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It’s an important BC Division match up, as Victoria sits 2nd, with 12 points just one point up on Prince George who sit 3rd with 11.
The Royals are 1-1 against the Cougars so far this season, with a 1-0 win October 1st, after a 2-0 loss the night before, both in Prince George. Neither team struck on the power play, and both ended with 55 shots a piece after the pair of games. Reigning CHL goaltender of the week 17 year old Ty Edmonds played both games for the Cougars while Coleman Vollrath made 25 saves in a losing effort, followed up by a 28 save shut out performance by Patrik Polivka.
Victoria is riding a 3 game win streak, all on their current 5 game home stand, which wraps up Wednesday against the Cougars. The Royals are coming off back to back wins against the Hurricanes by 4-3 and 4-0 scores Friday and Saturday respectively.
Prince George is unbeaten in regulation over their last 3 games (2-0-0-1). The Cougars earned a split against the Silvertips with a 4-3 overtime win Saturday after a 3-2 shoot out loss the night before at the CN Centre.
Prince George is an even .500 on the road (2-2), while Victoria has pulled to an even 3-3 at home.
Both clubs are playing 3 games in 4 days, with the Cougars figuring in a day of travel as well.
The Royals Logan Nelson extended his goal scoring streak to 4 games (4g 3a, 7pts), Austin Carroll (2g 3a, 5pts) and Joe Hicketts (3g 4a, 7pts) are on 4 game point streaks as well.
-Marlon Martens
Victoria Royals vs Prince George Cougars: Head To Head Stats
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| Head to Head Record 2013-14 Regular Season | Victoria 1-1-0-0 | Prince George 1-1-0-0 |
| Head to Head Record 2012-13 Regular Season | Victoria 6-2-0-0 | Prince George 2-4-0-2 |
| Last 5 Years record between teams | Victoria 23-9-0-2 | Prince George 11-19-0-4 |
| Victoria vs. Prince George Last 5 Years record at Victoria | Victoria 10-5-0-1 | Prince George 6-8-0-2 |
| Victoria vs. Prince George Last 5 Years record at Prince George | Victoria 13-4-0-1 | Prince George 5-11-0-2 |
| Previous Meetings This Season | Victoria 1 @ Prince George 0 (Oct 2 2013) Final Victoria 0 @ Prince George 2 (Oct 1 2013) Final |
How the 2 teams match up
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| Team Record | 5-4-0-1 -- 11 points | 6-5-0-0 -- 12 points |
| Division Ranking | 3rd B.C. | 2nd B.C. |
| Conference Ranking | 6th Western | 5th Western |
| League Ranking | 12th | 9th |
| Past 10 Games | 5-4-0-1 | 5-5-0-0 |
| Streak | 2-0-0-1 | 3-0-0-0 |
| Last Game | 4-3 W vs Everett (Oct 12 2013) Final OT | 4-3 W vs Lethbridge (Oct 12 2013) Final |
| Home Record | 3-2-0-1 | 3-3-0-0 |
| Away Record | 2-2-0-0 | 3-2-0-0 |
| GF | 23 | 26 |
| GA | 31 | 29 |
| PP (Overall) | (6/49) 12.2 | (9/52) 17.3 |
| PP (Home) | (3/29) 10.3 | (6/27) 22.2 |
| PP (Away) | (3/20) 15.0 | (3/25) 12.0 |
| PK (Overall) | (12/48) 75.0 | (8/50) 84.0 |
| PK (Home) | (3/22) 86.4 | (7/32) 78.1 |
| PK (Away) | (9/26) 65.4 | (1/18) 94.4 |
| Leading Rookie | Morrison (3-0-3) | Soy (0-2-2) |
| Most PIM | Pochiro - 24 | Crunk - 22 |
| Team PIM/GM | 19.5/Game | 17.5/Game |
| Leading Scorers | Pochiro (4-4-8) | Nelson (5-7-12) |
| Bourke (3-4-7) | Hicketts (4-5-9) | |
| Witala (3-4-7) | Carroll (5-3-8) | |
| Forsberg (1-6-7) | Magee (1-5-6) | |
| Wilson (4-1-5) | Cote (0-6-6) | |
| Last 5 Games | 4-3 W vs Everett (Oct 12 2013) Final OT | 4-3 W vs Lethbridge (Oct 12 2013) Final |
| 3-2 L vs Everett (Oct 11 2013) Final SO | 4-0 W vs Lethbridge (Oct 11 2013) Final | |
| 3-0 W @ Kamloops (Oct 5 2013) Final | 2-1 W vs Tri-City (Oct 6 2013) Final | |
| 1-0 L vs Victoria (Oct 2 2013) Final | 4-3 L @ Kamloops (Oct 4 2013) Final | |
| 2-0 W vs Victoria (Oct 1 2013) Final | 1-0 W @ Prince George (Oct 2 2013) Final | |
| Leading After 1st | 3-0-0-1 | 1-0-0-0 |
| Leading After 2nd | 4-0-0-0 | 3-0-0-0 |
| Tied After 1st | 1-3-0-0 | 4-1-0-0 |
| Tied After 2nd | 1-0-0-1 | 1-0-0-0 |
| Trailing After 1st | 1-1-0-0 | 1-4-0-0 |
| Trailing After 2nd | 0-4-0-0 | 2-5-0-0 |
| Out Shooting Opponents | 4-2-0-1 | 1-3-0-0 |
| Out Shot by Opponents | 1-2-0-0 | 3-2-0-0 |
| 1-Goal Games | 2-1-0-1 | 4-2-0-0 |
| 2-Goal Games | 2-0-0-0 | 1-1-0-0 |
| 3-Goal Games | 1-1-0-0 | 0-0-0-0 |
