KELOWNA ROCKETS vs. VICTORIA ROYALS - 6
KELOWNA ROCKETS vs. VICTORIA ROYALS Wednesday March 16, 2016 - 7:05 PM Prospera Place - Kelowna, BC NO. 1 30 31
PLAYER JACKSON WHISTLE MICHAEL HERRINGER BRODAN SALMOND* (AP)
POS G G G
SH L L L
HT 6'1 6' 5'11
3 4 6 7 9 10 11 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
RILEY STADEL GORDIE BALLHORN* JONATHAN SMART* LUCAS JOHANSEN TANNER WISHNOWSKI* NICK MERKLEY JORDAN BORSTMAYER* ROURKE CHARTIER 'A' TOMAS SOUSTAL KOLE LIND* RODNEY SOUTHAM 'C' TATE COUGHLIN DILLON DUBE
F/D D D D LW C RW C C/RW RW C/RW RW C LW D
L L L L L R R L R R R R L L L
5'10 6'1 5'11½ 6'1 6'0
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
BRAYDYN CHIZEN* JUSTIN KIRKLAND TYSON BAILLIE 'A' CAL FOOTE* COLE LINAKER 'A' CALVIN THURKAUF* JOE GATENBY 'A'
D LW C D C LW D
R L R R R L R
CONNER BRUGGEN-CATE* (AP)
DEVANTE STEPHENS
WT 192 176 180
HOMETOWN West Kelowna, BC Comox, BC Calgary, AB
DOB June 9/95 Jan. 26/96 Oct. 8/98
180 186 170 176 186 5'10½ 185 5'11½ 172 5'11 190 6'3 198 6'½ 172 6' 185 6'2 188 5'10¼ 180 6'1 182 6'1½ 176
Surrey, BC Wetaskiwin, AB Kelowna, BC Port Moody, BC Oakbank, MB Calgary, AB St. Brieux, SK Saskatoon, SK Unicov, Czech Rep. Shaunavon, SK Saskatoon, SK Victoria, BC Cochrane, AB Langley, BC Surrey, BC
Jan. 16/96 Sept. 2/97 June 1/99 Nov. 16/97** Jan. 28/97 May 23/97 Jan. 9/98 Apr. 3/96 Feb. 15/97 Oct. 16/98** Aug 9/96 July 23/97 July 20/98 Sept. 13/99 Jan. 2/97
2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 16 17 19 20 21
6'6 6'3 5'11 6'3½ 6'1¾ 6'1¼ 6'0
St. Albert, AB Camrose, AB
May 9/98 Aug. 2/96 Nov. 16/95** Dec. 13/98** July 11/95 June 27/97 May 15/97
22 23 24 25 27 28 29
190 185 198 198 179 202 185
Fort Saskatchewan, AB
Denver, CO Edmonton, AB Zug, Switzerland Kelowna, BC
NO. PLAYER 30 GRIFFEN OUTHOUSE * 35 COLEMAN VOLLRATH
POS SH HT G L 5'11" G L 6'0"
WT HOMETOWN 175 Williams Lake, BC 170 Calgary, AB
DOB Mar. 13/98 Jan. 19/95
JOE HICKETTS RYAN GAGNON RALPH JARRATT JORDAN WHARRIE SCOTT WALFORD* ETHAN PRICE JACK WALKER RYAN PECKFORD* MATTHEW PHILLIPS* KEITH ANDERSON* ALEX FORSBERG TYLER SOY DANTE HANNOUN LOGAN FISHER TY WESTGARD*
D D D D D RW LW C C RW LW C C C RW
L R L R L R L L R R L L R L R
5'8" 6'1" 6'2" 6'2" 6'1" 5'10" 5'11" 6'0" 5'6" 6'3" 5'11" 5'11" 5'5" 6'2" 6'0"
177 198 217 180 188 188 179 184 137 204 192 172 154 204 185
Kamloops, BC Quesnel, BC Fort St. John, BC Port Moody, BC Coquitlam, BC Lincoln, NE Edina, MN Stony Plain, AB Calgary, AB Hermiston, OR Waldheim, SK Cloverdale, BC Delta, BC Red Deer, AB White Rock, BC
May 4/96 Apr. 30/96 Mar. 18/98 Jun. 16/97 Jan. 12/99 Jan. 17/97 July 30/96 Mar. 4/99 Apr. 6/98 Apr. 18/97 Jan. 4/95 Feb. 10/97 Aug. 2/98 Apr. 10/95 May 21/98
BRAYDEN PACHAL* VLADIMIR BOBYLEV REGAN NAGY TYLER THOMPSON* JARED DMYTRIW MARSEL IBRAGIMOV CHAZ REDDEKOPP
D C RW RW RW D D
R L R R R R L
5'11" 6'2" 6'0" 6'4" 5'11" 6'2" 6'3"
175 202 177 191 180 186 220
Estevan, SK Lipetsk, Russia Ogema, SK Lakeville, MN Craven, SK Kazan, Russia West Kelowna, BC
Aug 23/99 Apr. 18/97 May 11/97 Jan. 4/97 Jun. 6/98 Aug. 4/97 Jan. 1/97
*Rookie **Late Birthday Affects NHL Draft Status
President/GM: Bruce Hamilton Asst GM/Dir Player Personnel: Lorne Frey Head Coach: Brad Ralph Assistant Coach: Kris Mallette Assistant/Goalie Coach: Travis Crickard Skills Development: Kim Gellert Athletic Therapist/Strength & Conditioning Coach: Scott Hoyer Skating Instructor: Evan Marble Equipment Manager: Chaydyn Johnson
Referees: Jeff INGRAM, Brett IVERSON Linesmen: Bevan MILLS, Dustin MINTY VGJ: Tyler McClellan
President/GM: Cameron Hope Head Coach: Dave Lowry Assistant GM, Hockey Ops & Comm: Jeff Harris Assistant GM, Player Personnel: Grant Armstrong Assistant Coach: Enio Sacilotto Goaltender Coach: Lynden Sammartino Athletic Therapist: Khore Elliott Equipment Manager: Matt Auerbach Strength, Conditioning & Skills Coach: Jeff Compton Manager of Comm. & Hockey Ops Coord: Adam McKinnon
Rockets Next Home Game:Saturday, March 19 vs. Vancouver (7:05 p.m.)
