KELOWNA ROCKETS vs. VICTORIA ROYALS - 6
KELOWNA ROCKETS vs. VICTORIA ROYALS Saturday, April 11, 2015 - 7:05 PM WHL PLAYOFFS: Game 2 - 2nd Round (Rockets lead 1-0)
Prospera Place - Kelowna, BC NO. 1 30 31
PLAYER JACKSON WHISTLE MICHAEL HERRINGER* JAKE MORRISSEY*
POS G G G
SH L L R
HT 6'1 6'1 6'2
WT 182 163 158
HOMETOWN West Kelowna, BC Comox, BC Calgary, AB
DOB Jun 9/95 Jan 26/96 Sep 8/97
3 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 26 27 28 29
RILEY STADEL MADISON BOWEY 'C' MITCHELL WHEATON LUCAS JOHANSEN* COLE MARTIN 'A' TANNER WISHNOWSKI* NICK MERKLEY
D D D D D LW C RW LW C C/RW RW C/RW RW C LW D LW LW C C D D C
L R L L L L R R L L R R R R L L L L L R R L R L
5'10 6'2 6'4½ 6'2 5'11 6'0 5'10½ 6' 6'0 5'11 6'3 6'.05 5'11 6'3 5'10 6'0 6'1 6'1 6'2½ 5'10½ 6'2 6'0 6'0 6'1
185 209 222 170 176 175 187 170 200 190 198 170 183 184 175 196 161 210 187 195 185 190 177 210
Surrey, BC Winnipeg, MB Sherwood Park, AB Port Moody, BC Arlington, TX Oakbank, MB Calgary, AB St. Brieux, SK Edmonton, AB Saskatoon, SK Unicov, Czech Rep. Shaunavon, SK Saskatoon, SK Victoria, BC Cochrane, AB Las Vegas, NV Surrey, BC Chauvin, AB Camrose, AB
Jan 16/96 Apr 22/95 Feb 6/95 Nov 16/97 Mar 15/94 Jan 28/97 May 23/97 Jan 9/98 Jan 26/94 Apr 3/96 Feb 15/97 Oct 16/98 Aug 9/96 Jul 23/97 Jul 20/98 Jul 29/95 Jan 2/97 Sep 26/94 Aug 2/96 Nov 16/95 Jul 11/95 Mar 28/95 May 15/97 Oct 27/95
JORDAN BORSTMAYER* (AP)
TYRELL GOULBOURNE ROURKE CHARTIER 'A' TOMAS SOUSTAL* KOLE LIND* (AP) RODNEY SOUTHAM TATE COUGHLIN* DILLON DUBE* GAGE QUINNEY DEVANTE STEPHENS* CHANCE BRAID JUSTIN KIRKLAND TYSON BAILLIE 'A' COLE LINAKER JOSH MORRISSEY JOE GATENBY LEON DRAISAITL * rookie
President/GM: Bruce Hamilton Asst GM/Dir Player Personnel: Lorne Frey Head Coach: Dan Lambert Assistant Coach: Kris Mallette Assistant/Goalie Coach: Travis Crickard Skills Development: Kim Gellert Athletic Therapist/Strength & Conditioning Coach: Scott Hoyer Equipment Manager: Brendan Hait
Referees: Reagan VETTER, Nathan WIELER Linesmen: Ron DIETTERLE, Nathan VAN OOSTEN VGJ: Tyler McClellan
Fort Saskatchewan, AB
Edmonton, AB Calgary, AB Kelowna, BC Cologne, GER
NO. PLAYER 1 JUSTIN PAULIC 35 COLEMAN VOLLRATH
2 3 4 6 8 9 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 24 25 27 28 29 34
JOE HICKETTS RYAN GAGNON RALPH JARRATT TRAVIS BROWN BRYTON SAYERS JACK WALKER JACK PALMER GREG CHASE ALEX FORSBERG TYLER SOY BRANDON MAGEE DANTE HANNOUN LOGAN FISHER AUSTIN CARROLL TAYLOR CRUNK REGAN NAGY BRANDON FUSHIMI JARED DMYTRIW MARSEL IBRAGIMOV CHAZ REDDEKOPP ALEXEY SLEPTSOV * rookie
POS SH HT WT HOMETOWN G L 6'1 195 Thompson, MB G L 6'0" 174 Calgary, AB
DOB Oct. 7/95 Jan. 19/95
D D D D D D LW C C C C/RW C C LW LW RW RW RW D D D
May 4/96 Apr. 30/96 Mar. 18/98 Mar. 15/94 Feb. 11/96 July 30/96 Sept. 6/95 Jan. 1/95 Jan. 4/95 Feb. 10/97 Jan. 23/94 Aug. 2/98 Apr. 10/95 Mar. 26/94 Jan. 20/95 May 11/97 Feb. 25/96 Jun. 6/98 Aug. 4/97 Jan. 1/97 Feb. 1/96
L R L L R L L R L L R R L R L R R R R L R
5'8 6'1 6'2 6'2 5'10 5'11 6'2 6'0 5'10 5'11 5'9 5'6 6'2 6'3 6'1 6'0 6'0 5'11 6'2 6'3 6'1
175 205 195 198 198 164 196 188 178 172 185 160 200 214 220 175 183 170 197 215 172
Kamloops, BC Quesnel, BC Fort St. John, BC Winnipeg, MB Prince Albert, SK Edina, MN Victoria, BC Sherwood Park, AB Waldheim, SK Cloverdale, BC Edmonton, AB Delta, BC Red Deer, AB Scottsdale, AZ San Jacinto, CA Ogema, SK Thornton, CO Craven, SK Kazan, Russia West Kelowna, BC Moscow, Russia
President & General Manager: 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: Brady Robinson Athletic Therapist: Khore Elliott Equipment Manager: Matt Auerbach Director of Scouting: Garry Pochipinski Strength, Conditioning & Skills Coach: Jeff Compton Manager of Comm. & Hockey Ops Coord.: Adam McKinnon
Rockets Next Home Game: Friday, April 17/15 - (Game 5 if necessary)
Kelowna Rockets Playoff Statistics 2014-2015 After Game #5 NO. PLAYER GP 14 Rourke Chartier 5 10 Nick Merkley 5 4 Madison Bowey 5 24 Tyson Baillie 5 29 Leon Draisaitl 5 20 Gage Quinney 5 19 Dillon Dube* 5 3 Riley Stadel 5 7 Lucas Johansen* 5 17 Rodney Southam 5 15 Tomas Soustal* 5 8 Colten Martin 5 27 Josh Morrissey 1 26 Cole Linaker 5 22 Chance Braid 4 12 Tyrell Goulbourne 3 6 Mitch Wheaton 3 16 Kole Lind* 5 28 Joe Gatenby 5 21 Devante Stephens* 5 23 Justin Kirkland 0 18 Tate Coughlin* 0 11 Jordan Borstmayer* 0 Team Totals 90 Goaltending Statistics NO. PLAYER GP MIN GA 31 Jake Morrissey * 0 0 0 30 Michael Herringer* 1 40 0 1 Jackson Whistle 5 278 7 Team Totals 6 318 7 Scoring by Periods SOG 1st 2nd 3rd OT Total Rockets 0 3 10 10 1 24 Opponents 0 2 3 2 0 7 Rockets Record after Second Period: When Leading: 3 0 When Losing: 1 0 When Tied: 1 0 First Goal of the Game:
G 5 1 3 3 2 2 1 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19
A 2 6 3 3 4 2 2 2 3 2 1 2 3 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 40
Svs 0 11 102 113
AVE 0.00 0.00 1.51 0.00
0 0 0
When Rockets Score First: 4 0 0 When Opponent Score First: 1 0 0 Home and Away Record: Overall Overtime Home 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Road 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 Total 5 0 0 0 1 0 0
PTS 7 7 6 6 6 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 59
PIM 0 2 8 8 0 4 4 2 6 0 2 4 0 2 7 9 0 4 2 6 0 0 0 '82
PPG SHG 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2
PCT W L OT 0.000 0 0 0 1.000 1 0 0 0.936 4 0 0 1.000 5 0 0 Shots by Period OT 1st 2nd Rockets 17 75 62 Opponents 8 36 45
SL 0 0 0 0 3rd 61 31
2015-04-11 GW +/1 5 0 4 0 5 2 4 0 6 1 4 0 4 0 2 0 6 1 4 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 -2 0 2 0 8 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 SO 0 0 3 3
PIM 0 0 0 0
Total 215 110
Rockets Shots on Goal Record: 0 When Outshooting Opponent: 5 0 0 0 When Outshot by Opponent: 0 0 0 0 When Shots Are Tied: 0 0 0 Rockets Specialty Teams: Power Play: 0 Opp. PPGF SHGA Pct.% 0 Rockets 22 5 1 22.7 Shorthanded: Rockets
Opp. 26
PPGA 1
SHGF Pct.% 2 94.10
