Thursday 14 April 2016

Preview: Game 4 Victoria at Kelowna



The Victoria Royals visit the Kelowna Rockets Thursday night for Game 4, leading the best of seven playoff series 2 games to 1. 

Radio: 91.3 FM Victoria

The Royals look to bounce back after falling 3-2 on the road Tuesday. 

Matthew Phillips and Alex Forsberg scored for Victoria, while Coleman Vollrath made 35 saves in the loss. 

Rourke Chartier had a goal and two assists, while Thomas Soustal had a goal and assist.  Michael Herringer was the 2nd star with 29 saves for Kelowna.

The Rockets were 1 for 3 on their power play, while the Royals went 0 for 3.  Both clubs had 5 on 3 man advantages.

Victoria welcomed back defenseman Joe Hicketts Tuesday picking up an assist, however Vladimir Bobylev missed his 4th straight.

Royals forward Jack Walker is on a 6 game point streak with 5 goals and 5 assists for 10 points.  Alex Forsberg has points in 4 straight games with 2 goals and 5 assists for 7 points.

The Royals have outscored the Rockets 7-6 in total.  Kelowna has out shot Victoria in all three games.

Netminders Michael Herringer and Coleman Vollrath have played all three games.

The home team has won every game so far.  Victoria is 2-2 on the road in the post season, while Kelowna is 4-1 on home ice.

All contests have been one goal games.

The team that’s scored first, has won every game so far.

Both club’s power play’s in the series are 2 for 11.

Game 5 goes Friday night in Victoria, with fans encouraged to wear black and blue. 

Puck drop at 7:05 both nights.


Previous Meetings This Season Victoria 2 @ Kelowna 3 (Apr 12 2016) Final
Kelowna 2 @ Victoria 3 (Apr 9 2016) Final
Kelowna 1 @ Victoria 2 (Apr 7 2016) Final
Victoria Royals
# Player GP G A PTS PIM +/-
16 Alex Forsberg 3 2 2 4 2 1
9 Jack Walker 3 2 2 4 2 3
19 Dante Hannoun 3 1 1 2 2 1
11 Matthew Phillips 3 1 1 2 2 2
7 Scott Walford 3 0 2 2 0 1
24 Regan Nagy 3 1 0 1 0 -1
20 Logan Fisher 3 0 1 1 15 -1
2 Joe Hicketts 1 0 1 1 4 0
28 Marsel Ibragimov 3 0 1 1 0 1
17 Tyler Soy 3 0 1 1 0 1
27 Jared Dmytriw 3 0 0 0 6 1
3 Ryan Gagnon 3 0 0 0 8 -1
4 Ralph Jarratt 3 0 0 0 0 2
22 Brayden Pachal 3 0 0 0 0 0
10 Ryan Peckford 3 0 0 0 0 0
8 Ethan Price 3 0 0 0 2 -1
29 Chaz Reddekopp 3 0 0 0 0 -1
35 Coleman Vollrath 3 0 0 0 0 0
21 Ty Westgard 3 0 0 0 0 -1
6 Jordan Wharrie 2 0 0 0 0 0

# Player GP W L OTL SL MIN GA GAA SV%
35 Coleman Vollrath 3 2 1 0 0 178:49 6 2.01 0.944

Kelowna Rockets
# Player GP G A PTS PIM +/-
24 Tyson Baillie 3 2 1 3 2 1
14 Rourke Chartier 3 1 2 3 2 -1
15 Tomas Soustal 3 1 1 2 0 0
25 Cal Foote 3 0 2 2 4 -3
28 Joe Gatenby 3 0 2 2 4 1
19 Dillon Dube 3 1 0 1 0 -4
23 Justin Kirkland 3 1 0 1 0 0
26 Cole Linaker 3 0 1 1 0 -2
27 Calvin Thurkauf 3 0 1 1 6 3
4 Gordie Ballhorn 3 0 0 0 2 -2
11 Jordan Borstmayer 3 0 0 0 0 0
30 Michael Herringer 3 0 0 0 0 0
7 Lucas Johansen 3 0 0 0 0 2
16 Kole Lind 3 0 0 0 2 0
6 Jonathan Smart 3 0 0 0 0 0
17 Rodney Southam 3 0 0 0 0 -1
3 Riley Stadel 3 0 0 0 4 0
21 Devante Stephens 3 0 0 0 4 0
9 Tanner Wishnowski 3 0 0 0 0 0

# Player GP W L OTL SL MIN GA GAA SV%
30 Michael Herringer 3 1 2 0 0 176:50 7 2.38 0.921