Kamloops Blazers lose 2 in a row to the Victoria Royals
VICTORIA, B.C. — The Blazers lost 6-3 on the road at the hands of the Victoria Royals for the second straight night.
Despite a much better performance than Friday night’s 4-1 loss, the Blazers couldn’t get past a Royals team that has been red-hot of late, and fell to 2-6-0-0 on the year against the Royals. With the win, Victoria moved into first place in the B.C. Division and in the overall WHL standings.
The Royals opened the scoring on their first shot, 27 seconds into the game. Vladimir Bobylev snapped his 20th of the year over the should of Dylan Ferguson, who was making his first start since February 5th.
The Blazers equalled the score, however, thanks to a 5-on-3 powerplay goal at 8:32 of the first. Captain Matt Needham scored his 17th of the year, and second goal in as many nights.