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Royals Topped by Rockets

April 28, 2021 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Victoria Royals News Release


Kelowna, BC - The Victoria Royals were unable to overcome a three-goal deficit to the Kelowna Rockets on Tuesday night as they fell 5-1.

Gamesheet - https://whl.ca/gamecentre/1017517/boxscore

Scoring:

Royals - Matthew Smith 1g, Gannon Laroque 1a, Alex Bolshakov 1a

Kelowna - David Kope 1g-2a, Mark Liwiski 1g-1a, Trevor Wong 1g-1a, Scott Cousins 1g, Tyson Feist 1g, Sean Comrie 1a

Goaltending:

Royals - Keegan Maddocks (L) -58 min, 30 saves on 34 shots

Kelowna - Nicholas Cristiano (W) - 60 min, 31 saves on 32 shots.

Powerplay:

Royals - 1/9=11.1%.

Kelowna - 2/5@%.

Notes

FIRST IN THE DUB: Goaltender Keegan Maddocks received his first start in the WHL tonight. The Langley, BC native was an eighth-round pick of the Royals in the 2018 WHL Bantam Draft. Maddocks spent the 2019-20 season with the Delta Hockey Academy U18 Prep Team.

ROOKIE POINT PRODUCTION: The Royals have 12 rookies on their roster this season, and the first-year players have been contributing on offensive end. Freshman players have contributed 32 points (8g-26a) for the Island team out of the 90 total points from Royals' players this year. This accounts for 36% of Victoria's total points. With their 26 assists Royals' rookies have contributed 46% of the team's total assists for the year.

Next Game: The Royals return to action on Friday night at the RE/MAX Hub inside the Sandman Centre in Kamloops when they take on the Prince George Cougars. 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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