ROYALS’ COLEMAN
VOLLRATH NAMED VAUGHN CHL GOALTENDER OF THE WEEK
Victoria netminder
posted a 3-0-0-0 record and two shutouts.
For
Immediate Release
Tuesday,
March 17, 2015
Victoria,
BC- The Western
Hockey League today announced that Victoria Royals’ goaltender Coleman Vollrath
has been named the Vaughn CHL Goaltender of the Week.
The 6-0,
174 lb netminder from Calgary, AB appeared in three games for the Royals this
past week and registered a 3-0-0-0 record with a 1.00 goals against average
(GAA), a 0.970 save percentage (SV%) and two shutouts. Vollrath also becomes
the second goaltender (Patrik Polivka, 2013-2014) in Victoria Royals’ team
history to receive the Vaughn CHL Goaltender of the Week award.
Vollrath
backstopped the Royals to a 6-3 win over the Kelowna Rockets who are the second
ranked team in the CHL. He would follow-up with back-to-back shutouts with 2-0
and 3-0 victories over the Vancouver Giants.
The
1995-born goaltender set the franchise’s all-time record for shutouts in a
season with six and also extended Victoria’s all-time franchise mark for team
shutouts in a campaign to eight.
In 52 games
with Victoria this season, Vollrath has posted a 28-14-3-1 record with a GAA of
2.97, a SV% of 0.905 and six shutouts.
Vollrath is
in his third WHL season and has registered a mark of 52-34-4-4 to go along with
seven shutouts, a 2.87 GAA, and a 0.909 SV% in 113 games played.
The Royals
will play their final home game of the regular season on Friday vs. the Everett
Silvertips for Fan Appreciation Night. Victoria will then finish off the
2014-15 campaign with an away game against the Silvertips on Saturday. Puck
drop for both contests is slated for 7:05 p.m.
Victoria
will have home ice advantage in the first round of the 2015 WHL Playoffs with
Game 1 & 2 of the best-of-seven series occurring at Save-On-Foods Memorial
Centre. Game 1 will take place on Friday, March 27th and Game 2 on
Saturday, March 28th. Puck drop for both contests is scheduled for
7:05 p.m. Individual playoff tickets, starting
at $13.00, are now on sale at the Select
Your Tickets Box Office located at the arena, over the phone at 250-220-7777 or
online at www.selectyourtickets.com.
