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It’s their first meeting since the first round loss to the Blazers last spring in 6 games.
Victoria is coming off a 1-0 shut out victory in Prince George Wednesday night, earning the split and avenging the 2-0 defeat from the night before. Ben Walker scored a short handed breakaway goal for the winner, while Patrik Polivka made all 28 saves.
The Royals are now 2-1 on their 4 game road trip, which started with a win in Kelowna.
Last season Victoria was an even .500 versus Kamloops with a 4-4 record, winning two in shoot outs.
The Blazers return home after falling 3-1 on the road against the Cougars last Saturday, settling for a split in their two game set after a 5-2 victory the night before.
Last season, Kamloops won 47 games, and making it to the conference final before falling in 5 to Portland.
The Blazers have several key losses from last years club as 9 players are not returning including; F Dylan Willick, F Kale Kessy, F Brendan Ranford who all Graduated. D Joel Edmundson, F Colin Smith (COL) and F JC Lipon expected to play in AHL. D Tyler Hansen went on a Church mission, D Marek Hrbas playing pro in Czech Republic and G Cole Cheveldave was traded to the Prince Albert Raiders.
Victoria is still without Steven Hodges (lower, 4 weeks).
After the road trip, the Royals kick off a 5 game homestand with a Sunday afternoon matinee against the Americans.
- Marlon Martens
Victoria Royals vs Kamloops Blazers: Head To Head Stats
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| Head to Head Record 2013-14 Regular Season | Victoria 0-0-0-0 | Kamloops 0-0-0-0 |
| Head to Head Record 2012-13 Regular Season | Victoria 4-4-0-0 | Kamloops 4-2-0-2 |
| Last 5 Years record between teams | Victoria 13-16-1-2 | Kamloops 19-10-1-2 |
| Victoria vs. Kamloops Last 5 Years record at Victoria | Victoria 9-5-1-1 | Kamloops 7-7-0-2 |
| Victoria vs. Kamloops Last 5 Years record at Kamloops | Victoria 4-11-0-1 | Kamloops 12-3-1-0 |
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| Team Record | 1-3-0-0 -- 2 points | 3-4-0-0 -- 6 points |
| Division Ranking | 4th B.C. | 3rd B.C. |
| Conference Ranking | 9th Western | 6th Western |
| League Ranking | 19th | 11th |
| Past 10 Games | 1-3-0-0 | 3-4-0-0 |
| Streak | 0-1-0-0 | 1-0-0-0 |
| Last Game | 3-1 L @ Prince George (Sep 28 2013) Final | 1-0 W @ Prince George (Oct 2 2013) Final |
| Home Record | 0-1-0-0 | 0-3-0-0 |
| Away Record | 1-2-0-0 | 3-1-0-0 |
| GF | 10 | 13 |
| GA | 15 | 21 |
| PP (Overall) | (2/16) 12.5 | (3/32) 9.4 |
| PP (Home) | (0/4) 0.0 | (2/14) 14.3 |
| PP (Away) | (2/12) 16.7 | (1/18) 5.6 |
| PK (Overall) | (4/25) 84.0 | (6/30) 80.0 |
| PK (Home) | (1/6) 83.3 | (5/15) 66.7 |
| PK (Away) | (3/19) 84.2 | (1/15) 93.3 |
| Leading Rookie | (0-0-0) | (0-0-0) |
| Most PIM | Grist - 15 | Carroll - 20 |
| Team PIM/GM | 21.8/Game | 17.6/Game |
| Leading Scorers | Connolly (2-2-4) | Nelson (1-4-5) |
| Ully (3-0-3) | Carroll (3-0-3) | |
| Kornelsen (2-0-2) | Fushimi (2-1-3) | |
| Ness (2-0-2) | Hicketts (1-1-2) | |
| Macklin (0-2-2) | Magee (1-1-2) | |
| Last 5 Games | 3-1 L @ Prince George (Sep 28 2013) Final | 1-0 W @ Prince George (Oct 2 2013) Final |
| 5-2 W @ Prince George (Sep 27 2013) Final | 2-0 L @ Prince George (Oct 1 2013) Final | |
| 5-2 L @ Kelowna (Sep 21 2013) Final | 4-3 W @ Kelowna (Sep 28 2013) Final SO | |
| 5-2 L vs Kelowna (Sep 20 2013) Final | 6-1 L vs Spokane (Sep 25 2013) Final | |
| 6-2 L vs Spokane (Sep 24 2013) Final | ||
| Leading After 1st | 1-0-0-0 | 0-0-0-0 |
| Leading After 2nd | 1-0-0-0 | 2-0-0-0 |
| Tied After 1st | 0-1-0-0 | 2-1-0-0 |
| Tied After 2nd | 0-0-0-0 | 0-0-0-0 |
| Trailing After 1st | 0-2-0-0 | 1-3-0-0 |
| Trailing After 2nd | 0-3-0-0 | 1-4-0-0 |
| Out Shooting Opponents | 0-0-0-0 | 0-2-0-0 |
| Out Shot by Opponents | 1-3-0-0 | 2-2-0-0 |
| 1-Goal Games | 0-0-0-0 | 2-1-0-0 |
| 2-Goal Games | 0-1-0-0 | 1-1-0-0 |
| 3-Goal Games | 1-2-0-0 | 0-0-0-0 |