Kelowna Rockets Regular Season Statistics 2015-2016 After Game #69 NO. PLAYER GP G A PTS PIM PPG SHG 24 Tyson Baillie 67 41 51 92 64 12 1 23 Justin Kirkland 66 28 35 63 67 2 1 19 Dillon Dube 62 24 38 62 50 5 0 10 Nick Merkley 44 17 31 48 44 5 1 26 Cole Linaker 67 17 29 46 35 8 0 7 Lucas Johansen 66 9 36 45 22 3 1 15 Tomas Soustal 55 19 23 42 62 4 0 27 Calvin Thurkauf* 58 15 27 42 50 7 0 14 Rourke Chartier 39 24 15 39 14 7 0 16 Kole Lind* 66 14 24 38 50 0 0 25 Cal Foote* 68 7 28 35 34 3 0 28 Joe Gatenby 64 3 16 19 33 1 0 17 Rodney Southam 59 7 11 18 74 2 0 21 Devante Stephens 69 2 8 10 51 0 0 9 Tanner Wishnowski* 51 6 4 10 47 0 0 4 Gordie Ballhorn* 60 3 6 9 56 0 0 6 Jonathan Smart* 41 2 5 7 14 0 0 3 Riley Stadel 53 1 6 7 99 0 0 11 Jordan Borstmayer* 58 2 2 4 6 0 0 18 Tate Coughlin 48 2 1 3 21 0 0 22 Braydyn Chizen* 42 1 1 2 34 0 0 Team Totals 1222 245 391 636 '821 60 4 Goaltending Statistics NO. PLAYER GP MIN GA Svs AVE PCT W L OT SL 30 Michael Herringer 42 2331 120 1100 3.09 0.902 25 12 1 0 31 Brodan Salmond* 6 272 18 121 3.98 0.871 2 2 0 0 1 Jackson Whistle 27 1559 66 761 2.54 0.920 19 7 2 0 Team Totals 75 4162 204 1982 3.26 0.905 46 21 3 0 Scoring by Periods Shots by Period SOG 1st 2nd 3rd OT Total 1st 2nd 3rd Rockets 4 61 86 95 4 250 Rockets 742 731 678 Opponents 0 62 70 73 4 207 Opponents 715 741 712 Rockets Record after Second Period: When Leading: 31 0 When Losing: 4 16 When Tied: 11 3 First Goal of the Game:
3 0 1
When Rockets Score First: 30 3 4 When Opponent Score First: 16 16 0 Home and Away Record: Overall Overtime Home 26 5 3 0 0 3 0 Road 20 14 1 0 4 1 0 Total 46 19 4 0 4 4 0
16-03-16 GW SOG 6 0/1 8 3/4 5 0/0 4 1/1 2 '0-0 1 '0-0 1 2/2 1 0/0 6 0/0 2 '0-0 1 0/0 0 0/0 2 0-0 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0'0 1 '0-0 0 0/0 0 0/0 1 0'0 42 0 SO 1 0 2 3 OT 23 20
Rockets Shots on Goal Record: 0 When Outshooting Opponent: 20 4 0 When Outshot by Opponent: 24 13 0 When Shots Are Tied: 2 2 Rockets Specialty Teams: Power Play: 0 Opp. PPGF SHGA 0 Rockets 267 61 8
PTS 0 0 0 0
+/22 21 8 9 15 7 15 16 9 12 14 26 5 10 -3 16 9 -9 -17 -1 -8 0 PIM 0 0 0 0
Total 2203 2176 2 2 0
0 0 0 Pct.% 22.8
Shorthanded: Rockets
Opp. 292
PPGA 59
SHGF 8
Pct.% 79.8
Rockets vs. Royals Wednesday March 16, 2016 Game Time – 7:05 pm Tonight’s Preview: It is the final week of the regular season. With three games remaining, the Kelowna Rockets welcome the Victoria Royals to Prospera Place. These are the top two teams in the Western Conference and have a combined record of 93-35-7-3. The Rockets are 3-4-0-0 in the seven games, having won by scores of 2-1 (in overtime), 3-1 and 5-4. The Royals have out-scored the Rockets 22-15 overall. The Rockets penalty killing unit has been terrific in the seasonal series, killing off 26 of 29 power play chances. The Rockets have had 14 more power play opportunities than Victoria. Ten of their 15 goals against Victoria have come with the man advantage. The Royals have scored 19 even strength goals to the Rockets five. Justin Kirkland has 4+3=7 in the seven games while Tyson Baillie has 1+4=5. Dillon Dube has three goals. Rourke Chartier has played in just three of the seven games. Michael Herringer has a record of 2-3-0-0 with a goals against average of 3.57 and a save percentage of .892. Rockets Recap: The Rockets enter the final week of the regular season four points back of the Victoria Royals for first place in the WHL. The Rockets are coming off a 6-4 loss in Tri City Sunday. Rourke Chartier, Calvin Thurkauf, Tanner Wishnowski and Tyson Baillie scored in the setback. Brodan Salmond took the loss in goal. In the big picture, the Rockets have points in 42 of 55 games (37-14-4-0). Rockets Career Games Played List: 1) Jason Deleurme: 341 games 5) Gavin McLeod: 321 games 2) Tyler Mosienko: 338 games 6) Ryan Cuthbert: 319 games 3) Tyson Baillie: 326 games 7) Brett McLean: 308 games 4) Brett Palin: 324 games Number Crunching The Rockets have eight players with 40 or more points. Rourke Chartier is next to join that group with 39 points. The team had 9 players with 40+ points last season….The Kelowna Rockets are attempting to reach the 100 point mark for a fourth consecutive season. With two more wins, the team will th reach 100 points for the 6 time in franchise history. The team accomplished the goal in 2002-2003 (109), 2004-2005 (104), 2012-2013 (108), 2013-2014 (118) and 2014-2015 (109)….Rourke Chartier has 100 career assists. The 19 year-old hit the milestone last Saturday in Spokane. Justin Kirkland has 97 career assists…Devante Stephens will be the only Kelowna Rockets player to participate all 72 regular season games this season…. The Rockets are 8 for 17 (47.1%) on the power play in their last 5 games…The Rockets have out-shot the opponent in 9 straight games. It is the first time that has happened this season…The Rockets have fired 250 shots on goal in the last 6 games or 42.1shots per game…Michael Herringer has started in 27 of the teams last 31 games…Tyson Baillie is 8 points shy of 100. The last Rockets player to hit 100 points was Colin Long in 2007-2008…The Rockets have won 9 of their last 14 games overall (9-4-1-0)...The Rockets are a combined 73-1-6-0 when leading after two periods when you combine this seasons totals and last seasons….The Rockets are one of only three teams in the WHL that have not lost in regulation time when leading after 40 minutes. The Rockets are 31-0-3-0. The Kamloops Blazers and Prince Albert Raiders are also without a regulation loss after two periods …The Rockets are a combined 54-19-8-0 against BC Division teams on the road in the last five seasons…The Rockets are 265-1-0 when Tyson Baillie scores. The only regulation losses when the 20 year-old finds the back of the net were against Vancouver, Red Deer, Saskatoon and Kamloops…..The Rockets were 12-5-3-0 in 20 games against US Division opponents this season. The team was 13-1-0-0 against Central Division opponents. The only loss came in Lethbridge in the sixth game of the season….The Rockets have been out-shot in 39 of 69 games this season… Riley Stadel has 12 fighting majors this season and 32 over his career….Justin Kirkland has 35 points in his last 30 games. Who’s Hot: Lucas Johansen has points in 10 of his last 14 games…Johansen has (1+10=11) over that period. Johansen has points in 14 of his last 19 games…Cole Linaker has points in 10 of his last 14 games. Linaker has 4+7=11 over that period…Linaker has a career high 46 points, seven more point than a season ago…Tyson Baillie has points in 13 of his last 17 games…Justin Kirkland had his 10 game point streak snapped last Wednesday. Kirkland had 5+10=15 over that period…Kirkland has points in 14 of his last 17 games…The Rockets are 208-58-12-6 in their last 284 regular season games dating back to the start of the 2012-2013 campaign.
