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Victoria has won both meetings in Kelowna 4-3 in a shootout on Sept. 28 and 4-1 on Nov. 20th. It’s their 7th meeting of the season with both clubs owning 3-2-0-1 records in the season series. Most recently the Royals settled for a split on the Island against the Rockets with a 3-1 win Jan. 17th followed by a 5-3 loss.
Victoria is coming off a franchise record 36th win after a 3-1 victory in Kamloops Friday. They’re one point away from tying the franchise record for points in a season at 77.
The Royals extended their road winning streak to 4 as Coleman Vollrath made 36 saves, and Tyler Soy’s shorthanded goal stood as the winner in a 3-1 win in Kamloops Friday night. Brandon Magee had his 20th and Taylor Crunk also scored in the victory.
Victoria runs their point streak to 8 games (6-0-0-1), and remain 3rd in the West with a one point lead on Seattle.
Kelowna is tops in the WHL with 90 points, with 7 wins in their past 10 and just 2 regulation losses in their last 14 (10-2-0-2). They have points in 5 straight (5-0-0-2). At home they’ve only lost twice in regulation (20-2-0-4), including once to the Royals.
The Rockets are coming off a 3-2 shoot out loss to the Eastern Conference leading Oil Kings Friday night. Both clubs were 1 for 6 on the power play and the shots were even at 28 a piece.
Kelowna has the 5th best power play and the most efficient penalty kill in the entire league. They’ve scored the 2nd most goals, while allowing the 3rd fewest.
Victoria remains the stingiest team in the WHL, and have an impressive road record (17-6-0-1). The Royals power play is 11th best, and penalty kill 7th overall.
After Kelowna, Victoria wraps up a 3 game BC Division road swing with a 2pm matinee in Vancouver Holiday Monday.
-Marlon Martens
Victoria Royals vs Kelowna Rockets: Head To Head Stats
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| Head to Head Record 2013-14 Regular Season | Victoria 3-2-0-1 | Kelowna 3-2-0-1 |
| Head to Head Record 2012-13 Regular Season | Victoria 1-6-0-1 | Kelowna 7-1-0-0 |
| Last 5 Years record between teams | Victoria 15-19-1-3 | Kelowna 23-10-2-3 |
| Victoria vs. Kelowna Last 5 Years record at Victoria | Victoria 7-10-1-2 | Kelowna 13-5-2-0 |
| Victoria vs. Kelowna Last 5 Years record at Kelowna | Victoria 8-9-0-1 | Kelowna 10-5-0-3 |
| Previous Meetings This Season | Kelowna 5 @ Victoria 3 (Jan 18 2014) Kelowna 1 @ Victoria 3 (Jan 17 2014) Victoria 4 @ Kelowna 1 (Nov 20 2013) Kelowna 2 @ Victoria 1 (Oct 26 2013) SO Kelowna 4 @ Victoria 1 (Oct 25 2013) Victoria 4 @ Kelowna 3 (Sep 28 2013) SO |
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| Team Record | 43-7-0-4 -- 90 points | 36-16-1-3 -- 76 points |
| Division Ranking | 1st B.C. | 2nd B.C. |
| Conference Ranking | 1st Western | 3rd Western |
| League Ranking | 1st | 5th |
| Past 10 Games | 7-1-0-2 | 7-1-1-1 |
| Streak | 3-0-0-2 | 6-0-1-1 |
| Last Game | 3-2 L vs Edmonton (Feb 7 2014) Final SO | 3-1 W @ Kamloops (Feb 7 2014) Final |
| Home Record | 20-2-0-4 | 19-10-1-2 |
| Away Record | 23-5-0-0 | 17-6-0-1 |
| GF | 233 | 179 |
| GA | 138 | 137 |
| PP (Overall) | (53/239) 22.2 | (51/242) 21.1 |
| PP (Home) | (23/125) 18.4 | (30/146) 20.5 |
| PP (Away) | (30/114) 26.3 | (21/96) 21.9 |
| PK (Overall) | (31/242) 87.2 | (40/227) 82.4 |
| PK (Home) | (12/117) 89.7 | (25/133) 81.2 |
| PK (Away) | (19/125) 84.8 | (15/94) 84.0 |
| Leading Rookie | Merkley (12-24-36) | Soy (11-12-23) |
| Most PIM | Goulbourne - 83 | Carroll - 93 |
| Team PIM/GM | 15.0/Game | 14.2/Game |
| Leading Scorers | Bell (36-27-63) | Magee (20-30-50) |
| Baillie (21-31-52) | Brown (10-34-44) | |
| Olsen (25-26-51) | Carroll (26-17-43) | |
| Bowey (15-31-46) | Blomqvist (19-24-43) | |
| Severson (12-32-44) | Nelson (17-25-42) | |
| Last 5 Games | 3-2 L vs Edmonton (Feb 7 2014) Final SO | 3-1 W @ Kamloops (Feb 7 2014) Final |
| 4-3 W vs Red Deer (Feb 5 2014) Final | 7-6 L vs Calgary (Feb 5 2014) Final OT | |
| 7-3 W vs Kamloops (Feb 1 2014) Final | 7-2 W vs Calgary (Feb 4 2014) Final | |
| 4-2 W @ Kamloops (Jan 31 2014) Final | 3-2 W vs Vancouver (Feb 1 2014) Final OT | |
| 6-5 L vs Spokane (Jan 29 2014) Final SO | 5-4 L vs Vancouver (Jan 31 2014) Final SO | |
| Leading After 1st | 22-1-0-1 | 21-1-1-1 |
| Leading After 2nd | 31-0-0-3 | 27-0-1-1 |
| Tied After 1st | 12-2-0-2 | 12-2-0-0 |
| Tied After 2nd | 9-2-0-1 | 5-0-0-1 |
| Trailing After 1st | 9-4-0-1 | 3-13-0-2 |
| Trailing After 2nd | 3-5-0-0 | 4-16-0-1 |
| Out Shooting Opponents | 28-5-0-2 | 12-5-1-2 |
| Out Shot by Opponents | 10-2-0-0 | 21-11-0-1 |
| 1-Goal Games | 13-1-0-4 | 15-5-1-3 |
| 2-Goal Games | 9-3-0-0 | 9-5-0-0 |
| 3-Goal Games | 10-3-0-0 | 5-3-0-0 |
