Saturday 19 January 2013

Preview: Victoria at Kamloops

The Victoria Royals (24-17-1-2, 51pts) visit the Kamloops Blazers (30-13-2-3, 65pts) Saturday night, for their 3rd meeting in 5 nights.

Pregame show on The Zone @ 91.3 FM at 6:40 or online at www.thezone.fm

The Royals defeated the Blazers in Victoria 6-4 Tuesday, and 3-2 in a shoot out Wednesday.  The season series is now tied at 3 games a piece.

Both clubs are playing their 4th game in 5 nights, Kamloops winning 4-1 on the road Friday night at Tri City.

Victoria won 6-2 Friday night in Vancouver for their club record 4th consecutive win in a row.  Steven Hodges scored twice, for a 3rd game in a row, while Alex Gogolev had a 3 point night with a goal and two assists.  Patrik Polivka was the number one star with a 30 save performance, earning him his 20th win of the season.

The Royals power play remains red hot going 2 for 4 on the night, and 11 for 25 (44%) over their last 5 games.

Steven Hodges has scored twice in each of his last 3 games, now 7 goals in his last 4 games and 8pts (7g 1a).  Alex Gogolev had a goal and 2 assists, extending his point streak to 5 games (2g 9a) and 11 points.  With an assist, Brandon Magee extends his point streak to 5 games (1g 5a) with 6 points.

The Royals played without 6 players due to injury. Logan Nelson (Lower, 3-4 weeks), Ben Walker (Upper, 3-7 days), Luke Harrison (Upper, indefinite), Tim Traber (Lower, 5-7 days), Jamie Crooks and Mitch Deacon.

Victoria is 6th in the Conference and move 4 points back of 5th place Tri City.  Kamloops is ranked 9th in the CHL, and are 3rd in the West.

The Blazers have 3 players in the top 10 in scoring, Colin Smith 3rd with 71pts, and Tim Bozon and JC Lipon tied for 6th with 60 points.

Tonight the Royals look for the clubs first win at the Interior Savings Centre against the Blazers.

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How the 2 teams match up

     
 
Kamloops
Victoria
Team Record 30-13-2-3 -- 65 points 24-17-1-2 -- 51 points
Division Ranking 2nd B.C. 3rd B.C.
Conference Ranking 3rd Western 6th Western
League Ranking 6th 10th
Past 10 Games 5-4-0-1 6-3-1-0
Streak 1-0-0-1 4-0-0-0
Last Game 4-1 W @ Tri-City (Jan 18 2013) Final 6-2 W @ Vancouver (Jan 18 2013) Final
Home Record 16-3-1-1 15-5-1-1
Away Record 14-10-1-2 9-12-0-1
GF 168  141 
GA 128  145 
PP (Overall) (51/216) 23.6 (44/209) 21.1
PP (Home) (27/102) 26.5 (20/103) 19.4
PP (Away) (24/114) 21.1 (24/106) 22.6
PK (Overall) (41/211) 80.6 (43/197) 78.2
PK (Home) (12/84) 85.7 (17/87) 80.5
PK (Away) (29/127) 77.2 (26/110) 76.4
Leading Rookie Thomson (1-5-6) Hicketts (1-10-11)
Most PIM Edmundson - 97 Carroll - 100
Team PIM/GM 15.3/Game 19.9/Game
Leading Scorers Smith (30-41-71) Gogolev (15-36-51)
  Bozon (27-33-60) Magee (17-20-37)
  Lipon (22-38-60) Crooks (21-12-33)
  Ranford (13-39-52) Nelson (8-23-31)
  Ully (14-15-29) Walker (13-17-30)
Last 5 Games 4-1 W @ Tri-City (Jan 18 2013) Final 6-2 W @ Vancouver (Jan 18 2013) Final
  3-2 L @ Victoria (Jan 16 2013) Final SO 3-2 W vs Kamloops (Jan 16 2013) Final SO
  6-4 L @ Victoria (Jan 15 2013) Final 6-4 W vs Kamloops (Jan 15 2013) Final
  2-1 W @ Prince George (Jan 12 2013) Final OT 6-2 W @ Seattle (Jan 12 2013) Final
  1-0 L @ Prince George (Jan 11 2013) Final 7-4 L @ Everett (Jan 11 2013) Final
Leading After 1st 12-1-0-2 12-4-0-1
Leading After 2nd 19-2-0-2 13-0-0-1
Tied After 1st 13-6-1-0 8-4-1-1
Tied After 2nd 6-2-1-0 2-1-1-0
Trailing After 1st 5-6-1-1 4-9-0-0
Trailing After 2nd 5-9-1-1 9-16-0-1
Out Shooting Opponents 24-7-2-2 9-4-0-1
Out Shot by Opponents 6-5-0-1 13-13-1-1
1-Goal Games 13-3-2-3 12-2-1-2
2-Goal Games 2-6-0-0 5-3-0-0
3-Goal Games 9-3-0-0 2-8-0-0