The Royals were ranked 10th in the CHL Top 10, a franchise first on Wednesday.
Victoria has won two of their three previous encounters, most recently a 3-1 win in Tri City back on Nov. 29th. The Americans won 4-2 at home in October and fell on the Island 2-1 October 6th.
The Americans are 8th in the West, with 6 wins in their past 10 and coming off a 3-1 road win against the Blazers Monday, to snap a 2 game skid. The Ams are playing the 2nd of a 5 game road trip.
The Royals are 3rd in the West, with points in 10 straight games (10-0-1-1). They wrapped up their 3 game BC Division road swing with 3 wins over Kamloops, Kelowna and Vancouver.
Victoria is 3 points back of Portland and 5 ahead of 4th place Seattle. They continue to set the franchise record for wins and points in a season with 80 eclipsing last years record setting mark of 77.
The Royals are 9 games over .500 at home (19-10-1-2), while the Americans are 5 under (9-14-1-3) on the road.
Both teams are stingy, as Victoria has allowed the 2nd fewest goals against on average per game, and Tri City 6th fewest.
Americans netminder Eric Comrie owns the 2nd best save percentage in the league, next to the Royals Coleman Vollrath. Comrie was named WHL Goaltender of the Month for January, posting a record of 8-2-0-1.
Tri City has the 5th most efficient penalty kill in the league, Victoria 6th.
The Royals are in a stretch where they’re playing 10 road dates in 11 games. Victoria heads out Thursday on their biggest trek of the season, playing 5 games in 8 nights out East, 11 days on the road travelling over 4800 km. Then they’ll play a pair in Prince George before their next home date March 7th and 8th against Kamloops. Victoria is riding a 6 game road winning streak.
-Marlon Martens
Victoria Royals vs Tri-City Americans: Head To Head Stats
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| Head to Head Record 2013-14 Regular Season | Victoria 2-1-0-0 | Tri-City 1-2-0-0 |
| Head to Head Record 2012-13 Regular Season | Victoria 3-0-1-0 | Tri-City 1-2-0-1 |
| Last 5 Years record between teams | Victoria 10-8-1-0 | Tri-City 9-9-0-1 |
| Victoria vs. Tri-City Last 5 Years record at Victoria | Victoria 5-3-1-0 | Tri-City 4-5-0-0 |
| Victoria vs. Tri-City Last 5 Years record at Tri-City | Victoria 5-5-0-0 | Tri-City 5-4-0-1 |
| Previous Meetings This Season | Victoria 3 @ Tri-City 1 (Nov 29 2013) Final Victoria 2 @ Tri-City 4 (Oct 18 2013) Final Tri-City 1 @ Victoria 2 (Oct 6 2013) Final |
How the 2 teams match up
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| Team Record | 27-24-2-3 -- 59 points | 38-16-1-3 -- 80 points |
| Division Ranking | 5th U.S. | 2nd B.C. |
| Conference Ranking | 8th Western | 3rd Western |
| League Ranking | 15th | 5th |
| Past 10 Games | 6-3-0-1 | 8-0-1-1 |
| Streak | 1-0-0-0 | 8-0-1-1 |
| Last Game | 2-1 W @ Kamloops (Feb 10 2014) Final | 3-2 W @ Vancouver (Feb 10 2014) Final |
| Home Record | 18-10-1-0 | 19-10-1-2 |
| Away Record | 9-14-1-3 | 19-6-0-1 |
| GF | 146 | 188 |
| GA | 160 | 143 |
| PP (Overall) | (40/222) 18.0 | (53/252) 21.0 |
| PP (Home) | (22/111) 19.8 | (30/146) 20.5 |
| PP (Away) | (18/111) 16.2 | (23/106) 21.7 |
| PK (Overall) | (39/228) 82.9 | (41/239) 82.8 |
| PK (Home) | (22/123) 82.1 | (25/133) 81.2 |
| PK (Away) | (17/105) 83.8 | (16/106) 84.9 |
| Leading Rookie | Wotherspoon (2-15-17) | Soy (11-12-23) |
| Most PIM | Playfair - 94 | Carroll - 97 |
| Team PIM/GM | 14.4/Game | 14.4/Game |
| Leading Scorers | Williams (34-14-48) | Magee (20-30-50) |
| Tot (15-21-36) | Carroll (28-17-45) | |
| Nickles (14-17-31) | Blomqvist (20-25-45) | |
| McCue (17-10-27) | Brown (11-34-45) | |
| Bowles (4-18-22) | Walker (22-21-43) | |
| Last 5 Games | 2-1 W @ Kamloops (Feb 10 2014) Final | 3-2 W @ Vancouver (Feb 10 2014) Final |
| 7-3 L vs Spokane (Feb 8 2014) Final | 6-4 W @ Kelowna (Feb 8 2014) Final | |
| 10-3 L vs Portland (Feb 7 2014) Final | 3-1 W @ Kamloops (Feb 7 2014) Final | |
| 4-2 W @ Red Deer (Feb 1 2014) Final | 7-6 L vs Calgary (Feb 5 2014) Final OT | |
| 3-1 L @ Edmonton (Jan 31 2014) Final | 7-2 W vs Calgary (Feb 4 2014) Final | |
| Leading After 1st | 16-1-1-0 | 21-1-1-1 |
| Leading After 2nd | 19-1-2-1 | 27-0-1-1 |
| Tied After 1st | 10-8-1-2 | 12-2-0-0 |
| Tied After 2nd | 8-4-0-0 | 7-0-0-1 |
| Trailing After 1st | 1-15-0-1 | 5-13-0-2 |
| Trailing After 2nd | 0-19-0-2 | 4-16-0-1 |
| Out Shooting Opponents | 9-5-0-1 | 14-5-1-2 |
| Out Shot by Opponents | 17-19-2-2 | 21-11-0-1 |
| 1-Goal Games | 10-3-2-3 | 16-5-1-3 |
| 2-Goal Games | 7-8-0-0 | 10-5-0-0 |
| 3-Goal Games | 6-7-0-0 | 5-3-0-0 |
