Royals bounce back for Wild home win

Victoria, BC. — The Victoria Royals hit the ice at the Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre tonight to close their season series with the Wenatchee Wild. After falling to the Wild in last night’s contest, the Royals bounced back tonight in a strong offensive effort, putting up 35 shots in their 3-1 victory.  

 

Wenatchee opened the scoring with a bounce from Mathias Silaban at 4:08 of the first period. The Royals put several dangerous shots on the Wild’s goaltender through the opening frame, but Wenatchee led 1-0 after 20 minutes of play.  

 

Cruz Waltze went top shelf early in the second, assisted by Timofei Runtso, to tie the game at one. Heath Nelson buried a power play goal just over 10 minutes later, assisted by Odin Vauhkonen, giving the Royals their first lead of the night, which they held into the second intermission.  

 

The Royals held the Wild off through the third period, and Roan Woodward buried an empty-net marker late in the frame, assisted by Hayden Moore and Reggie Newman, to seal the Royals’ 3-1 victory.  

 

Scoring Summary  

1st Period 

4:08 Wenatchee Wild Goal 

Mathias Silaban (9) assisted by Aiden Grossklaus 

 

2nd Period 

2:56 Victoria Royals Goal 

Cruz Waltze (3) assisted by Timofei Runtso 

12:59 Victoria Royals Goal 

Heath Nelson (18) assisted by Odin Vauhkonen 

 

3rd Period 

18:35 Victoria Royals Goal 

Roan Woodward (29) assisted by Hayden Moore and Reggie Newman 

 

Shots on Goal 

Royals – 35 

Wild – 21 

 

Powerplay 

Royals – 1/2 

Wild – 0/2 

 

Goalie Stats 

 

Royals 

Ethan Eskit – 20/21 

 

Wild 

Cal Conway – 32/34 

 

What’s Next 

The Royals will hit the road for a brief US road swing this week, starting this Tuesday, February 24th when they will head to Kennewick to play the Tri-City Americans. Puck drop is set for 7:05 PM at the Toyota Center.