Rockets Season Highs and Lows: Most Goals Scored: 8 @ Portland November 7/15 (8-5 W) Most Goals Allowed: 7 @ Rd Deer (7-4 Loss) October 3/15. Most Power Play Chances: 9 @ Blazers September 26/15 Most Power Play Goals Scored: 3 vs. Portland January 29/16 (5-3 W), vs. Tri City January 9/16 (7-5 W), @ Portland November 6/2015 (5-4 win 3 for 3), @ Prince George October 17/15 (6-2 W) Most power play goals allowed: 4 vs. Giants Feb 19/16 (6-5 W – Giants were 4/10) Most Shots Taken: 59 vs. Kootenay December 2/15 (4-1 W) Fewest Shots Taken: 15 @ Victoria November 28/15 (5-1 loss) Most Shot Allowed: 46 @ Prince George February 12/16 (4-3 OTW) Fewest Shots Allowed: 16 vs. Medicine Hat January 23/16 (4-0 W) Last shutout: Michael Herringer 16 saves vs. Medicine Hat (4-0 W January 23/16), Jackson Whistle 27 saves in 1-0 win in Moose Jaw (Dec 16/15), Jackson Whistle 26 saves in a 3-0 win vs. Calgary Hitmen (October 24/15) Last time shut-out: February 9/16 (6-0 @ Seattle – Logan Flodell 31 saves), January 31/16 (2-0 loss in Seattle - Logan Flodell 23 saves), October 16/15 (3-0 Loss in Prince George), October 9/15 (3-0 L at home to Victoria Royals – Coleman Vollrath 26 saves) Shootout Game Winning Goals: Justin Kirkland vs. Hitmen (3-2 W Feb 6/2016), Nick Merkley vs. Giants (2-1 W November 11/15) OT Game Winning Goal: Justin Kirkland @ Everett February 24/16 (6-5 W), Rourke Chartier @ Prince George February 12/2016 (4-3 OTW), Justin Kirkland @ Victoria January 16 (2-1 W), Rodney Southam @ th Kamloops November 18 . Most Points by one player: Tyson Baillie (2+3=5) @ Prince George October 17/15 Hat tricks: Chartier vs. Seattle (7-4 W February 8/16), Lind vs. Blazers December 28/15 (3-2 W), Baillie @ Swift Current December 12/15 (6-3 W), Chartier December 2/2015 vs. Kootenay. Penalty Shot Goal: Dillon Dube (no goal) vs. Cougars March 9/16 (3-2 shootout win), Dillon Dube vs. Cougars (goal) January 19/16 (7-4 W). vs. BC: 19-10-1-0 vs. US: 12-5-3-0 vs. Central: 13-1-0-0 vs. East: 3-3-0-0 Roster Stats: Player total: 24 Year by Year Breakdown: 20’s – 3 Linaker, Baillie, Whistle 19’s – 5 Chartier, Stadel, Southam, Kirkland, Herringer 18’s – 9 Johansen, Merkley, Gatenby, Soustal, Stephens, Wishnowski, Coughlin, Thurkauf, Ballhorn 17’s - 6 Dube, Lind, Borstmayer, Chizen, Foote,Salmond 16’s – 1 Smart Month Games September: 3 October: 12 November: 11 December: 12 January: 12 February: 13 March: 9
Record 2-1-0-0 9-4-0-0 9-1-1-0 8-3-1-0 7-4-1-0 10-3-0-0 2-3-1-0
Home 1-0-0-0 4-2-0-0 4-0-0-0 4-0-1-0 6-1-1-0 6-1-0-0 1-1-1-0
Road 1-1-0-0 5-2-0-0 5-1-1-0 4-3-0-0 1-3-0-0 4-2-0-0 1-2-0-0
How the Rockets were built: st th 1 Rd: Merkley, Chartier, Dube, Smart 10 Rd: Salmond nd 2 Rd: Foote, Gatenby rd 3 Rd: Baillie, Stadel, Borstmayer th 4 Rd: Lind th 5 Rd: Kirkland th 6 Rd: Linaker, Johansen th 9 Rd: Chizen Listed: Ballhorn, Coughlin, Stephens, Wishnowski Trade: Whistle, Herringer, Southam CHL Import Draft: Thurkauf, Soustal Game notes compiled by Regan Bartel of AM 1150
2015-16 Regular Season Team Statistics Victoria Royals PLAYERS #
*
Name
Pos GP G A PTS +/- PIM PPG PPA SH SHA GW FG IG OT UA EN SOG SOA SOGW SO% Pt/G PIMPG SA SH%
16 Alex Forsberg
LW 68 28 56 84
19 62
12
19
0
0
4
3
3
0
1
0
0
1
0
0.0
1.24 0.91
123 22.8
9
LW 69 33 44 77
27 85
8
25
0
0
7
9
5
0
2
1
1
4
0
25.0
1.12 1.23
195 16.9
17 Tyler Soy
C
69 41 35 76
29 25
10
11
6
1
6
11 4
0
7
2
1
2
0
50.0
1.10 0.36
128 32.0
11 Matthew Phillips
C
69 36 36 72
11 14
15
14
0
0
9
5
3
0
2
0
0
2
0
0.0
1.04 0.20
106 34.0
23 Vladimir Bobylev
C
69 26 35 61
40 60
5
7
0
0
4
6
4
1
3
1
0
2
0
0.0
0.88 0.87
104 25.0
19 Dante Hannoun
C
68 26 32 58
26 16
5
8
0
0
4
1
6
0
0
0
1
2
1
50.0
0.85 0.24
103 25.2
2
D
56 8
49 57
36 42
5
23
1
0
0
3
1
0
2
1
0
0
0
0.0
1.02 0.75
92
8.7
C
69 11 22 33
17 59
0
1
1
2
2
0
3
0
2
1
0
0
0
0.0
0.48 0.86
63
17.5
67 4
15 100 2
10
1
0
0
1
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.42 1.49
53
7.5
Jack Walker
Joe Hicketts
20 Logan Fisher
29 Chaz Reddekopp D
24 28
8
Ethan Price
RW 67 10 15 25
-3 24
4
3
0
1
0
1
3
0
1
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.37 0.36
101 9.9
3
Ryan Gagnon
D
67 5
19 24
46 83
0
1
0
2
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.36 1.24
49
10.2
18
20 31
0
1
1
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.26 0.46
60
18.3
RW 69 8
10 18
13 24
0
0
1
0
2
1
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.26 0.35
50
16.0
D
66 3
8
11
12 15
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.17 0.23
37
8.1
27 Jared Dmytriw
RW 68 11 7
24 Regan Nagy 4
Ralph Jarratt
*
10 Ryan Peckford
C
59 8
2
10
1
10
0
0
0
0
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.17 0.17
23
34.8
*
7
D
33 1
9
10
8
10
1
4
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.30 0.30
10
10.0
28 Marsel Ibragimov D
63 1
6
7
28 32
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.11 0.51
26
3.8
Scott Walford
*
12 Keith Anderson
RW 33 1
5
6
3
37
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.18 1.12
9
11.1
*
22 Brayden Pachal
D
5
6
11 29
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.15 0.73
21
4.8
*
25 Tyler Thompson
RW 8
2
1
3
3
7
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.38 0.88
4
50.0
6
D
32 1
1
2
2
19
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.06 0.59
11
9.1
21 Ty Westgard
