Recap: Royals (7) vs. Rockets (3) – February 4th, 2025
Victoria B.C. — The Victoria Royals hosted the Kelowna Rockets at the Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre tonight for their sixth meeting of the regular season, and the first half of a back-to-back set.
The Rockets opened the scoring with a shorthanded marker from Jakub Štancl at 3:44 of the first period. Just over one minute later, Markus Loponen netted a powerplay goal to tie the game at one, with Brayden Boehm assisting. The Royals took a 2-1 lead at 9:39 with a one-timer from Teydon Trembecky, assisted by Cole Reschny. A goal from Brayden Boehm at 17:20, assisted by Brandon Lisowsky and Nate Misskey, brought the Royals lead to 3-1 which held until the end of the frame.
Just over one minute into the second period, Kenta Isogai netted a powerplay goal to extend the Royals’ lead to three, Justin Kipkie and Cole Reschny assisted. Soon after at 2:42, Cole Reschny netted a powerplay goal of his own to bring the score to 5-1. At 13:35, Reschny scored his second goal of the night while shorthanded, giving the Royals a 6-1 lead after 40 minutes of play.
Wyatt Danyleyko netted his second goal of the season at 3:34, giving the Royals a six-goal cushion with Keaton Verhoeff assisting. Kalder Varga then netted a goal for the Rockets at 5:07, before Jaxon Kehrig followed with one at 7:45, cutting the Royals’ lead to four. The Royals defeated the Rockets with a final score of 7-3.
Scoring Summary
1st Period
3:44 Kelowna Rockets Goal
Jakub Štancl (18) unassisted
5:00 Victoria Royals Goal
Markus Loponen (13) assisted by Brayden Boehm
9:39 Victoria Royals Goal
Teydon Trembecky (30) assisted by Cole Reschny
17:20 Victoria Royals Goal
Brayden Boehm (16) assisted by Brandon Lisowsky and Nate Misskey
2nd Period
1:14 Victoria Royals Goal
Kenta Isogai (21) assisted by Justin Kipkie and Cole Reschny
2:42 Victoria Royals Goal
Cole Reschny (19) assisted by Justin Kipkie and Kenta Isogai
13:35 Victoria Royals Goal
Cole Reschny (20) assisted by Justin Kipkie
3rd Period
3:34 Victoria Royals Goal
Wyatt Danyleyko (2) assisted by Keaton Verhoeff
5:07 Kelowna Rockets Goal
Kalder Varga (9) assisted by Kayden Longley and Jakub Štancl
7:45 Kelowna Rockets Goal
Jaxon Kehrig (3) assisted by Andrew Petruk
Shots on Goal
Royals – 35
Rockets – 33
Powerplay
Royals – 3/7
Rockets – 1/4
Goalie Stats
Royals
Jayden Kraus – 30/33
Rockets
Rhett Stoesser – 28/35
What’s Next
The Royals are closing out their two-game set with the Kelowna Rockets tomorrow night, February. 5. The match will be the WHL’s weekly “Wednesday Night in the Dub” game, with puck drop slated for 7:05 pm at the Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre. The game will be available to stream for free on YouTube and CHL TV.