Rockets vs. Royals Saturday April 11, 2015 Game Time - 7:05 pm Tonight’s Preview: The Kelowna Rockets have a 1-0 lead on the Victoria Royals heading into game two of their best of seven Western Conference semifinal series tonight at Prospera Place. Last night, Tyson Baillie scored the game winning goal early in the second period in a 5-0 win. Baillie was named the first star with a goal and an assist. Cole Martin, Gage Quinney, Rourke Chartier and Tomas Soustal scored in the team’s fifth straight win in the playoffs. Josh th Morrissey, who hadn’t played since February 28 , returned to the lineup and had three assists. Leon Draisaitl had a pair of helpers in the lopsided win. Jackson Whistle made 20 saves for his third consecutive shutout on home ice in this year’s playoffs. The Rockets were 2 for 5 on the power play while killing off four Victoria advantages. Game three and four are back in Victoria Tuesday and Wednesday night before the series shifts back to Prospera Place for game th five (if necessary) Friday night. This is the eighth consecutive appearance in the post season for the Rockets and 19 time in the franchises 20 year history. Since the Christmas break the Rockets are 30-8-2-1 (including playoffs). Shutout streak extended: The Rockets have not surrendered a goal on home ice in the 2015 playoffs. Jackson Whistle is riding a three game shutout streak at Prospera Place. That has never been accomplished by a Rockets goaltender. Derek Yeomans went three consecutive road games without allowing a goal in a second round seven game series with the Seattle Thunderbirds in the 2005 playoffs. Whistle has three shutouts in this year’s playoffs. The team record is four shutouts in one playoff season set by Kelly Guard in 2003 and repeated by Derek Yeomans in 2005. A night of firsts: Josh Morrissey earned three assists in a game one win. It was Morrissey’s first-three point playoff effort of his career. Morrissey had a two assist game in game one of an opening round series as a member of the Prince Albert Raiders against the Edmonton Oil Kings last season. Rookie Kole Lind earned his first playoff point on Tomas Soustal’s third period power play goal last night. Gage Quinney has back-to-back goals in the playoffs for the first time. The 19 year-old scored last night and had the game winner in game four against the Tri City Americans in round one. Dare to compare: The Rockets had 30 more points than the Royals during the regular season, with 14 more wins and 16 fewer losses. The Rockets scored 61 more goals and allowed 36 fewer against. The Rockets and Royals each had five – 20 goal scorers. The Rockets had eight 15 or more scorers while the Royals had seven. This and That: Tyrell Goulbourne was a line-mate of Victoria’s Brandon Magee while they played summer hockey as kids growing up in Edmonton. The third player of that line was Brandon Wheat Kings overager Peter Quenneville….Cole Martin has four playoff goals in his career. The 21 year-old had just 10 goals in 280 career regular th season games….The last time the Rockets were involved in a playoff game on April 11 was back in the 2006 post season when they were shutout 2-0 by the Everett Silvertips…Joe Gatenby and Royals d-man Chaz Reddekopp were rd teammates at Pursuit of Excellence Hockey Academy in 2011-2012….Nick Merkley has been rated as the 23 best player in North America for June’s NHL draft. NHL Central Scouting released its final rankings on Wednesday. th th Devante Stephens was rated 116 while Joe Gatenby was 174 ….The last Rockets forward to be taken in the first th round of the NHL draft was Scott Parker in 1998. The Colorado Avalanche selected the big, burly forward 20 in 1998…The Rockets opened the scoring in three of the four games in the opening round …Madison Bowey turns 20 on nd April 22 …The Rockets won the most road games of any team in the WHL (27)…Nick Merkley and Cole Linaker were the only two players to play in all 72 regular season games this season… The Rockets were held to just one goal seven times this season. Kamloops (road), Seattle (road), Edmonton (road), Calgary (twice – once on road and once at home), Regina (home) and Prince Albert (home) have turned the trick against the highest scoring team in the Western Conference...Justin Kirkland has missed 20 straight games with a LBI……Tyrell Goulbourne has a team high 38 playoff games under his belt…Madison Bowey has 36 games of playoff experience…The Rockets played in 14 post season games last season …Cole Martin has 34 playoff games on his resume….In total, the Rockets have 374 games of playoff experience in the lineup this evening…Veteran d-man Mitch Wheaton made his playoff debut in game three’s 5-3 victory in Tri City. Wheaton, who must be signed this summer by Detroit or become a free agent, sat out 70 games (68 regular season - two in playoffs) after being hurt in the fourth game of the regular season…Chance Braid returns to the lineup tonight after missing game one with a one game suspension for a fight with Maxwell James in an opening round series with the Tri City Americans…Rourke Chartier had 6 goals in 14 games in last year’s playoffs. In rd this year’s post season, the now 19 year-old (turned 19 April 3 ) has five goals in five games…. Rockets 2014-2015 regular season recap: The Rockets finished in first place in the Western Conference with 53 wins and 112 points. The 53 wins and 112 points was the second highest total in franchise history. The team scored 305 goals, the second most in the WHL. The 183 goals allowed were the fewest of any team in the WHL. It was the first time since 2003-2004 that the team led the league with the fewest number of goals. That season they allowed 125 goals against. Nick Merkley led the team in scoring with 20 goals, 70 assists and 90 points. Merkley’s 70 assists were not a franchise record though. Rory McDade had 70 helpers in 2000-2001. Colin Long had 69 in in 2007-2008. Marty Flichel has the franchise record with 79 assists in the 1995-96 season.
