Recap: Royals (6) vs. Cougars (3) – February 22nd, 2025
Victoria B.C. — The Victoria Royals returned to the Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre tonight to wrap up their two-game series with the Prince George Cougars
Escalus Burlock opened the scoring for the Royals with an unassisted marker at the three-minute mark of the first period. Keaton Verhoeff followed with an unassisted goal just over one minute later. The Royals’ lead was extended at 14:12 by Kenta Isogai, assisted by Teydon Trembecky and Cole Reschny, to bring the score to 3-0 after the first 20 minutes of play.
The Royals took a four-goal lead at the five-minute mark of the second period with a goal from Markus Loponen, assisted by Seth Fryer. Koehn Zimmer got the Cougars on the board with a power play marker at 15:42. The Royals led 4-1 after two periods.
The Cougars cut the Royals’ lead to one in the third frame with goals from Koehn Ziemmer at 12:17 and Villiam Kmec at 15:28. Teydon Trembecky notched two empty-net goals in the last three minutes of the game — the first assisted by Kenta Isogai and Cole Reschny, the second unassisted — to secure the 6-3 win for the Royals.
Scoring Summary
1st Period
3:00 Victoria Royals Goal
Escalus Burlock (9) unassisted
4:13 Victoria Royals Goal
Keaton Verhoeff (16) unassisted
14:12 Victoria Royals Goal
Kenta Isogai (29) assisted by Teydon Trembecky and Cole Reschny
2nd Period
5:00 Victoria Royals Goal
Markus Loponen (16) assisted by Seth Fryer
15:42 Prince George Cougars Goal
Koehn Ziemmer (30) assisted by Borya Valis and Riley Heidt
3rd Period
12:17 Prince George Cougars Goal
Koehn Ziemmer (31) unassisted
15:28 Prince George Cougars Goal
Villiam Kmec (12) assisted by Bauer Dumanski and Koehn Ziemmer
17:59 Victoria Royals Goal
Teydon Trembecky (37) assisted by Kenta Isogai and Cole Reschny
19:09 Victoria Royals Goal
Teydon Trembecky (38) unassisted
Shots on Goal
Royals – 27
Cougars – 26
Powerplay
Royals – 0/3
Cougars – 1/4
Goalie Stats
Royals
Jayden Kraus – 23/26
Cougars
Joshua Ravensbergen – 2/5
Cooper Michaluk – 19/20
What’s Next
The Royals will continue their homestand next weekend when they host the Portland Winterhawks. Puck drop is set for 7:05 PM on Friday, February 28th and 6:05 PM on Saturday, March 1st.
