Victoria Royals

Victoria Royals
City Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
League Western Hockey League
Conference Western
Division B.C.
Founded 2006
Home arena Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre
Colours Royal blue, silver, white, black
                   
General manager Cam Hope
Head coach Dan Price
Captain Matthew Phillips
Website http://www.victoriaroyals.com
Franchise history
2006–2011 Chilliwack Bruins
2011–present Victoria Royals

The Victoria Royals are a Canadian major junior ice hockey team currently members of the B.C. Division of the Western Conference in the Western Hockey League (WHL). The team began play during the 2011–12 season after the League announced the relocation of the Chilliwack Bruins to Victoria. It marked the return of the WHL to Vancouver Island, 17 years after the departure of the Victoria Cougars. The Royals are based in Victoria, British Columbia, and play their home games at the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre.

Relocation and inaugural season in Victoria

Marc Habscheid, head coach of the Royals during their inaugural season.
Dave Lowry, Royals head coach from 2012–17.

Victoria was left without a WHL team when the Cougars franchise relocated to Prince George in 1994.[1] The city acquired a professional ECHL team in the Victoria Salmon Kings in 2004 when the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre was opened, but the city had made inquiries about returning the WHL to Vancouver Island in the past.[1]

While two minority owners of the Chilliwack Bruins hoped to purchase the team and keep it in Chilliwack following the 2010–11 season, they were outvoted by the remaining partners who opted to sell the team to a group planning to relocate the franchise.[2] On April 20, 2011, the WHL announced the approval of both the sale, and the relocation of the Bruins to Victoria.[3]

The relocation was brought about partially by the WHL's desire to protect the Victoria market, as the League feared that a potential summer relocation of the National Hockey League (NHL)'s Phoenix Coyotes to Winnipeg could result in the American Hockey League (AHL)'s Manitoba Moose moving to Victoria.[4] The Moose ultimately moved to St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, where they are now known as the IceCaps, when the Atlanta Thrashers moved to Winnipeg to become the second incarnation of the Jets.

The Royals played their first game, a 5–2 loss against the Vancouver Giants in Vancouver on September 23, 2011. They won their first game in franchise history on September 24, 2011, defeating the Giants 5–3, in front of a sold-out crowd of 7,006 at Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre in Victoria.

On March 16, 2012, the Royals defeated the Portland Winterhawks 3–1, thus clinching their first ever playoff berth and the first in Victoria since 1989. The first-ever playoff goal was scored by Robin Soudek, while Jamie Crooks recorded the first playoff hat-trick in Royals history in Game 3. In spite of this, the Royals were swept in the first round by the Kamloops Blazers.

On June 22, 2012, Marc Habscheid, the first head coach and general manager of the Royals, left both positions to take an executive position with GSL Holdings Ltd., the parent company of the Royals' ownership group. The Royals named Cam Hope, formerly an assistant general manager of the NHL's New York Rangers, as their new GM on July 6.

On July 19, 2012, the Royals named Dave Lowry as head coach for the 2012–13 season.[5]

Players and personnel

Current roster

Updated September 25, 2018[6]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace Drafted
3 Canada Remy Acquilon D L 17 2017 Kelowna, British Columbia Eligible 2019
29 Canada Brandon Cutler LW L 18 2018 Spruce Grove, Alberta Eligible 2019
10 Canada Logan Doust C R 17 2018 North Vancouver, British Columbia Eligible 2019
18 Canada Tarun Fizer RW R 17 2016 Chestermere, Alberta Eligible 2019
14 Canada Tyus Gent LW L 17 2016 Delta, British Columbia Eligible 2019
1 United States Brock Gould G L 16 2016 Colorado Springs, Colorado Eligible 2020
19 Canada Dante Hannoun (A) C R 20 2013 Delta, British Columbia Undrafted FA
4 Canada Ralph Jarratt (A) D L 20 2013 Fort St. John, British Columbia Undrafted FA
12 Canada D-Jay Jerome RW R 18 2018 Lethbridge, Alberta Eligible 2019
25 United States Dino Kambeitz C R 18 2015 Parker, Colorado Eligible 2019
26 Canada Tyler Lees C L 18 2018 Regina, Saskatchewan Eligible 2019
23 Canada Parker Malchuk D L 17 2017 Birtle, Manitoba Eligible 2019
15 Belarus Igor Martynov LW L 19 2017 Krasnoye, Belarus Eligible 2019
6 Canada Jameson Murray D R 19 2018 Kelowna, British Columbia Eligible 2019
34 Canada Kaid Oliver LW L 18 2015 White Rock, British Columbia Eligible 2019
30 Canada Griffen Outhouse G L 20 2013 Williams Lake, British Columbia Undrafted FA
5 Canada Mitchell Prowse D L 18 2015 Kelowna, British Columbia Eligible 2019
27 Denmark Phillip Schultz C L 18 2018 Rødovre, Denmark Eligible 2019
22 Canada Tanner Sidaway (A) LW L 19 2018 Victoria, British Columbia Eligible 2019
9 Canada Matthew Smith D L 18 2015 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Eligible 2019
7 Canada Scott Walford  D L 19 2014 Coquitlam, British Columbia 2017, 68th Overall, MTL
20 Canada Ty Yoder C R 16 2017 Tofield, Alberta Eligible 2020

