Puck drop at 6:30 pm pacific, with the pregame show on The Zone @ 91.3 FM at 6:15, or online at www.thezone.fm .
The Royals look to snap a 6 game slide against the Tigers who’ve won their last 2, and 6 of their last 8.
It’s the second and final meeting of the season, with Victoria winning on home ice 4-3 in overtime back on Oct 3rd.
Victoria is 3rd in the BC Division and 6th in the West after coming off a 5-2 loss in Calgary Friday evening, as they outshot the Hitmen 29-26, but were outscored In the third by a 3-1 margin. The Royals got goals from Tyler Stahl and Steven Hodges, and 21 saves from Calgary native Coleman Vollrath.
Hodges extends his point streak to 6 games (2g, 4a), while Alex Gogolev picked up an assist against his former club.
Medicine Hat sits 4th in the Central, and 5th in the East after they broke a 2-2 tie in the third, then and added two more, to skate away with a 5-2 win over the visiting Moose Jaw Warriors Friday night. Cam Lanigan had 29 saves for his 9th win in 12 games. Elgin Pearce had a goal and two assists, while Hunter Shinkaruk and Curtis Valk each had a goal and an assist.
Together Shinkaruk and Valk have scored 36% of the teams goals this season. Valk and Shinkaruk are 3rd and 4th respectively in league scoring.
Up next the Royals kick off a 6 game homestand next Friday night against the Everett Silvertips, in their first meeting of the season.
Tonight Victoria wraps up 3 games in 4 nights, part of a 5 game in 9 night swing and travel back home after the game. It’s the longest span of days between home games with 23, and a total of 4648 km travelled.
How the 2 teams match up
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| Team Record | 9-10-0-0 -- 18 points | 11-9-1-0 -- 23 points |
| Division Ranking | 3rd B.C. | 4th Central |
| Conference Ranking | 6th Western | 5th Eastern |
| League Ranking | 15th | 10th |
| Past 10 Games | 3-7-0-0 | 7-3-0-0 |
| Streak | 0-6-0-0 | 2-0-0-0 |
| Last Game | 5-2 L @ Calgary (Nov 9 2012) Final | 5-2 W vs Moose Jaw (Nov 9 2012) Final |
| Home Record | 6-2-0-0 | 8-3-0-0 |
| Away Record | 3-8-0-0 | 3-6-1-0 |
| GF | 50 | 80 |
| GA | 69 | 68 |
| PP (Overall) | (18/98) 18.4 | (28/119) 23.5 |
| PP (Home) | (7/42) 16.7 | (17/66) 25.8 |
| PP (Away) | (11/56) 19.6 | (11/53) 20.8 |
| PK (Overall) | (18/87) 79.3 | (19/81) 76.5 |
| PK (Home) | (5/29) 82.8 | (9/41) 78.0 |
| PK (Away) | (13/58) 77.6 | (10/40) 75.0 |
| Leading Rookie | Hicketts (1-5-6) | Becker (4-10-14) |
| Most PIM | Carroll - 54 | Lewington - 36 |
| Team PIM/GM | 20.3/Game | 14.0/Game |
| Leading Scorers | Gogolev (8-14-22) | Valk (15-17-32) |
| Nelson (3-13-16) | Shinkaruk (14-17-31) | |
| Magee (9-4-13) | Pearce (7-15-22) | |
| Walker (6-7-13) | Busenius (2-16-18) | |
| Crooks (6-4-10) | Cox (9-6-15) | |
| Last 5 Games | 5-2 L @ Calgary (Nov 9 2012) Final | 5-2 W vs Moose Jaw (Nov 9 2012) Final |
| 4-2 L @ Lethbridge (Nov 7 2012) Final | 3-1 W vs Kootenay (Nov 4 2012) Final | |
| 6-2 L @ Portland (Nov 3 2012) Final | 5-2 L @ Lethbridge (Nov 2 2012) Final | |
| 6-2 L @ Portland (Nov 2 2012) Final | 5-1 W vs Vancouver (Nov 1 2012) Final | |
| 5-2 L @ Kamloops (Oct 27 2012) Final | 3-2 W @ Moose Jaw (Oct 28 2012) Final OT | |
| Leading After 1st | 3-2-0-0 | 6-3-1-0 |
| Leading After 2nd | 4-0-0-0 | 6-0-1-0 |
| Tied After 1st | 3-2-0-0 | 4-2-0-0 |
| Tied After 2nd | 0-1-0-0 | 5-2-0-0 |
| Trailing After 1st | 3-6-0-0 | 1-4-0-0 |
| Trailing After 2nd | 5-9-0-0 | 0-7-0-0 |
| Out Shooting Opponents | 3-1-0-0 | 8-3-0-0 |
| Out Shot by Opponents | 5-9-0-0 | 2-6-1-0 |
| 1-Goal Games | 7-0-0-0 | 4-2-1-0 |
| 2-Goal Games | 2-2-0-0 | 1-3-0-0 |
| 3-Goal Games | 0-6-0-0 | 1-3-0-0 |
