Royals dominate Red River too tie Varsity View for most points in the tournament

Before the game began the Royals were excited, today they felt that they could regain there winning ways and there was nothing anybody could no about it. First period:No goals in the first period surprisingly but lots of opportunities for the Royals. Second period: Jordan answers first for the royals scoring his first of the tournament after a nice dangle set up by Sean. Just over two minutes left in the second Lucas scores assisted by tanner, Three seconds left in the period Matt scores a quick low wrist shot from the slot assisted by Sean to give the Royals a three goal lead. Third Period: Just over thirty seconds into the period Tanner scores with a blistering slap shot assisted by Evan, Tanner would score again later in the period assisted by Lucas and Zach, Just over a minute later Jordan would score his second of the game off a sweet move, Red River would end up scoring in run time to cancel out the shutout, Final score 6-1 Key Points: Second game in a row against Red River that the Royals have won 6-1 Areas For improvement Wingers long the board for breakout may want to pay more attention to the puck instead of worrying about the defence pressing them from the point. Three Stars: 1.Tanner 2. Jordan 3. Matt

Royals geet the feling back in a great effort against Il de Chein Elks

Coming into the game the Royals still seemed a little bit overwhelmed on how the end of the first half ended on a sour note. But after some motivational speeches and having a short memory the Royals came to play against the Il de Chein Elks in the first round robin game of the Christmas challenge tournament. First Period: There was no goals scored in the first period for either team but there was lots of great passing hits and saves that got the crowd into it. Second Period: Mason strikes first for the Royals with a nice redirection off of Sean's point shot. Third period: Il de Chein Ties it up when they pick off a sloppy defence to defence pass and score top shelf on a partial breakaway and that would end up being the final score 1-1 Key points: The Royals scored first for the first time in 3 games, the Royals did not take a single penalty throughout the game and lowest amount of goals given up in 3 games. Areas for improvement: the Royals still need to find that spark in there offence one goal a game is not going to cut it and no lazy passes in our own end. five Stars: 1. Mason 2.Sean 3. Connor 4. Lucas 5. Evan

Royals drop two more in a row to end of the first half but are ready for a bounce back

Some disappointing hockey for the Royals dropping now 3 straight regular season games. scoring only 4 goals and being scored on 19 to drop them into third place in the standings. But the Royals are optimistic, they await a Christmas challenge tournament where they are the defending champions. They will need to beat Varsity View(the first place team) in order to win the championship. But they feel it is the perfect way to get back on track with there winning ways.

Royals winning streak comes to an end in a big way

In this game the Royals were taking on Earl Grey a team that has had lots of ups and downs this year, today was an up. First Period: No score but the shots were very one sided for Earl Grey. Second Period: Zach opens up the scoring for the Royals with a snipers shot top self assisted by Kyle and Derrick. Earl Grey quickly responds with two back to back breakaway goals. With just under a minute left, Earl Grey score again on a two one one finished off with a one timer slap shot. Third Period: Matt Responds for the Royals with a point shot that finds the back of the net unassisted.But was all down hill from there Earl grey would score again on a one on one to increase there lead to two goals. Shortly after Derrick takes out on of there players right into the cross bar of the Royals net and huge fight emerges, Earl Grey would cash in on the power play with there 3rd breakaway goal of the game to beat the Royals 5-2. Key Points: Earl Grey was able to out hit the Royals early on and made them back down, although Varsity View lost which keeps the Royals in first. Areas for improvement: low amount of shots for and to many breakaways. Three Stars: 1.Matt 2.Derrick 3. Connor

Royals win seven straight and claim first place

The Royals faced of with Red River. Looking at the standings one might say it was a game the Royals should easily win but red river was willing to do anything to change minds. The Royals knowing that this was the game that if they were to win they would be in first place. First Period: Lucas opened up the scoring 29 seconds into the first period with a rush from centre ice assisted by Evan. Second period: Red River ties it up with a one timer on the door step setup from behind the net. Royals regain the lead after a top shelve snipe from Lucas assisted by Tanner. Right of the ensuing face off the Royals ad to there lead when Derek scores assisted by Derrick. With just under one minute remaining in the first Royals score again, this time by Zach assisted by Mason. Third period: Jordan adds to the royals lead with a sweet goal assisted by Zach. Joel score one more for the Royals assisted by Derek and Jordan to dominate Red River 6-1 and claim first place in the standings for the first time this year. Key Points: The Royals tied there record for most goals scored in one game this year. And They Royals had only one penalty this game. Areas for improvement:The Royals still are having trouble getting there puck out of there own zone and is followed by panic and soon a goal against. Three stars: 1. Lucas 2. Zach 3. Evan

Team Annoucment

Congradulations To Evan, Matt, Tanner and Derrick for being named the Royals captain and assistant captains.