RW 20 0
2
2
0
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.10 0.30
11
0.0
*X 26 Matt Dykstra Goalies # Name
LW 12 0
0
0
1
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.00 0.50
4
0.0
SA
SVS SV%
*
Jordan Wharrie
40 1
GP Mins GA SO GAA W L OTL SL
35 Coleman Vollrath 50 2794 110 1 * 30 Griffen Outhouse 25 1367 42 Empty Net Totals
7
4
2.36 31 13 0
2
1271 1161 0.913
1.84 16 3
1
667
3
4
69 4161 156 5
625
0.937
4 2.25 47 16 3
3
1942 1786 0.920
* indicates rookie X indicates inactive
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Wednesday, March 16th at Kelowna Rockets CENTURY CLASS: With the win on Sunday, the Victoria Royals tied their single season franchise point record at 100. During 2013-14 season, the club also finished with 100 points and held a mark of 48-20-1-3 in the process. This season, Victoria is the first team in the Western Hockey League to reach the 100-point plateau. TALE OF TWO CITIES: The Royals currently boast a 22-10-2-0 record on the road, good for the top winning percentage (67.6%) in the Western Conference and trail only the Brandon Wheat Kings (68.1%) for the league lead. The Rockets meanwhile, hold an 80.9% winning percentage at home to go with a 26-5-3-0 record, with two of those losses coming to Victoria. This season, the Royals have scored a total of 116 goals on the road, while Kelowna has totaled 129 markers on home ice. IT'S A NUMBERS GAME: The Royals have allowed 37 powerplay goals, and have tallied 11 shorthanded markers this season, good for a -26 rating when on the penalty kill. This is the best mark in the WHL since the Portland Winterhawks posted a -23 rating during the 2012-13 season. Victoria's Tyler Soy leads the club with six shorthanded goals, which is the third most in the league. THE INTERNATIONAL LINE: In Sunday’s 4-3 victory against the Prince George Cougars, the Royals’ Vladimir Bobylev and Jack Walker each tallied a marker in the first period. During Victoria’s last 15 games, the line consisting of Tyler Soy, Walker, and Bobylev have scored 42 of the Royals’ 74 goals (56.7%) that includes 26 of 54 (48.1%) in Victoria’s current 10 game winning streak. This season, the trio has marked 37.5% (100/266) of Victoria’s total goals for. POWERPLAY MAGIC: With a tally on the man-advantage last game, the Royals have now gone on the longest powerplay goal streak of the season at eight contests. Over those eight games, the Royals went 11/40 (27.5%) on the powerplay. Victoria has tallied at least one man-advantage goal in 47 of their 69 contests this season. ROYAL CAREER: Victoria defenseman Ryan Gagnon recently skated in his 250th career game against the Prince George Cougars on Sunday. The native of Quesnel, BC has tallied 46 points (8g-38a) in his time in the WHL, which includes a career high 24 points (5g-19a) this season. Gagnon has also earned the fifth best plus/minus rating in the leagues this season at +46. SNIPERS STREAKING: The Royals currently have two forwards riding point streaks in Alex Forsberg and Jack Walker. Forsberg, the Waldheim, SK product has points in 10 straight contests (5g-10a) along with a +6 rating. American-born skater Jack Walker is in the midst of a nine-game point streak (8g-11a), and has multipoint performances in eight consecutive matches. FIRST OF MANY: On Sunday, Royals’ rookie defenceman Scott Walford scored his first Western Hockey League goal against the Prince George Cougars. In 33 games this season, Walford has recorded 10 points (1g-9a). The Coquitlam, BC native was selected by Victoria in the first round, 18th overall, in the 2014 WHL Bantam Draft. ROSTER BREAKDOWN: The 2015-16 Victoria Royals roster is composed as follows: AGE: 1995 – 3, 1996 – 3, 1997 – 9, 1998 – 6, 1999 – 3 LOCATION: B.C. – 10, Alberta – 4, Saskatchewan – 4, USA – 4, Europe – 2 2015-16 REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE: Friday, March 18th at Everett Silvertips – 7:35 p.m. – XFINITY Arena – Everett, WA Saturday, March 19th vs Everett Silvertips – 7:05 p.m. – SOFMC – Victoria, BC Friday, March 25th vs TBD – 7:05 p.m. – SOFMC – Victoria, BC
Standings Eastern Conference East Division Rank Team
GP W
1
70 46 18
xy Brandon Wheat Kings
L OTL SL PTS PCT 4
2
GF
GA PIM
98 0.700 310 195 844
Home
Away
P10
STK
23-8-1-2
23-10-3-0
9-0-1-0
9-0-2-0
2
x
Prince Albert Raiders
69 37 24
7
1
82 0.594 213 212 836
22-10-3-0
15-14-4-1
6-4-0-0
1-0-0-0
3
x
Moose Jaw Warriors
69 34 26
7
2
77 0.558 240 231 747
18-13-2-1
16-13-5-1
4-5-0-1
0-1-0-1
4
x
5
Regina Pats
69 34 27
3
5
76 0.551 233 243 969
18-13-2-1
16-14-1-4
5-4-0-1
3-0-0-0
Swift Current Broncos
70 24 37
6
3
57 0.407 184 241 782
14-20-1-1
10-17-5-2
3-6-1-0
0-1-1-0
69 25 40
4
0
54 0.391 209 305 950
13-20-2-0
12-20-2-0
3-7-0-0
0-4-0-0
6 Saskatoon Blades Central Division Rank Team
GP W
1
70 45 23
x Lethbridge Hurricanes
L OTL SL PTS PCT 1
1
GF
GA
PIM
92 0.657 293 211 992
Home
Away
P10
STK
27-7-0-1
18-16-1-0
5-4-0-1
0-2-0-0
2
x Red Deer Rebels
70 43 24
1
2
89 0.636 249 202 872
23-9-1-2
20-15-0-0
7-3-0-0
0-1-0-0
3
x Calgary Hitmen
70 40 26
2
2
84 0.600 235 212 1056
22-11-2-0
18-15-0-2
6-4-0-0
1-0-0-0
4
Edmonton Oil Kings
70 29 34
6
1
65 0.464 194 227 911
17-14-4-0
12-20-2-1
4-6-0-0
0-1-0-0
5
Medicine Hat Tigers
70 29 36
3
2
63 0.450 216 276 836
16-16-1-2