Hot to Trot: Nick Merkley has points in ten of his last thirteen games. The 17 year-old has 4+11=15 over that stretch….Madison Bowey has points in thirteen of his last seventeen games. Bowey has 6+11=17 over that period….Leon Draisaitl has forty-two points (14+28=42) in his last twenty-five games…Rourke Chartier has two-two goal games in the playoffs…Joe Gatenby leads the Rockets with a +8 rating in the playoffs. Madison Bowey led the team in the playoffs last season with a +8 rating Rockets Season Highs and Lows Most Goals Scored: 11 vs. Kamloops Blazers February 18/15 (11-4 W). Most Goals Allowed: 5 @ Tri City October 18/14 (5-2 L), vs. Giants Oct 1/14 (7-5 W) Most Power Play Chances: 9 vs. Prince George February 9/15 (5-2 W), vs. Prince George (1/9) Dec 5/14 (4-3 L), 5/9 vs. Prince George Sept 27/14 (8-2 W) Most Power Play Goals Scored: 5 @ Prince George Sept 27/14 (8-2 W) Most Power Play Goals Allowed: 3 vs. Giants Oct 1/14 (7-5 W) Most Shots Taken: 51 @ Lethbridge January 30/15 (6-3 W). Fewest Shots: 18 @ Calgary Dec 14/14 (4-1 L) Most Shot Allowed: 52 vs. Portland (4-3 OTL) November 21/14, @ Kamloops October 15/2014 (6-4 W) Fewest Shots Allowed: 17 vs. Everett Silvertips (9-3 W) January 24/15 Last Shutout: Michael Herringer made 29 saves in a 4-0 win in Vancouver February 27/15 (4-0 W), Jake Morrissey made 28 saves in a 6-0 win over Moose Jaw February 14/15, Jackson Whistle 27 saves in 1-0 win vs. PA December 6/14, Michael Herringer made 29 saves in a 5-0 win vs. Vancouver November 8/14…Jackson Whistle made 29 saves in a 5-0 win @ Portland Oct 30/14, Jackson Whistle made 22 saves in 4-0 win vs. Tri City Oct 22/14, Jackson Whistle made 18 saves in a 4-0 win vs. Swift Current October 7/14. Penalty Shots: Vancouver’s Jakob Stukel (no goal) on Michael Herringer March 6/15, Lethbridge’s Jamal Watson (no goal) on Michael Herringer Jan 30/15, Adam Helewka (Goal) on Jackson Whistle Nov 7/14 vs. Spokane, Jesse Gabrielle (No Goal) vs. Jackson Whistle October 25/14 against Brandon, Collin Shirley (Goal) on Jackson Whistle vs. Blazers Oct 15/14, Jesse Lees (No Goal) Sept 20/14 vs. Kamloops. Remi Laurencelle on Jackson Whistle (Goal) rd October 3 @Everett. Shootout Game Winning Goals: Madison Bowey @ Red Deer Jan 27/15 (4-3 W), Dillon Dube @ Kamloops Jan 9/15 (2-1 W), Nick Merkley @ Lethbridge December 10/14 (4-3 W) OT Game Winning Goal: Madison Bowey scored: 1:05 in a 4-3 win @ Vancouver March 20/15, Cole Linaker scored: 24 seconds in a 5-4 OTW @Everett October 3/14 Most Points by one player: 5 – Tyrell Goulbourne (2+3=5) vs. Everett January 24/15, Madison Bowey (2+3=5) vs. Giants Oct 1/14 in a 7-5 win. Hat tricks: Tyrell Goulbourne @ Giants March 6/15 (5-2 W), Tyrell Goulbourne vs. Giants November 8/14, Rourke Chartier @ Seattle October 4/14 (6-4 W). vs. BC: 28-5-1-0 vs. US: 12-3-4-0 vs. Central: 8-4-0-1 vs. East: 5-1-0-0 Roster Stats: Player total: 27 Year by Year Breakdown: 20’s – 3 Goulbourne, Martin, Braid 19’s – 8 Draisaitl, Morrissey, Quinney, Wheaton, Whistle, Bowey, Baillie, Linaker 18’s – 5 Southam, Herringer, Chartier, Stadel, Kirkland 17’s - 8 Merkley, Gatenby, Soustal, Morrissey, Stephens, Wishnowski, Coughlin, Johansen 16’s – 3 Dube, Borstmayer, Lind, Chizen Month Games September: 3 October: 11 November: 14 December: 10 January: 13 February: 12 March: 9
Record 3-0-0-0 10-1-0-0 9-2-3-0 7-3-0-0 10-2-0-1 9-3-0-0 5-2-2-0
Home 1-0-0-0 5-0-0-0 3-1-1-0 3-2-0-0 5-2-0-0 6-1-0-0 3-1-1-0
Road 2-0-0-0 5-1-0-0 5-1-2-0 4-1-0-0 5-0-0-1 3-2-0-0 2-1-1-0
How the Rockets were built: st 1 Rd: Merkley, Chartier, Dube nd 2 Rd: Bowey, Gatenby rd 3 Rd: Baillie, Martin, Stadel, Borstmayer th 4 Rd: Lind th 5 Rd: Goulbourne, Kirkland, Morrissey th 6 Rd: Linaker, Johansen th 9 Rd: Chizen th 10 Rd: Wheaton Listed: Herringer, Coughlin, Stephens, Wishnowski Trade: Braid, Draisaitl, Morrissey, Quinney, Whistle, Southam CHL Import Draft: Soustal Game Notes by AM 1150’s Regan Bartel
2015 WHL Playoffs 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%
18 Brandon Magee
RW 6
6 3 9
3
10
0
1
0
1
3
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0.0
1.50 1.67
0
0.0
15 Greg Chase
C
6
5 2 7
3
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
1.17 0.33
0
0.0
17 Tyler Soy
C
6
2 4 6
5
4
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
1.00 0.67
0
0.0
16 Alex Forsberg
C
6
1 5 6
2
6
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
1.00 1.00
0
0.0
9
Jack Walker
D
6
1 5 6
3
6
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
1.00 1.00
0
0.0
6
Travis Brown
D
6
1 2 3
0
4
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.50 0.67
0
0.0
2
Joe Hicketts
D
6
0 3 3
5
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.50 0.67
0
0.0
RW 6
1 1 2
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.33 0.00
0
0.0
21 Austin Carroll
LW 6
0 2 2
3
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.33 1.00
0
0.0
22 Taylor Crunk
LW 6
1 0 1
-1 2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0.0
0.17 0.33
0
0.0
20 Logan Fisher
C
6
1 0 1
-1 2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.17 0.33
0
0.0
25 Brandon Fushimi RW 6
1 0 1
-2 4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.17 0.67
0
0.0
14 Jack Palmer
0 1 1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.17 0.00
0
0.0
* 24 Regan Nagy
LW 6
29 Chaz Reddekopp D
6
0 1 1
5
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.17 1.00
0
0.0
8
D
6
0 1 1
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.17 0.33
0
0.0
D
1
0 0 0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.00 2.00
0
0.0
* 28 Marsel Ibragimov D
2
0 0 0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.00 0.00
0
0.0
RW 3
0 0 0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.00 0.00
0
0.0
D
6
0 0 0
1
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.00 1.33
0
0.0
D
6
0 0 0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.00 0.33
0
0.0
Bryton Sayers
34 Alexey Sleptsov * 27 Jared Dmytriw 3
Ryan Gagnon
* 4 Ralph Jarratt Goalies # Name
GP Mins GA SO GAA W L OTL SL SA SVS SV%
35 Coleman Vollrath 6 Empty Net Totals
6
361
20
1
0
361
20
1
3.32 4
2 0
0
213 193 0.906 0
1
3.32 4
2 0
0
213 193 0.906
* indicates rookie X indicates inactive