Royals beat the Seals for there sixth win in a row

Coming into the game the royals new that this was personal. The Seals have been the Royals number 1 rival ever since the first game last year. On top of that the winner would be in second place and only one point behind Varsity View for first place . First period:Lots of pressure from both tam in the offence zone but Jordan would score the Royals only goal in the period, assisted by Lucas and Connor to give the royals a one goal lead. Second Period: The seals would tie up the game with a walk out goal from the corner to the top of the crease.Two minutes after that the Seals get the lead with a one timer goal set up from the opposite corner. One minutes later Kyle extends his goal score steak with a great passing play set up by Jordan and Sean to tie up the game. Soon after Zach scores assisted by Jordan and Matt to give the Royals the lead. Nineteen Seconds left in the period, Joel scores a "goal of the year candidate", with a short handed, back hand breakaway, top self, on the short side to give the Royals a two goal lead. Third Period: The Seals tie up the game with two quick goals one a bank shot from behind the net and the other was a one timer on the door step. With the game tied with only 11 seconds left derrick scores a bank goal assisted by Joel and Mason to give the Royals the lead and the win 5-4. Key points: The red line scored the first three royals goals and this is the longest Royals winning streak. Areas for improvement: The defence must put more pressure on the man with the puck behind the net or in the corner in the defencive zone. Or to attack the man after he comes out from the corner instead of watching them score all four of there goals. Also the breakout needs to run smother. Three stars: 1. The entire red line 2. Joel 3. Sean

Royals get a hard fought win against Ravenscourt Eagles

Earlier this year the Royals faced the Eagles and one a close game 1-0. The Royals were disappointed in the lack of goals due to the great offence pressure created and they wanted more for this game especially. First period: Once again there were no goals in the first but some solid hits were coming from both teams, even one sandwich hit! Second Period: Kyle opened up the scoring with a great play set up by the red line, assisted by Jordan and Zach. Under a minute after that the Eagles respond with a rocket from just inside the blue line to tie up the game. On the ensuing face off Jordan gets the puck and goes end to end assisted by Sean to regain the lead. Third Period: Derrick increases the lead with a snipe top shelve unassisted on the power play. Two minutes later the Eagles cut the lead down to one when there player skates from the corner to slot and finds the back of the net. Shortly after that Kyle gets his second of the night with a one timer on the door step assisted by Jordan and Zach to regain the two goal lead. Just over two minutes remaining the eagles capitalize off a series of bad clearing attempts to make it a one goal game. The Eagles pull there goalie but the Royals would fight them of to win there fifth game in a row 4-3. Key Points: Most goals allowed by Royals this year and the red line gathered 7 points collectively. Areas for improvement: Must be able to breakout with out defencive panic and giving the puck away to the other team (last two goals scored against the Royals were because of this). Three stars: 1. Kyle 2. Jordan and Zach 3. Derrick

Suspension Report

Tanner will miss the next game due to delivering a hit from behind in a AA marauders game.

Royals win there fourth in a row in a close game against Fort Gary Flames

The Royals faced off with on of there top rivals from last year. The Royals eliminated the Flames in the B side semi final last year and they were looking for revenge. Even the Coaches don't like each other. Coach Russ and the head coach of Fort Gary got into an argument after a game last year, which shows why each team wants the victory besides solo possession of third place. First Period: The Flames pocket the first goal of the game with just over four minutes remaining in the first, with a walk out goal from the corner to the slot. Second Period: The Royals tie it up with a beautiful cross creased goal scored by Lucas assisted by Tanner, Soon after the Flames respond with a one timer on the door step to regain the lead but under two minutes after that Jordan lets a rocket go from the ringette line assisted by Matt to retie the game. Third Period: Both teams had lots of chances but the puck would not go in for either team until the last fifteen seconds with a hash mark one timer from Joel assisted by Derrick to win the game! Key points: The Royals have one three straight against the Flames and this was Joel and Jordan's first goals this year. Areas for improvement: NEED to Score in the FIRST PERIOD and got to watch the penalties. Three stars: 1. Joel 2. Jordan 3. Matt

