Monday 30 September 2013

Preview: Victoria at Prince George, Tuesday Oct. 1st

The Victoria Royals continue their BC Division road trip with a pair of games against the Prince George Cougars Tuesday and Wednesday.

Pregame show on The Zone @ 91.3 fm or online at: www.thezone.fm/listen 6:40 Tuesday & Wednesday.

It’s the first of 8 meetings between the clubs, as last season the Royals won 6 games, 2 of those in shoot outs.  Three of the victories came in Prince George.

Both clubs have 2-3 records and both are looking for back to back wins.  Victoria is coming off a 4-3 come from behind shoot out win in Kelowna Saturday, while Prince George got past Kamloops 3-1 on home ice on the same night.  The Cougars fell 5-2 one night earlier to the same Blazers.

In Kelowna Saturday, Victoria’s Trent Lofthouse was the games first star with a goal and an assist, while Brandon Fushimi and Landon Welykholowa (Well-uh-Call-uh-Wah) also scored, overcoming a 3-1 third period deficit. 

In the shoot out, Logan Nelson and brothers Jack and Ben Walker all scored.  Coleman Vollrath earned the win, snapping the clubs 3 game losing streak.  Keegan Kanzig, Brandon Magee and Joe Hicketts all returned to the line up. 

The Royals had 11 come from behind wins last year.  Victoria is now 2-0 on the road this year, while the Cougars are 1-1 at home.

Last season Prince George had a record of 22-43-2-6, placing ninth in the Western Conference.

Gone from last years Cougars club is 20 year old F Colin Jacobs, who signed a pro contract with Buffalo Sabres.  They are carrying two 20-year-old in F Klarc Wilson, and D Peter Kosterman (acquired in trade from Hitmen).

The imports are both from Slovakia 6’6 D Martin Bobos (Boh-bohs), and F David Soltes (Soul-Tays) both selected in 2013 CHL Import Draft.

The Cougars have a solid core of key returnees: F Troy Bourke, F Zach Pochiro, F Alex Forsberg, D Marc McNulty, and G Brett Zarowny.

Their three 16 year olds include two first round picks in 2012, F Jansen Harkins (2nd overall), F Brad Morrison (7th overall), and 2nd rounder, D Tate Olson.  9th round pick 17-year-old G Ty Edmonds is also a rookie on the team.

After the Tuesday, and Wednesday games in Prince George, Victoria plays in Kamloops Friday night before returning home for a matinee against Tri City October 6th.

-Marlon Martens

Victoria Royals vs Prince George Cougars: Head To Head Stats
Summary

Description
Result
Head to Head Record 2013-14 Regular Season Victoria 0-0-0-0Prince George 0-0-0-0
Head to Head Record 2012-13 Regular Season Victoria 6-2-0-0Prince George 2-4-0-2
Last 5 Years record between teams Victoria 22-8-0-2Prince George 10-18-0-4
Victoria vs. Prince George Last 5 Years record at Victoria Victoria 10-5-0-1Prince George 6-8-0-2
Victoria vs. Prince George Last 5 Years record at Prince George Victoria 12-3-0-1Prince George 4-10-0-2
How the 2 teams match up
Prince George
Victoria
Team Record 2-3-0-0 -- 4 points 2-3-0-0 -- 4 points
Division Ranking 2nd B.C. 3rd B.C.
Conference Ranking 6th Western 7th Western
League Ranking 13th 14th
Past 10 Games 2-3-0-0 2-3-0-0
Streak 1-0-0-0 1-0-0-0
Last Game 3-1 W vs Kamloops (Sep 28 2013) Final 4-3 W @ Kelowna (Sep 28 2013) Final SO
Home Record 1-1-0-0 0-3-0-0
Away Record 1-2-0-0 2-0-0-0
GF 12  12 
GA 24  19 
PP (Overall) (3/29) 10.3 (3/23) 13.0
PP (Home) (1/14) 7.1 (2/14) 14.3
PP (Away) (2/15) 13.3 (1/9) 11.1
PK (Overall) (11/28) 60.7 (6/22) 72.7
PK (Home) (2/7) 71.4 (5/15) 66.7
PK (Away) (9/21) 57.1 (1/7) 85.7
Leading Rookie Morrison (2-0-2) (0-0-0)
Most PIM Erricson - 20 Crunk - 16
Team PIM/GM 26.8/Game 17.6/Game
Leading Scorers Wilson (4-1-5) Nelson (1-4-5)
McNulty (1-4-5) Carroll (3-0-3)
Bourke (2-2-4) Fushimi (2-0-2)
Forsberg (1-2-3) Hicketts (1-1-2)
Tkatch (0-3-3) Magee (1-1-2)
Last 5 Games 3-1 W vs Kamloops (Sep 28 2013) Final 4-3 W @ Kelowna (Sep 28 2013) Final SO
5-2 L vs Kamloops (Sep 27 2013) Final 6-1 L vs Spokane (Sep 25 2013) Final
2-1 W @ Tri-City (Sep 22 2013) Final 6-2 L vs Spokane (Sep 24 2013) Final
8-3 L @ Everett (Sep 21 2013) Final 2-1 L vs Vancouver (Sep 21 2013) Final
9-2 L @ Portland (Sep 20 2013) Final 4-2 W @ Vancouver (Sep 20 2013) Final
Leading After 1st 2-0-0-0 0-0-0-0
Leading After 2nd 2-0-0-0 1-0-0-0
Tied After 1st 0-2-0-0 1-1-0-0
Tied After 2nd 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0
Trailing After 1st 0-1-0-0 1-2-0-0
Trailing After 2nd 0-3-0-0 1-3-0-0
Out Shooting Opponents 2-1-0-0 0-1-0-0
Out Shot by Opponents 0-2-0-0 1-2-0-0
1-Goal Games 1-0-0-0 1-1-0-0
2-Goal Games 1-0-0-0 1-0-0-0
3-Goal Games 0-1-0-0 0-0-0-0