Royals fall short in Brandon

Brandon, MB. — The Victoria Royals kicked off the Eastern Conference road swing tonight, facing off against the Brandon Wheat Kings at Assiniboine Credit Union Place. After 60 minutes of hard-fought hockey in Manitoba, the Royals fell short 6-1. 

 

The Wheat Kings opened the scoring with a goal from Jaxon Jacobson at 11:36 of the first period, and doubled their lead with a goal from Gunnar Gleasman just under two minutes later. Heath Nelson got the Royals on the board with a power play marker at 16:49 of the frame, assisted by Caleb Matthews and Cosmo Wilson. The Royals were unable to convert on a late-period power play, and trailed the Wheat Kings 2-1 headed into the first intermission. 

 

Brandon opened up the second frame with a pair of goals from Joby Baumuller and Caleb Hadland at 4:15 and 5:10 respectively. At 8:24 Jaxon Jacobson extended Brandons lead to 5-1. Luke Mistelbacher closed out the scoring with 11:41 left in the period. 

 

Despite outshooting the Wheat Kings 10-4 through the third period, the Royals could not take advantage of an extended power play late in the frame and fell with a final score of 6-1.  

 

Scoring Summary  

1st Period 

11:36 Brandon Wheat Kings Goal 

Jaxon Jacobson (12) assisted by Luke Mistelbacher and Prabh Bhathal 

13:35 Brandon Wheat Kings Goal 

Gunnar Gleasman (3) assisted by Prabh Bhathal and Jimmy Egan 

16:49 Victoria Royals Goal 

Heath Nelson (14) assisted by Caleb Matthews and Cosmo Wilson 

 

2nd Period 

4:15 Brandon Wheat Kings Goal 

Joby Baumuller (30) assisted by Daniil Skvortsov  

5:10 Brandon Wheat Kings Goal 

Caleb Hadland (14) assisted by Jaxon Jacobson 

8:24 Brandon Wheat Kings Goal  

Jaxon Jacobson (13) unassisted 

9:19 Brandon Wheat Kings Goal 

Luke Mistelbacher (22) assisted by Caleb Hadland and Jaxon Jacobson 

 

3rd Period 

No Scoring 

 

Shots on Goal 

Royals – 29 

Wheat Kings – 28 

 

Powerplay 

Royals – 1/6 

Wheat Kings – 0/2 

 

Goalie Stats 

 

Royals 

Ethan Eskit – 22/28 

 

Wheat Kings 

Jayden Kraus – 28/29 

 

What’s Next 

Continuing their road trip, the Royals will head to Regina to take on the Pats tomorrow night, with puck drop set for 4:00 PST.