Royals win a nail bitter against Ravenscourt Eagles

Prior to the game the royals were down a men, Kyle did not show up due to illness. Sean is suffering from a lower back injury, Nick is feeling under the weather and Alex still has a hurt finger but they still played. To start of the game there were no goals. The Royals dominated the first period in the puck position and shots on goal zone. In the second Lucas opened up the scoring with a one timer in the slot from Evan behind the net. That was all the Royals would need, Nick would not allow a goal thanks to great defence and back checking from the entire team to win there third game in a row, 1-0. Key points: best start in team history and the lowest scoring win ever for the team. Areas for improvement: The Royals need to score more than just one goal a game and once again the team ran into some penalty troubles. Three stars: 1. Evan 2. Alex 3. Nick

Royals win a hard fought game to claim domenice over Waverly Heights

After the first period there was no score just lots of neutral zone battles. In the second period Waverly Heights opens the scoring with a breakaway goal high glove on Nick. In the third the royals quickly answer with a rebound goal scored by Lucas and assisted by Derrick and Connor. Soon after that the Royals capitalize on another opportunity and Derek scores to give the royals a lead assisted by Derrick. With the dying seconds left and the net pulled the royals Breakout and secure the game with an empty net goal scored by Derrick and assisted by Zack. The royals win 3-1
Key points Derricks first three points game this season and The royals had only one penalty on the night. Three stars 1:Derrick 2: Mason 3: Matt. Areas for improvement: Defence have to watch the pinching in the offencive end. The royals finally beat Waverly Heights (last years St. Norbert) after losing 4 straight to them and look forward to facing Ravens courts on Sunday.

First Half Points (season and tournaments)

Goals Assists
#2 Connor 0 - 4
#3 Matt 1 - 2
#4 Mason 1- 3
#6 Alex 0- 3
#7 Zack 5- 5
#9 Tanner 4 - 5
#11 Jordan 4 - 7
#12 Kyle K. 4 - 1
#13 Evan 1- 3
#14 Derek 4- 1
#16 Derrick 5- 5
#17 Sean 1- 4
#19 Joel 4 - 1
#91 Lucas 8- 3

W/L/T - GAA - Shutouts
#33 Nick 11-5-1 2.56- 2

Royals offence explodes with a great Game 3 vs. Dazota Lasers

Game 3: In the first two minutes of the game Tanner ends the Royals scoreless drought with a great offencive goal from the white line assisted by Evan. Under three minutes later Tanner scores his second goal on the night assisted by Alex. Second period Zack scores his second on the season on a juicy rebound assisted by Alex and Jordan. Nick also made a huge point glove save screen shot on the penalty kill to give thee royals a three goal lead and a shutout chance. In the third the Tanner completes the hat trick unassisted under thirty seconds in. Lucas scores a great goal assisted by Tanner and Evan on the power play. With six minutes remaining Kyle scores his first on the year on a beautiful deke set up by Jordan, Connor and Alex. With under a minute to go Dakota gets a breakaway but could not beat Nick. The royals Win there second game of the season 6-0. Key points: Nick captures his first shutout of the season and Tanner obtains the Royals first hat trick. Areas for improvement : prebreakout (chasing in for the puck), Breakout and power play (1/8 on the day). Three stars: 1.Tanner 2.Nick 3.Alex

Royals lose there first game on the season n game @ against Varsity View

Game 2: In the first period there were no goals but there was tons of pressure in the Royals defencive zone and it became apparent that there breakout was a problem. Second period: Varsity View opens the scoring with a slot shot with under two minutes to go. In the third period Varsity view increases there lead with a cross crease pass to a wide open player and a snipe of a shot of the cross bar and in. The Royals pull Nick in the last minute but it was no use, The Royals loss 2-0 with a very low productive offence. Areas for improvement: Zone break out, point and slot coverage and offence shots.

Royals get first W. in game 1 vs. Oxford Heights

Coming into this game the Royals had high expectations after last years incredible season. After losing and gaining some players to AA the Royals had picked up some brand and returning players, Zack, Derek, Joel, Sean, Jordan and Mason. Players form last year include Connor, Kyle K., Matt, Lucas, Evan, Tanner, Derrick, Alex and Nick. Game 1: The very first shot on goal of the game came from a point one timer from Oxford where Nick made a huge glove save to set the tone for the game. Zack opened up the Royals scoring with his first A1 goal with a nice assist from Jordan. In the second period Oxford ties it up with a rocket of a point shot on the power play. In the third period Royals get back the lead a great toe drag goal by Derek and the assists by Zack and Connor. In the dying seconds The royals get an empty net goal scored by Lucas and assisted by Tanner to lock up the game. Key points: Great goaltending, solid defence and offence. To work on: 8 penalties and zone breakout.