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Game 2: Saturday, April 11th @ Kelowna Rockets RACKING UP POINTS: The Victoria Royals are currently tied for second in the WHL Playoffs for icing the most players who have scored at a point-per-game or better. The Royals are tied with the Rockets for second place with five skaters. Brandon Magee (6g-3a) leads Victoria with 1.50 points per game, while Greg Chase (5g-2a) is second on the team with 1.17. Tyler Soy (2g-3a), Alex Forsberg (1g-5a), and Jack Walker (1g-5a) are all tied on the team with a point-per-game each. LEADING THE WAY: The Royals and Rockets have a combined three players inside the top 10 for WHL Playoff goal scoring. Brandon Magee (6g) and Greg Chase (5g) lead the way for Victoria, while Rourke Chartier is atop for Kelowna with five markers. RECORD MARK: After last night's game, Victoria forwards Austin Carroll and Brandon Magee now hold the all-time franchise record for most playoff games played. Both players have taken part in 23 games, passing former Royal Steven Hodges who played in 22 contests. SITTING IN THE SIN BIN: During the regular season, the Royals and Rockets combined for 467 penalty minutes (VIC: 238-KEL: 229) when they have played against each another. On November 5th, 2014, the Royals set the season high for most amount of minutes in penalties in a single contest with 128. During that match-up, Victoria also set the 2014-15 high for most penalty minutes (65) in one game. DEFENSIVE WATCH: Victoria Royals’ blueliner Travis Brown is tied with former Royals’ defenceman Jordan Fransoo for the all-time franchise lead for playoff points by a defender. Brown (3g-7a) has played in 15 post-season games for Victoria while Fransoo (2g-8a) has skated in 19 playoff contests. REACHING TO THE TOP: Heading to Game 2 against the Kelowna Rockets, Brandon Magee is two points away from setting the Royals’ playoff record for most points in a single post-season. The previous record was set in the 2014 WHL Playoffs by Magee (3g-7a) and former Royal Steven Hodges (4g-6a) who each tallied 10 points in nine games respectively. CENTRAL SCOUTING REPORT: On Wednesday, Victoria Royals’ Tyler Soy and Chaz Reddekopp were listed on NHL Central Scouting’s final rankings ahead of the 2015 NHL Draft. Soy who is ranked at 78th overall moved up 74 spots since the mid-season rankings, while Reddekopp jumped from 199th place to 82nd overall. 20 TURNED 20: Yesterday on his 20th birthday, Royals’ forward Logan Fisher played in his 170th consecutive WHL game (including playoffs). The Red Deer, AB native has played in 211 regular season games (14g-41a) and 21 post-season contests (2g-1a) in his career. ROSTER BREAKDOWN: The 2014-15 Victoria Royals roster is composed as follows: AGE: 1994 – 3, 1995 – 7, 1996 – 6, 1997 – 4, 1998 – 3, LOCATION: B.C. – 7, Alberta – 4, Saskatchewan – 4, Manitoba – 2, USA – 4, Europe – 2 2015 PLAYOFF SCHEDULE: Game 3: Tuesday, April 14th vs. Kelowna Rockets – 7:05 p.m. – SOFMC, Victoria, BC Game 4: Wednesday, April 15th vs. Kelowna Rockets – 7:05 p.m. – SOFMC, Victoria, BC
Playoff Bracket 2015 WHL Playoffs, Eastern Conference Brandon (4) vs Edmonton (1) Brandon wins series 4 - 1 Game 1 Mar 26 Edmonton (4) at Brandon (1) Game 2 Mar 27 Edmonton (1) at Brandon (8) Game 3 Mar 29 Brandon (3) at Edmonton (2) Game 4 Mar 31 Brandon (3) at Edmonton (2) Game 5 Apr 1 Brandon (3) at Edmonton (2) OT2 2015 WHL Playoffs, Eastern Conference Regina (4) vs Swift Current (0) Regina wins series 4 - 0 Game 1 Mar 27 Swift Current (2) at Regina (4) Game 2 Mar 28 Swift Current (2) at Regina (3) Game 3 Mar 31 Regina (5) at Swift Current (4) OT Game 4 Apr 1 Regina (4) at Swift Current (0) 2015 WHL Playoffs, Eastern Conference Calgary (4) vs Kootenay (3) Calgary wins series 4 - 3 Game 1 Mar 27 Kootenay (4) at Calgary (3) Game 2 Mar 29 Kootenay (2) at Calgary (3) OT Game 3 Mar 31 Calgary (8) at Kootenay (7) OT Game 4 Apr 1 Calgary (7) at Kootenay (2) Game 5 Apr 3 Kootenay (5) at Calgary (4) OT Game 6 Apr 4 Calgary (2) at Kootenay (4) Game 7 Apr 6 Kootenay (2) at Calgary (6) 2015 WHL PLayoffs, Eastern Conference Medicine Hat (4) vs Red Deer (1) Medicine Hat wins series 4 - 1 Game 1 Mar 28 Red Deer (1) at Medicine Hat (2) Game 2 Mar 29 Red Deer (0) at Medicine Hat (1) OT Game 3 Apr 1 Medicine Hat (1) at Red Deer (2) Game 4 Apr 2 Medicine Hat (5) at Red Deer (3) Game 5 Apr 4 Red Deer (3) at Medicine Hat (4) 2015 WHL Playoffs, Western Conference Kelowna (4) vs Tri-City (0) Kelowna wins series 4 - 0 Game 1 Mar 27 Tri-City (0) at Kelowna (6) Game 2 Mar 28 Tri-City (0) at Kelowna (3) Game 3 Mar 31 Kelowna (5) at Tri-City (3) Game 4 Apr 1 Kelowna (5) at Tri-City (4) OT 2015 WHL Playoffs, Western Conference Victoria (4) vs Prince George (1) Victoria wins series 4 - 1 Game 1 Mar 27 Prince George (3) at Victoria (5) Game 2 Mar 28 Prince George (4) at Victoria (5) Game 3 Apr 1 Victoria (2) at Prince George (4) Game 4 Apr 2 Victoria (3) at Prince George (0) Game 5 Apr 4 Prince George (4) at Victoria (5) OT
2015 WHL Playoffs, Western Conference Everett (4) vs Spokane (2) Everett wins series 4 - 2 Game 1 Mar 27 Spokane (1) at Everett (5) Game 2 Mar 28 Spokane (6) at Everett (2) Game 3 Apr 1 Everett (2) at Spokane (1) OT2 Game 4 Apr 3 Everett (3) at Spokane (1) Game 5 Apr 4 Spokane (4) at Everett (3) OT Game 6 Apr 7 Everett (2) at Spokane (1) OT3 2015 WHL Playoffs, Western Conference Portland (4) vs Seattle (2) Portland wins series 4 - 2 Game 1 Mar 28 Seattle (4) at Portland (3) Game 2 Mar 29 Seattle (0) at Portland (3) Game 3 Mar 31 Portland (2) at Seattle (5) Game 4 Apr 2 Portland (8) at Seattle (5) Game 5 Apr 4 Seattle (3) at Portland (5) Game 6 Apr 7 Portland (5) at Seattle (4) OT 2015 WHL Playoffs, Eastern Conference Brandon (1) vs Regina (0) Brandon leads 1-0 Game 1 Apr 10 Regina (1) at Brandon (5) Game 2 Apr 11 Regina at Brandon 7:30 PM CDT Game 3 Apr 14 Brandon at Regina 7:00 PM MDT Game 4 Apr 15 Brandon at Regina 7:00 PM MDT * Game 5 Apr 17 Regina at Brandon 7:30 PM CDT * Game 6 Apr 19 Brandon at Regina 6:00 PM MDT * Game 7 Apr 21 Regina at Brandon 7:00 PM CDT 2015 WHL Playoffs, Eastern Conference Calgary (1) vs Medicine Hat (0) Calgary leads 1-0 Game 1 Apr 10 Calgary (3) at Medicine Hat (1) Game 2 Apr 12 Medicine Hat at Calgary 4:00 PM MDT Game 3 Apr 13 Medicine Hat at Calgary 7:00 PM MDT * Game 4 Apr 15 Calgary at Medicine Hat 7:00 PM MDT 2015 WHL Playoffs, Western Conference Kelowna (1) vs Victoria (0) Kelowna leads 1-0 Game 1 Apr 10 Victoria (0) at Kelowna (5) Game 2 Apr 11 Victoria at Kelowna 7:05 PM PDT Game 3 Apr 14 Kelowna at Victoria 7:05 PM PDT Game 4 Apr 15 Kelowna at Victoria 7:05 PM PDT * Game 5 Apr 17 Victoria at Kelowna 7:05 PM PDT * Game 6 Apr 19 Kelowna at Victoria 7:05 PM PDT * Game 7 Apr 21 Victoria at Kelowna 7:05 PM PDT 2015 WHL Playoffs, Western Conference Everett (1) vs Portland (0) Everett leads 1-0 Game 1 Apr 10 Portland (3) at Everett (5) Game 2 Apr 11 Portland at Everett 7:05 PM PDT
