Monday 23 September 2013

Preview: Spokane at Victoria, Tues Sept 24

The Victoria Royals entertain the Spokane Chiefs for a pair of back to back games Tuesday and Wednesday.

Pregame show on The Zone @ 91.3 fm in Victoria begins at 6:45 both nights. www.thezone.fm/listen

Last season the Royals picked up a win and an overtime loss in 4 games with the Chiefs.

Victoria is coming off a 2-1 home loss to Vancouver, after doubling the Giants 4-2 one night earlier on the road.

Spokane opened the season on the road with a 6-2 victory in Tri City.  Mitch Holmberg had a 4 point night, including the hatrick, as the Chiefs outshot the Americans 37-24.

Last season Spokane took out Tri City in the first round of the playoffs in 5 games before falling 4 straight to Portland in the second round.

The Chiefs lost a large portion offense due to graduating players Brenden Kichton (85pts), Dylan Walchuk, and Blake Gal.  Also gone are Swiss sniper Alessio Bertaggia and 40 goal man Todd Fiddler (traded to Moose Jaw for a third round pick in 2014). That means the Chiefs are without 114 goals worth of combined production.

However, overagers Mitch Holmberg and Mike Aviani combined for 69 goals and 148 points last year, and 6 points alone in their season opener.

The Royals are without Steven Hodges (lower, 4-6 weeks) and Chaz Reddekopp (lower, 3-5 weeks).  Defenseman Keegan Kanzig is still away at Calgary Flames main camp, a 3rd round selection this year.

Victoria Royals vs Spokane Chiefs: Head To Head Stats
Summary

Description
Result
Head to Head Record 2013-14 Regular Season Victoria 0-0-0-0Spokane 0-0-0-0
Head to Head Record 2012-13 Regular Season Victoria 1-2-1-0Spokane 3-1-0-0
Last 5 Years record between teams Victoria 3-10-1-2Spokane 13-3-0-0
Victoria vs. Spokane Last 5 Years record at Victoria Victoria 1-6-1-0Spokane 7-1-0-0
Victoria vs. Spokane Last 5 Years record at Spokane Victoria 2-4-0-2Spokane 6-2-0-0


How the 2 teams match up
Spokane
Victoria
Team Record 1-0-0-0 -- 2 points 1-1-0-0 -- 2 points
Division Ranking 4th U.S. 3rd B.C.
Conference Ranking 5th Western 7th Western
League Ranking 11th 13th
Past 10 Games 1-0-0-0 1-1-0-0
Streak 1-0-0-0 0-1-0-0
Last Game 6-2 W @ Tri-City (Sep 21 2013) Final 2-1 L vs Vancouver (Sep 21 2013) Final
Home Record 0-0-0-0 0-1-0-0
Away Record 1-0-0-0 1-0-0-0
GF
GA
PP (Overall) (2/5) 40.0 (0/7) 0.0
PP (Home) (0/0) (0/5) 0.0
PP (Away) (2/5) 40.0 (0/2) 0.0
PK (Overall) (1/7) 85.7 (1/9) 88.9
PK (Home) (0/0) (0/6) 100.0
PK (Away) (1/7) 85.7 (1/3) 66.7
Leading Rookie Bobyk (0-1-1) (0-0-0)
Most PIM Whittingham - 7 Carroll - 11
Team PIM/GM 26.0/Game 16.5/Game
Leading Scorers Holmberg (3-1-4) Nelson (0-4-4)
Aviani (1-2-3) Carroll (3-0-3)
Chartier (1-1-2) Magee (1-1-2)
Stewart (1-1-2) Hicketts (1-0-1)
Gow (0-2-2) Dixon (0-1-1)
Last 5 Games 6-2 W @ Tri-City (Sep 21 2013) Final 2-1 L vs Vancouver (Sep 21 2013) Final
4-2 W @ Vancouver (Sep 20 2013) Final








Leading After 1st 1-0-0-0 0-0-0-0
Leading After 2nd 1-0-0-0 1-0-0-0
Tied After 1st 0-0-0-0 0-1-0-0
Tied After 2nd 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0
Trailing After 1st 0-0-0-0 1-0-0-0
Trailing After 2nd 0-0-0-0 0-1-0-0
Out Shooting Opponents 1-0-0-0 0-1-0-0
Out Shot by Opponents 0-0-0-0 1-0-0-0
1-Goal Games 0-0-0-0 0-1-0-0
2-Goal Games 0-0-0-0 1-0-0-0
3-Goal Games 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0