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| National Anthems in Spokane |
“I don’t think we were ready to play…” said Victoria Head
Coach Dave Lowry,
“And I’ll take blame for that, my responsibility is to
make sure this team is ready to play…”
The Royals still lead the best of seven playoff series 2
games to 1.
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| Royals Bench |
“Battle level, compete, urgency, everything that you need
to win at this time of year…” said Lowry about the difference in the game,
“For us it just was not a very good effort all around.”
The two clubs meet again Wednesday in Spokane,
with Game 5 in Victoria on
Friday.
The Chiefs built period leads of 2-0 and 5-0, before Victoria
responded with a pair in the third.
“We started competing, and starting executing, and started
playing the way we have to play,” according to Lowry on the clubs strong
third.
“One thing we talked about, was that we have to find a
way to generate some momentum, and I thought we did that in the third period.”
Spokane jumped
to a 4 and 5-0 lead with a pair of goals just :29 seconds apart in the middle
frame.
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| Face off in Royals Zone |
“When you take those guys out, other guys have to raise
their game…” said Lowry.
Spokane out shot
their visitors 33-18 after 40 minutes and 37-24 overall.
Coleman Vollrath made 34 saves in the loss, while Lasse
Petersen stopped 22 for his first win in the post season.
The Royals were 1 for 5 on the power play, but the Chiefs
went 2 for 6.
Victoria got a
pair of goals form rookies Matthew Phillips and defenseman Scott Walford, their
first WHL playoff markers. Walford totalled
two points (1g 1a).
Spokane got
goals from Jaret Anderson-Dolan (1g 1a), Jason Fram, Hudson Elynuik, Presten
Kopeck, and Jordan Henderson. Dominic
Zwerger had 2 assists.
It was another physical affair with 48 minutes of penalties
handed out, 38 of which went to the Royals.
“The physical part isn’t going to bothersome – I thought
we managed it.” Said Lowry.
Victoria had
their 7 game road win streak snapped, along with their 15 game win streak
overall.
“It stings,” said Lowry, “You’re frustrated, but
at the end of the day you’ve lost once in 16 games…we’ll be ready to go
(Wednesday).
- Marlon Martens
- Marlon Martens
Series Schedule:
Wednesday, March 30th – Victoria
@ Spokane – 7:05 p.m.
Friday, April 1st – Spokane
@ Victoria – 7:05 p.m. (if necessary)
Sunday, April 3rd – Victoria
@ Spokane – 5:05 p.m. (if necessary)
Tuesday, April 5th – Spokane
@ Victoria – 7:05 p.m. (if necessary)
Victoria
Royals 2 at Spokane Chiefs 5 -
Status: End of Game
Tuesday, March 29, 2016 - Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena
Victoria 0 0 2 - 2
Spokane 2 3 0 - 5
1st Period-
Tuesday, March 29, 2016 - Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena
Victoria 0 0 2 - 2
Spokane 2 3 0 - 5
1st Period-
1, Spokane, Fram
1 (Zwerger, Ke. Yamamoto), 7:26.
2, Spokane, Henderson
1 (Fiala, Ke. Yamamoto), 17:39.
Penalties-Bechtold Spo (checking from behind), 0:34; Walker
Vic (high sticking), 5:23; Ke.
Yamamoto Spo (hooking), 14:49.
2nd Period-
2nd Period-
3, Spokane,
Elynuik 3 (Anderson-Dolan, Sozanski), 9:06
(PP).
4, Spokane,
Kopeck 1 (Ke. Yamamoto, Zwerger), 16:10
(PP).
5, Spokane,
Anderson-Dolan 1 (Miske, Cardiff), 16:39.
Penalties-Walker Vic (unsportsmanlike cnd.), 0:00; Ka.
Yamamoto Spo (unsportsmanlike cnd.), 0:00; Pachal Vic (cross checking), 7:34; Walford Vic (cross checking), 14:16; Kopeck Spo (tripping), 17:01.
3rd Period-
3rd Period-
6, Victoria, Phillips 1 (Hannoun, Walford), 3:40 (PP).
7, Victoria, Walford 1 (Reddekopp, Soy), 18:02.
Penalties-Fisher Vic (interference), 0:50; Fram Spo
(holding), 2:16; Bechtold Spo (inter. on goaltender), 6:17; Forsberg Vic (slashing,
10-minute misconduct), 9:16; Dmytriw Vic (roughing), 14:52; Pachal Vic
(roughing), 14:52; Bechtold Spo (roughing), 14:52; Ke. Yamamoto Spo (roughing),
14:52; Nagy Vic (roughing), 17:03; Miske Spo (tripping), 17:03; Pachal Vic (slashing), 18:31.
Shots on Goal-
Shots on Goal-
Victoria
9-9-6-24.
Spokane
17-16-4-37.
Power Play Opportunities-
Victoria 1 /
5;
Spokane 2 / 6.
Goalies-
Victoria, Vollrath 2-1-0-0 (37 shots-32 saves).
Spokane,
Petersen 1-2-0-0 (24 shots-22 saves).
A-0
Referees-Jeff Ingram (82), Nick Swaine (35).
Linesmen-Jeremi Del Campo (44), Anthony Guzzo (135).
