Saturday 12 October 2013

Preview: Lethbridge at Victoria, Saturday Oct 12th

The Victoria Royals (5-5) entertain the visiting Lethbridge Hurricanes (1-6-0-1) in the back half of the two games set Saturday night.

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

After a 4-0 win Friday night against the Canes, the Royals have won back to back games and will look for their first sweep of the season.  Lethbridge has dropped 4 in a row as they kicked off their 4 game BC Division road trip.

Friday night Logan Nelson and Joe Hicketts had 3 point nights with a goal and 2 assists each, while Patrik Polivka stopped all 27 shots for his 2nd shut out of the season.  Over his last four outings, Polivka has a 3-1 record, posting 2 shutouts to go along with a 1.26 goals against average and 0.955 save percentage.

Brandon Fushimi scored the eventual game winner on a shorthanded breakaway in the first.  Austin Carroll rounded out the scoring with a goal and an assist.

Victoria’s power play was 2 for 7, while stopping all 7 Lethbridge man advantages.  Their penalty kill is now 2nd best in the league stopping 27 of their last 28 over their previous 6 games.

It was the Royals 5th win of the season, pulling to an even .500 (5-5).  The club earned back to back wins for the first time this year after a 2-1 victory Sunday against Tri City.

After Lethbridge Saturday, Victoria’s 5 game homestand wraps up with a pair against the Prince George Cougars Monday afternoon and Wednesday.

-Marlon Martens

Victoria Royals vs Lethbridge Hurricanes: Head To Head Stats
Summary

Description
Result
Head to Head Record 2013-14 Regular Season Victoria 1-0-0-0Lethbridge 0-1-0-0
Head to Head Record 2012-13 Regular Season Victoria 0-2-0-0Lethbridge 2-0-0-0
Last 5 Years record between teams Victoria 6-2-1-0Lethbridge 3-6-0-0
Victoria vs. Lethbridge Last 5 Years record at Victoria Victoria 4-1-0-0Lethbridge 1-4-0-0
Victoria vs. Lethbridge Last 5 Years record at Lethbridge Victoria 2-1-1-0Lethbridge 2-2-0-0
Previous Meetings This Season Lethbridge 0 @ Victoria 4 (Oct 11 2013) Final



How the 2 teams match up
Lethbridge
Victoria
Team Record 1-6-0-1 -- 3 points 5-5-0-0 -- 10 points
Division Ranking 6th Central 2nd B.C.
Conference Ranking 12th Eastern 5th Western
League Ranking 22nd 10th
Past 10 Games 1-6-0-1 5-5-0-0
Streak 0-4-0-0 2-0-0-0
Last Game 4-0 L @ Victoria (Oct 11 2013) Final 4-0 W vs Lethbridge (Oct 11 2013) Final
Home Record 0-4-0-0 2-3-0-0
Away Record 1-2-0-1 3-2-0-0
GF 18  22 
GA 39  26 
PP (Overall) (6/43) 14.0 (8/47) 17.0
PP (Home) (3/19) 15.8 (5/22) 22.7
PP (Away) (3/24) 12.5 (3/25) 12.0
PK (Overall) (11/42) 73.8 (7/46) 84.8
PK (Home) (5/19) 73.7 (6/28) 78.6
PK (Away) (6/23) 73.9 (1/18) 94.4
Leading Rookie Estephan (1-1-2) Soy (0-2-2)
Most PIM Ramsay - 23 Carroll - 22
Team PIM/GM 18.6/Game 17.9/Game
Leading Scorers Watson (4-1-5) Nelson (4-7-11)
Maxwell (2-3-5) Carroll (5-2-7)
Laurencelle (0-5-5) Hicketts (3-4-7)
Blomqvist (2-2-4) Fushimi (4-1-5)
Ramsay (2-2-4) Magee (1-4-5)
Last 5 Games 4-0 L @ Victoria (Oct 11 2013) Final 4-0 W vs Lethbridge (Oct 11 2013) Final
5-2 L vs Kootenay (Oct 9 2013) Final 2-1 W vs Tri-City (Oct 6 2013) Final
6-2 L vs Seattle (Oct 5 2013) Final 4-3 L @ Kamloops (Oct 4 2013) Final
5-3 L vs Calgary (Oct 2 2013) Final 1-0 W @ Prince George (Oct 2 2013) Final
5-3 W @ Edmonton (Sep 29 2013) Final 2-0 L @ Prince George (Oct 1 2013) Final
Leading After 1st 1-1-0-0 1-0-0-0
Leading After 2nd 0-0-0-0 3-0-0-0
Tied After 1st 0-1-0-1 3-1-0-0
Tied After 2nd 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0
Trailing After 1st 0-4-0-0 1-4-0-0
Trailing After 2nd 1-6-0-1 2-5-0-0
Out Shooting Opponents 0-0-0-0 0-3-0-0
Out Shot by Opponents 1-5-0-1 3-2-0-0
1-Goal Games 0-0-0-1 3-2-0-0
2-Goal Games 1-1-0-0 1-1-0-0
3-Goal Games 0-1-0-0 0-0-0-0