DUBNetwork recently spoke with Victoria Royals President and General Manager Cameron Hope to discuss the team’s bid for hosting the 2020 Memorial Cup tournament. With the initial deadline of June 1 for teams to express interest in hosting the event, Victoria is joined by the Kelowna Rockets, the Kamloops Blazers and […]
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Winterhawks acquire Freadrich from the Royals
The Portland Winterhawks announced in a press release today that they had acquired 1998-born defenseman Jared Frearich from the Victoria Royals in exchange for a conditional draft pick in 2019. The conditions were not announced, but likely revolve around Freadrich coming back to the WHL as an overage player and […]
Bantam Draft history for each WHL team’s 2018 draft position
The WHL Bantam Draft is just three days away. It’s always fun to look at the past for each team in the draft and a good way of doing that is to look back at who each team took in past years with the pick number they have this year. […]
Americans headed to Western Conference championship after sweeping Royals
Kennewick, Wa. When the dust settled Tuesday night on an eventful third period of Game 3 between the Tri-City Americans (8-0) and Victoria Royals (4-7) there seemed to be more questions than answers heading to Game 4. The Royals set a franchise record for playoff goals in a single period […]
A seven goal third period ends with Tri-City up 3-0 in series against Victoria
Kennewick, Wa. The Tri-City Americans (7-0) are in the midst of an incredible playoff run right now. The team swept their first round series against the Kelowna Rockets and entered game three on Tuesday night with the 2-0 series lead and were looking to push the Victoria Royals (4-6) to […]
Rasmussen powers Americans past Royals in Game 2
The Tri-City Americans and Victoria Royals faced off for Game 2 Saturday night in Victoria. Like all of the hockey world, thoughts were still on the tragedy unfolding in Saskatchewan involving the Humboldt Broncos. A pre-game moment of silence was held in the arena as both teams joined each other […]
Rested Tri-City Americans rout Victoria Royals in Game 1
The Tri-City Americans looked rested and ready Game 1. After sweeping their first round opponents the Kelowna Rockets in four games, Tri-City had seven days in between the start of this series with the Victoria Royals. With that length of rest there are generally two ways a team can respond. […]
WHL Playoff Previews: Tri-City Americans vs Victoria Royals
DUBNetwork writers Aaron Piper and Ryan Sinclair take a look at the second round series between the Tri-City Americans and Victoria Royals. Season Series: Tri-City 2-2-0-0 Victoria 2-1-1-0 October 10th, 2017 / TC 2 at VIC 8 October 11th, 2017 / TC 5 at VIC 4 OT November 18th, 2017 […]
Victoria Royals outlast the Vancouver Giants in Game 7 to win series
There would not be another Game 7 heartbreak for the Royals. Matthew Phillips blocked a shot with less than a second remaining to seal the win for the Royals and secure the series win. In a Game 7 in 2016, the Kelowna Rockets scored on the Royals with .02 seconds […]
Phillips finds a way to get it done -Victoria Royals push the series to Game 7
Just find a way. That’s what Victoria Royals captain Matthew Phillips said they would have to do for a victory in Game 6. After a 5-3 loss in Game 5, Phillips said post-game “Just find a way. It might not be pretty. It’s gut-check time, play the best that you […]