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Victoria leads the season series 4-2, after winning their last 3 straight against Prince George, most recently 5-2 on the Island January 10th. The Royals are 1-1 at the CN Centre this season.
The Cougars 3rd in the division, holding down the final playoff spot with a 3 point lead on both the Giants and Blazers.
Victoria has clinced a berth in the post season, and the magic number for the Royals to guarantee home ice in the first round is 3 points.
It’s a battle of the top two most penalized teams in the WHL, the Cougars average over 24 minutes per game, while the Royals average 18.
Victoria is looking to get back into win column after a 4-1 home loss to Seattle Tuesday, after beating the Thunderbirds 3-2 in shoot out one night earliers.
Prince George is on a 4 game winning streak after defeating Calgary 3-2 at the CN Centre Wednesday. Cougars netminder Ty Edmonds stopped 34 shots, while Jansen Harkins scored his 20th and Cal Babych got the winner in the third. They’ve now won 6 of their past 10.
During their win streak, Prince George also earned victories in Everett, Seattle and at home to Moose Jaw, outscoring their opposition 17-9.
Victoria is 2 under .500 on the road, while Prince George is 4 under at home.
Prince George has allowed the 3rd most goals against on average per game, their penalty killing efficiency the lowest in the league.
Sam Ruopp and Aaron Macklin have taken the 2nd and 3rd most penalty minutes overall in the league with 131 and 126 respectively.
Victoria has the 8th most efficient power play, have scored the 9th most goals in the league on average per game, while allowing the 9th fewest.
’97 born Jansen Harkins leads the Cougars in scoring with 77 points, tied for 8th most in the league. He’s ranked 18th by NHL CSS mid term rankings for the upcoming draft. Harkins is on a 9 game scoring streak with 17 points in that span.
Zach Pochiro has 8 points during his 6 game assist streak.
Forward Jared Bethune is rated 101, defenseman Tate Olson is 106, and forward Brad Mossison in ranked 150th.
Royals forward Tyler Soy is ranked 152nd, while defenseman Chaz Reddekopp is 199.
Victoria is led in scoring by Austin Carroll with 71 points including 35 goals. Joe Hicketts leads all defenseman in scoring with 58 points, scoring goals in back to back games. Travis Brown is tied for 5th with 53 points.
After the pair in Prince George, Victoria plays in Kelowna on Wednesday, then begin 3 in 3 days against Vancouver Friday night at 7:30, before two at home against the Giants Saturday and Sunday at 1pm.
- Marlon Martens
Victoria Royals vs Prince George Cougars: Head To Head Stats Summary
How the 2 teams match up
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| Head to Head Record 2014-15 Regular Season | Victoria 4-2-0-0 | Prince George 2-3-1-0 |
| Head to Head Record 2013-14 Regular Season | Victoria 7-1-0-0 | Prince George 1-7-0-0 |
| Last 5 Years record between teams | Victoria 27-10-0-1 | Prince George 11-22-1-4 |
| Victoria vs. Prince George Last 5 Years record at Victoria | Victoria 14-5-0-1 | Prince George 6-11-1-2 |
| Victoria vs. Prince George Last 5 Years record at Prince George | Victoria 13-5-0-0 | Prince George 5-11-0-2 |
| Previous Meetings This Season | Prince George 2 @ Victoria 5 (Jan 10 2015) Final Prince George 2 @ Victoria 3 (Jan 9 2015) Final OT Prince George 0 @ Victoria 4 (Dec 28 2014) Final Prince George 4 @ Victoria 3 (Dec 27 2014) Final Victoria 6 @ Prince George 2 (Nov 8 2014) Final Victoria 2 @ Prince George 3 (Nov 7 2014) Final |
How the 2 teams match up
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| Team Record | 27-33-2-2 -- 58 points | 34-26-3-1 -- 72 points |
| Division Ranking | 3rd B.C. | 2nd B.C. |
| Conference Ranking | 6th Western | 5th Western |
| League Ranking | 12th | 10th |
| Past 10 Games | 6-2-1-1 | 4-6-0-0 |
| Streak | 4-0-0-0 | 0-1-0-0 |
| Last Game | 3-2 W vs Calgary (Mar 4 2015) Final | 4-1 L vs Seattle (Mar 3 2015) Final |
| Home Record | 13-17-1-1 | 20-10-3-0 |
| Away Record | 14-16-1-1 | 14-16-0-1 |
| GF | 192 | 218 |
| GA | 261 | 198 |
| PP (Overall) | (49/287) 17.1 | (59/273) 21.6 |
| PP (Home) | (26/147) 17.7 | (34/134) 25.4 |
| PP (Away) | (23/140) 16.4 | (25/139) 18.0 |
| PK (Overall) | (91/328) 72.3 | (55/268) 79.5 |
| PK (Home) | (44/156) 71.8 | (23/132) 82.6 |
| PK (Away) | (47/172) 72.7 | (32/136) 76.5 |
| Leading Rookie | Bethune (6-14-20) | Nagy (6-7-13) |
| Most PIM | Ruopp - 131 | Carroll - 120 |
| Team PIM/GM | 19.2/Game | 14.4/Game |
| Leading Scorers | Harkins (20-57-77) | Carroll (35-36-71) |
| Witala (32-29-61) | Hicketts (11-47-58) | |
| Connolly (11-38-49) | Soy (24-32-56) | |
| Morrison (20-23-43) | Chase (19-34-53) | |
| Erricson (21-18-39) | Brown (17-36-53) | |
| Last 5 Games | 3-2 W vs Calgary (Mar 4 2015) Final | 4-1 L vs Seattle (Mar 3 2015) Final |
| 5-1 W @ Everett (Feb 28 2015) Final | 3-2 W vs Seattle (Mar 2 2015) Final SO | |
| 5-4 W @ Seattle (Feb 27 2015) Final OT | 4-2 L @ Kamloops (Feb 27 2015) Final | |
| 4-2 W vs Moose Jaw (Feb 21 2015) Final | 4-2 L @ Kelowna (Feb 25 2015) Final | |
| 5-1 L @ Edmonton (Feb 16 2015) Final | 5-2 W vs Kelowna (Feb 21 2015) Final | |
| Leading After 1st | 16-4-2-1 | 18-4-0-0 |
| Leading After 2nd | 21-2-1-1 | 22-2-0-0 |
| Tied After 1st | 4-8-0-1 | 10-8-0-1 |
| Tied After 2nd | 3-2-1-0 | 8-5-2-0 |
| Trailing After 1st | 7-21-0-0 | 6-14-3-0 |
| Trailing After 2nd | 3-29-0-1 | 4-19-1-1 |
| Out Shooting Opponents | 10-8-0-0 | 20-8-1-0 |
| Out Shot by Opponents | 15-24-2-2 | 13-16-2-1 |
| 1-Goal Games | 12-4-2-2 | 13-9-3-1 |
| 2-Goal Games | 7-2-0-0 | 5-8-0-0 |
| 3-Goal Games | 3-13-0-0 | 8-4-0-0 |