13-20-2-0
7-2-0-1
1-0-0-0
70 12 52
6
0
30 0.214 148 309 786
10-21-4-0
2-31-2-0
2-7-1-0
2-0-0-0
6 Kootenay ICE Western Conference B.C. Division Rank Team
GP W
1
69 47 16
x Victoria Royals
L OTL SL PTS PCT 3
3
GF
GA
PIM
100 0.725 266 159 808
Home
Away
P10
STK
25-6-1-3
22-10-2-0
10-0-0-0
10-0-1-0
2
x Kelowna Rockets
69 46 19
4
0
96 0.696 250 207 944
26-5-3-0
20-14-1-0
5-4-1-0
0-1-0-0
3
x Kamloops Blazers
70 36 25
5
4
81 0.579 231 217 747
19-10-4-2
17-15-1-2
9-1-0-0
7-0-0-0
4
x Prince George Cougars
70 36 29
3
2
77 0.550 239 219 1256
21-12-1-1
15-17-2-1
4-5-0-1
0-2-0-1
70 23 38
5
4
55 0.393 195 258 823
14-19-2-0
9-19-3-4
1-7-0-2
0-7-0-2
5 Vancouver Giants U.S. Division Rank Team
GP W
1
x Seattle Thunderbirds
69 43 23
2
x Everett Silvertips
3
Portland Winterhawks
4
Spokane Chiefs
5 Tri-City Americans x = Clinched Playoff Position y = Teams who have clinched Division title
Tuesday, Mar 15 Swift Current 2 at Brandon 6 Final Edmonton 0 at Kootenay 2 Final Calgary 4 at Red Deer 2 Final Spokane 1 at Seattle 4 Final
L OTL SL PTS PCT 3
0
GF
GA PIM
89 0.645 219 180 929
Home
Away
P10
STK
28-5-2-0
15-18-1-0
10-0-0-0
11-0-0-0
69 38 24
4
3
83 0.601 177 161 581
20-9-3-2
18-15-1-1
3-4-2-1
1-0-0-0
69 34 30
5
0
73 0.529 220 214 853
19-13-2-0
15-17-3-0
3-5-2-0
0-1-1-0
69 31 29
5
4
71 0.514 212 234 816
19-14-2-1
12-15-3-3
3-6-0-1
0-2-0-0
70 33 34
2
1
69 0.493 229 249 963
19-13-1-1
14-21-1-0
4-6-0-0
2-0-0-0
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PLAYER JACKSON WHISTLE MICHAEL HERRINGER BRODAN SALMOND* (AP)
POS G G G
SH L L L
HT 6'1 6' 5'11
3 4 6 7 9 10 11 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
RILEY STADEL GORDIE BALLHORN* JONATHAN SMART* LUCAS JOHANSEN TANNER WISHNOWSKI* NICK MERKLEY JORDAN BORSTMAYER* ROURKE CHARTIER 'A' TOMAS SOUSTAL KOLE LIND* RODNEY SOUTHAM 'C' TATE COUGHLIN DILLON DUBE
F/D D D D LW C RW C C/RW RW C/RW RW C LW D
L L L L L R R L R R R R L L L
5'10 6'1 5'11½ 6'1 6'0
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
BRAYDYN CHIZEN* JUSTIN KIRKLAND TYSON BAILLIE 'A' CAL FOOTE* COLE LINAKER 'A' CALVIN THURKAUF* JOE GATENBY 'A'
D LW C D C LW D
R L R R R L R
CONNER BRUGGEN-CATE* (AP)
DEVANTE STEPHENS
WT 192 176 180
HOMETOWN West Kelowna, BC Comox, BC Calgary, AB
DOB June 9/95 Jan. 26/96 Oct. 8/98
180 186 170 176 186 5'10½ 185 5'11½ 172 5'11 190 6'3 198 6'½ 172 6' 185 6'2 188 5'10¼ 180 6'1 182 6'1½ 176
Surrey, BC Wetaskiwin, AB Kelowna, BC Port Moody, BC Oakbank, MB Calgary, AB St. Brieux, SK Saskatoon, SK Unicov, Czech Rep. Shaunavon, SK Saskatoon, SK Victoria, BC Cochrane, AB Langley, BC Surrey, BC
Jan. 16/96 Sept. 2/97 June 1/99 Nov. 16/97** Jan. 28/97 May 23/97 Jan. 9/98 Apr. 3/96 Feb. 15/97 Oct. 16/98** Aug 9/96 July 23/97 July 20/98 Sept. 13/99 Jan. 2/97
2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 16 17 19 20 21
6'6 6'3 5'11 6'3½ 6'1¾ 6'1¼ 6'0
St. Albert, AB Camrose, AB
May 9/98 Aug. 2/96 Nov. 16/95** Dec. 13/98** July 11/95 June 27/97 May 15/97
22 23 24 25 27 28 29
190 185 198 198 179 202 185
Fort Saskatchewan, AB
Denver, CO Edmonton, AB Zug, Switzerland Kelowna, BC
NO. PLAYER 30 GRIFFEN OUTHOUSE * 35 COLEMAN VOLLRATH
POS SH HT G L 5'11" G L 6'0"
WT HOMETOWN 175 Williams Lake, BC 170 Calgary, AB
DOB Mar. 13/98 Jan. 19/95
JOE HICKETTS RYAN GAGNON RALPH JARRATT JORDAN WHARRIE SCOTT WALFORD* ETHAN PRICE JACK WALKER RYAN PECKFORD* MATTHEW PHILLIPS* KEITH ANDERSON* ALEX FORSBERG TYLER SOY DANTE HANNOUN LOGAN FISHER TY WESTGARD*
D D D D D RW LW C C RW LW C C C RW
L R L R L R L L R R L L R L R
5'8" 6'1" 6'2" 6'2" 6'1" 5'10" 5'11" 6'0" 5'6" 6'3" 5'11" 5'11" 5'5" 6'2" 6'0"
177 198 217 180 188 188 179 184 137 204 192 172 154 204 185
Kamloops, BC Quesnel, BC Fort St. John, BC Port Moody, BC Coquitlam, BC Lincoln, NE Edina, MN Stony Plain, AB Calgary, AB Hermiston, OR Waldheim, SK Cloverdale, BC Delta, BC Red Deer, AB White Rock, BC
May 4/96 Apr. 30/96 Mar. 18/98 Jun. 16/97 Jan. 12/99 Jan. 17/97 July 30/96 Mar. 4/99 Apr. 6/98 Apr. 18/97 Jan. 4/95 Feb. 10/97 Aug. 2/98 Apr. 10/95 May 21/98
BRAYDEN PACHAL* VLADIMIR BOBYLEV REGAN NAGY TYLER THOMPSON* JARED DMYTRIW MARSEL IBRAGIMOV CHAZ REDDEKOPP
D C RW RW RW D D
R L R R R R L
5'11" 6'2" 6'0" 6'4" 5'11" 6'2" 6'3"
175 202 177 191 180 186 220
Estevan, SK Lipetsk, Russia Ogema, SK Lakeville, MN Craven, SK Kazan, Russia West Kelowna, BC
Aug 23/99 Apr. 18/97 May 11/97 Jan. 4/97 Jun. 6/98 Aug. 4/97 Jan. 1/97
*Rookie **Late Birthday Affects NHL Draft Status
President/GM: Bruce Hamilton Asst GM/Dir Player Personnel: Lorne Frey Head Coach: Brad Ralph Assistant Coach: Kris Mallette Assistant/Goalie Coach: Travis Crickard Skills Development: Kim Gellert Athletic Therapist/Strength & Conditioning Coach: Scott Hoyer Skating Instructor: Evan Marble Equipment Manager: Chaydyn Johnson
Referees: Jeff INGRAM, Brett IVERSON Linesmen: Bevan MILLS, Dustin MINTY VGJ: Tyler McClellan
President/GM: Cameron Hope Head Coach: Dave Lowry Assistant GM, Hockey Ops & Comm: Jeff Harris Assistant GM, Player Personnel: Grant Armstrong Assistant Coach: Enio Sacilotto Goaltender Coach: Lynden Sammartino Athletic Therapist: Khore Elliott Equipment Manager: Matt Auerbach Strength, Conditioning & Skills Coach: Jeff Compton Manager of Comm. & Hockey Ops Coord: Adam McKinnon
Rockets Next Home Game:Saturday, March 19 vs. Vancouver (7:05 p.m.)
