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Kootenay won the lone encounter in Victoria last year 8-3 on Nov. 19, 2011.
Both clubs have been trending upwards with the Royals winning 12 of their last 15 (12-2-0-1). The Ice have won 16 of their last 21 (16-4-1-0) since Dec 29th.
Victoria is now in sole possession of 4th place after moving 2 points past Spokane and 3 ahead of Tri City over the weekend, winning 5-3 against the Chiefs Sunday and 5-3 against the Americans Friday.
The Ice missed an opportunity to move into a playoff spot Sunday with a 3-2 loss at the Tigers who have since won again, moving 5 points ahead, into a tie for 7th with Lethbridge in the East. The loss snapped Kootenay’s 3 game win streak, the Ice however have won 10 straight in their home rink.
The Royals are playing their 3rd straight away from home, part of a 6 game in 10 night road trip.
Victoria’s 32nd victory of the year puts them just 1 win and 6 points back from the franchise’s most successful season (33-31-4-4, 74pts) in 09-10.
The Royals have outscored the opposition 20-9 in their 5 game winning streak. The power play is 7/21 (33%) in that stretch, and the penalty killing 18/20 (90%). It’s the 2nd time in team history that the club has won 5 consecutive. The club now has the 6th best win percentage in the WHL (0.618).
Ben Walker is on a 4 game point streak (3g 6a) with 9 points, Austin Carroll on a 3 game streak (2g 4a) with 6 points. Netminder Patrik Polivka has 5 straight wins allowing only 9 goals against (1.80 gaa), stopping 144 of 153 shots (0.941 sav %). Polivka’s 28 wins is 3rd best in the league. Jamie Crooks now has 4 goals over his last 3 games, and is tied for the team lead with Brandon Magee at 28 goals each.
Captain Tyler Stahl returned to the line up after serving an 8 game suspension.
After Kootenay Wednesday, the Royals will play 3 in 3 on the weekend beginning in Red Deer Friday, Calgary Saturday and Edmonton Sunday.
- Marlon Martens
Injury Report as of Feb 11, 2013
#23 Kolton Dixon, D, lower body, day-to-day
#17 Alex Gogolev, F, lower body, 2 weeks
#28 Luke Harrison, F, upper body, indefinite
#16 Trent Lofthouse, F, upper body, 3 - 5 weeks
#19 Logan Nelson, F, lower body, day-to-day
How the 2 teams match up
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| Team Record | 26-28-2-0 -- 54 points | 32-19-1-3 -- 68 points |
| Division Ranking | 6th Central | 3rd B.C. |
| Conference Ranking | 9th Eastern | 4th Western |
| League Ranking | 15th | 7th |
| Past 10 Games | 6-3-1-0 | 7-2-0-1 |
| Streak | 0-1-0-0 | 5-0-0-0 |
| Last Game | 3-2 L @ Medicine Hat (Feb 10 2013) Final | 5-3 W @ Spokane (Feb 10 2013) Final |
| Home Record | 17-12-1-0 | 19-5-1-2 |
| Away Record | 9-16-1-0 | 13-14-0-1 |
| GF | 149 | 184 |
| GA | 173 | 181 |
| PP (Overall) | (36/212) 17.0 | (61/265) 23.0 |
| PP (Home) | (24/123) 19.5 | (28/125) 22.4 |
| PP (Away) | (12/89) 13.5 | (33/140) 23.6 |
| PK (Overall) | (46/198) 76.8 | (50/245) 79.6 |
| PK (Home) | (21/109) 80.7 | (19/107) 82.2 |
| PK (Away) | (25/89) 71.9 | (31/138) 77.5 |
| Leading Rookie | Philp (16-16-32) | Hicketts (2-18-20) |
| Most PIM | Martin - 95 | Kanzig - 119 |
| Team PIM/GM | 12.7/Game | 19.2/Game |
| Leading Scorers | Reinhart (28-33-61) | Gogolev (20-45-65) |
| Descheneau (14-39-53) | Magee (28-23-51) | |
| Montgomery (23-12-35) | Crooks (28-14-42) | |
| Philp (16-16-32) | Walker (16-24-40) | |
| Dirk (3-23-26) | Hodges (22-14-36) | |
| Last 5 Games | 3-2 L @ Medicine Hat (Feb 10 2013) Final | 5-3 W @ Spokane (Feb 10 2013) Final |
| 4-0 W vs Moose Jaw (Feb 9 2013) Final | 5-3 W @ Tri-City (Feb 8 2013) Final | |
| 4-1 W vs Spokane (Feb 8 2013) Final | 4-1 W vs Seattle (Feb 6 2013) Final | |
| 3-0 W vs Lethbridge (Feb 2 2013) Final | 4-1 W vs Seattle (Feb 5 2013) Final | |
| 6-2 L @ Red Deer (Jan 31 2013) Final | 2-1 W @ Prince George (Feb 2 2013) Final SO | |
| Leading After 1st | 11-3-0-0 | 16-4-0-1 |
| Leading After 2nd | 16-2-1-0 | 20-0-0-2 |
| Tied After 1st | 7-4-2-0 | 11-4-1-1 |
| Tied After 2nd | 6-3-0-0 | 2-1-1-0 |
| Trailing After 1st | 8-21-0-0 | 5-11-0-1 |
| Trailing After 2nd | 4-23-1-0 | 10-18-0-1 |
| Out Shooting Opponents | 12-10-2-0 | 12-4-0-1 |
| Out Shot by Opponents | 12-18-0-0 | 18-15-1-2 |
| 1-Goal Games | 14-5-2-0 | 14-2-1-3 |
| 2-Goal Games | 3-9-0-0 | 8-3-0-0 |
| 3-Goal Games | 5-8-0-0 | 5-8-0-0 |
