WHL Victoria Royals

Royals Come up Short against Winterhawks

Published on February 25, 2018 under Western Hockey League (WHL)
Victoria Royals News Release


Victoria, BC - The Victoria Royals fell 3-2 to the Portland Winterhawks, at the Save-On-Foods Centre, on Pink in the Rink Night.

Game Summary

Gamesheet - http://bit.ly/2F58FxN

Scoring:

Royals - Noah Gregor 2g-0a, Dante Hannoun 0g-2a, Tyler Soy 0g-1a, Igor Martynov 0g-1a.

Portland - Cody Glass 1g-2a (Game Winner), Dennis Cholowski 0g-3a, Kieffer Bellows 2g-0a, Henri Jokiharju 0g-1a.

Goaltending:

Royals - Griffen Outhouse (L) - 59:00 Mins, 39 saves on 42 shots

Portland - Shane Farkas (W) - 59:57 Mins, 21 saves on 23 shots

Power Play:

Royals - 2/4=50.0%

Portland- 2/6=33.3%

Notes:

Shot Stopper - Victoria goaltender Griffen Outhouse (4,107) surpassed alumnus Coleman Vollrath's franchise mark (4,072) for most career saves. Outhouse (83) remains one victory shy from tying the franchise record for all-time wins, which was also set by Vollrath who recorded 84 victories from 2012-2016.

Milestone Nights - Victoria's Dante Hannoun and Mitchell Prowse skated in their 250th and 100th career WHL games respectively tonight. Hannoun has recorded 204 points (76g-128a) over his WHL career, while Prowse has totaled 26 points (3g-23a).

Potent Powerplay - With a pair of goals on the man-advantage tonight, the Royals have now scored 76 powerplay goals this season. This sets the Victoria record for most man-advantage goals in a season. The previous record was set when the Royals scored on the powerplay 75 times during the 2015-16 season.

Pink in the Rink - After tonight's seventh annual Pink in the Rink game, Victoria's record now stands at 5-2-0-0. Tyler Soy leads all current Royals' players with five points (1g-4a) in those contests.

Up Next - The Royals embark on the road as they head to Kamloops to face the Blazers on Wednesday night at the Sandman Centre. Puck drop is scheduled for 7:00 p.m.

Coming Home - Victoria returns to the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre for a set against the Spokane Chiefs on Tuesday, March 6th and Wednesday, March 7th with both puck drops slated for 7:05 p.m. Tickets can be purchased in person at the Select Your Tickets box office, over the phone by calling 250-220-7777, or online at www.selectyourtickets.com.

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