Recap: Royals (5) vs. Blades (4) – Shootout – November, 3rd 2024
The Victoria Royals fought to come back from a 4-1 deficit against the Saskatoon Blades to earn a 5-4 shootout win this afternoon in the team’s second Eastern Conference match of the weekend and fourth shootout game of the season.
Saskatoon opened the scoring early in the first period with a power play goal at 4:40 from Toronto Maple Leafs prospect Brandon Lisowski. The Blades extended their lead with a goal from Tyler Parr at 16:17 to leave the Royals trailing 2-0 heading into the second period.
Just before the midway mark of the second period, Markus Loponen put the Royals on the board with a goal assisted by Reggie Newman and Brayden Boehm. Saskatoon quickly reinstated their two-goal lead with a goal from Ben Saunderson 31 seconds later, bringing the score to 3-1 going into the third period.
The Blades would get another goal from Cooper Williams at 2:03 in the third period, extending their lead to 4-1. Cole Reschny, with assists from Nate Misskey and Justin Kipkie, would put one in about halfway through the period to cut Saskatoon’s lead to two. Markus Loponen would get his second goal of the game at 16:57, assisted by Brayden Boehm and Reggie Newman to make the score 4-3. Cole Reschny rallied to score his second of the game, assisted by Justin Kipkie and Nate Misskey, knotting the game at four and forcing the game into overtime.
Neither team would find the back of the net in the overtime frame, so the match was left to a shootout. After the first four shooters for both teams failed to find the back of the net, the game went down to the last shot. Logan Pickford would get the only shootout goal to complete the comeback and secure the 5-4 win for the Royals.
Scoring Summary
1st Period
4:40 Saskatoon Blades Goal
Brandon Lisowsky (6) assisted by Rowan Calvert and Ben Riche
16:17 Saskatoon Blades Goal
Tyler Parr (6) assisted by Ben Saunderson
2nd Period
9:13 Victoria Royals Goal
Markus Loponen (5) assisted by Reggie Newman and Brayden Boehm
9:44 Saskatoon Blades Goal
Ben Saunderson (2) assisted by Tanner Molendyk and Brandon Lisowsky
3rd Period
2:03 Saskatoon Blades Goal
Cooper Williams (5) assisted by David Lewandowski
9:07 Victoria Royals Goal
Cole Reschny (5) assisted by Nate Misskey and Justin Kipkie
16:57 Victoria Royals Goal
Markus Loponen (6) assisted by Brayden Boehm and Reggie Newman
18:22 Victoria Royals Goal
Cole Reschny (6) assisted by Justin Kipkie and Nate Misskey
Overtime
No Scoring
Shootout
Victoria: Cole Reschny- No Goal
Saskatoon: Brandon Lisowsky- No Goal
Victoria: Brayden Boehm- No Goal
Saskatoon: Ben Riche- No Goal
Victoria: Teydon Trembecky- No Goal
Saskatoon: Tanner Molendyk- No Goal
Victoria: Logan Pickford- Goal
Saskatoon: Cooper Williams- No Goal
Shots on Goal
Royals- 33
Blades- 29
Powerplay
Royals- 0/1
Blades- 1/1
Goalie Stats
Royals
Spencer Michnik – 25/29
Blades
Ethan McCallum – 28/33
What’s Next
The Royals return to the SOFMC for two games against the Kamloops Blazers this Tuesday and Wednesday night, with both games starting at 7:05 p.m.. The team will then head on an eight-game road trip before returning home for a two-game series against the Seattle Thunderbirds on Friday and Saturday, November 29 and 30.
