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It’s the 9th meeting of the season, the Royals winning their last 3 encounters and hold a 6-2 series advantage. Most recently winning a pair of home games by 6-4 and 4-1 scores on January 25th and 26th. Brandon Magee scored 6 goals in those two games.
Victoria fell 4-3 shoot out loss in Kelowna Wednesday as the Rockets tied the game up in the final minute before taking it in a 6 round shoot out. The line of Austin Carroll and the Walker brothers had 5 points, while Jamie Crooks scored his team leading 32nd.
Victoria had 9 scratches, dressing 9 forwards and 7 defenseman. Along with 6 injuries, forward Logan Nelson was ill and 2 players were serving suspensions, along with the Head Coach.
Keegan Kanzig received 2 games for a ‘one man fight’ while Tim Traber got 6 games for ‘leaving the bench during a stoppage and initiating a one man fight.’ Dave Lowry was serving a single game suspension for ‘conduct of the club’. The Royals were fined $1500 for ‘actions of the club’ in the game at Kamloops.
Vancouver wrapped up 3 in 3 nights with a 1-0 overtime win against Everett on Sunday. 16yr old netminder Payton Lee made 13 saves for his first career shut out. The Giants won 5-4 in overtime Friday against Lethbridge, and fell in Kamloops Saturday. Over the 3 games Vancouver only allowed 59 shots against, averaging just under 20 per game. They’ve on won 4 of their last 5 games.
The Royals are winless in 11 (0-8-1-2) tying the franchise record held by the Chilliwack Bruins in ‘06-07. The club has dropped their last 5 at home, and without Alex Gogolev in the line up have a record of (3-8-1-2) over their last 14 games.
The Royals are playing their 3rd of 5 games in 6 nights, part of a gruelling 6 in 8 stretch.
Victoria has 6 games left, and after the home and home against Vancouver Friday and Saturday, they’ll entertain Portland Sunday and Tuesday before wrapping up the regular season with a home and home with Everett.
Royals Injuries:
#22 Taylor Crunk, F, lower body, 1 week
#20 Logan Fisher, F, upper body, indefinite
#17 Alex Gogolev, F, lower body, day-to-day
#28 Luke Harrison, F, upper body, indefinite
#16 Trent Lofthouse, F, upper body, 1 - 2 weeks
#7 Tyler Stahl, D, lower body, day-to-day
Vancouver Injuries:
#18 Anthony Ast, F, upper body, indefinite
#28 Rob Trzonkowski, F, lower body, indefinite
#17 Marek Tvrdon, F, upper body, indefinite
#29 Reid Zalitach, D, lower body, indefinite
| Previous Meetings This Season | Vancouver 1 @ Victoria 4 (Jan 26 2013) Final Vancouver 4 @ Victoria 6 (Jan 25 2013) Final Victoria 6 @ Vancouver 2 (Jan 18 2013) Final Vancouver 7 @ Victoria 2 (Dec 5 2012) Final Victoria 1 @ Vancouver 4 (Oct 26 2012) Final Victoria 2 @ Vancouver 1 (Oct 7 2012) Final Vancouver 2 @ Victoria 3 (Sep 22 2012) Final Victoria 6 @ Vancouver 4 (Sep 21 2012) Final |
How the 2 teams match up
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| Team Record | 19-46-2-0 -- 40 points | 32-27-2-5 -- 71 points |
| Division Ranking | 5th B.C. | 3rd B.C. |
| Conference Ranking | 10th Western | 6th Western |
| League Ranking | 22nd | 11th |
| Past 10 Games | 5-3-2-0 | 0-7-1-2 |
| Streak | 1-0-0-0 | 0-8-1-2 |
| Last Game | 1-0 W vs Everett (Mar 3 2013) Final OT | 4-3 L @ Kelowna (Mar 6 2013) Final SO |
| Home Record | 12-21-0-0 | 19-9-2-2 |
| Away Record | 7-25-2-0 | 13-18-0-3 |
| GF | 182 | 206 |
| GA | 279 | 233 |
| PP (Overall) | (46/269) 17.1 | (69/315) 21.9 |
| PP (Home) | (25/141) 17.7 | (35/152) 23.0 |
| PP (Away) | (21/128) 16.4 | (34/163) 20.9 |
| PK (Overall) | (76/282) 73.0 | (66/302) 78.1 |
| PK (Home) | (37/134) 72.4 | (29/131) 77.9 |
| PK (Away) | (39/148) 73.6 | (37/171) 78.4 |
| Leading Rookie | Popoff (13-11-24) | Walker (7-13-20) |
| Most PIM | Geertsen - 124 | Kanzig - 153 |
| Team PIM/GM | 16.5/Game | 19.1/Game |
| Leading Scorers | Houck (20-34-54) | Gogolev (20-45-65) |
| Rouse (14-36-50) | Magee (29-29-58) | |
| Franson (27-19-46) | Crooks (32-18-50) | |
| Kulak (12-28-40) | Walker (18-28-46) | |
| Sward (7-19-26) | Hodges (25-17-42) | |
| Last 5 Games | 1-0 W vs Everett (Mar 3 2013) Final OT | 4-3 L @ Kelowna (Mar 6 2013) Final SO |
| 4-2 L @ Kamloops (Mar 2 2013) Final | 6-0 L @ Kamloops (Mar 5 2013) Final | |
| 5-4 W vs Lethbridge (Mar 1 2013) Final OT | 3-2 L vs Spokane (Mar 2 2013) Final | |
| 5-3 W @ Kamloops (Feb 27 2013) Final | 4-3 L vs Spokane (Mar 1 2013) Final OT | |
| 4-1 W vs Seattle (Feb 24 2013) Final | 5-4 L vs Lethbridge (Feb 27 2013) Final | |
| Leading After 1st | 10-4-1-0 | 16-5-1-1 |
| Leading After 2nd | 13-1-1-0 | 20-0-0-2 |
| Tied After 1st | 6-11-1-0 | 11-6-1-2 |
| Tied After 2nd | 5-9-1-0 | 2-1-2-2 |
| Trailing After 1st | 3-31-0-0 | 5-16-0-2 |
| Trailing After 2nd | 1-36-0-0 | 10-26-0-1 |
| Out Shooting Opponents | 16-17-0-0 | 12-8-0-2 |
| Out Shot by Opponents | 3-28-2-0 | 18-19-2-3 |
| 1-Goal Games | 10-11-2-0 | 14-4-2-5 |
| 2-Goal Games | 1-10-0-0 | 8-4-0-0 |
| 3-Goal Games | 4-8-0-0 | 5-9-0-0 |
