KELOWNA — The Victoria Royals defeated the Kelowna Rockets 4-1 on Saturday night at Prospera Place, snapping the Rockets’ five game winning streak in the process.
Victoria’s Matthew Phillips snapped a 1-1 tie with a goal late in the second period and the Royals added two more in the third period to earn the win.
Kelowna fell to 34-12-3-0 on the season, four points ahead of the Royals in the race for first in the WHL BC Division as well as the Western Conference.
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The Rockets opened the scoring in the game as Justin Kirkland scored a short-handed marker to give the Rockets a brief lead. However the Royals tied the game with a power play goal just a few minutes later.
Victoria scored three power play goals on four chances while the Rockets were 0-for-4 with the man advantage in the game.
Michael Herringer suffered the loss in net as the Royals outshot Kelowna 34-23 in the game.
The Rockets are back in action on Sunday as the team will head to Seattle for a 5 p.m. start against the Thunderbirds.
Kelowna returns to Prospera Place on Tuesday when they take on the WHL-leading Lethbridge Hurricanes.
(Kelowna Rockets Hockey Club)
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