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Royals Shoot Past Rockets on Sold out Pink in the Rink Night

February 23, 2020 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Victoria Royals News Release


Victoria, BC - The Victoria Royals erased a 3-1 deficit to edge the Kelowna Rockets 4-3 in a shootout, and were led by Brayden Tracey's two goals in front of a sold out crowd for Pink in the Rink night.

Game Summary

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Scoring:

Royals - Brayden Tracey 2g-0a, Tarun Fizer 1g-0a, Kaid Oliver 0g-1a, Gary Haden 0g-1a (Shootout Winner), Mitch Prowse 0g-1a.

Kelowna - Kyle Topping 1g-1a, Trevor Wong 1g-1a, Pavel Novak 0g-2a, Elias Carmichael 1g-0a, Alex Swetlikoff 0g-1a, Dillon Hamaliuk 0g-1a.

Goaltending:

Royals - Adam Evanoff (W) - 65:00 mins, 33 saves on 36 shots. Stopped two of three shootout attempts.

Kelowna - Roman Basran (L) - 65:00 mins, 34 saves on 37 shots. Allowed two goals on two shootout attempts.

Powerplay:

Royals - 1/2 = 50.0%.

Kelowna - 0/5 = 0.0%.

Notes

Pink in the Rink: Tonight's game was Victoria's ninth annual Pink in the Rink night. Since the franchise relocated from Chilliwack in the 2011-12 season, the Royals have posted a record of 7-2-0-0 in their yearly event. This was the first time the Royals matched up against the Rockets on Pink in the Rink. In their previous eight Pink in the Rink nights, Victoria has played the Vancouver Giants five times, the Kamloops Blazers twice and the Portland Winterhawks once.

Penalty Kill Prowess: Tonight, the Royals continued their run of successful penalty kills against the Rockets this season. Victoria have now killed off 22 consecutive Kelowna powerplays that dates back to the fist period of their third meeting of the season on November 6th.

Milestone Men: Victoria's Will Warm and Phillip Schultz each reached a WHL milestone in tonight's game. Warm played in his 200th career regular season game, while Schultz skated in his 100th. The 20-year-old Warm has recorded 53 points (13g-40a) split between the Royals and Edmonton Oil Kings. Schultz a 2000-born import forward, has registered 34 goals and 26 assists over a season and a half in the league.

Leading the Way: Royals' forward Kaid Oliver leads the team in scoring against the Kelowna Rockets this season. In the eight games played against the Rockets, Oliver has recorded eight points (4g-4a).

Shorthanded Strike: In tonight's game, Tarun Fizer scored Victoria's eighth shorthanded goal of the season. The Royals are tied with the Portland Winterhawks and Calgary Hitmen for the fourth most shorthanded goals in the WHL. The Lethbridge Hurricanes sit in first in the league with 13. The franchise record for most shorthanded goals in a season is 13, which occurred during the 2017-18 season.

WHL Debut: Royals' affiliated player Brayden Schuurman, who was turned 16 years old today, played in his first career WHL game tonight. Schuurman was recalled earlier today from the Yale Hockey Academy Midget Prep team of the Canadian Sport School Hockey League. In 30 games with Yale this season, Schuurman leads his team in scoring with 34 points (15g-19a). The 2004-born was selected by Victoria in the fourth round, 69th overall, in the 2019 WHL Bantam Draft.

On Fire: Victoria over-ager Gary Haden continued his team-leading seven-game point scoring streak with an assist on Brayden Tracey's first goal of the contest. In those seven games, Haden has collected two goals and seven assists.

Jersey Auction: A selection of the Royals' 2020 Pink in the Rink jerseys that were worn in tonight's game are available via an online auction with proceeds going to the BC Cancer Foundation and the Victoria Royals Scholarship & Education Fund. The online auction is live now and concludes on March 2nd at 6:00 p.m. Visit 32auctions.com/PinkintheRink2020 to place a bid.

Three in Three: Victoria will begin a three-games-in-three-days set against the Vancouver Giants on Friday in Langley at 7:30 p.m. The Royals will then host the Giants on Saturday night and Sunday afternoon at Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre. Puck drop is at 7:05 p.m. on Saturday, while Sunday's game is scheduled for 3:05 p.m. Post-game on Sunday is the Royals only Skate with the Players event of the season. 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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