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| The Royals practice in Kelowna |
The Victoria Royals (47-16-3-3, 100pts) can win their franchise
first WHL regular season championship with a win on the road Wednesday night
against the Kelowna Rockets (46-19-4-0, 96pts) at 7pm.
It would be the first Scotty Munro Trophy in the 10-season
history of the Chilliwack / Victoria franchise and the first for
the city since the 1980-81 Victoria Cougars 121pts. The city also won the WHL
regular-season crown with the 1974-75 Cougars 99pts.
The Royals have won 10 in a row, and lead the Rockets by 4
points, each with 3 games remaining. They’ve
won their last 5 on the road, and are 12 over .500 off the Island.
Victoria has
won 4 of 7 (4-2-1-0) meetings this year, including a pair in Kelowna,
where the Rockets have dominated, only losing 5 times in regulation. The Royals won their last encounter on the
road 4-1 Jan. 30th.
Kelowna has
dropped 2 of their last 3 games, and have just 5 wins in their past 10. The Rockets wrapped up 3 in 3 last weekend with
a 6-4 loss against the Americans in Tri
City. They beat Spokane
6-1 on the road Saturday, and started off the weekend with 4-3 home loss to Kamloops.
Victoria just
swept the visiting Prince George Cougars by 4-3 and 6-2 scores over the weekend,
and now have points in 11 straight games.
Their record over their last 26 games since the return of their World Junior
participants is (23-2-2-0). One of the
overtime losses was to Kelowna in Victoria
2-1 on Jan. 16th.
The Royals are the stingiest team in the WHL, while scoring
the 3rd most goals for on average per game. Victoria’s
penalty kill has the best efficiency percentage in the league.
Kelowna owns the
3rd best power play, while scoring the 4th most goals for
on average per game. The Rockets have
allowed the 6th fewest goals against on average per game, and are
riding Michael Herringer in net since losing Jackson Whistle Dec. 30th. Herringer has started 27 of 31 down the stretch with a record of 17-8-2-0, a 2.99 gaa and .903 save %.
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| Head to Head Goaltending |
The Royals netminders are 20 year old Coleman Vollrath and
rookie Griffen Outhouse who are both in the top 3 in goals against average in the
league. Vollrath has started the last
two games and now has appeared in 50 contests, winning 31.
Victoria is
led in scoring by Alex Forsberg (88pts), while Tyler Soy leads them in goals with
41. Jack Walker is 2nd in
scoring with 77 pts. Matthew Phillips
leads all rookies in goals (36), and points with 72.
Kelowna is led
by Tyson Baillie’s 92 points, including a team high 41 goals, and assists 51.
Both clubs have 3 games remaining heading into the contest. The Royals wrap up with a home and home with
Everett Friday & Saturday, while the Rockets do the same with the Giants.
Head To Head Stats Summary
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Result
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| Head to Head Record 2015-16 Regular Season | Victoria 4-2-1-0 | Kelowna 3-4-0-0 |
| Head to Head Record 2014-15 Regular Season | Victoria 3-5-0-0 | Kelowna 5-2-1-0 |
| Last 5 Years record between teams | Victoria 18-17-1-3 | Kelowna 21-15-2-1 |
| Victoria vs. Kelowna Last 5 Years record at Victoria | Victoria 8-9-1-2 | Kelowna 12-6-2-0 |
| Victoria vs. Kelowna Last 5 Years record at Kelowna | Victoria 10-8-0-1 | Kelowna 9-9-0-1 |
| Previous Meetings This Season | Victoria 4 @ Kelowna 1 (Jan 30 2016) Final Kelowna 2 @ Victoria 1 (Jan 16 2016) Final OT Kelowna 3 @ Victoria 4 (Jan 15 2016) Final Victoria 4 @ Kelowna 5 (Jan 2 2016) Final Kelowna 1 @ Victoria 5 (Nov 28 2015) Final Kelowna 3 @ Victoria 1 (Nov 27 2015) Final Victoria 3 @ Kelowna 0 (Oct 9 2015) Final |
How the 2 teams match up
Kelowna
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Victoria
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| Team Record | 46-19-4-0 -- 96 points | 47-16-3-3 -- 100 points |
| Division Ranking | 2nd B.C. | 1st B.C. |
| Conference Ranking | 2nd Western | 1st Western |
| League Ranking | 2nd | 1st |
| Past 10 Games | 5-4-1-0 | 10-0-0-0 |
| Streak | 0-1-0-0 | 10-0-1-0 |
| Last Game | 6-4 L @ Tri-City (Mar 13 2016) Final | 4-3 W vs Prince George (Mar 13 2016) Final |
| Home Record | 26-5-3-0 | 25-6-1-3 |
| Away Record | 20-14-1-0 | 22-10-2-0 |
| GF | 250 | 266 |
| GA | 207 | 159 |
| PP (Overall) | (62/267) 23.2% | (69/314) 22.0% |
| PP (Home) | (31/134) 23.1% | (41/175) 23.4% |
| PP (Away) | (31/133) 23.3% | (28/139) 20.1% |
| PK (Overall) | (59/292) 79.8% | (37/249) 85.1% |
| PK (Home) | (26/142) 81.7% | (21/134) 84.3% |
| PK (Away) | (33/150) 78.0% | (16/115) 86.1% |
| PP vs. Opp. | (3/29) 10.3% | (10/43) 23.3% |
| PK vs. Opp. | (10/43) 76.7% | (3/29) 89.7% |
| Leading Rookie | Thurkauf (15-27-42) | Phillips (36-36-72) |
| Most PIM | Stadel - 99 | Reddekopp - 100 |
| Team PIM/GM | 13.7/Game | 11.7/Game |
| Leading Scorers | Baillie (41-51-92) | Forsberg (28-56-84) |
| Kirkland (28-35-63) | Walker (33-44-77) | |
| Dube (24-38-62) | Soy (41-35-76) | |
| Merkley (17-31-48) | Phillips (36-36-72) | |
| Linaker (17-29-46) | Bobylev (26-35-61) | |
| Last 5 Games | 6-4 L @ Tri-City (Mar 13 2016) Final | 4-3 W vs Prince George (Mar 13 2016) Final |
| 6-1 W @ Spokane (Mar 12 2016) Final | 6-2 W vs Prince George (Mar 11 2016) Final | |
| 4-3 L vs Kamloops (Mar 11 2016) Final OT | 7-3 W vs Vancouver (Mar 5 2016) Final | |
| 3-2 W vs Prince George (Mar 9 2016) Final SO | 5-1 W @ Vancouver (Mar 4 2016) Final | |
| 3-2 L vs Kamloops (Mar 5 2016) Final | 6-1 W @ Edmonton (Feb 29 2016) Final | |
| Leading After 1st | 21-1-1-0 | 30-3-2-2 |
| Leading After 2nd | 31-0-3-0 | 36-2-1-1 |
| Tied After 1st | 17-2-3-0 | 12-9-1-1 |
| Tied After 2nd | 11-3-1-0 | 7-5-2-2 |
| Trailing After 1st | 8-16-0-0 | 5-4-0-0 |
| Trailing After 2nd | 4-16-0-0 | 4-9-0-0 |
| Out Shooting Opponents | 20-4-2-0 | 37-7-3-3 |
| Out Shot by Opponents | 24-12-2-0 | 9-9-0-0 |
| 1-Goal Games | 20-4-4-0 | 8-5-3-3 |
| 2-Goal Games | 10-6-0-0 | 8-8-0-0 |
| 3-Goal Games | 11-6-0-0 | 13-2-0-0 |
