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Photo Credit: Jon Howe & Victoria Royals
The 6th Victoria Royals (32-27-2-4, 70 pts) look to snap a winless in 10 slide as they visit the 2nd place Kelowna Rockets (46-16-3-1, 96pts) in their final meeting of the regular season.
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The Rockets are ranked 5th in the CHL, and hold a 1 point lead on the 3rd place Blazers – the team that shut them out 3-0 on the Sunday, snapping Kelowna’s 4 game win streak.
Victoria fell 6-0 at Kamloops Tuesday as Kale Kessey had 2 goals and 2 asssists, while being out shot 33-12, earning Cole Cheveldave back to back shutouts. The Royals collected 108 of 156 penalty minutes and remain 10 points back of Spokane for 5th in the West.
Victoria has a 1-6 record against Kelowna, last winning 3-2 at home October 13th.
The Rockets have won 27 of 32 at home this year, scored the 2nd most goals per game on average while allowing the 3rd fewest. Kelowna’s power play is the 2nd most efficient in the league.
Victoria has 7 games left heading into the contest, playing the second of 5 games in 6 nights, part of 6 in 8. After Kelowna Wednesday they return to the Island for a home and home against Vancouver Friday and Saturday, and a 5pm game Sunday at home against Portland.
The Royals who were without 6 players due to injury, are facing a Rockets squad that may be without their leading scorer Myles Bell, who suffered a lower body injury Sunday against Kamloops.
Rockets Injuries:
#29 Myles Bell, F, lower body, TBD
#11 Carter Rigby, F, upper and lower body, indefinite
#6 Mitchell Wheaton, D, upper body, indefinite
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
| Previous Meetings This Season | Kelowna 7 @ Victoria 2 (Feb 23 2013) Final Kelowna 8 @ Victoria 3 (Feb 22 2013) Final Victoria 1 @ Kelowna 6 (Jan 31 2013) Final Victoria 1 @ Kelowna 6 (Jan 9 2013) Final Victoria 2 @ Kelowna 4 (Jan 2 2013) Final Kelowna 2 @ Victoria 3 (Oct 13 2012) Final Kelowna 4 @ Victoria 1 (Oct 12 2012) Final |
How the 2 teams match up
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| Team Record | 46-16-3-1 -- 96 points | 32-27-2-4 -- 70 points |
| Division Ranking | 1st B.C. | 3rd B.C. |
| Conference Ranking | 2nd Western | 6th Western |
| League Ranking | 3rd | 13th |
| Past 10 Games | 6-4-0-0 | 0-8-1-1 |
| Streak | 0-1-0-0 | 0-8-1-1 |
| Last Game | 3-0 L @ Kamloops (Mar 3 2013) Final | 6-0 L @ Kamloops (Mar 5 2013) Final |
| Home Record | 27-5-0-0 | 19-9-2-2 |
| Away Record | 19-11-3-1 | 13-18-0-2 |
| GF | 284 | 203 |
| GA | 166 | 229 |
| PP (Overall) | (61/266) 22.9 | (69/314) 22.0 |
| PP (Home) | (31/122) 25.4 | (35/152) 23.0 |
| PP (Away) | (30/144) 20.8 | (34/162) 21.0 |
| PK (Overall) | (50/307) 83.7 | (65/299) 78.3 |
| PK (Home) | (13/135) 90.4 | (29/131) 77.9 |
| PK (Away) | (37/172) 78.5 | (36/168) 78.6 |
| Leading Rookie | Chartier (12-16-28) | Hicketts (2-18-20) |
| Most PIM | Goulbourne - 124 | Kanzig - 153 |
| Team PIM/GM | 15.6/Game | 19.3/Game |
| Leading Scorers | Bell (36-51-87) | Gogolev (20-45-65) |
| Franko (21-46-67) | Magee (29-28-57) | |
| McKinlay (24-39-63) | Crooks (31-18-49) | |
| Sissons (25-37-62) | Walker (18-27-45) | |
| Olsen (32-23-55) | Hodges (25-16-41) | |
| Last 5 Games | 3-0 L @ Kamloops (Mar 3 2013) Final | 6-0 L @ Kamloops (Mar 5 2013) Final |
| 7-1 W vs Lethbridge (Mar 2 2013) Final | 3-2 L vs Spokane (Mar 2 2013) Final | |
| 4-1 W vs Seattle (Feb 28 2013) Final | 4-3 L vs Spokane (Mar 1 2013) Final OT | |
| 7-2 W @ Victoria (Feb 23 2013) Final | 5-4 L vs Lethbridge (Feb 27 2013) Final | |
| 8-3 W @ Victoria (Feb 22 2013) Final | 7-2 L vs Kelowna (Feb 23 2013) Final | |
| Leading After 1st | 35-3-1-0 | 16-5-1-1 |
| Leading After 2nd | 41-4-2-0 | 20-0-0-2 |
| Tied After 1st | 8-4-2-0 | 11-6-1-2 |
| Tied After 2nd | 2-1-0-0 | 2-1-2-1 |
| Trailing After 1st | 3-9-0-1 | 5-16-0-1 |
| Trailing After 2nd | 3-11-1-1 | 10-26-0-1 |
| Out Shooting Opponents | 35-5-1-1 | 12-8-0-2 |
| Out Shot by Opponents | 10-11-2-0 | 18-19-2-2 |
| 1-Goal Games | 7-5-3-1 | 14-4-2-4 |
| 2-Goal Games | 11-6-0-0 | 8-4-0-0 |
| 3-Goal Games | 8-2-0-0 | 5-9-0-0 |