Kelowna Rockets Regular Season Statistics 2015-2016 After Game #69 NO. PLAYER GP G A PTS PIM PPG SHG 24 Tyson Baillie 67 41 51 92 64 12 1 23 Justin Kirkland 66 28 35 63 67 2 1 19 Dillon Dube 62 24 38 62 50 5 0 10 Nick Merkley 44 17 31 48 44 5 1 26 Cole Linaker 67 17 29 46 35 8 0 7 Lucas Johansen 66 9 36 45 22 3 1 15 Tomas Soustal 55 19 23 42 62 4 0 27 Calvin Thurkauf* 58 15 27 42 50 7 0 14 Rourke Chartier 39 24 15 39 14 7 0 16 Kole Lind* 66 14 24 38 50 0 0 25 Cal Foote* 68 7 28 35 34 3 0 28 Joe Gatenby 64 3 16 19 33 1 0 17 Rodney Southam 59 7 11 18 74 2 0 21 Devante Stephens 69 2 8 10 51 0 0 9 Tanner Wishnowski* 51 6 4 10 47 0 0 4 Gordie Ballhorn* 60 3 6 9 56 0 0 6 Jonathan Smart* 41 2 5 7 14 0 0 3 Riley Stadel 53 1 6 7 99 0 0 11 Jordan Borstmayer* 58 2 2 4 6 0 0 18 Tate Coughlin 48 2 1 3 21 0 0 22 Braydyn Chizen* 42 1 1 2 34 0 0 Team Totals 1222 245 391 636 '821 60 4 Goaltending Statistics NO. PLAYER GP MIN GA Svs AVE PCT W L OT SL 30 Michael Herringer 42 2331 120 1100 3.09 0.902 25 12 1 0 31 Brodan Salmond* 6 272 18 121 3.98 0.871 2 2 0 0 1 Jackson Whistle 27 1559 66 761 2.54 0.920 19 7 2 0 Team Totals 75 4162 204 1982 3.26 0.905 46 21 3 0 Scoring by Periods Shots by Period SOG 1st 2nd 3rd OT Total 1st 2nd 3rd Rockets 4 61 86 95 4 250 Rockets 742 731 678 Opponents 0 62 70 73 4 207 Opponents 715 741 712 Rockets Record after Second Period: When Leading: 31 0 When Losing: 4 16 When Tied: 11 3 First Goal of the Game:
3 0 1
When Rockets Score First: 30 3 4 When Opponent Score First: 16 16 0 Home and Away Record: Overall Overtime Home 26 5 3 0 0 3 0 Road 20 14 1 0 4 1 0 Total 46 19 4 0 4 4 0
16-03-16 GW SOG 6 0/1 8 3/4 5 0/0 4 1/1 2 '0-0 1 '0-0 1 2/2 1 0/0 6 0/0 2 '0-0 1 0/0 0 0/0 2 0-0 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0'0 1 '0-0 0 0/0 0 0/0 1 0'0 42 0 SO 1 0 2 3 OT 23 20
Rockets Shots on Goal Record: 0 When Outshooting Opponent: 20 4 0 When Outshot by Opponent: 24 13 0 When Shots Are Tied: 2 2 Rockets Specialty Teams: Power Play: 0 Opp. PPGF SHGA 0 Rockets 267 61 8
PTS 0 0 0 0
+/22 21 8 9 15 7 15 16 9 12 14 26 5 10 -3 16 9 -9 -17 -1 -8 0 PIM 0 0 0 0
Total 2203 2176 2 2 0
0 0 0 Pct.% 22.8
Shorthanded: Rockets
Opp. 292
PPGA 59
SHGF 8
Pct.% 79.8
Rockets vs. Royals Wednesday March 16, 2016 Game Time – 7:05 pm Tonight’s Preview: It is the final week of the regular season. With three games remaining, the Kelowna Rockets welcome the Victoria Royals to Prospera Place. These are the top two teams in the Western Conference and have a combined record of 93-35-7-3. The Rockets are 3-4-0-0 in the seven games, having won by scores of 2-1 (in overtime), 3-1 and 5-4. The Royals have out-scored the Rockets 22-15 overall. The Rockets penalty killing unit has been terrific in the seasonal series, killing off 26 of 29 power play chances. The Rockets have had 14 more power play opportunities than Victoria. Ten of their 15 goals against Victoria have come with the man advantage. The Royals have scored 19 even strength goals to the Rockets five. Justin Kirkland has 4+3=7 in the seven games while Tyson Baillie has 1+4=5. Dillon Dube has three goals. Rourke Chartier has played in just three of the seven games. Michael Herringer has a record of 2-3-0-0 with a goals against average of 3.57 and a save percentage of .892. Rockets Recap: The Rockets enter the final week of the regular season four points back of the Victoria Royals for first place in the WHL. The Rockets are coming off a 6-4 loss in Tri City Sunday. Rourke Chartier, Calvin Thurkauf, Tanner Wishnowski and Tyson Baillie scored in the setback. Brodan Salmond took the loss in goal. In the big picture, the Rockets have points in 42 of 55 games (37-14-4-0). Rockets Career Games Played List: 1) Jason Deleurme: 341 games 5) Gavin McLeod: 321 games 2) Tyler Mosienko: 338 games 6) Ryan Cuthbert: 319 games 3) Tyson Baillie: 326 games 7) Brett McLean: 308 games 4) Brett Palin: 324 games Number Crunching The Rockets have eight players with 40 or more points. Rourke Chartier is next to join that group with 39 points. The team had 9 players with 40+ points last season….The Kelowna Rockets are attempting to reach the 100 point mark for a fourth consecutive season. With two more wins, the team will th reach 100 points for the 6 time in franchise history. The team accomplished the goal in 2002-2003 (109), 2004-2005 (104), 2012-2013 (108), 2013-2014 (118) and 2014-2015 (109)….Rourke Chartier has 100 career assists. The 19 year-old hit the milestone last Saturday in Spokane. Justin Kirkland has 97 career assists…Devante Stephens will be the only Kelowna Rockets player to participate all 72 regular season games this season…. The Rockets are 8 for 17 (47.1%) on the power play in their last 5 games…The Rockets have out-shot the opponent in 9 straight games. It is the first time that has happened this season…The Rockets have fired 250 shots on goal in the last 6 games or 42.1shots per game…Michael Herringer has started in 27 of the teams last 31 games…Tyson Baillie is 8 points shy of 100. The last Rockets player to hit 100 points was Colin Long in 2007-2008…The Rockets have won 9 of their last 14 games overall (9-4-1-0)...The Rockets are a combined 73-1-6-0 when leading after two periods when you combine this seasons totals and last seasons….The Rockets are one of only three teams in the WHL that have not lost in regulation time when leading after 40 minutes. The Rockets are 31-0-3-0. The Kamloops Blazers and Prince Albert Raiders are also without a regulation loss after two periods …The Rockets are a combined 54-19-8-0 against BC Division teams on the road in the last five seasons…The Rockets are 265-1-0 when Tyson Baillie scores. The only regulation losses when the 20 year-old finds the back of the net were against Vancouver, Red Deer, Saskatoon and Kamloops…..The Rockets were 12-5-3-0 in 20 games against US Division opponents this season. The team was 13-1-0-0 against Central Division opponents. The only loss came in Lethbridge in the sixth game of the season….The Rockets have been out-shot in 39 of 69 games this season… Riley Stadel has 12 fighting majors this season and 32 over his career….Justin Kirkland has 35 points in his last 30 games. Who’s Hot: Lucas Johansen has points in 10 of his last 14 games…Johansen has (1+10=11) over that period. Johansen has points in 14 of his last 19 games…Cole Linaker has points in 10 of his last 14 games. Linaker has 4+7=11 over that period…Linaker has a career high 46 points, seven more point than a season ago…Tyson Baillie has points in 13 of his last 17 games…Justin Kirkland had his 10 game point streak snapped last Wednesday. Kirkland had 5+10=15 over that period…Kirkland has points in 14 of his last 17 games…The Rockets are 208-58-12-6 in their last 284 regular season games dating back to the start of the 2012-2013 campaign.