Game 3 Game 4 * Game 5 * Game 6 * Game 7
Apr 16 Apr 17 Apr 19 Apr 21 Apr 22
Everett at Portland 7:00 PM PDT Everett at Portland 7:00 PM PDT Portland at Everett 4:05 PM PDT Everett at Portland 7:00 PM PDT Portland at Everett 7:05 PM PDT
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Prospera Place - Kelowna, BC NO. 1 30 31
PLAYER JACKSON WHISTLE MICHAEL HERRINGER* JAKE MORRISSEY*
POS G G G
SH L L R
HT 6'1 6'1 6'2
WT 182 163 158
HOMETOWN West Kelowna, BC Comox, BC Calgary, AB
DOB Jun 9/95 Jan 26/96 Sep 8/97
3 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 26 27 28 29
RILEY STADEL MADISON BOWEY 'C' MITCHELL WHEATON LUCAS JOHANSEN* COLE MARTIN 'A' TANNER WISHNOWSKI* NICK MERKLEY
D D D D D LW C RW LW C C/RW RW C/RW RW C LW D LW LW C C D D C
L R L L L L R R L L R R R R L L L L L R R L R L
5'10 6'2 6'4½ 6'2 5'11 6'0 5'10½ 6' 6'0 5'11 6'3 6'.05 5'11 6'3 5'10 6'0 6'1 6'1 6'2½ 5'10½ 6'2 6'0 6'0 6'1
185 209 222 170 176 175 187 170 200 190 198 170 183 184 175 196 161 210 187 195 185 190 177 210
Surrey, BC Winnipeg, MB Sherwood Park, AB Port Moody, BC Arlington, TX Oakbank, MB Calgary, AB St. Brieux, SK Edmonton, AB Saskatoon, SK Unicov, Czech Rep. Shaunavon, SK Saskatoon, SK Victoria, BC Cochrane, AB Las Vegas, NV Surrey, BC Chauvin, AB Camrose, AB
Jan 16/96 Apr 22/95 Feb 6/95 Nov 16/97 Mar 15/94 Jan 28/97 May 23/97 Jan 9/98 Jan 26/94 Apr 3/96 Feb 15/97 Oct 16/98 Aug 9/96 Jul 23/97 Jul 20/98 Jul 29/95 Jan 2/97 Sep 26/94 Aug 2/96 Nov 16/95 Jul 11/95 Mar 28/95 May 15/97 Oct 27/95
JORDAN BORSTMAYER* (AP)
TYRELL GOULBOURNE ROURKE CHARTIER 'A' TOMAS SOUSTAL* KOLE LIND* (AP) RODNEY SOUTHAM TATE COUGHLIN* DILLON DUBE* GAGE QUINNEY DEVANTE STEPHENS* CHANCE BRAID JUSTIN KIRKLAND TYSON BAILLIE 'A' COLE LINAKER JOSH MORRISSEY JOE GATENBY LEON DRAISAITL * rookie
President/GM: Bruce Hamilton Asst GM/Dir Player Personnel: Lorne Frey Head Coach: Dan Lambert Assistant Coach: Kris Mallette Assistant/Goalie Coach: Travis Crickard Skills Development: Kim Gellert Athletic Therapist/Strength & Conditioning Coach: Scott Hoyer Equipment Manager: Brendan Hait
Referees: Reagan VETTER, Nathan WIELER Linesmen: Ron DIETTERLE, Nathan VAN OOSTEN VGJ: Tyler McClellan
Fort Saskatchewan, AB
Edmonton, AB Calgary, AB Kelowna, BC Cologne, GER
NO. PLAYER 1 JUSTIN PAULIC 35 COLEMAN VOLLRATH
2 3 4 6 8 9 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 24 25 27 28 29 34
JOE HICKETTS RYAN GAGNON RALPH JARRATT TRAVIS BROWN BRYTON SAYERS JACK WALKER JACK PALMER GREG CHASE ALEX FORSBERG TYLER SOY BRANDON MAGEE DANTE HANNOUN LOGAN FISHER AUSTIN CARROLL TAYLOR CRUNK REGAN NAGY BRANDON FUSHIMI JARED DMYTRIW MARSEL IBRAGIMOV CHAZ REDDEKOPP ALEXEY SLEPTSOV * rookie
POS SH HT WT HOMETOWN G L 6'1 195 Thompson, MB G L 6'0" 174 Calgary, AB
DOB Oct. 7/95 Jan. 19/95
D D D D D D LW C C C C/RW C C LW LW RW RW RW D D D
May 4/96 Apr. 30/96 Mar. 18/98 Mar. 15/94 Feb. 11/96 July 30/96 Sept. 6/95 Jan. 1/95 Jan. 4/95 Feb. 10/97 Jan. 23/94 Aug. 2/98 Apr. 10/95 Mar. 26/94 Jan. 20/95 May 11/97 Feb. 25/96 Jun. 6/98 Aug. 4/97 Jan. 1/97 Feb. 1/96
L R L L R L L R L L R R L R L R R R R L R
5'8 6'1 6'2 6'2 5'10 5'11 6'2 6'0 5'10 5'11 5'9 5'6 6'2 6'3 6'1 6'0 6'0 5'11 6'2 6'3 6'1
175 205 195 198 198 164 196 188 178 172 185 160 200 214 220 175 183 170 197 215 172
Kamloops, BC Quesnel, BC Fort St. John, BC Winnipeg, MB Prince Albert, SK Edina, MN Victoria, BC Sherwood Park, AB Waldheim, SK Cloverdale, BC Edmonton, AB Delta, BC Red Deer, AB Scottsdale, AZ San Jacinto, CA Ogema, SK Thornton, CO Craven, SK Kazan, Russia West Kelowna, BC Moscow, Russia
President & General Manager: 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: Brady Robinson Athletic Therapist: Khore Elliott Equipment Manager: Matt Auerbach Director of Scouting: Garry Pochipinski Strength, Conditioning & Skills Coach: Jeff Compton Manager of Comm. & Hockey Ops Coord.: Adam McKinnon
Rockets Next Home Game: Friday, April 17/15 - (Game 5 if necessary)
Kelowna Rockets Playoff Statistics 2014-2015 After Game #5 NO. PLAYER GP 14 Rourke Chartier 5 10 Nick Merkley 5 4 Madison Bowey 5 24 Tyson Baillie 5 29 Leon Draisaitl 5 20 Gage Quinney 5 19 Dillon Dube* 5 3 Riley Stadel 5 7 Lucas Johansen* 5 17 Rodney Southam 5 15 Tomas Soustal* 5 8 Colten Martin 5 27 Josh Morrissey 1 26 Cole Linaker 5 22 Chance Braid 4 12 Tyrell Goulbourne 3 6 Mitch Wheaton 3 16 Kole Lind* 5 28 Joe Gatenby 5 21 Devante Stephens* 5 23 Justin Kirkland 0 18 Tate Coughlin* 0 11 Jordan Borstmayer* 0 Team Totals 90 Goaltending Statistics NO. PLAYER GP MIN GA 31 Jake Morrissey * 0 0 0 30 Michael Herringer* 1 40 0 1 Jackson Whistle 5 278 7 Team Totals 6 318 7 Scoring by Periods SOG 1st 2nd 3rd OT Total Rockets 0 3 10 10 1 24 Opponents 0 2 3 2 0 7 Rockets Record after Second Period: When Leading: 3 0 When Losing: 1 0 When Tied: 1 0 First Goal of the Game:
G 5 1 3 3 2 2 1 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19
A 2 6 3 3 4 2 2 2 3 2 1 2 3 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 40
Svs 0 11 102 113
AVE 0.00 0.00 1.51 0.00
0 0 0
When Rockets Score First: 4 0 0 When Opponent Score First: 1 0 0 Home and Away Record: Overall Overtime Home 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Road 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 Total 5 0 0 0 1 0 0
PTS 7 7 6 6 6 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 59
PIM 0 2 8 8 0 4 4 2 6 0 2 4 0 2 7 9 0 4 2 6 0 0 0 '82
PPG SHG 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2
PCT W L OT 0.000 0 0 0 1.000 1 0 0 0.936 4 0 0 1.000 5 0 0 Shots by Period OT 1st 2nd Rockets 17 75 62 Opponents 8 36 45
SL 0 0 0 0 3rd 61 31
2015-04-11 GW +/1 5 0 4 0 5 2 4 0 6 1 4 0 4 0 2 0 6 1 4 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 -2 0 2 0 8 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 SO 0 0 3 3
PIM 0 0 0 0
