The sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Rockets will host the Victoria Royals for the final time this season as the Royals visit Prospera Place on Wednesday, March 19.
sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ is coming oB back-to-back weekend losses to the Kamloops Blazers, first losing 5-2 on home ice on Friday before losing 4-1 in Kamloops on Saturday.
ROYALS
The Royals will visit the Kamloops Blazers on Tuesday ahead of their matchup with sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½, but Victoria comes into the week having lost three of their previous four games, dropping both games to Spokane while splitting this past weekendsa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ games with Vancouver.
ROCKETS ROSTER AND INJURY UPDATE
The sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Rockets have three players out for the remainder of the season due to injury. Tij Iginla is out following successful hip surgery while Max Graham underwent successful knee surgery that will sideline him for the remainder of the season as well.
Michael Cicek will also miss the remaining regular season games after he underwent successful surgery to repair a laceration to his left forearm. Jaxon Kehrig and Jake Henderson are out week-to-week with upper body injuries.
ROCKETS TO WATCH
• Hiroki Gojsic scored in the previous meeting between these two clubs and has three goals this season against the Royals.
• Gabriel O’Brien has suited up in his first three games of his Rockets career and the 16-year-old forward hasn’t looked out of place. The six-foot-three, 190-pound forward has a knack for driving the net and getting into the tough areas of the ice.
ROYALS TO WATCH
• Teydon Trembecky has a goal and two assists on February 5 against the Rockets in a 5-2 victory. He has 11 points against sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ this season.
• Hayden Moore has scored three goals in his previous three games against sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½, including the opening goal in their most recent matchup.
THE LAST TIME THESE TWO MET
Victoria got out to a 3-0 lead in the most recent meeting on February 5, thanks to goals from Hayden Moore, Kenta Isogai and Escalus Burlock but sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ would answer with goals from Hiroki Gojsic and Jakub Stancl to cut the lead to one heading into the third period.
Brandon Lisowsky would score the insurance marker while Teydon Trembecky would pot the empty netter for a 5-2 Royals victory.
SEASON RECORD
• Sept. 27 vs VIC • 2-1 L
• Oct. 23 vs VIC • 4-3 SOL
• Dec. 7 at VIC • 4-2 W
• Dec. 8 at VIC • 4-1 W
• Jan. 29 vs VIC • 11-1 L
• Feb. 4 at VIC • 7-3 L
• Feb. 5 at VIC • 5-2 L
• Mar. 19 vs VIC • @ 7:05 PM