Team captains

  • Hayden Rintoul, 2011–2012
  • Tyler Stahl, 2012–2013
  • Jordan Fransoo, 2013–2014
  • Joe Hicketts, 2014–2016
  • Ryan Gagnon, 2016–2017
  • Matthew Phillips, 2017–2018

Head coaches

Season-by-season record

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, OTL = Overtime losses, SOL = Shootout losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

SeasonGPWLOTLSOLGFGAPointsFinishPlayoffs
2011–1272244134233325554th B.C.Lost Western Conference quarter-final (0–4, KAM)
2012–1372353025223252773rd B.C.Lost Western Conference quarter-final (2–4, KAM)
2013–14724820132381811002nd B.C.Won Western Conference quarter-final (4–0, SPO)
Lost Western Conference semi-final (1–4, POR)
2014–1572392931244219822nd B.C.Won Western Conference quarter-final (4–1, PRG)
Lost Western Conference semi-final (1–4, KEL)
2015–16725016332811661061st B.C.Won Western Conference quarter-final (4–2, SPO)
Lost Western Conference semi-final (3–4 KEL)
2016–1772372951239219804th B.C.Lost Western Conference quarter-final (2–4, EVT)
2017–1872392742287264842nd B.C.Won Western Conference quarter-final (4–3, VAN)
Lost Western Conference semi-final (0–4, TRI)

NHL Draft Picks

The following is a list of players drafted from the Victoria Royals by NHL teams.

Note: The list does not include players drafted from the Chilliwack Bruins, or players acquired by the Royals that were already drafted while with a previous team. The list also does not include undrafted players who subsequently signed as free agents with NHL clubs.

  • Steven Hodges (Drafted by Florida Panthers in 2012, 3rd round, 84th overall)
  • Logan Nelson (Drafted by Buffalo Sabres in 2012, 5th round, 133rd overall)
  • Keegan Kanzig (Drafted by Calgary Flames in 2013, 3rd round, 67th overall)
  • Austin Carroll (Drafted by Calgary Flames in 2014; 7th round, 184th overall)
  • Chaz Reddekopp (Drafted by Los Angeles Kings in 2015, 7th round, 187th overall)
  • Vladimir Bobylev (Drafted by Toronto Maple Leafs in 2016, 5th round, 122nd overall)
  • Jack Walker (Drafted by Toronto Maple Leafs in 2016, 6th round, 152nd overall)
  • Matthew Phillips (Drafted by Calgary Flames in 2016, 6th round, 166th overall)
  • Tyler Soy (Drafted by Anaheim Ducks in 2016, 7th round, 205th overall)
  • Scott Walford (Drafted by Montreal Canadiens in 2017, 3rd round, 68th overall)

NHL alumni

The following is a list of players from the Victoria Royals who have played in the NHL.

Club records

Note: The following club records do not include statistics from the Chilliwack Bruins and are complete through the end of the 2017–18 WHL season.

Season

Individual

Team

Career

  • Most goals: 151, Tyler Soy, 2012–18
  • Most assists: 176, Tyler Soy, 2012–18
  • Most points: 327, Tyler Soy, 2012–18
  • Most penalty minutes: 470, Austin Carroll, 2011–15
  • Most games played, skater: 323, Tyler Soy, 2012–18
  • Best goals against average: 2.73, Coleman Vollrath, 2012–16
  • Most shutouts: 10, Griffen Outhouse, 2015–18
  • Most games played, goaltender: 165, Coleman Vollrath, 2012–16
  • Most saves, goaltender: 4,285, Griffen Outhouse, 2015–18[7]

Awards and honours

Team

Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy
WHL Regular Season Champion

St. Clair Group Trophy
WHL Marketing/Business Award

WHL Scholastic Team of the Year

Individual

Brad Hornung Trophy
WHL Most Sportsmanlike Player

Dunc McCallum Memorial Trophy
WHL Coach of the Year

Jim Piggott Memorial Trophy
WHL Rookie of the Year

Lloyd Saunders Memorial Trophy
WHL Executive of the Year

WHL Western Conference First All-Star Team

WHL Western Conference Second All-Star Team

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Epp, Sharie (2011-04-01). "Western Hockey League's Bruins moving to Victoria: report". Victoria Times-Colonist. Retrieved 2011-04-20.
  2. ↑ Olsen, Tyler (2011-04-01). "Keith confirms Bruins have been sold, confidentiality agreements now in place". Chlliwack Times. Retrieved 2011-04-20.
  3. ↑ Olsen, Tyler (2011-04-20). "WHL's Chilliwack Bruins are no more, moving to Victoria". Chilliwack Times. Retrieved 2011-04-20.
  4. ↑ Maki, Allan (2011-04-20). "Phoenix failure felt as far away as Victoria". Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2011-04-20.
  5. ↑ http://www.victoriaroyals.com/article/royals-announce-dave-lowry-as-head-coach
  6. ↑ "Victoria Royals 2018 - 19 Regular Season". Retrieved September 25, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Victoria Royals all-time player roster". hockeyDB.com. Retrieved March 20, 2016.
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