Royals beat Rockets Sunday, now prep for weekend home games
The Victoria Royals salvaged a 5-1 victory Sunday over the Rockets in Kelowna to conclude a 1-2-1 Western Hockey League road swing that will be haunted by thoughts of what could have been and the points squandered and left on the table.
“I was unhappy, and the players were too, about the Saturday night game in which we were flat,” said Victoria GM and head coach Dan Price.Sunday’s win in the Okanagan made up for it in some measure in what was a key four-point game. The result moved the Royals, 13-27-5 with 23 games remaining, into a tie for the eighth and final playoff position in the Western Conference with Kelowna but the Rockets have three games in hand. The game was about as close to a must-win as you can get in January.
The Royals built a 5-0 lead but this time did not fold as in Kennewick and Portland. Reggie Newman had a goal and assist against Kelowna and two-way defenceman Kalem Parker, ranked No. 113 among North American skaters for the 2023 NHL draft, two assists. Teydon Trembecky, Danish junior national team player Marcus Almquist, Czech world junior championship silver-medallist Robin Sapousek and Jake Poole scored the other goals for Victoria.
This was the last meeting between the clubs as Victoria won the season series against Kelowna 6-1-1, which is a big factor in the Royals staying in the playoff hunt.
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