Rockets Season Highs and Lows: Most Goals Scored: 8 @ Portland November 7/15 (8-5 W) Most Goals Allowed: 7 @ Rd Deer (7-4 Loss) October 3/15. Most Power Play Chances: 9 @ Blazers September 26/15 Most Power Play Goals Scored: 3 vs. Portland January 29/16 (5-3 W), vs. Tri City January 9/16 (7-5 W), @ Portland November 6/2015 (5-4 win 3 for 3), @ Prince George October 17/15 (6-2 W) Most power play goals allowed: 4 vs. Giants Feb 19/16 (6-5 W – Giants were 4/10) Most Shots Taken: 59 vs. Kootenay December 2/15 (4-1 W) Fewest Shots Taken: 15 @ Victoria November 28/15 (5-1 loss) Most Shot Allowed: 46 @ Prince George February 12/16 (4-3 OTW) Fewest Shots Allowed: 16 vs. Medicine Hat January 23/16 (4-0 W) Last shutout: Michael Herringer 16 saves vs. Medicine Hat (4-0 W January 23/16), Jackson Whistle 27 saves in 1-0 win in Moose Jaw (Dec 16/15), Jackson Whistle 26 saves in a 3-0 win vs. Calgary Hitmen (October 24/15) Last time shut-out: February 9/16 (6-0 @ Seattle – Logan Flodell 31 saves), January 31/16 (2-0 loss in Seattle - Logan Flodell 23 saves), October 16/15 (3-0 Loss in Prince George), October 9/15 (3-0 L at home to Victoria Royals – Coleman Vollrath 26 saves) Shootout Game Winning Goals: Justin Kirkland vs. Hitmen (3-2 W Feb 6/2016), Nick Merkley vs. Giants (2-1 W November 11/15) OT Game Winning Goal: Justin Kirkland @ Everett February 24/16 (6-5 W), Rourke Chartier @ Prince George February 12/2016 (4-3 OTW), Justin Kirkland @ Victoria January 16 (2-1 W), Rodney Southam @ th Kamloops November 18 . Most Points by one player: Tyson Baillie (2+3=5) @ Prince George October 17/15 Hat tricks: Chartier vs. Seattle (7-4 W February 8/16), Lind vs. Blazers December 28/15 (3-2 W), Baillie @ Swift Current December 12/15 (6-3 W), Chartier December 2/2015 vs. Kootenay. Penalty Shot Goal: Dillon Dube (no goal) vs. Cougars March 9/16 (3-2 shootout win), Dillon Dube vs. Cougars (goal) January 19/16 (7-4 W). vs. BC: 19-10-1-0 vs. US: 12-5-3-0 vs. Central: 13-1-0-0 vs. East: 3-3-0-0 Roster Stats: Player total: 24 Year by Year Breakdown: 20’s – 3 Linaker, Baillie, Whistle 19’s – 5 Chartier, Stadel, Southam, Kirkland, Herringer 18’s – 9 Johansen, Merkley, Gatenby, Soustal, Stephens, Wishnowski, Coughlin, Thurkauf, Ballhorn 17’s - 6 Dube, Lind, Borstmayer, Chizen, Foote,Salmond 16’s – 1 Smart Month Games September: 3 October: 12 November: 11 December: 12 January: 12 February: 13 March: 9
Record 2-1-0-0 9-4-0-0 9-1-1-0 8-3-1-0 7-4-1-0 10-3-0-0 2-3-1-0
Home 1-0-0-0 4-2-0-0 4-0-0-0 4-0-1-0 6-1-1-0 6-1-0-0 1-1-1-0
Road 1-1-0-0 5-2-0-0 5-1-1-0 4-3-0-0 1-3-0-0 4-2-0-0 1-2-0-0
How the Rockets were built: st th 1 Rd: Merkley, Chartier, Dube, Smart 10 Rd: Salmond nd 2 Rd: Foote, Gatenby rd 3 Rd: Baillie, Stadel, Borstmayer th 4 Rd: Lind th 5 Rd: Kirkland th 6 Rd: Linaker, Johansen th 9 Rd: Chizen Listed: Ballhorn, Coughlin, Stephens, Wishnowski Trade: Whistle, Herringer, Southam CHL Import Draft: Thurkauf, Soustal Game notes compiled by Regan Bartel of AM 1150
2015-16 Regular Season Team Statistics Victoria Royals PLAYERS #
*
Name
Pos GP G A PTS +/- PIM PPG PPA SH SHA GW FG IG OT UA EN SOG SOA SOGW SO% Pt/G PIMPG SA SH%
16 Alex Forsberg
LW 68 28 56 84
19 62
12
19
0
0
4
3
3
0
1
0
0
1
0
0.0
1.24 0.91
123 22.8
9
LW 69 33 44 77
27 85
8
25
0
0
7
9
5
0
2
1
1
4
0
25.0
1.12 1.23
195 16.9
17 Tyler Soy
C
69 41 35 76
29 25
10
11
6
1
6
11 4
0
7
2
1
2
0
50.0
1.10 0.36
128 32.0
11 Matthew Phillips
C
69 36 36 72
11 14
15
14
0
0
9
5
3
0
2
0
0
2
0
0.0
1.04 0.20
106 34.0
23 Vladimir Bobylev
C
69 26 35 61
40 60
5
7
0
0
4
6
4
1
3
1
0
2
0
0.0
0.88 0.87
104 25.0
19 Dante Hannoun
C
68 26 32 58
26 16
5
8
0
0
4
1
6
0
0
0
1
2
1
50.0
0.85 0.24
103 25.2
2
D
56 8
49 57
36 42
5
23
1
0
0
3
1
0
2
1
0
0
0
0.0
1.02 0.75
92
8.7
C
69 11 22 33
17 59
0
1
1
2
2
0
3
0
2
1
0
0
0
0.0
0.48 0.86
63
17.5
67 4
15 100 2
10
1
0
0
1
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.42 1.49
53
7.5
Jack Walker
Joe Hicketts
20 Logan Fisher
29 Chaz Reddekopp D
24 28
8
Ethan Price
RW 67 10 15 25
-3 24
4
3
0
1
0
1
3
0
1
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.37 0.36
101 9.9
3
Ryan Gagnon
D
67 5
19 24
46 83
0
1
0
2
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.36 1.24
49
10.2
18
20 31
0
1
1
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.26 0.46
60
18.3
RW 69 8
10 18
13 24
0
0
1
0
2
1
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.26 0.35
50
16.0
D
66 3
8
11
12 15
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.17 0.23
37
8.1
27 Jared Dmytriw
RW 68 11 7
24 Regan Nagy 4
Ralph Jarratt
*
10 Ryan Peckford
C
59 8
2
10
1
10
0
0
0
0
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.17 0.17
23
34.8
*
7
D
33 1
9
10
8
10
1
4
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.30 0.30
10
10.0
28 Marsel Ibragimov D
63 1
6
7
28 32
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.11 0.51
26
3.8
Scott Walford
*
12 Keith Anderson
RW 33 1
5
6
3
37
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.18 1.12
9
11.1
*
22 Brayden Pachal
D
5
6
11 29
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.15 0.73
21
4.8
*
25 Tyler Thompson
RW 8
2
1
3
3
7
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.38 0.88
4
50.0
6
D
32 1
1
2
2
19
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.06 0.59
11
9.1
21 Ty Westgard
RW 20 0
2
2
0
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.10 0.30
11
0.0
*X 26 Matt Dykstra Goalies # Name
LW 12 0
0
0
1
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.00 0.50
4
0.0
SA
SVS SV%
*
Jordan Wharrie
40 1
GP Mins GA SO GAA W L OTL SL
35 Coleman Vollrath 50 2794 110 1 * 30 Griffen Outhouse 25 1367 42 Empty Net Totals
7
4
2.36 31 13 0
2
1271 1161 0.913
1.84 16 3
1
667
3
4
69 4161 156 5
625
0.937
4 2.25 47 16 3
3
1942 1786 0.920
* indicates rookie X indicates inactive