New year

On October 11 a brand new Royals team was created. Full of new found speed, defence and offence. Welcome to the 14a1 River East Royals Website. I would like to welcome all new and returning players to what I believe is a city championship team. On the site I will have a game summaries with players comment as well as points (goals, Assist sorry Matt it is really hard to do plus and minus). There will be week polls up as soon as possible and much more.

Royals beat seal 8-7 in OT in a game for the ages

Yes, the royals stay alive for another day against the seals in a thrilling overtime victory 8-7. The Royals showed great resilience with a bounce back game. There were tons of great goals in this game but the one that matter the most was the overtime winner by Lucas also with Kieth scoring four goals showed that the Royals were not going down without a fight. The game starts were Lucas for his OT winner, Keith for his five point night and Kyle P because yes he let in 7 but all of his shots that he faced were top notch and he made some great saves. The royals can still work on the defencive zone and not getting sucked in by the puck but with lots of positive coming out of the game the Royal will move on to face Fort Garry in the B side quarter finals.

Royals lose there first game of the playoof and go down to B Side

The lost on Saturday to Dakota, a team that they have had lots of success this year against was not a factor to Dakota coming off a huge win over fort gary proved to be stonger then the royals. Also the first period obsticle was a problem aswell, with little scoring oprtunities in the first and three goals agianst was not the start they were looking for. But they bounced back in the second and third out shooting and out scoring. No goals were allowed showing that the defence and golaie Nick was able to calm down. For the ofence they were able to net two goals and even a tieing goal twice that were both waved off. Alex will also miss the next game due to a tecnica foul. The royals showing that they can bounce back earlier in the season but can they do it against #1 rank seals. I guess only time will tell.

Playoff points

Points

Connor 1
Alex 1
Matt 3
Derrick 1
Derek 4
Lucas 10
Keith 7
Ty 3
Keenan 1
Evan 2
Kyle 2
Ryan 2
Tanner 1

Goalies Wins So

Nick 0 0
Kyle 2 0

Injury report

There are two Injuries to report. Connor will be missing at minimum of a week do to back problems and Tanner will be out for the remainder of the season due to a broken wrist.

Royals Win first game of the playoffs and have high hopes

The royals killed the cats in a dominate game all around for the entire team. The game was full of hits, great plays and nice saves. Fantastic efforts were put in by everyone but a few that stood out even a bit more were Lucas, Keenan and Matt. The royals work hard and what paid off was the fact that park city got into penalty troubles. The royals could still work on keeping two hands on the stick and better positioning says Tanner. The royals will be playing Dakota in there next game . Dakota is a team that has yet to win against the Royals. The royals hope to keep it this way so them get into the semi finals were they shall play either St. Norbert or Garden City. That is all for the royals report.

Royals lose and hope to pick it up for the playoffs

The royals lost 4-1 to St.Norbert. St. Norbert played a well executed offence scoring on four of thirty two shots and played great on defence holding the royals to only seventeen shots. Great efforts were put in by Kyle K. scoring the only goal of the game, Matt for going after guys that are twice his height and Nick with some key saves early on. Areas for improvement are defiantly more shots on net,  more pressure on the man carrying the puck , watching the men in front of the net and rebound control. With this lose the royals will not get the bye but will play the last place team in the first round of the playoffs. We do not know how that his yet but we shall keep you posted. 

Royals one win away from clinching second with a demolishing game against Westdale

Yes, the royals win again this time an 9-2 victory and climb one step closer to the second place finish and the bye. The royals played get the man first and then the puck offence which really seemed to help and a great defence, also kyle p played his first game back after his leave for his concussion. Fantastic efforts were put in by Ty, Keenan, Matt and Dereck. The royals play St. Norbert next the only team that they have not beat and the only team standing in there way of a second place finish. 

