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It’s the first of 3 games in 3 days against the Giants, with the Royals entertaining Vancouver Saturday night at 7, and Sunday at 1 pm.
Victoria has a 3-4 record in the season series, dropping their last two meetings by 6-3 and 4-0 scores back on Dec. 12th and 13th respectively. The Royals beat the Giants at the Coliseum 7-5 on November 15th.
Victoria is looking for their 3rd consecutive win after a 4-3 shoot out victory in Prince George Saturday, and a 6-3 win in Kelowna Wednesday.
Coleman Vollrath made 44 saves for first star honours at Prospera Place, while Tyler Soy had the hat trick. The Royals were 2 for 2 on the power play, while stopping all 3 Rockets man advantages.
Victoria has locked up 2nd place in the BC Division and home ice in the first round. They’ll play their first two playoff home dates on March 27th, and 28th at the SOFMC.
Vancouver has lost 7 in a row, and with 55 points sit 4 points back of Tri City and Kamloops for the final Wild Card spot in the West with 5 games remaining.
During the 7 losses, they’ve been outscored 32-9 and shut out 3 times.
The Giants recently fells 4-3 to the Chiefs Tuesday at the Pacific Coliseum. Vancouver got goals from Thomas Foster, Jackson Houck and former Royal Zane Jones.
Vancouver has just 2 wins in their past 10 (2-8), Victoria is 4-6 over that span.
The Giants are 7 games over .500 at home, while the Royals are 1 game under .500 on the road.
Oilers draft pick Jackson Houck leads Vancouver in scoring with 50 points.
Victoria is led by Calgary drafted Austin Carroll’s 74 points including 36 goals which is one shy of the Royals record of 37 in a season scored by Jamie Crooks.
Joe Hicketts leads all WHL defenseman in points with 61, including 50 assists - the most ever in a season in Royals team history.
Tyler Soy, ranked 152nd by NHL CSS is 3rd in team scoring with 60 points. He was also listed at 64th by TSN’s Craig’s List.
Victoria 0 @ Vancouver 4 (Dec 13 2014) Final
Vancouver 6 @ Victoria 3 (Dec 12 2014) Final
Victoria 7 @ Vancouver 5 (Nov 15 2014) Final
Vancouver 2 @ Victoria 3 (Oct 25 2014) Final
Vancouver 1 @ Victoria 2 (Oct 24 2014) Final
Victoria 3 @ Vancouver 5 (Sep 28 2014) Final
Victoria 1 @ Vancouver 3 (Sep 20 2014) Final
- 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 3-4-0-0 | Vancouver 4-3-0-0 |
| 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 23-22-1-1 | Vancouver 24-22-1-0 |
| Victoria vs. Vancouver Last 5 Years record at Victoria | Victoria 14-8-0-1 | Vancouver 9-13-1-0 |
| Victoria vs. Vancouver Last 5 Years record at Vancouver | Victoria 9-14-1-0 | Vancouver 15-9-0-0 |
| Previous Meetings This Season | Victoria 0 @ Vancouver 4 (Dec 13 2014) Final Vancouver 6 @ Victoria 3 (Dec 12 2014) Final Victoria 7 @ Vancouver 5 (Nov 15 2014) Final Vancouver 2 @ Victoria 3 (Oct 25 2014) Final 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 | 26-38-1-2 -- 55 points | 36-27-3-1 -- 76 points |
| Division Ranking | 5th B.C. | 2nd B.C. |
| Conference Ranking | 10th Western | 4th Western |
| League Ranking | 20th | 9th |
| Past 10 Games | 2-8-0-0 | 4-6-0-0 |
| Streak | 0-7-0-0 | 2-0-0-0 |
| Last Game | 4-3 L vs Spokane (Mar 10 2015) Final | 6-3 W @ Kelowna (Mar 11 2015) Final |
| Home Record | 20-13-0-1 | 20-10-3-0 |
| Away Record | 6-25-1-1 | 16-17-0-1 |
| GF | 180 | 231 |
| GA | 236 | 208 |
| PP (Overall) | (51/246) 20.7 | (64/283) 22.6 |
| PP (Home) | (30/120) 25.0 | (34/134) 25.4 |
| PP (Away) | (21/126) 16.7 | (30/149) 20.1 |
| PK (Overall) | (64/274) 76.6 | (57/282) 79.8 |
| PK (Home) | (24/132) 81.8 | (23/132) 82.6 |
| PK (Away) | (40/142) 71.8 | (34/150) 77.3 |
| Leading Rookie | Benson (14-29-43) | Nagy (6-7-13) |
| Most PIM | Geertsen - 105 | Carroll - 122 |
| Team PIM/GM | 13.9/Game | 14.2/Game |
| Leading Scorers | Houck (22-28-50) | Carroll (36-38-74) |
| Popoff (24-25-49) | Hicketts (11-50-61) | |
| Jones (28-16-44) | Soy (27-33-60) | |
| Benson (14-29-43) | Chase (20-37-57) | |
| Foster (12-31-43) | Magee (20-35-55) | |
| Last 5 Games | 4-3 L vs Spokane (Mar 10 2015) Final | 6-3 W @ Kelowna (Mar 11 2015) Final |
| 3-1 L vs Everett (Mar 7 2015) Final | 4-3 W @ Prince George (Mar 7 2015) Final SO | |
| 5-2 L vs Kelowna (Mar 6 2015) Final | 4-3 L @ Prince George (Mar 6 2015) Final | |
| 3-0 L @ Tri-City (Mar 4 2015) Final | 4-1 L vs Seattle (Mar 3 2015) Final | |
| 7-0 L @ Spokane (Mar 3 2015) Final | 3-2 W vs Seattle (Mar 2 2015) Final SO | |
| Leading After 1st | 11-4-0-0 | 19-5-0-0 |
| Leading After 2nd | 19-1-0-0 | 24-3-0-0 |
| Tied After 1st | 10-14-1-2 | 11-8-0-1 |
| Tied After 2nd | 2-6-1-1 | 8-5-2-0 |
| Trailing After 1st | 5-20-0-0 | 6-14-3-0 |
| Trailing After 2nd | 5-31-0-1 | 4-19-1-1 |
| Out Shooting Opponents | 19-15-1-2 | 21-8-1-0 |
| Out Shot by Opponents | 7-19-0-0 | 14-16-2-1 |
| 1-Goal Games | 10-10-1-2 | 14-10-3-1 |
| 2-Goal Games | 6-7-0-0 | 5-8-0-0 |
| 3-Goal Games | 5-8-0-0 | 9-4-0-0 |
