Royals fall in hard-fought clash with Oil Kings 

Victoria, BC. — The Victoria Royals hit the ice at the Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre tonight to host the Edmonton Oil Kings in their only matchup of the regular season. A highly defensive game saw the teams tied for a majority of the 60 minutes, but Edmonton came out on top, besting the Royals 3-1.  

 

After a scoreless first period, the Royals opened the scoring with a goal from Miles Cooper, assisted by Ashton Brown and Timofei Runtso, just over two minutes into the second frame. Edmonton knotted the game in the final minutes of the frame, with Ethan MacKenzie netting the equalizer to head into the second intermission with a score of 1-1.  

 

The Oil Kings took the lead with Ethan MacKenzie’s second goal of the game on a power play around the 15-minute mark of the third period. Despite sending the extra attacker in an effort to force overtime, the Royals were unable to make up their deficit, and Edmonton’s Andrew O’Neill scored on the empty net to bring the final score to 3-1.  

 

Scoring Summary  

 

1st Period 

No scoring 

 

2nd Period 

2:21 Victoria Royals Goal 

Miles Cooper (7) assisted by Ashton Brown and Timofei Runtso 

17:34 Edmonton Oil Kings Goal  

Ethan MacKenie (6) assisted by Landon Hanson 

 

3rd Period 

15:12 Edmonton Oil Kings Goal 

Ethan MacKenzie (7) assisted by Joe Iginla and Miroslav Holinka 

19:55 Edmonton Oil Kings Goal 

Andrew O’Neill (10) unassisted 

 

Shots on Goal 

Royals – 19 

Oil Kings – 31 

 

Powerplay 

Royals – 0/2 

Oil Kings – 1/3 

 

Goalie Stats 

Royals 

Ethan Eskit – 28/30 

 

Oil Kings  

Parker Snell – 18/19 

 

What’s Next 

Continuing their homestand, the Royals will host the Lethbridge Hurricanes this Tuesday, November 18th, with puck drop set for 7:05 PM.