Western Conference Quarter-Finals | Royals VS Winterhawks
Victoria, BC – The matchup is set: the Victoria Royals will square off against the Portland Winterhawks in the 2023-24 WHL Western Conference quarter-finals (WCQF). Victoria and Portland faced each other four times during the regular season, with the Winterhawks prevailing in all four matchups.
2023-24 regular-season meetings
November 22, 2023 | Victoria (4) @ Portland (5) (OT) | Veterans Memorial Coliseum | Scoring summary | Game recap | Highlights
February 23, 2024 | Portland (6) @ Victoria (2) | Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre | Scoring summary | Game recap | Highlights
February 24, 2024 | Portland (5) @ Victoria (2) | Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre | Scoring summary | Game recap | Highlights
March 2, 2024 | Victoria (4) @ Portland (5) (OT) | Veterans Memorial Coliseum | Scoring summary | Game recap | Highlights
Victoria concluded their regular season yesterday evening, suffering a 4-2 defeat to the Wenatchee Wild, which guaranteed their seventh-place position in the Western Conference standings after posting a 29-3-5-4 (67 points) record. While the Winterhawks will still have one game remaining after tonight, which will take place tomorrow night against the Seattle Thunderbirds. Portland will finish the regular season in second place in the Western Conference.
Victoria and Portland have met just once in franchise history during the postseason, with that matchup taking place in the 2013-14 campaign during the Western Conference Semifinals. The Winterhawks earned the decision in that series, punching their ticket to the Conference Finals and eventually falling to the Edmonton Oil Kings in the WHL Championship.
WCQF Schedule:
Game 1 | March 29 | Victoria @ Portland | 7:00 PM | Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game 2 | March 30 | Victoria @ Portland | 6:00 PM | Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game 3 | April 2 | Portland @ Victoria | 7:05 PM | Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre | Tickets
Game 4 | April 3 | Portland @ Victoria | 7:05 PM | Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre | Tickets
Game 5* | April 5 | Portland @ Victoria | 7:05 PM | Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre
Game 6* | April 7 | Victoria @ Portland | 5:05 PM | Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game 7* | April 9 | Victoria @ Portland | 7:00 PM | Veterans Memorial Coliseum
*If necessary