Royals win 4-2 against HV and get closer to second place finish

The royals played a hard and well fought game. They killed seven penalties and scored on two of there five power plays.  There were lots of hits especially coming from, Keenan, Connor, Keith and Evan. The roylas also continued from last game scoring the first goal in under four minutes and Lucas scoring a hat trick. On the defence side both goalie and defence need to still find some consistency and if they can do that they have a fantastic shot at winning the cities. The royals next game is tomorrow against westdale a team that they have only played once this year. The royals need to win this game and the next against St. Norbert to clinch second place and the bye in the first round 

Injury report

Kyle p is out with a concussion for 1-3 weeks

Royals get back on the winning track with a win over the wildcats 7-1

The royals bounce back quick after dropping two games in a row to win a blow out against the cats. There team was on fire. With seven goals, fantastic hits and great saves the royals play there best game of the season so far. Solid efforts were put in by Matt, Tanner and Ryan. The royals get a whole week off to rest up for there next game against will be on Saturday HV a team that they have struggled a bit against this year.

royals lose two in a row

Yes it is true the royals lose two in a row and this game was against Fort Gary a team right behind the Royals in the standings for second place. This game was another fact of running out of steam. The royals were up 1-0 after 2 period of play and let in three unanswered goals and an empty netter. A solid effort was put by Derrick scoring the only goal. The royals know that they need to improve on scoring, hitting the net and fast breaks down the ice which all resulted in a hard team lose. The Royals play the wild cats next a team that they have had lots of success against this year and hope to get back on the winning track. That is all for the Royals post game report.

injury report

Dereck will be out for 1-3 day on a sprained wrist

Royals are shocked and shoutout by St.Norbert

The royals lose there first game of the second season and do not even put a point on the board. They had troubles getting the puck out of there end and once they got the puck in the offencive zone they would turn it over. Fantasitis effert was put in by number 34 Kyle. The royals now get ready to set off for Grand Forks as they start there next tournament and hope turning things around. That is it for the Royals post game report

Royals win a nail biter against HV

The royals played yesterday against HV and was it ever close going into the third it was 1-1 but HV scored to take the lead and everyone felt the momentum change but they ran to into some horrible penalty trouble and scored two goals in under a minute. They were able to play solid defence and hang on to the win. solid efforts were put in by Evan, Lucas and Derrick. There next game in against St Norbert and are planning to give them a licking and win there 5 game in a row. And that's the royals post game report.

Recap for Royals 4-1 win over Tuxedo

It was a great win all round for the royals. We had solid defence and capitalized on most of our opportunities plus fantastic goal tending. With this win the royals are 3-0 and are leading for points in the second half but still trailing the seals by three pints. Outstanding efforts were put in by Connor, Keenan and Derrick. There next game is against Heritage Victoria which is going to be a dynamic game.

Points

Players points

Connor 3

Matt 8

Alex 3

Ryan 5

Derek 3

Evan 6

Lucas 15

Ty 0

Derrick 8

Kyle k. 4

Keith 10

Keenan 8

Tanner 7

Goalies Wins so

Kyle p.  3 0

Nick      4 1

Injury report

Ty has broke two bone in his left wrist and will be out for an undated long period of time. Get better soon.

Royal news

Last Friday the Royals captains and assistance were hand out. The three assistance are Evan, Matt, Connor and the captain is Derrick. Congratulations

Royals win a clean out against seals

The game score was 5-0 for the royals and have now won 2 out of there last three against the seals. Everyone on the team played a solid game and excellent efforts were put in by Lucas #91 with the first goal of the game and 1 a, Keith#71 with one goal and 1 a and Nick Paulley #33 with the first shutout of the year for the Royals. After the game we got quotes from the Royals. Keith #71 said " we dominated them" Connor #16 said" On the score sheet it said I scored when I was on the bench and skates handle pretty good' Ryan said" I am Ryan and I did good" Coach Blaine had this to say "during the game we had our moment of glory but during the third we started to get sloppy luckily our defence and goalie held us up also we improved very well on our breakouts." That is the report for this game talk to you next time.

Prior to the biggest game for the Royals in the second half we got to talk with some of the Royals for pregame thoughts. We talked to Keith #71 said" all I want to do is kick the seals butt this weekend. Connor#12 said" As long as my skates handle pretty good we can win" Ryan #4 " All I can say is this we are going to win against the seals, I got no one inperticular that I want to crank so they better keep there heads including the goalie because I putting that black piece of rubber into that net. Goalie #33 Nick said" First game we played them we won 5-1 next game they won 4-1 this game I can tel is going to be a flat out war that we can win if we all play our hardest"  

Welcome

Welcome to the River East Royal 13 a1 hockey web site here you can see stats, interviews and scores for our hockey games. I am sad to say that this will only be for the second half because I only learned how to use a blog this year in school. I will have things up in the next three days are so please feel free to comment and post questions