Medicine Hat 4 Victoria 3 (OT) Linus Nassen picked a great time to notch his first career WHL goal. The Swedish import defenseman had piled up 17 assists, including one on the power lay that had allowed his Medicine Hat Tigers (16-10) to force overtime against the visiting Victoria Royals […]
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Victoria scores late to steal Seattle’s thunder
(Victoria, BC) – The Seattle Thunderbirds (11-10-1-1) came into the Save-On-Foods Memorial Arena tonight to kickoff a pair of games versus the Victoria Royals (17-8-1-0) in a North vs South battle. The Royals had not beat the T-Birds at home since March 2nd 2015, and looked to erase a painful […]
Preview: Thunderbirds swing into Victoria to face the Royals
The Seattle Thunderbirds (11-9-1-1) swing into the Save-On-Foods Memorial Arena tonight to kickoff a pair of games versus the Victoria Royals (16-8-1-0) in what should be a hard-fought contest. In recent trips north, Seattle rolled over the Royals on their way to Western Hockey League Championship last year. The Royals […]
At the Quarter Pole: B.C. Division
Western Hockey League teams have pretty much all arrived at the 18-game mark, the “Quarter Pole” if you will. The current five-day break in the schedule for the annual CIBC Canada/Russia Series comes as a very welcome respite for all. Regular season play starts up again this weekend with at […]
Royals befuddle Blades, resembling old Oilers and Jets
Tuesday night’s game at SaskTel Centre evoked memories from 30 years ago; pleasant for some, nightmarish for others. About 30 years ago at the old Winnipeg Arena, there were vintage battles between the Wayne Gretzky-led Edmonton Oilers and the over-matched Winnipeg Jets. For the purposes of Tuesday night, substitute […]
Victoria takes a point away from Edmonton
The top seeded team in the B.C. Division, Victoria Royals (9-1-1) rolled into Edmonton (4-6-2) to face the Oil Kings Wednesday night. Matthew Phillips entered the evening with nine goals and 15 assists on the season, scoring at a rate 1.07 times higher than last season Victoria opened the […]
2017-18 season previews: Victoria Royals
(Our ongoing series previewing teams for the 2017-18 WHL regular season concludes with a look at the Victoria Royals) Victoria Royals (2016-17 season: 37-29-5-1-80 points, lost in the first round to the Everett Silvertips) The Victoria Royals found themselves in tight battle last season, finishing fourth in the BC Division […]
Royals fans discuss upcoming season
*cover photo Kevin Light Photography The Victoria Royals completed their 2017 training camp last week and the DUBNetwork caught up with a few longtime Royals fans to ask their opinions on the upcoming season. Royals season ticket holders Nicolas Narmandeau, Lesley Davies, Miles Ostler and Robin Poirier discussed the coaching changes, […]