39-66) | Magee (28-23-51) | |
| Brassart (23-34-57) | Crooks (28-14-42) | |
| Roach (14-29-43) | Walker (16-24-40) | |
| Chase (14-26-40) | Hodges (23-14-37) | |
| Last 5 Games | 4-3 L @ Spokane (Feb 13 2013) Final | 2-1 L @ Red Deer (Feb 15 2013) Final SO |
| 6-2 W @ Tri-City (Feb 12 2013) Final | 5-1 L @ Kootenay (Feb 13 2013) Final | |
| 4-3 W @ Seattle (Feb 9 2013) Final OT | 5-3 W @ Spokane (Feb 10 2013) Final | |
| 5-1 W @ Everett (Feb 8 2013) Final | 5-3 W @ Tri-City (Feb 8 2013) Final | |
| 4-3 W @ Portland (Feb 6 2013) Final | 4-1 W vs Seattle (Feb 6 2013) Final | |
| Leading After 1st | 22-4-1-1 | 16-4-0-1 |
| Leading After 2nd | 28-0-1-1 | 20-0-0-2 |
| Tied After 1st | 9-4-0-0 | 11-4-1-2 |
| Tied After 2nd | 7-3-0-2 | 2-1-1-1 |
| Trailing After 1st | 6-9-0-2 | 5-12-0-1 |
| Trailing After 2nd | 2-14-0-0 | 10-19-0-1 |
| Out Shooting Opponents | 25-6-1-2 | 12-5-0-2 |
| Out Shot by Opponents | 12-11-0-1 | 18-15-1-2 |
| 1-Goal Games | 13-5-1-3 | 14-2-1-4 |
| 2-Goal Games | 6-4-0-0 | 8-3-0-0 |
| 3-Goal Games | 7-3-0-0 | 5-8-0-0 |
