The Penticton Vees got back into the win column on Saturday night taking down the Victoria Royals by a 6-3 score. 

The Vees climb to 8-5-2 on the season with the victory in the provincial capital. 

The Vees opened the scoring 4:34 into the game as Jacob Kvasnicka deflected home a Nolan Stevenson shot on the powerplay to make it 1-0. Cameron Norrie picked up his first goal as a Vee at 11:05 to make it 2-0. 

After Hayden Moore made it 2-1, Kvasnicka scored again on the powerplay on another deflection to make it 3-1 after one period. 

Penticton came out flying again in the second period with Ryden Evers ripping home a shot for his 10th of the year 49 seconds into the frame. Then, Tristan Petersen made a dash up the right-wing wall and tucked a puck under the pad of Ethan Eskit to make it 5-1, 23 seconds later. 

Chase Valliant potted his third of the year off a rebound to end Eskit’s night in goal and send the game to the third period 6-1.   

The Royals would get goals from Caleb Matthews and Ludovic Perreault in the third period to make the final 6-3. 

The Vees and Royals face off once again in Victoria at 2:00PM on Sunday. 

 

GAME STATS

Shots:

Vees- 35

Royals- 15

 

Scoring:

Vees- Jacob Kvasnicka (2), Cameron Norrie, Ryden Evers, Tristan Petersen, Chase Valliant

Royals- Hayden Moore, Caleb Matthews, Ludovic Perreault

 

Power Plays:

Vees- 2/3

Royals- 2/3

 

Goaltending:

Vees- AJ Reyelts – 12/15

Royals- Ethan Eskit -11/17, Jake Pilon – 18/18

 

Up Next: The Vees are back in Victoria tomorrow afternoon before returning home to take on the Kelowna Rockets on Wednesday at 6:30PM