The Victoria Royals pulled off a surprising trade on Friday, acquiring defenceman Kade Jensen from the Brandon Wheat Kings. A trade itself would not be abnormal, but the interesting part is that Jensen is an over-age player, bumping the Royals above the allowed maximum of three 20-year-olds. Included is Tyler […]
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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 […]
Wheat Kings power past the Royals
The Victoria Royals (9-2-1-0) fell to the Brandon Wheat Kings (8-3-0-1) Saturday night at the Westman Place in Brandon, in what was a showdown of two of the top teams in the WHL. Coming into the game, each team were man-advantage specialists, as Brandon boasted the top power play percentage, while […]
Royals roll past Americans
After a Thanksgiving break the Victoria Royals (7-0-0-0) were back in action at the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre in Victoria Tuesday and they feasted on Tri-City Americans (3-4-0-0), winning 8-2. The Royals started the scoring quickly and did not let up throughout the game to stay perfect this season. The Tri-City Americans […]