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Friday, the Royals used a pair of power play goals to get past the visiting Giants 2-1, pushing their win streak to 3 games, and moving to one game over .500.
Netminder Coleman Vollrath made 28 saves, 13 of which came in the 3rd period earning him first star honours. CHL Goaltender of the Week nominee, Payton Lee turned aside 27 in the loss.
Victoria went 2 for 4 with the man advantage while shutting down the 5th best power play in the league on all 3 Vancouver chances.
Royals Brandon Magee in his first home game of the season scored the eventual winner in the 2nd period giving him 3 points in 2 games (1g 2a) since returning from suspension. Defenseman Travis Brown notched his 4th of the year in the first.
Giants Carter Popoff scored his team leading 8th of the season to draw his side to within one in the final frame. His club has not won on the road this season in 5 tries. (0-5)
Victoria earned their first victory in 3 tries against Vancouver this season, while they pull 3 points up on the Giants in the BC Division, taking sole possession of 3rd place with 15 points.
The Royals have locked down their defensive game as of late, only allowing 6 goals in their last 4 outings, and just 3 against over their 3 game win streak. They’ve scored the opening goal in those 3 wins.
After Saturday, Victoria entertains the East leading Brandon Wheat Kings Tuesday who are averaging 8.5 goals a game during their 4 game win streak. Brandon is in Kelowna Saturday.
-Marlon Martens
Victoria Royals vs Vancouver Giants: Head To Head Stats Summary
How the 2 teams match up
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| Head to Head Record 2014-15 Regular Season | Victoria 1-2-0-0 | Vancouver 2-1-0-0 |
| Head to Head Record 2013-14 Regular Season | Victoria 5-4-0-1 | Vancouver 5-4-1-0 |
| Last 5 Years record between teams | Victoria 21-20-1-1 | Vancouver 22-20-1-0 |
| Victoria vs. Vancouver Last 5 Years record at Victoria | Victoria 13-7-0-1 | Vancouver 8-12-1-0 |
| Victoria vs. Vancouver Last 5 Years record at Vancouver | Victoria 8-13-1-0 | Vancouver 14-8-0-0 |
| Previous Meetings This Season | Vancouver 1 @ Victoria 2 (Oct 24 2014) Final Victoria 3 @ Vancouver 5 (Sep 28 2014) Final Victoria 1 @ Vancouver 3 (Sep 20 2014) Final |
How the 2 teams match up
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| Team Record | 6-6-0-0 -- 12 points | 7-6-1-0 -- 15 points |
| Division Ranking | 5th B.C. | 3rd B.C. |
| Conference Ranking | 8th Western | 5th Western |
| League Ranking | 14th | 10th |
| Past 10 Games | 4-6-0-0 | 6-3-1-0 |
| Streak | 0-2-0-0 | 3-0-0-0 |
| Last Game | 2-1 L @ Victoria (Oct 24 2014) Final | 2-1 W vs Vancouver (Oct 24 2014) Final |
| Home Record | 6-1-0-0 | 3-1-1-0 |
| Away Record | 0-5-0-0 | 4-5-0-0 |
| GF | 45 | 43 |
| GA | 34 | 50 |
| PP (Overall) | (13/57) 22.8 | (16/75) 21.3 |
| PP (Home) | (9/28) 32.1 | (6/24) 25.0 |
| PP (Away) | (4/29) 13.8 | (10/51) 19.6 |
| PK (Overall) | (15/59) 74.6 | (14/68) 79.4 |
| PK (Home) | (6/33) 81.8 | (4/19) 78.9 |
| PK (Away) | (9/26) 65.4 | (10/49) 79.6 |
| Leading Rookie | Benson (3-7-10) | Hannoun (1-2-3) |
| Most PIM | Atwal - 26 | Crunk - 38 |
| Team PIM/GM | 17.5/Game | 18.6/Game |
| Leading Scorers | Popoff (8-6-14) | Carroll (8-9-17) |
| Hamilton (4-10-14) | Hicketts (4-11-15) | |
| Foster (6-7-13) | Walker (5-7-12) | |
| Houck (5-8-13) | Soy (4-8-12) | |
| Benson (3-7-10) | Brown (4-7-11) | |
| Last 5 Games | 2-1 L @ Victoria (Oct 24 2014) Final | 2-1 W vs Vancouver (Oct 24 2014) Final |
| 7-2 L @ Kamloops (Oct 22 2014) Final | 4-0 W @ Kootenay (Oct 18 2014) Final | |
| 9-1 W vs Prince George (Oct 18 2014) Final | 4-2 W @ Lethbridge (Oct 17 2014) Final | |
| 3-0 W vs Kamloops (Oct 17 2014) Final | 3-2 L @ Edmonton (Oct 15 2014) Final | |
| 2-1 L @ Prince George (Oct 11 2014) Final | 6-5 W @ Red Deer (Oct 14 2014) Final OT | |
| Leading After 1st | 2-2-0-0 | 4-1-0-0 |
| Leading After 2nd | 4-1-0-0 | 3-1-0-0 |
| Tied After 1st | 3-2-0-0 | 1-0-0-0 |
| Tied After 2nd | 1-1-0-0 | 2-0-0-0 |
| Trailing After 1st | 1-2-0-0 | 2-5-1-0 |
| Trailing After 2nd | 1-4-0-0 | 2-5-1-0 |
| Out Shooting Opponents | 6-1-0-0 | 4-1-1-0 |
| Out Shot by Opponents | 0-2-0-0 | 2-5-0-0 |
| 1-Goal Games | 0-4-0-0 | 4-1-1-0 |
| 2-Goal Games | 3-1-0-0 | 1-2-0-0 |
| 3-Goal Games | 1-0-0-0 | 0-1-0-0 |
