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Royals stop Rockets in OT in battle for division lead

Victoria moves one point ahead of Rockets with second straight win over Âé¶¹AV
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Gordie Ballhorn and the Âé¶¹AV Rockets fell to Dino Kambeitz and the Victoria in overtime Saturday. -Image: Jon Howe

In a battle for top spot in the B.C. Division, the Victoria Royals came out on top for the second straight night.

In the second of three games between the teams in a four-day span, Tanner Kaspick scored at 2:22 of overtime to lead the Royals to a 4-3 win over the Âé¶¹AV Rockets Saturday at Save on Foods Memorial Arena.

The hometown Royals defeated the Rockets 6-1 on Friday.

Victoria (34-19-3-1) now leads the Rockets (33-17-4-1) by one point for first place.

Kole Lind, Cal Foote and Conner Bruggen-Cate scored for the Rockets who lost for the fourth time in five games.

James Porter stopped 34 shots in the Âé¶¹AV net.

The Rockets and Royals will battle again Monday afternoon at Prospera Place. Face is 2:05 p.m.



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