Royals at Rockets 22 Oct 11

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Victoria at Kelowna 22 Oct 11

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Video Highlights
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPk18yGiXUI

1st Period

Rockets 1st goal by Mitchell Chapman 0:25
Royals 1st goal by Jamie Crooks (PP) 1:02

2nd Period

Fight between Royals Hayden Rintoul and Rockets Filip Vasko 1:45
Royals 2nd goal by Robin Soudek 3:10
Royals 3rd goal by Steven Hodges 3:45
Rockets 2nd goal by Myles Bell (PP) 4:35

3rd Period
Rockets Penalty Shot by Zach Franko 5:15
Rockets near goal 6:25
Another near goal 7:32

Shots on Goal
Victoria 11-5-7-23
Kelowna 11-6-7-24

Attendance



3 Stars
1. VIC - 9 Kevin Sundher
2. KEL - 18 Shane McColgan
3. VIC - 27 Brett Cote

Game Summary
http://www.whl.ca/schedule/show/game/59521

[Malc]

By Doyle Potenteau

A work of art this wasn’t. Not with untold errors, turnovers, missed passes and bad bounces.

In the end, the Victoria Royals were the least error-prone, skating to a 3-2 win over the Kelowna Rockets at Prospera Place. Victoria’s margin of victory, though, was slim; maybe a hair’s width. Coincidentally, this game left both coaches pulling their hair out.

“Sure it was (frustrating). But, at times, we had our chances to get ourselves back into the game,” said Rockets coach Ryan Huska, whose team opened Saturday’s scoring, but gave up three straight goals, including two in the second period. Myles Bell made it 3-2 with a power-play marker with 23 seconds left in the frame, but the Rockets couldn’t draw even in the third despite a penalty shot (missed), a five-on-three power play for 43 seconds and pulling their goalie for an extra attacker.

“I thought when we scored at the end of the second period, it would allow our group to get a little momentum for the third period,” continued Huska. “(The third) was our best period of the night, but we didn’t have the legs to skate the way we needed to.”

Huska added “we had a tough time getting ourselves going tonight. When you start gripping your sticks a little too tight and you’re not playing the proper way, it becomes a little more difficult. Then you make mistakes that end up costing you. That was the case again tonight.”

“It wasn’t a Picasso by any means,” offered Royals GM and head coach Marc Habscheid. “But it was an important game for us because we got pounded (8-1 by Vancouver on Friday night), then we got in late and we were up against a team which beat the team that pounded us. We have quite a few banged-up bodies, but we found a way to win.

“Our execution wasn’t where it needed to be and we took some undisciplined penalties. I thought we made some bad mistakes, especially through the neutral zone which caused turnovers, but I’ve learned — and I’m not that smart — that you never ***** too much about a win.”

Jamie Crooks, with his seventh goal of the season, Robin Soudek, with his ninth, and Steven Hodges, with his fourth, scored for Victoria (7-6-0-0). Keith Hamilton of Kelowna made 22 saves for the Royals. Kevin Sundher and Brett Cote had two assists each for Victoria.

“The guys battled hard, especially after Friday night,” said Hamilton. “It was a good, greasy road win — that’s how you have to play here, considering how well the Rockets play at home. But I think the guys played well.”

Also scoring for Kelowna (4-6-1-0) was Mitchell Chapman, who started the scoring with his first of the season halfway through the first period. Adam Brown made 20 stops for the Rockets, who visit the Vancouver Giants tonight.

The Rockets had a glorious chance to level the score early in the third when Zach Franko was awarded a penalty shot after getting partially hooked on a breakaway. Franko’s attempt, though, went awry, when the puck skittered away from him on a deke and sailed harmlessly past Hamilton and into the end boards.

The loss was not only Kelowna’s third in three games against Victoria this season (0-3-0-0), but it pushed the Rockets’ record, again, to below .500. Oddly, while the Rockets are winless against Victoria, they’re perfect against Vancouver (2-0-0-0).

“Every game that you’re playing in, you have to win it,” said Huska. “Every team is capable of winning on every night; that’s a fact.”

ICE CHIPS — Kelowna’s scratches were D Jesse Lees, D Kevin Smith (shoulder), RW Carter Rigby, RW Brett Bulmer (Minnesota Wild) and LW Jessey Astles (head). Victoria’s scratches were D Zach Habscheid (head, 1 month), D Tyler Strahl (head, 1 month), C Brendan Persley, LW Curt Gogol (AHL), LW Taylor Crunk and D Jesse Pauls.

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