Almquist Signs with Rødovre Mighty Bulls
Almquist was the 27th overall pick in the 2020 CHL Import Draft Victoria Royals forward Marcus Almquist has agreed to a professional contract with the Rødovre Mighty Bulls of Metal Ligaen. The 19-year-old hails from Rødovre, Denmark, and will begin playing for his hometown team at the beginning of the 202...
Apr 19, 2023
Parker & Kipkie Make Final NHL Draft Rankings
Victoria Royals players Kalem Parker and Justin Kipkie were named to NHL Central Scouting's final ranking of North American skaters ahead of the upcoming 2023 NHL Draft, which will take place on June 28-29 in Nashville. Parker moved up from being ranked 113th on NHL Central Scouting's midterm ranking of North American ...
Apr 19, 2023
Zemlak, The Unsung Hero
Sacrifice, Humility, Dependability. The makings of an Unsung Hero. An award earned by Royals second year defenseman, Austin Zemlak. "It was a big surprise and honour to get it. I've worked so hard this year, and my teammates supported me throughout the whole thing - I couldn't have done it without them." Zeml...
Apr 13, 2023
Laroque Makes A Difference Off Ice, Earns Award
Making A Difference Off The Ice Just 4 games played. That's all 19 year old defenceman Gannon Laroque suited up for, essentially missing an entire season of development. "Yeah, just very frustrating... It was supposed to be a career year, and expectations where high after a big summer. Laroque was named Captain of...
Apr 03, 2023
A Trio of Awards For Kipkie
Smarts On And Off The Ice Royals defenceman Justin Kipkie was named the B.C. Division Scholastic Player of the Year. He also collected a pair of Royals' team awards, being named the Jo-Ann Thompson Foundation Scholastic Player of the Year and the team's Rookie of the Year. "Very honoured to receive those awards, p...
Mar 31, 2023
Royals Draft Lottery Results
The league held their annual draft lottery on Wednesday, March 29th The Victoria Royals learned they will be selecting fourth overall in the 2023 WHL Prospects Draft and second overall in the US Priority Draft following the conclusion of the league's draft lottery on Wednesday. The WHL Prospects Draft Lottery involved ...
Mar 30, 2023
You Always Want To Win Your Last Game
Photo Credit: Alan Douglas @adouglasphotos You Always Want To Win Your Last Game The pressure was on. Score and keep the shoot out alive. Miss, and it's all over. Alex Thacker picked up the puck at center, moved in with a deke, but ran out of real estate. The puck rolled wide and the game, and more importantly his time...
Mar 29, 2023
Riley Gannon Graduates From The WHL
Sad, But Looking Forward To What's To Come Waking up the day after his final game of Major Junior Hockey, the reality began to hit him. "It's super emotional..." Riley Gannon barely got the words out. "I'm getting emotional right now." He paused, choking back the tears. Understandable from the four ...
Mar 28, 2023
MVP: Jake Poole, Graduating Royal
You Never Know When You Play Your Last Game Royals graduating overage forward Jake Poole only suited up twice in the final 18 games for Victoria due to injury. Even with the lack of remaining games played, Poole was still their leading scorer, and was named the club's MVP. Poole had to watch from the sidelines, and aft...
Mar 27, 2023
Royals Season Ends With 4-3 Shoot Out Loss vs Silvertips
"Everyone was battling for our 20 year old players, it's their last chance at a look In the WHL, so we wanted to lay it all out there for them...unfortunately we came out short." said Royals forward Brayden Schuurman who had a goal and an assist. The Royals were hampered from the start of the campaign with in...
Mar 26, 2023