Kaid Oliver had a tough end to a breakout year. The Victoria Royals forward caught many by surprise with a sudden surge of offense this past season. Along with his strong defensive game and strong face-off abilities, Oliver evolved into one of the Royals’ key players. Unfortunately for Victoria, Oliver […]
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Victoria Royals find the net but Owen Hardy is the hero as the Vancouver Giants win Game 3
Owen Hardy returned to the Island and had a couple of big goals. The product on Nanaimo, BC scored twice on Tuesday night, including the overtime game winner to secure a victory for the Vancouver Giants over the Victoria Royals. “About time,” said Hardy post-game about his first goals of […]
Royals shatter Blazers’ playoff dreams
Neither the Kamloops Blazers nor the glass that lines the rink at the Sandman Centre was ready for the pressure of Game 6. The Victoria Royals brought the Blazers three-week thrill ride to a screeching halt with a 4-1 decision Monday night, when they eliminated their divisional rival from the […]
2019 Playoff Preview: 2) Victoria Royals vs 3) Kamloops Blazers
Article collaboration by Ryan Sinclair and Jesse Phillips (@jessephil). Franchise Playoff History Victoria has yet to defeat Kamloops in a playoff series, going 0-2 since the Royals came into the Western Hockey League. 2013 1st round, Kamloops won series 4-2 2012 1st round, Kamloops won series 4-0 2018-19 Head-To-Head Victoria […]
Tarun Fizer finding his game with the Victoria Royals
Tarun Fizer continues to develop his game for the Victoria Royals. In his second full year with in the Western Hockey League, the native of Chestermere, Alberta has a key role with the club. Fizer is eligible for this year’s NHL Draft and continues to progress a more complete game, […]
Victoria Royals Jake Kustra is ready for more
Originally posted March 1, 2019. In his career, Jake Kustra has not had the chance to play in the WHL playoffs. Before this season, his former club, the Saskatoon Blades have been on the outside looking in of the post-season. Now with the Victoria Royals, the rugged defenceman will surely […]
Interview: Dan Price, Victoria Royals
The Victoria Royals and Kelowna Rockets have become fierce B.C. Division rivals in recent years, especially because of some exciting playoff matchups. Head coach Dan Price has been on the Royals bench for many of the battles, as an assistant to Dave Lowry and most recently as the head coach. […]
Winterhawks hold on 2-1 for win against Royals
Saturday night the Veterans Memorial Coliseum hosted the rematch of the Victoria Royals (9-5-0-0) and the Portland Winterhawks (9-6-0-1). The Winterhawks won the first contest on Friday, and were able to defeat the Royals 2-1 on Hawks Fight Cancer night. Prior to the game, the Winterhawks honored several cancer survivors […]
Balanced scoring helps Portland in win against Victoria
Friday evening in Portland was an offensive night as the Winterhawks (8-6-0-1) defeated the Victoria Royals (9-4-0-0) 7-3. Portland finally found some depth scoring as seven different players scored while Victoria was paced by 18-year-old Kaid Oliver. Jared Freadrich scored the first of four goals between the teams in the […]
Victoria Royals battle the Brandon Wheat Kings for a 3-1 victory
The Brandon Wheat Kings and Victoria Royals battled like it was a playoff game. With both teams needing a win to get back on track, the level of intensity was high. In the end, Victoria was able to fend off the Wheat Kings and give the home crowd of 4,703 […]