Total 215 110
Rockets Shots on Goal Record: 0 When Outshooting Opponent: 5 0 0 0 When Outshot by Opponent: 0 0 0 0 When Shots Are Tied: 0 0 0 Rockets Specialty Teams: Power Play: 0 Opp. PPGF SHGA Pct.% 0 Rockets 22 5 1 22.7 Shorthanded: Rockets
Opp. 26
PPGA 1
SHGF Pct.% 2 94.10
Rockets vs. Royals Saturday April 11, 2015 Game Time - 7:05 pm Tonight’s Preview: The Kelowna Rockets have a 1-0 lead on the Victoria Royals heading into game two of their best of seven Western Conference semifinal series tonight at Prospera Place. Last night, Tyson Baillie scored the game winning goal early in the second period in a 5-0 win. Baillie was named the first star with a goal and an assist. Cole Martin, Gage Quinney, Rourke Chartier and Tomas Soustal scored in the team’s fifth straight win in the playoffs. Josh th Morrissey, who hadn’t played since February 28 , returned to the lineup and had three assists. Leon Draisaitl had a pair of helpers in the lopsided win. Jackson Whistle made 20 saves for his third consecutive shutout on home ice in this year’s playoffs. The Rockets were 2 for 5 on the power play while killing off four Victoria advantages. Game three and four are back in Victoria Tuesday and Wednesday night before the series shifts back to Prospera Place for game th five (if necessary) Friday night. This is the eighth consecutive appearance in the post season for the Rockets and 19 time in the franchises 20 year history. Since the Christmas break the Rockets are 30-8-2-1 (including playoffs). Shutout streak extended: The Rockets have not surrendered a goal on home ice in the 2015 playoffs. Jackson Whistle is riding a three game shutout streak at Prospera Place. That has never been accomplished by a Rockets goaltender. Derek Yeomans went three consecutive road games without allowing a goal in a second round seven game series with the Seattle Thunderbirds in the 2005 playoffs. Whistle has three shutouts in this year’s playoffs. The team record is four shutouts in one playoff season set by Kelly Guard in 2003 and repeated by Derek Yeomans in 2005. A night of firsts: Josh Morrissey earned three assists in a game one win. It was Morrissey’s first-three point playoff effort of his career. Morrissey had a two assist game in game one of an opening round series as a member of the Prince Albert Raiders against the Edmonton Oil Kings last season. Rookie Kole Lind earned his first playoff point on Tomas Soustal’s third period power play goal last night. Gage Quinney has back-to-back goals in the playoffs for the first time. The 19 year-old scored last night and had the game winner in game four against the Tri City Americans in round one. Dare to compare: The Rockets had 30 more points than the Royals during the regular season, with 14 more wins and 16 fewer losses. The Rockets scored 61 more goals and allowed 36 fewer against. The Rockets and Royals each had five – 20 goal scorers. The Rockets had eight 15 or more scorers while the Royals had seven. This and That: Tyrell Goulbourne was a line-mate of Victoria’s Brandon Magee while they played summer hockey as kids growing up in Edmonton. The third player of that line was Brandon Wheat Kings overager Peter Quenneville….Cole Martin has four playoff goals in his career. The 21 year-old had just 10 goals in 280 career regular th season games….The last time the Rockets were involved in a playoff game on April 11 was back in the 2006 post season when they were shutout 2-0 by the Everett Silvertips…Joe Gatenby and Royals d-man Chaz Reddekopp were rd teammates at Pursuit of Excellence Hockey Academy in 2011-2012….Nick Merkley has been rated as the 23 best player in North America for June’s NHL draft. NHL Central Scouting released its final rankings on Wednesday. th th Devante Stephens was rated 116 while Joe Gatenby was 174 ….The last Rockets forward to be taken in the first th round of the NHL draft was Scott Parker in 1998. The Colorado Avalanche selected the big, burly forward 20 in 1998…The Rockets opened the scoring in three of the four games in the opening round …Madison Bowey turns 20 on nd April 22 …The Rockets won the most road games of any team in the WHL (27)…Nick Merkley and Cole Linaker were the only two players to play in all 72 regular season games this season… The Rockets were held to just one goal seven times this season. Kamloops (road), Seattle (road), Edmonton (road), Calgary (twice – once on road and once at home), Regina (home) and Prince Albert (home) have turned the trick against the highest scoring team in the Western Conference...Justin Kirkland has missed 20 straight games with a LBI……Tyrell Goulbourne has a team high 38 playoff games under his belt…Madison Bowey has 36 games of playoff experience…The Rockets played in 14 post season games last season …Cole Martin has 34 playoff games on his resume….In total, the Rockets have 374 games of playoff experience in the lineup this evening…Veteran d-man Mitch Wheaton made his playoff debut in game three’s 5-3 victory in Tri City. Wheaton, who must be signed this summer by Detroit or become a free agent, sat out 70 games (68 regular season - two in playoffs) after being hurt in the fourth game of the regular season…Chance Braid returns to the lineup tonight after missing game one with a one game suspension for a fight with Maxwell James in an opening round series with the Tri City Americans…Rourke Chartier had 6 goals in 14 games in last year’s playoffs. In rd this year’s post season, the now 19 year-old (turned 19 April 3 ) has five goals in five games…. Rockets 2014-2015 regular season recap: The Rockets finished in first place in the Western Conference with 53 wins and 112 points. The 53 wins and 112 points was the second highest total in franchise history. The team scored 305 goals, the second most in the WHL. The 183 goals allowed were the fewest of any team in the WHL. It was the first time since 2003-2004 that the team led the league with the fewest number of goals. That season they allowed 125 goals against. Nick Merkley led the team in scoring with 20 goals, 70 assists and 90 points. Merkley’s 70 assists were not a franchise record though. Rory McDade had 70 helpers in 2000-2001. Colin Long had 69 in in 2007-2008. Marty Flichel has the franchise record with 79 assists in the 1995-96 season.
