Recap: Royals (1) vs. Chiefs (2) – Shootout – March 8th, 2025
Victoria, B.C. — The Victoria Royals returned to the Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre tonight to close out their back-to-back series with the Spokane Chiefs in their final meeting of the regular season.
The Chiefs opened the scoring with a goal from Rasmus Ekstrom at 8:47 of the first period. Cole Reschny responded with the equalizer just over four minutes later, assisted by Kenta Isogai and Teydon Trembecky. The teams remained knotted at one after 20 minutes of play.
After the second and third periods remained scoreless, the game was forced into an overtime frame.
Neither team scored in overtime, sending the game to a shootout.
Shea Van Olm had the lone goal of the three-round shootout to bring the final score to 2-1 Chiefs.
Scoring Summary
1st Period
8:47 Spokane Chiefs Goal
Rasmus Ekström (23) assisted by Coco Armstrong
12:59 Victoria Royals Goal
Cole Reschny (23) assisted by Kenta Isogai and Teydon Trembecky
2nd Period
No Scoring
3rd Period
No Scoring
Overtime
No Scoring
Shootout
Kenta Isogai (VIC) – Miss
Berkly Catton (SPO) – Miss
Caleb Matthews (VIC) – Miss
Andrew Cristall (SPO) – Miss
Brandon Lisowsky (VIC) – Miss
Shea Van Olm (SPO) – Goal
Shots on Goal
Royals – 34
Chiefs – 28
Powerplay
Royals – 0/3
Chiefs – 0/4
Goalie Stats
Royals
Johnny Hicks – 27/28
Chiefs
Dawson Cowan – 33/34
What’s Next
The Royals will play their final home game of the regular season next Friday, March 14th against the Vancouver Giants. Puck drop is set for 7:05 PM.
