The Victoria Royals visit the Kelowna Rockets Thursday night
for Game 4, leading the best of seven playoff series 2 games to 1.
Radio: 91.3 FM Victoria
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The Royals look to bounce back after falling 3-2 on the road
Tuesday.
Matthew Phillips and Alex Forsberg scored for Victoria,
while Coleman Vollrath made 35 saves in the loss.
Rourke Chartier had a goal and two assists, while Thomas
Soustal had a goal and assist. Michael
Herringer was the 2nd star with 29 saves for Kelowna.
The Rockets were 1 for 3 on their power play, while the Royals
went 0 for 3. Both clubs had 5 on 3 man
advantages.
Victoria
welcomed back defenseman Joe Hicketts Tuesday picking up an assist, however
Vladimir Bobylev missed his 4th straight.
Royals forward Jack Walker is on a 6 game point streak with
5 goals and 5 assists for 10 points. Alex Forsberg has points in 4 straight games
with 2 goals and 5 assists for 7 points.
The Royals have outscored the Rockets 7-6 in total. Kelowna
has out shot Victoria in all
three games.
Netminders Michael Herringer and Coleman Vollrath have
played all three games.
The home team has won every game so far. Victoria
is 2-2 on the road in the post season, while Kelowna
is 4-1 on home ice.
All contests have been one goal games.
The team that’s scored first, has won every game so far.
Both club’s power play’s in the series are 2 for 11.
Game 5 goes Friday night in Victoria,
with fans encouraged to wear black and blue.
Puck drop at 7:05
both nights.
| Previous Meetings This Season | Victoria 2 @ Kelowna 3 (Apr 12 2016) Final Kelowna 2 @ Victoria 3 (Apr 9 2016) Final Kelowna 1 @ Victoria 2 (Apr 7 2016) Final |
| # | Player | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | Alex Forsberg | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | Jack Walker | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| 19 | Dante Hannoun | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | Matthew Phillips | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | Scott Walford | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | Regan Nagy | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 |
| 20 | Logan Fisher | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | -1 |
| 2 | Joe Hicketts | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 28 | Marsel Ibragimov | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Tyler Soy | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | Jared Dmytriw | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 3 | Ryan Gagnon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -1 |
| 4 | Ralph Jarratt | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 22 | Brayden Pachal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Ryan Peckford | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Ethan Price | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 |
| 29 | Chaz Reddekopp | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 |
| 35 | Coleman Vollrath | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Ty Westgard | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 |
| 6 | Jordan Wharrie | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| # | Player | GP | W | L | OTL | SL | MIN | GA | GAA | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35 | Coleman Vollrath | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 178:49 | 6 | 2.01 | 0.944 |
Kelowna Rockets
| # | Player | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | Tyson Baillie | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 14 | Rourke Chartier | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | -1 |
| 15 | Tomas Soustal | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Cal Foote | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -3 |
| 28 | Joe Gatenby | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 19 | Dillon Dube | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -4 |
| 23 | Justin Kirkland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Cole Linaker | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 |
| 27 | Calvin Thurkauf | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| 4 | Gordie Ballhorn | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 |
| 11 | Jordan Borstmayer | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Michael Herringer | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Lucas Johansen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | Kole Lind | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | Jonathan Smart | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Rodney Southam | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 |
| 3 | Riley Stadel | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 21 | Devante Stephens | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | Tanner Wishnowski | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| # | Player | GP | W | L | OTL | SL | MIN | GA | GAA | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | Michael Herringer | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 176:50 | 7 | 2.38 | 0.921 |