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Wednesday, March 16th at Kelowna Rockets CENTURY CLASS: With the win on Sunday, the Victoria Royals tied their single season franchise point record at 100. During 2013-14 season, the club also finished with 100 points and held a mark of 48-20-1-3 in the process. This season, Victoria is the first team in the Western Hockey League to reach the 100-point plateau. TALE OF TWO CITIES: The Royals currently boast a 22-10-2-0 record on the road, good for the top winning percentage (67.6%) in the Western Conference and trail only the Brandon Wheat Kings (68.1%) for the league lead. The Rockets meanwhile, hold an 80.9% winning percentage at home to go with a 26-5-3-0 record, with two of those losses coming to Victoria. This season, the Royals have scored a total of 116 goals on the road, while Kelowna has totaled 129 markers on home ice. IT'S A NUMBERS GAME: The Royals have allowed 37 powerplay goals, and have tallied 11 shorthanded markers this season, good for a -26 rating when on the penalty kill. This is the best mark in the WHL since the Portland Winterhawks posted a -23 rating during the 2012-13 season. Victoria's Tyler Soy leads the club with six shorthanded goals, which is the third most in the league. THE INTERNATIONAL LINE: In Sunday’s 4-3 victory against the Prince George Cougars, the Royals’ Vladimir Bobylev and Jack Walker each tallied a marker in the first period. During Victoria’s last 15 games, the line consisting of Tyler Soy, Walker, and Bobylev have scored 42 of the Royals’ 74 goals (56.7%) that includes 26 of 54 (48.1%) in Victoria’s current 10 game winning streak. This season, the trio has marked 37.5% (100/266) of Victoria’s total goals for. POWERPLAY MAGIC: With a tally on the man-advantage last game, the Royals have now gone on the longest powerplay goal streak of the season at eight contests. Over those eight games, the Royals went 11/40 (27.5%) on the powerplay. Victoria has tallied at least one man-advantage goal in 47 of their 69 contests this season. ROYAL CAREER: Victoria defenseman Ryan Gagnon recently skated in his 250th career game against the Prince George Cougars on Sunday. The native of Quesnel, BC has tallied 46 points (8g-38a) in his time in the WHL, which includes a career high 24 points (5g-19a) this season. Gagnon has also earned the fifth best plus/minus rating in the leagues this season at +46. SNIPERS STREAKING: The Royals currently have two forwards riding point streaks in Alex Forsberg and Jack Walker. Forsberg, the Waldheim, SK product has points in 10 straight contests (5g-10a) along with a +6 rating. American-born skater Jack Walker is in the midst of a nine-game point streak (8g-11a), and has multipoint performances in eight consecutive matches. FIRST OF MANY: On Sunday, Royals’ rookie defenceman Scott Walford scored his first Western Hockey League goal against the Prince George Cougars. In 33 games this season, Walford has recorded 10 points (1g-9a). The Coquitlam, BC native was selected by Victoria in the first round, 18th overall, in the 2014 WHL Bantam Draft. ROSTER BREAKDOWN: The 2015-16 Victoria Royals roster is composed as follows: AGE: 1995 – 3, 1996 – 3, 1997 – 9, 1998 – 6, 1999 – 3 LOCATION: B.C. – 10, Alberta – 4, Saskatchewan – 4, USA – 4, Europe – 2 2015-16 REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE: Friday, March 18th at Everett Silvertips – 7:35 p.m. – XFINITY Arena – Everett, WA Saturday, March 19th vs Everett Silvertips – 7:05 p.m. – SOFMC – Victoria, BC Friday, March 25th vs TBD – 7:05 p.m. – SOFMC – Victoria, BC
Standings Eastern Conference East Division Rank Team
GP W
1
70 46 18
xy Brandon Wheat Kings
L OTL SL PTS PCT 4
2
GF
GA PIM
98 0.700 310 195 844
Home
Away
P10
STK
23-8-1-2
23-10-3-0
9-0-1-0
9-0-2-0
2
x
Prince Albert Raiders
69 37 24
7
1
82 0.594 213 212 836
22-10-3-0
15-14-4-1
6-4-0-0
1-0-0-0
3
x
Moose Jaw Warriors
69 34 26
7
2
77 0.558 240 231 747
18-13-2-1
16-13-5-1
4-5-0-1
0-1-0-1
4
x
5
Regina Pats
69 34 27
3
5
76 0.551 233 243 969
18-13-2-1
16-14-1-4
5-4-0-1
3-0-0-0
Swift Current Broncos
70 24 37
6
3
57 0.407 184 241 782
14-20-1-1
10-17-5-2
3-6-1-0
0-1-1-0
69 25 40
4
0
54 0.391 209 305 950
13-20-2-0
12-20-2-0
3-7-0-0
0-4-0-0
6 Saskatoon Blades Central Division Rank Team
GP W
1
70 45 23
x Lethbridge Hurricanes
L OTL SL PTS PCT 1
1
GF
GA
PIM
92 0.657 293 211 992
Home
Away
P10
STK
27-7-0-1
18-16-1-0
5-4-0-1
0-2-0-0
2
x Red Deer Rebels
70 43 24
1
2
89 0.636 249 202 872
23-9-1-2
20-15-0-0
7-3-0-0
0-1-0-0
3
x Calgary Hitmen
70 40 26
2
2
84 0.600 235 212 1056
22-11-2-0
18-15-0-2
6-4-0-0
1-0-0-0
4
Edmonton Oil Kings
70 29 34
6
1
65 0.464 194 227 911
17-14-4-0
12-20-2-1
4-6-0-0
0-1-0-0
5
Medicine Hat Tigers
70 29 36
3
2
63 0.450 216 276 836
16-16-1-2
13-20-2-0
7-2-0-1
1-0-0-0
70 12 52
6
0
30 0.214 148 309 786
10-21-4-0
2-31-2-0
2-7-1-0
2-0-0-0
6 Kootenay ICE Western Conference B.C. Division Rank Team
GP W
1
69 47 16
x Victoria Royals
L OTL SL PTS PCT 3
3
GF
GA
PIM
100 0.725 266 159 808
Home
Away
P10
STK
25-6-1-3
22-10-2-0
10-0-0-0
10-0-1-0
2
x Kelowna Rockets
69 46 19
4
0
96 0.696 250 207 944
26-5-3-0
20-14-1-0
5-4-1-0
0-1-0-0
3
x Kamloops Blazers
70 36 25
5
4
81 0.579 231 217 747
19-10-4-2
17-15-1-2
9-1-0-0
7-0-0-0
4
x Prince George Cougars
70 36 29
3
2
77 0.550 239 219 1256
21-12-1-1
15-17-2-1
4-5-0-1
0-2-0-1
70 23 38
5
4
55 0.393 195 258 823
14-19-2-0
9-19-3-4
1-7-0-2
0-7-0-2
5 Vancouver Giants U.S. Division Rank Team
GP W
1
x Seattle Thunderbirds
69 43 23
2
x Everett Silvertips
3
Portland Winterhawks
4
Spokane Chiefs
5 Tri-City Americans x = Clinched Playoff Position y = Teams who have clinched Division title
Tuesday, Mar 15 Swift Current 2 at Brandon 6 Final Edmonton 0 at Kootenay 2 Final Calgary 4 at Red Deer 2 Final Spokane 1 at Seattle 4 Final
L OTL SL PTS PCT 3
0
GF
GA PIM
89 0.645 219 180 929
Home
Away
P10
STK
28-5-2-0
15-18-1-0
10-0-0-0
11-0-0-0
69 38 24
4
3
83 0.601 177 161 581
20-9-3-2
18-15-1-1
3-4-2-1
1-0-0-0
69 34 30
5
0
73 0.529 220 214 853
19-13-2-0
15-17-3-0
3-5-2-0
0-1-1-0
69 31 29
5
4
71 0.514 212 234 816
19-14-2-1
12-15-3-3
3-6-0-1
0-2-0-0
70 33 34
2
1
69 0.493 229 249 963
19-13-1-1
14-21-1-0
4-6-0-0
2-0-0-0
Wednesday, Mar 16 Prince Albert at Moose Jaw 7:00 pm MDT Saskatoon at Regina 7:00 pm MDT Spokane at Everett 7:05 pm PDT Victoria at Kelowna 7:05 pm PDT
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Thursday, Mar 17 Red Deer at Edmonton 7:00 pm MDT
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