The Victoria Royals continue their dominance over the Everett Silvertips with a 2-1 overtime victory, marking their second win against the WHL's top team this season.
If the Victoria Royals have a secret formula against the Everett Silvertips , the rest of the Western Hockey League would like to hear about it. The Royals defeated the top team in the WHL and third-ranked in the Canadian Hockey League for the second time in as many meetings this season with a 2-1 overtime victory Friday night before 4,125 ecstatic fans at Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre.
The Royals (19-11-7) had beaten the Silvertips (28-5-4) 3-2 in overtime in their first meeting in November in Washington state. Rookie defenceman Keaton Verhoeff decided it at 1:34 of overtime on a play started and assisted by veteran 20-year-old forwards Brandon Lisowsky and Kenta Isogai, acquired this week by the Royals from the Saskatoon Blades and Wenatchee Wild. Coquitlam product Lisowsky and Isogai, a native of Nagano, Japan, made immediate impacts by bringing a noticeable and skilled pep and vibe to the Victoria attack with the kind of flair and freshness this otherwise hard-working forward group had been missing. With the overtime assist, Lisowsky automatically became Victoria’s points leader with 44, surpassing by one point 2025 NHL draft first-round projected Cole Reschny, while Isogai automatically is the team’s tied-for-third-leading scorer with 39 points with his overtime assist. Nanaimo product Brayden Boehm, the Royals other allowable 20-year-old, scored a first-period power-play goal that held up until Everett, outplayed and outshot 32-23 to the moment, tied it on the power play at 13:10 of the third period. “The whole team is buying into the system,” said Royals goaltender Jayden Kraus, who was named first star for his 23 saves, while the Silvertips’ Jesse Sanche was named third star for his 34 saves. Landon DuPont of the Silvertips is the projected next star offensive-defenceman of the Quinn Hughes, Cale Makar and Adam Fox mold. The Calgary native made his Memorial Centre debut Friday with an assis
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