Tuesday 15 October 2013

Preview: Prince George at Victoria, Wednesday Oct 16th

The Victoria Royals (7-5, 14pts) wrap up their 5 game homestand against the Prince George Cougars ( 5-5-0-1, 11pts) in the back half of the two game set Wednesday. 

Pregame show on The Zone @ 91.3 fm at 6:45pm or online at www.thezone.fm/listen

The Royals are riding a 4 game win streak and look to sweep the Cougars after a 3-0 blanking Monday afternoon. 

Logan Nelson had 3 points and Patrik Polivka 24 saves earning them top spot in the BC Divison, 2 points up on Kelowna and 3 up on the Cougars.  Nelson’s line with Brandon Magee and Austin Carroll combined for 7 points.

Polivka earned his 3rd shut out of the season, and is now 7-0 lifetime against the Cougars.  The Czech Republic netminder now has shut outs in 2 of his last 3 starts and improves to 6-4 on the season.

Victoria is 2-1 so far this season against Prince George after earning a split at the CN Centre in early October.

Nelson is on a 5 game goal scoring streak (6g 4a, 10pts), while Austin Carroll (3g 4a, 7pts) is on a 4 game point streak.

After Prince George, Victoria embarks on a 2 game US Division road swing with stops in Tri City Friday and Spokane Saturday.

-Marlon Martens

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

   
Description
Result
Head to Head Record 2013-14 Regular Season Victoria 2-1-0-0Prince George 1-2-0-0
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 24-9-0-2Prince George 11-20-0-4
Victoria vs. Prince George Last 5 Years record at Victoria Victoria 11-5-0-1Prince George 6-9-0-2
Victoria vs. Prince George Last 5 Years record at Prince George Victoria 13-4-0-1Prince George 5-11-0-2
Previous Meetings This Season Prince George 0 @ Victoria 3 (Oct 14 2013) Final
Victoria 1 @ Prince George 0 (Oct 2 2013) Final
Victoria 0 @ Prince George 2 (Oct 1 2013) Final



How the 2 teams match up
     
 
Prince George
Victoria
Team Record 5-5-0-1 -- 11 points 7-5-0-0 -- 14 points
Division Ranking 3rd B.C. 1st B.C.
Conference Ranking 6th Western 2nd Western
League Ranking 12th 4th
Past 10 Games 5-4-0-1 6-4-0-0
Streak 0-1-0-0 4-0-0-0
Last Game 3-0 L @ Victoria (Oct 14 2013) Final 3-0 W vs Prince George (Oct 14 2013) Final
Home Record 3-2-0-1 4-3-0-0
Away Record 2-3-0-0 3-2-0-0
GF 23  29 
GA 34  29 
PP (Overall) (6/53) 11.3 (10/57) 17.5
PP (Home) (3/29) 10.3 (7/32) 21.9
PP (Away) (3/24) 12.5 (3/25) 12.0
PK (Overall) (13/53) 75.5 (8/54) 85.2
PK (Home) (3/22) 86.4 (7/36) 80.6
PK (Away) (10/31) 67.7 (1/18) 94.4
Leading Rookie Morrison (3-0-3) Soy (0-2-2)
Most PIM Pochiro - 28 Crunk - 27
Team PIM/GM 19.9/Game 17.8/Game
Leading Scorers Pochiro (4-4-8) Nelson (7-8-15)
  Bourke (3-4-7) Carroll (6-4-10)
  Witala (3-4-7) Hicketts (4-5-9)
  Forsberg (1-6-7) Magee (1-7-8)
  Wilson (4-1-5) Fushimi (4-2-6)
Last 5 Games 3-0 L @ Victoria (Oct 14 2013) Final 3-0 W vs Prince George (Oct 14 2013) Final
  4-3 W vs Everett (Oct 12 2013) Final OT 4-3 W vs Lethbridge (Oct 12 2013) Final
  3-2 L vs Everett (Oct 11 2013) Final SO 4-0 W vs Lethbridge (Oct 11 2013) Final
  3-0 W @ Kamloops (Oct 5 2013) Final 2-1 W vs Tri-City (Oct 6 2013) Final
  1-0 L vs Victoria (Oct 2 2013) Final 4-3 L @ Kamloops (Oct 4 2013) Final
Leading After 1st 3-0-0-1 2-0-0-0
Leading After 2nd 4-0-0-0 4-0-0-0
Tied After 1st 1-3-0-0 4-1-0-0
Tied After 2nd 1-0-0-1 1-0-0-0
Trailing After 1st 1-2-0-0 1-4-0-0
Trailing After 2nd 0-5-0-0 2-5-0-0
Out Shooting Opponents 4-2-0-1 2-3-0-0
Out Shot by Opponents 1-3-0-0 3-2-0-0
1-Goal Games 2-1-0-1 4-2-0-0
2-Goal Games 2-0-0-0 1-1-0-0
3-Goal Games 1-2-0-0 1-0-0-0