Royals 7 Hitmen 2

The Victoria Royals scored two goals 51 seconds apart late in the second period to erase a 2-1 deficit and never looked back in a 7-2 win over the Calgary Hitmen Tuesday night at Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre.

Austin Carroll had a hat-trick to power the Royals who got singles from Alex Blomqvist, Logan Nelson, Braden Oleksyn and Logan Fisher.

Connor Rankin and Brady Brassart netted goals for Calgary.  For Brassart it was his 100th career regular season marker in the Western Hockey League.

Victoria outshot the Hitmen 46-26 to win the first half of back-to-back games between the two clubs.

The rematch goes tomorrow night in the BC capital as the Hitmen look for their first win on the road trip following an 0-2 start.

                                                           Photo Credit:  Jon Howe

Calgary Hitmen 2 at Victoria Royals 7
Tuesday, February 4, 2014 - Save-On-Foods Memorial Arena - Victoria, BC

Calgary 2 0 0 - 2
Victoria 1 2 4 - 7

1st Period
1, Calgary, Rankin 16 (Zipp, Lang), 12:17.
2, Victoria, Blomqvist 18 (Hodges, Fransoo), 16:35.
3, Calgary, Brassart 23 (Chase, Thomas), 19:31 (PP).
Penalties-Nelson Vic (charging), 18:18.

2nd Period
4, Victoria, Carroll 23 (Nelson, Walker), 18:46.
5, Victoria, Nelson 17 (Blomqvist), 19:37.
Penalties-Rissling Cal (elbowing), 4:26; Hodges Vic (cross checking), 5:00; Virtanen Cal (hooking), 9:09; Rissling Cal (major-fighting), 11:29; Kanzig Vic (major-fighting), 11:29; Virtanen Cal (checking from behind), 13:37.

3rd Period
6, Victoria, Carroll 24 (Hicketts, Hodges), 3:46.
7, Victoria, Oleksyn 1 (Soy, Walker), 5:19.
8, Victoria, Fisher 4 (Crunk, Fushimi), 8:11.
9, Victoria, Carroll 25 (Soy, Fransoo), 15:03 (PP).
Penalties-Rissling Cal (holding), 10:07; Brassart Cal (slashing), 14:32; Rankin Cal (high sticking), 18:27.

Shots on Goal
Calgary 9-7-10-26. Victoria 11-20-15-46.

Power Play Opportunities
Calgary 1 / 2; Victoria 1 / 6.

Goalies
Calgary, Driedger 21-13-3-3 (39 shots-33 saves); Shields 14-2-0-0 (7 shots-6 saves). Victoria, Vollrath 17-5-1-1 (26 shots-24 saves).

A-4,031
Referees-Curtis Marouelli (86), Derek Zalaski (8).
Linesmen-Tim Digby (75), Ryan Gibbons (73).