ROYALS DROP CHIEFS
Victoria scores four consecutive goals to
take down Spokane 4-1.
For Immediate Release
Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Victoria, BC- The Victoria Royals
scored two markers in each of the first two periods to defeat the Spokane
Chiefs 4-1 in the final contest of their six-game homestand.
The Royals’ Tyler Soy
scored the game’s first two goals in the opening period for a lead that the
team would never relinquish. Victoria’s Ethan Price capitalized on the powerplay, when
he tallied his first marker as a Royal. Dante Hannoun would round out the
scoring for the homeside. The Chiefs’ Keanu Yamamoto notched the only tally for
Spokane.
Victoria’s netminder
Coleman Vollrath turned aside 27 of 28 shots as he set the record for most wins
by a Royals’ goalie with 57, to pass former Victoria Royal Patrik Polivka.
Chiefs’ goaltender Garret Hughson stopped 27 of 31 shots he faced.
On the extra man
advantage, the Royals went 1/2 = 50.0%, while the Chiefs were unable to
capitalize on any of their five powerplay opportunities.
Victoria wrapped up their 5-1-0-0 homestand record and will
now head to Kelowna on Friday night to take on the defending Western
Hockey League Champions, the Rockets at 7:05 p.m. The Royals will wrap up their two-game road trip on Saturday, October
10th vs. the Kamloops Blazers with puck drop scheduled for 7:00 p.m.
Group together and save big. Royals’ games
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Spokane Chiefs 1
at Victoria Royals 4 - Status:
Final
Wednesday, October 7, 2015 - Save-On-Foods Memorial Arena - Victoria, BC
Spokane 0 1 0 - 1
Victoria 2 2 0 - 4
1st Period-
Wednesday, October 7, 2015 - Save-On-Foods Memorial Arena - Victoria, BC
Spokane 0 1 0 - 1
Victoria 2 2 0 - 4
1st Period-
1, Victoria,
Soy 4 (Phillips, Price), 1:54.
2, Victoria,
Soy 5 (Jarratt), 8:02.
Penalties-Ibragimov Vic (tripping), 4:20.
2nd Period-
2nd Period-
3, Victoria, Price 1 (Walker, Hicketts), 0:47 (PP).
4, Victoria, Hannoun 3 (Anderson, Peckford), 6:53.
5, Spokane, Ke.
Yamamoto 2 (Bechtold), 9:00.
Penalties-Elynuik Spo (high sticking), 0:11; Bechtold Spo
(major-fighting), 9:08; Bobylev Vic (major-fighting), 9:08; Walker Vic
(boarding), 12:39; Anderson Vic (checking to the head), 16:10; Ibragimov Vic
(kneeing), 19:07; Bechtold Spo (roughing), 20:00; Gagnon Vic (roughing), 20:00.
3rd Period-
3rd Period-
No Scoring.
Penalties-Miske Spo (holding), 4:17; Hicketts Vic (hooking), 4:26.
Shots on Goal-
Shots on Goal-
Spokane
7-13-8-28.
Victoria
10-16-5-31.
Power Play Opportunities-
Spokane 0 / 5;
Victoria 1 /
2.
Goalies-
Spokane, Hughson
0-2-0-0 (31 shots-27 saves).
Victoria, Vollrath 5-1-0-0 (28 shots-27 saves).
A-2,701
Referees-Jeff Ingram (82), Chris Schlenker (9).
Linesmen-Ron Dietterle (121).
