WHL Victoria Royals

Royals Stopped by Giants

April 22, 2021 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Victoria Royals News Release


Kelowna, BC - The Victoria Royals and Vancouver Giants played in a special teams affair on Wednesday. The teams had a combined 14 power plays on the night, and although the Royals were able to score a pair of goals with the man advantage it wasn't enough as the Giants skated away with a 5-3 victory.

Game Summary

Gamesheet - https://whl.ca/gamecentre/1017509/boxscore

Scoring:

Royals - Brayden Tracy 1g, Tarun Fizer 1g, Ty Yoder 1g, Brandon Cutler 1a, Gannon Laroque 1a, Kalem Parker 1a, Brayden Schuurman 1a, Carter Dereniwsky 1a

Giants - Justin Sourdif 1g-2a, Alex Kannok Leipert 1g-2a, Eric Florchuk 1g-1a, Zach Ostapchuk 1g-1a, Justin Lies 1g, Tanner Brown 1a, Tristen Neilsen 1a

Goaltending:

Royals - Adam Evanoff (L) - 60 min, 33 saves on 38 shots.

Vancouver - Drew Sim (W) - 60 min, 17 saves on 20 shots

Powerplay:

Royals - 2/5-40%.

Vancouver - 3/9=33.3%.

Notes

POWER PLAYS GALORE: Tonight, the Royals and Giants combined for 14 power play attempts. Vancouver went 3/9 on the night while Victoria was 2/5. The last time the Royals gave up nine or more power plays in a night was on March 2, 2018 in a 2-1 OT loss to Prince George.

ON A ROLL: Forward Brayden Tracey has points in 10 of the last 11 games. The Anaheim Ducks' draft choice has eight goals and six assists for 14 points over that span.

FIRST IN THE DUB: Carter Dereniwsky tallied his first WHL point tonight when he assisted on Ty Yoder's third period marker.

MILESTONE: Adam Evanoff set two career milestones on Wednesday night. The Royals' 20-year-old goaltender surpassed the 6,000-minute played mark as well as the 3,000 saves plateau for his WHL career.

SAVES O'PLENTY: Adam Evanoff leads the BC Division with 256 saves in eight games played this season. Evanoff's goaltending partner, Connor Martin, has the second most saves in the BC Division with 187 in six games.

Next Game: The Royals travel to Kamloops on Friday to face the Blazers inside the RE/MAX Hub at the Sandman Centre. Puck drop at 7:00 p.m. Catch all the action on CHL TV or join Marlon Martens live on The Zone @ 91.3.

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