ROYALS TOP CHIEFS IN GAME 1

ROYALS TOP CHIEFS IN GAME 1
Victoria defeats Spokane 5-3 to take 1-0 series lead.

For Immediate Release
Friday, March 25, 2016
 
Victoria, BC- The Victoria Royals scored three goals in the third period to down the Spokane Chiefs 5-3 and take a 1-0 series lead in Round 1 of the 2016 WHL Playoffs.

Victoria’s Dante Hannoun registered the game winning goal on the powerplay to make it a 4-2 contest with eight minutes remaining in the third period. The Royals’ Tyler Soy scored two goals on the night, with his second of the game on an empty net to add insurance. The Chiefs closed to within two markers on a late goal by Hayden Ostir to round out the scoring. Victoria’s Logan Fisher broke a 2-2 in the final frame. Joe Hicketts, who was named the game’s first star (1g-2a), scored the Royals’ other marker. Spokane’s other tallies were registered by Keanu Yamamoto, Hudson Elynuik.

Royals’ netminder Coleman Vollrath turned aside 24 of the 27 shots he faced. The Chiefs countered with Lasse Petersen who stopped 26 of 30 shots.
 
Victoria went 1/3= 33.3% with the man advantage, while Spokane held a 1/5= 20.0% mark.
 
Game 2 of the best-of-seven series between Victoria and Spokane is slated for tomorrow with puck drop at 7:05 p.m. Single game tickets are on sale at the Select Your Tickets Box Office located at Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre, over the phone at 250-220-7777 or online at www.selectyourtickets.com

The Royals 2016-17 Season Tickets are on-sale now. New to the season ticket family?  We’ll let you test out your seats for the first round of the playoffs for free. Call the Royals’ ticket office at 250-220-7889 to learn about all the great benefits.

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