Hot to Trot: Nick Merkley has points in ten of his last thirteen games. The 17 year-old has 4+11=15 over that stretch….Madison Bowey has points in thirteen of his last seventeen games. Bowey has 6+11=17 over that period….Leon Draisaitl has forty-two points (14+28=42) in his last twenty-five games…Rourke Chartier has two-two goal games in the playoffs…Joe Gatenby leads the Rockets with a +8 rating in the playoffs. Madison Bowey led the team in the playoffs last season with a +8 rating Rockets Season Highs and Lows Most Goals Scored: 11 vs. Kamloops Blazers February 18/15 (11-4 W). Most Goals Allowed: 5 @ Tri City October 18/14 (5-2 L), vs. Giants Oct 1/14 (7-5 W) Most Power Play Chances: 9 vs. Prince George February 9/15 (5-2 W), vs. Prince George (1/9) Dec 5/14 (4-3 L), 5/9 vs. Prince George Sept 27/14 (8-2 W) Most Power Play Goals Scored: 5 @ Prince George Sept 27/14 (8-2 W) Most Power Play Goals Allowed: 3 vs. Giants Oct 1/14 (7-5 W) Most Shots Taken: 51 @ Lethbridge January 30/15 (6-3 W). Fewest Shots: 18 @ Calgary Dec 14/14 (4-1 L) Most Shot Allowed: 52 vs. Portland (4-3 OTL) November 21/14, @ Kamloops October 15/2014 (6-4 W) Fewest Shots Allowed: 17 vs. Everett Silvertips (9-3 W) January 24/15 Last Shutout: Michael Herringer made 29 saves in a 4-0 win in Vancouver February 27/15 (4-0 W), Jake Morrissey made 28 saves in a 6-0 win over Moose Jaw February 14/15, Jackson Whistle 27 saves in 1-0 win vs. PA December 6/14, Michael Herringer made 29 saves in a 5-0 win vs. Vancouver November 8/14…Jackson Whistle made 29 saves in a 5-0 win @ Portland Oct 30/14, Jackson Whistle made 22 saves in 4-0 win vs. Tri City Oct 22/14, Jackson Whistle made 18 saves in a 4-0 win vs. Swift Current October 7/14. Penalty Shots: Vancouver’s Jakob Stukel (no goal) on Michael Herringer March 6/15, Lethbridge’s Jamal Watson (no goal) on Michael Herringer Jan 30/15, Adam Helewka (Goal) on Jackson Whistle Nov 7/14 vs. Spokane, Jesse Gabrielle (No Goal) vs. Jackson Whistle October 25/14 against Brandon, Collin Shirley (Goal) on Jackson Whistle vs. Blazers Oct 15/14, Jesse Lees (No Goal) Sept 20/14 vs. Kamloops. Remi Laurencelle on Jackson Whistle (Goal) rd October 3 @Everett. Shootout Game Winning Goals: Madison Bowey @ Red Deer Jan 27/15 (4-3 W), Dillon Dube @ Kamloops Jan 9/15 (2-1 W), Nick Merkley @ Lethbridge December 10/14 (4-3 W) OT Game Winning Goal: Madison Bowey scored: 1:05 in a 4-3 win @ Vancouver March 20/15, Cole Linaker scored: 24 seconds in a 5-4 OTW @Everett October 3/14 Most Points by one player: 5 – Tyrell Goulbourne (2+3=5) vs. Everett January 24/15, Madison Bowey (2+3=5) vs. Giants Oct 1/14 in a 7-5 win. Hat tricks: Tyrell Goulbourne @ Giants March 6/15 (5-2 W), Tyrell Goulbourne vs. Giants November 8/14, Rourke Chartier @ Seattle October 4/14 (6-4 W). vs. BC: 28-5-1-0 vs. US: 12-3-4-0 vs. Central: 8-4-0-1 vs. East: 5-1-0-0 Roster Stats: Player total: 27 Year by Year Breakdown: 20’s – 3 Goulbourne, Martin, Braid 19’s – 8 Draisaitl, Morrissey, Quinney, Wheaton, Whistle, Bowey, Baillie, Linaker 18’s – 5 Southam, Herringer, Chartier, Stadel, Kirkland 17’s - 8 Merkley, Gatenby, Soustal, Morrissey, Stephens, Wishnowski, Coughlin, Johansen 16’s – 3 Dube, Borstmayer, Lind, Chizen Month Games September: 3 October: 11 November: 14 December: 10 January: 13 February: 12 March: 9
Record 3-0-0-0 10-1-0-0 9-2-3-0 7-3-0-0 10-2-0-1 9-3-0-0 5-2-2-0
Home 1-0-0-0 5-0-0-0 3-1-1-0 3-2-0-0 5-2-0-0 6-1-0-0 3-1-1-0
Road 2-0-0-0 5-1-0-0 5-1-2-0 4-1-0-0 5-0-0-1 3-2-0-0 2-1-1-0
How the Rockets were built: st 1 Rd: Merkley, Chartier, Dube nd 2 Rd: Bowey, Gatenby rd 3 Rd: Baillie, Martin, Stadel, Borstmayer th 4 Rd: Lind th 5 Rd: Goulbourne, Kirkland, Morrissey th 6 Rd: Linaker, Johansen th 9 Rd: Chizen th 10 Rd: Wheaton Listed: Herringer, Coughlin, Stephens, Wishnowski Trade: Braid, Draisaitl, Morrissey, Quinney, Whistle, Southam CHL Import Draft: Soustal Game Notes by AM 1150’s Regan Bartel
2015 WHL Playoffs 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%
18 Brandon Magee
RW 6
6 3 9
3
10
0
1
0
1
3
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0.0
1.50 1.67
0
0.0
15 Greg Chase
C
6
5 2 7
3
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
1.17 0.33
0
0.0
17 Tyler Soy
C
6
2 4 6
5
4
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
1.00 0.67
0
0.0
16 Alex Forsberg
C
6
1 5 6
2
6
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
1.00 1.00
0
0.0
9
Jack Walker
D
6
1 5 6
3
6
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
1.00 1.00
0
0.0
6
Travis Brown
D
6
1 2 3
0
4
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.50 0.67
0
0.0
2
Joe Hicketts
D
6
0 3 3
5
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.50 0.67
0
0.0
RW 6
1 1 2
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.33 0.00
0
0.0
21 Austin Carroll
LW 6
0 2 2
3
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.33 1.00
0
0.0
22 Taylor Crunk
LW 6
1 0 1
-1 2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0.0
0.17 0.33
0
0.0
20 Logan Fisher
C
6
1 0 1
-1 2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.17 0.33
0
0.0
25 Brandon Fushimi RW 6
1 0 1
-2 4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.17 0.67
0
0.0
14 Jack Palmer
0 1 1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.17 0.00
0
0.0
* 24 Regan Nagy
LW 6
29 Chaz Reddekopp D
6
0 1 1
5
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.17 1.00
0
0.0
8
D
6
0 1 1
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.17 0.33
0
0.0
D
1
0 0 0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.00 2.00
0
0.0
* 28 Marsel Ibragimov D
2
0 0 0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.00 0.00
0
0.0
RW 3
0 0 0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.00 0.00
0
0.0
D
6
0 0 0
1
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.00 1.33
0
0.0
D
6
0 0 0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.00 0.33
0
0.0
Bryton Sayers
34 Alexey Sleptsov * 27 Jared Dmytriw 3
Ryan Gagnon
* 4 Ralph Jarratt Goalies # Name
GP Mins GA SO GAA W L OTL SL SA SVS SV%
35 Coleman Vollrath 6 Empty Net Totals
6
361
20
1
0
361
20
1
3.32 4
2 0
0
213 193 0.906 0
1
3.32 4
2 0
0
213 193 0.906
* indicates rookie X indicates inactive
