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The Royals beat the Blazers 2-1 in Kamloops on Tuesday. The Blazers have been idle since, while Victoria went to Kelowna and beat the Rockets 4-1 on Wednesday snapping the Rockets 9 game win streak.
Tuesday in Kamloops, the Royals scored a pair of first period power play goals, while Patrik Polivka made 42 to saves to edge the Blazers 2-1. The season series sits tied at a game a piece.
Victoria is in sole possession of 5th in the West with 31 points, one more than Tri City and now just 2 back of Spokane. Kamloops is 10th and last in the West 10 points out of a playofff spot.
18 year old Swedish forward Axel Blomqvist is expected to make his Royals debut Friday after being acquired along with a conditional pick from Lethbridge for a 4th and 8th round pick in the 2014 bantam draft.
Former Victoria forward Luke Harrison will make his debut in a Kamloops jersey after being acquired Tuesday for a 6th round pick in 2014.
The Royals have won 5 of their last 6, while setting the franchise record for consecutive road wins with 5. Their road record is an impressive 8-3, while at home the club is .500 (7-7-0-1).
The Blazers are winless in 6 (0-5-1-0), and are 1-7 away from the ISC. Kamloops now plays 15 of 19 on the road after completing a stretch of 10 home games in 11.
Victoria has only given up a single goal in 3 of their last four games, now allowing just the 2nd fewest goals against on average per game in the league (2.42).
Victoria is without 20 year old defenseman Jordan Fransoo (upper, 4-5 weeks), and still without Joe Hicketts (upper, indefinite) and Jack Walker (illness, 1-2 weeks).
Victoria Royals vs Kamloops Blazers: Head To Head Stats
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| Head to Head Record 2013-14 Regular Season | Victoria 1-1-0-0 | Kamloops 1-1-0-0 |
| 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 14-17-1-2 | Kamloops 20-11-1-2 |
| 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 5-12-0-1 | Kamloops 13-4-1-0 |
| Previous Meetings This Season | Victoria 2 @ Kamloops 1 (Nov 19 2013) Final Victoria 3 @ Kamloops 4 (Oct 4 2013) Final |
How the 2 teams match up
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| Team Record | 6-15-2-1 -- 15 points | 15-10-0-1 -- 31 points |
| Division Ranking | 5th B.C. | 2nd B.C. |
| Conference Ranking | 10th Western | 5th Western |
| League Ranking | 21st | 7th |
| Past 10 Games | 2-6-1-1 | 6-3-0-1 |
| Streak | 0-5-1-0 | 2-0-0-0 |
| Last Game | 2-1 L vs Victoria (Nov 19 2013) Final | 4-1 W @ Kelowna (Nov 20 2013) Final |
| Home Record | 5-8-2-1 | 7-7-0-1 |
| Away Record | 1-7-0-0 | 8-3-0-0 |
| GF | 64 | 63 |
| GA | 91 | 63 |
| PP (Overall) | (13/93) 14.0 | (22/115) 19.1 |
| PP (Home) | (10/67) 14.9 | (12/68) 17.6 |
| PP (Away) | (3/26) 11.5 | (10/47) 21.3 |
| PK (Overall) | (32/129) 75.2 | (13/109) 88.1 |
| PK (Home) | (24/82) 70.7 | (11/72) 84.7 |
| PK (Away) | (8/47) 83.0 | (2/37) 94.6 |
| Leading Rookie | Chyzowski (2-2-4) | Soy (6-4-10) |
| Most PIM | Grist - 69 | Carroll - 57 |
| Team PIM/GM | 16.3/Game | 15.7/Game |
| Leading Scorers | Ully (10-16-26) | Nelson (10-14-24) |
| Sterzer (12-8-20) | Carroll (11-8-19) | |
| Souto (15-4-19) | Magee (6-10-16) | |
| Connolly (4-15-19) | Cote (2-12-14) | |
| Needham (3-14-17) | Blomqvist (8-5-13) | |
| Last 5 Games | 2-1 L vs Victoria (Nov 19 2013) Final | 4-1 W @ Kelowna (Nov 20 2013) Final |
| 7-3 L vs Portland (Nov 16 2013) Final | 2-1 W @ Kamloops (Nov 19 2013) Final | |
| 3-1 L vs Medicine Hat (Nov 13 2013) Final | 3-1 L vs Seattle (Nov 16 2013) Final | |
| 8-7 L vs Prince George (Nov 10 2013) Final OT | 2-1 W vs Seattle (Nov 15 2013) Final OT | |
| 5-0 L vs Edmonton (Nov 8 2013) Final | 3-2 W @ Portland (Nov 9 2013) Final OT | |
| Leading After 1st | 4-0-1-0 | 9-0-0-0 |
| Leading After 2nd | 5-0-2-0 | 10-0-0-0 |
| Tied After 1st | 2-6-0-1 | 4-1-0-0 |
| Tied After 2nd | 1-1-0-0 | 3-0-0-1 |
| Trailing After 1st | 0-9-1-0 | 2-9-0-1 |
| Trailing After 2nd | 0-14-0-1 | 2-10-0-0 |
| Out Shooting Opponents | 1-2-0-1 | 4-5-0-1 |
| Out Shot by Opponents | 5-13-2-0 | 8-5-0-0 |
| 1-Goal Games | 2-3-2-1 | 8-3-0-1 |
| 2-Goal Games | 1-3-0-0 | 3-3-0-0 |
| 3-Goal Games | 2-6-0-0 | 3-1-0-0 |
