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It’s the 10th and final meeting of the season, with Victoria holding a winning record of (5-3-0-1), winning their last two encounters by 3-2 scores, most recently Feb. 10th in Vancouver.
The Royals have outscored the Giants 28-27 after 9 meetings. Logan Nelson leads the way with 10 points in the 8 games, while Carter Popoff leads the Giants in season series with 9 point in 9.
Patrik Polivka has a winning record of (3-1-0-1), while Coleman Vollrath is (2-2).
Victoria is riding a 6 game win streak after 3-2 come from behind victory in Kelowna against the #1 Rockets Tuesday night. Axel Blomqvist scored the eventual game winner with under 4 minutes to go, while Patrik Polivka made 34 saves for his 8th consecutive win in his 6th consecutive start.
The Royals earned 100 points for the first time in franchise history, and need 2 more wins to reach 50, with 3 games left. A win against the Giants would tie the franchise record of 7 consecutive victories, met once already this season.
Victoria has 9 wins in their past 10, moving up one spot to 7th in the CHL Top 10. They’re tied for the 2nd most road wins with 26, and have the 4th best win percentage in the WHL (0.725). In their last 21 games, they have only lost once in regulation (18-1-1-1).
Vancouver is winless in 2 games after a 4-3 shoot out loss in Seattle on Sunday. Mason Geertsen and Cain Franson scored five seconds apart in the third period to overcome a 2-goal deficit and tie the game at 3. Payton Lee made 43 saves in the game and was named second star.
With the single-point the Giants locked up the 7th seed which means they will most likely face the Winterhawks.
Vancouver has just 4 wins in their past 10, and are 3 over .500 on home ice (18-15-0-1). The Giants have taken the 8th most penalty minutes on average, while the Royals have taken the 5th fewest.
The Royals are the second most stingiest team in the league, and have only allowed 6 goals over their last 4 games. Their penalty kill is 6th most efficient, and power play 11th.
Vancouver boasts the 5th best power play, and 9th ranked penalty kill.
Up next Victoria will return home to face Everett Friday and then head out to play the Silvertips in a home on home Saturday to wrap up the regular season.
They Royals have secured 3rd in the West, and now await the 6th seed, which is still to be determined.
4th - Seattle (86 pts) remaining games (3):
Mar. 14 Portland Friday
Mar. 15 at Portland Saturday
Mar. 16 at Tri-City Saturday
5th - Spokane (84 pts) remaining games (3):
Mar. 12 Everett Wednesday
Mar. 14 Tri-City Friday
Mar. 15 at Tri-City Saturday
6th - Everett (81 pts) remaining games (4):
Mar. 12 at Spokane Wednesday
Mar. 14 at Victoria Friday
Mar. 15 Victoria Saturday
Mar. 16 at Portland Sunday
-Marlon Martens
Victoria Royals vs Vancouver Giants: Head To Head Stats
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| Head to Head Record 2013-14 Regular Season | Victoria 5-3-0-1 | Vancouver 4-4-1-0 |
| Head to Head Record 2012-13 Regular Season | Victoria 7-3-0-0 | Vancouver 3-7-0-0 |
| Last 5 Years record between teams | Victoria 23-23-1-2 | Vancouver 26-22-1-0 |
| Victoria vs. Vancouver Last 5 Years record at Victoria | Victoria 13-10-0-2 | Vancouver 12-12-1-0 |
| Victoria vs. Vancouver Last 5 Years record at Vancouver | Victoria 10-13-1-0 | Vancouver 14-10-0-0 |
| Previous Meetings This Season | Victoria 3 @ Vancouver 2 (Feb 10 2014) Final Vancouver 2 @ Victoria 3 (Feb 1 2014) Final OT Vancouver 5 @ Victoria 4 (Jan 31 2014) Final SO Victoria 3 @ Vancouver 1 (Jan 25 2014) Final Victoria 2 @ Vancouver 3 (Dec 10 2013) Final Vancouver 7 @ Victoria 4 (Dec 7 2013) Final Vancouver 2 @ Victoria 4 (Dec 6 2013) Final Vancouver 2 @ Victoria 1 (Sep 21 2013) Final Victoria 4 @ Vancouver 2 (Sep 20 2013) Final |
How the 2 teams match up
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| Team Record | 31-27-7-4 -- 73 points | 48-17-1-3 -- 100 points |
| Division Ranking | 3rd B.C. | 2nd B.C. |
| Conference Ranking | 7th Western | 3rd Western |
| League Ranking | 13th | 5th |
| Past 10 Games | 4-5-0-1 | 9-1-0-0 |
| Streak | 0-1-0-1 | 6-0-0-0 |
| Last Game | 4-3 L @ Seattle (Mar 9 2014) Final SO | 3-2 W @ Kelowna (Mar 11 2014) Final |
| Home Record | 18-15-0-1 | 22-10-1-2 |
| Away Record | 13-12-7-3 | 26-7-0-1 |
| GF | 223 | 231 |
| GA | 235 | 170 |
| PP (Overall) | (66/283) 23.3 | (60/290) 20.7 |
| PP (Home) | (34/138) 24.6 | (33/152) 21.7 |
| PP (Away) | (32/145) 22.1 | (27/138) 19.6 |
| PK (Overall) | (57/301) 81.1 | (49/274) 82.1 |
| PK (Home) | (28/146) 80.8 | (28/142) 80.3 |
| PK (Away) | (29/155) 81.3 | (21/132) 84.1 |
| Leading Rookie | Ronning (7-11-18) | Soy (13-14-27) |
| Most PIM | Traber - 160 | Carroll - 110 |
| Team PIM/GM | 15.7/Game | 13.8/Game |
| Leading Scorers | Franson (30-33-63) | Magee (25-39-64) |
| Popoff (13-47-60) | Carroll (33-22-55) | |
| Houck (30-26-56) | Blomqvist (24-31-55) | |
| Kulak (14-41-55) | Walker (24-30-54) | |
| Hamilton (11-32-43) | Brown (14-39-53) | |
| Last 5 Games | 4-3 L @ Seattle (Mar 9 2014) Final SO | 3-2 W @ Kelowna (Mar 11 2014) Final |
| 4-1 L @ Portland (Mar 8 2014) Final | 3-2 W vs Kamloops (Mar 8 2014) Final | |
| 2-1 W vs Kamloops (Mar 5 2014) Final | 5-1 W vs Kamloops (Mar 7 2014) Final | |
| 3-1 L vs Kelowna (Mar 1 2014) Final | 2-1 W @ Prince George (Mar 1 2014) Final | |
| 6-0 L @ Kelowna (Feb 28 2014) Final | 5-3 W @ Prince George (Feb 28 2014) Final | |
| Leading After 1st | 16-6-1-3 | 27-1-1-1 |
| Leading After 2nd | 27-1-2-2 | 33-0-1-1 |
| Tied After 1st | 12-8-5-1 | 14-3-0-0 |
| Tied After 2nd | 3-2-1-1 | 9-0-0-1 |
| Trailing After 1st | 3-13-1-0 | 7-13-0-2 |
| Trailing After 2nd | 1-24-4-1 | 6-17-0-1 |
| Out Shooting Opponents | 23-14-2-1 | 20-6-1-2 |
| Out Shot by Opponents | 7-12-4-3 | 24-11-0-1 |
| 1-Goal Games | 13-4-7-4 | 22-6-1-3 |
| 2-Goal Games | 4-10-0-0 | 12-5-0-0 |
| 3-Goal Games | 8-6-0-0 | 6-3-0-0 |