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Game 2: Saturday, April 11th @ Kelowna Rockets RACKING UP POINTS: The Victoria Royals are currently tied for second in the WHL Playoffs for icing the most players who have scored at a point-per-game or better. The Royals are tied with the Rockets for second place with five skaters. Brandon Magee (6g-3a) leads Victoria with 1.50 points per game, while Greg Chase (5g-2a) is second on the team with 1.17. Tyler Soy (2g-3a), Alex Forsberg (1g-5a), and Jack Walker (1g-5a) are all tied on the team with a point-per-game each. LEADING THE WAY: The Royals and Rockets have a combined three players inside the top 10 for WHL Playoff goal scoring. Brandon Magee (6g) and Greg Chase (5g) lead the way for Victoria, while Rourke Chartier is atop for Kelowna with five markers. RECORD MARK: After last night's game, Victoria forwards Austin Carroll and Brandon Magee now hold the all-time franchise record for most playoff games played. Both players have taken part in 23 games, passing former Royal Steven Hodges who played in 22 contests. SITTING IN THE SIN BIN: During the regular season, the Royals and Rockets combined for 467 penalty minutes (VIC: 238-KEL: 229) when they have played against each another. On November 5th, 2014, the Royals set the season high for most amount of minutes in penalties in a single contest with 128. During that match-up, Victoria also set the 2014-15 high for most penalty minutes (65) in one game. DEFENSIVE WATCH: Victoria Royals’ blueliner Travis Brown is tied with former Royals’ defenceman Jordan Fransoo for the all-time franchise lead for playoff points by a defender. Brown (3g-7a) has played in 15 post-season games for Victoria while Fransoo (2g-8a) has skated in 19 playoff contests. REACHING TO THE TOP: Heading to Game 2 against the Kelowna Rockets, Brandon Magee is two points away from setting the Royals’ playoff record for most points in a single post-season. The previous record was set in the 2014 WHL Playoffs by Magee (3g-7a) and former Royal Steven Hodges (4g-6a) who each tallied 10 points in nine games respectively. CENTRAL SCOUTING REPORT: On Wednesday, Victoria Royals’ Tyler Soy and Chaz Reddekopp were listed on NHL Central Scouting’s final rankings ahead of the 2015 NHL Draft. Soy who is ranked at 78th overall moved up 74 spots since the mid-season rankings, while Reddekopp jumped from 199th place to 82nd overall. 20 TURNED 20: Yesterday on his 20th birthday, Royals’ forward Logan Fisher played in his 170th consecutive WHL game (including playoffs). The Red Deer, AB native has played in 211 regular season games (14g-41a) and 21 post-season contests (2g-1a) in his career. ROSTER BREAKDOWN: The 2014-15 Victoria Royals roster is composed as follows: AGE: 1994 – 3, 1995 – 7, 1996 – 6, 1997 – 4, 1998 – 3, LOCATION: B.C. – 7, Alberta – 4, Saskatchewan – 4, Manitoba – 2, USA – 4, Europe – 2 2015 PLAYOFF SCHEDULE: Game 3: Tuesday, April 14th vs. Kelowna Rockets – 7:05 p.m. – SOFMC, Victoria, BC Game 4: Wednesday, April 15th vs. Kelowna Rockets – 7:05 p.m. – SOFMC, Victoria, BC
Playoff Bracket 2015 WHL Playoffs, Eastern Conference Brandon (4) vs Edmonton (1) Brandon wins series 4 - 1 Game 1 Mar 26 Edmonton (4) at Brandon (1) Game 2 Mar 27 Edmonton (1) at Brandon (8) Game 3 Mar 29 Brandon (3) at Edmonton (2) Game 4 Mar 31 Brandon (3) at Edmonton (2) Game 5 Apr 1 Brandon (3) at Edmonton (2) OT2 2015 WHL Playoffs, Eastern Conference Regina (4) vs Swift Current (0) Regina wins series 4 - 0 Game 1 Mar 27 Swift Current (2) at Regina (4) Game 2 Mar 28 Swift Current (2) at Regina (3) Game 3 Mar 31 Regina (5) at Swift Current (4) OT Game 4 Apr 1 Regina (4) at Swift Current (0) 2015 WHL Playoffs, Eastern Conference Calgary (4) vs Kootenay (3) Calgary wins series 4 - 3 Game 1 Mar 27 Kootenay (4) at Calgary (3) Game 2 Mar 29 Kootenay (2) at Calgary (3) OT Game 3 Mar 31 Calgary (8) at Kootenay (7) OT Game 4 Apr 1 Calgary (7) at Kootenay (2) Game 5 Apr 3 Kootenay (5) at Calgary (4) OT Game 6 Apr 4 Calgary (2) at Kootenay (4) Game 7 Apr 6 Kootenay (2) at Calgary (6) 2015 WHL PLayoffs, Eastern Conference Medicine Hat (4) vs Red Deer (1) Medicine Hat wins series 4 - 1 Game 1 Mar 28 Red Deer (1) at Medicine Hat (2) Game 2 Mar 29 Red Deer (0) at Medicine Hat (1) OT Game 3 Apr 1 Medicine Hat (1) at Red Deer (2) Game 4 Apr 2 Medicine Hat (5) at Red Deer (3) Game 5 Apr 4 Red Deer (3) at Medicine Hat (4) 2015 WHL Playoffs, Western Conference Kelowna (4) vs Tri-City (0) Kelowna wins series 4 - 0 Game 1 Mar 27 Tri-City (0) at Kelowna (6) Game 2 Mar 28 Tri-City (0) at Kelowna (3) Game 3 Mar 31 Kelowna (5) at Tri-City (3) Game 4 Apr 1 Kelowna (5) at Tri-City (4) OT 2015 WHL Playoffs, Western Conference Victoria (4) vs Prince George (1) Victoria wins series 4 - 1 Game 1 Mar 27 Prince George (3) at Victoria (5) Game 2 Mar 28 Prince George (4) at Victoria (5) Game 3 Apr 1 Victoria (2) at Prince George (4) Game 4 Apr 2 Victoria (3) at Prince George (0) Game 5 Apr 4 Prince George (4) at Victoria (5) OT
2015 WHL Playoffs, Western Conference Everett (4) vs Spokane (2) Everett wins series 4 - 2 Game 1 Mar 27 Spokane (1) at Everett (5) Game 2 Mar 28 Spokane (6) at Everett (2) Game 3 Apr 1 Everett (2) at Spokane (1) OT2 Game 4 Apr 3 Everett (3) at Spokane (1) Game 5 Apr 4 Spokane (4) at Everett (3) OT Game 6 Apr 7 Everett (2) at Spokane (1) OT3 2015 WHL Playoffs, Western Conference Portland (4) vs Seattle (2) Portland wins series 4 - 2 Game 1 Mar 28 Seattle (4) at Portland (3) Game 2 Mar 29 Seattle (0) at Portland (3) Game 3 Mar 31 Portland (2) at Seattle (5) Game 4 Apr 2 Portland (8) at Seattle (5) Game 5 Apr 4 Seattle (3) at Portland (5) Game 6 Apr 7 Portland (5) at Seattle (4) OT 2015 WHL Playoffs, Eastern Conference Brandon (1) vs Regina (0) Brandon leads 1-0 Game 1 Apr 10 Regina (1) at Brandon (5) Game 2 Apr 11 Regina at Brandon 7:30 PM CDT Game 3 Apr 14 Brandon at Regina 7:00 PM MDT Game 4 Apr 15 Brandon at Regina 7:00 PM MDT * Game 5 Apr 17 Regina at Brandon 7:30 PM CDT * Game 6 Apr 19 Brandon at Regina 6:00 PM MDT * Game 7 Apr 21 Regina at Brandon 7:00 PM CDT 2015 WHL Playoffs, Eastern Conference Calgary (1) vs Medicine Hat (0) Calgary leads 1-0 Game 1 Apr 10 Calgary (3) at Medicine Hat (1) Game 2 Apr 12 Medicine Hat at Calgary 4:00 PM MDT Game 3 Apr 13 Medicine Hat at Calgary 7:00 PM MDT * Game 4 Apr 15 Calgary at Medicine Hat 7:00 PM MDT 2015 WHL Playoffs, Western Conference Kelowna (1) vs Victoria (0) Kelowna leads 1-0 Game 1 Apr 10 Victoria (0) at Kelowna (5) Game 2 Apr 11 Victoria at Kelowna 7:05 PM PDT Game 3 Apr 14 Kelowna at Victoria 7:05 PM PDT Game 4 Apr 15 Kelowna at Victoria 7:05 PM PDT * Game 5 Apr 17 Victoria at Kelowna 7:05 PM PDT * Game 6 Apr 19 Kelowna at Victoria 7:05 PM PDT * Game 7 Apr 21 Victoria at Kelowna 7:05 PM PDT 2015 WHL Playoffs, Western Conference Everett (1) vs Portland (0) Everett leads 1-0 Game 1 Apr 10 Portland (3) at Everett (5) Game 2 Apr 11 Portland at Everett 7:05 PM PDT
Game 3 Game 4 * Game 5 * Game 6 * Game 7
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Everett at Portland 7:00 PM PDT Everett at Portland 7:00 PM PDT Portland at Everett 4:05 PM PDT Everett at Portland 7:00 PM PDT Portland at Everett 7:05 PM PDT
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