Captain Useless is gone after tonight. His career is over and now maybe we can great a captain who is a leader on and off the ice.
I do not recall once throughout this season his talking to the team on the bench.
He did make a remarkable stop last night but that does not account for the remainder of his screw-up’s continually.
I do expect to put my jersey away after this evening along with all my Salmon King ones.
Oh well, I wasn't even expecting us to make the playoffs this year, so I'm happy with the team and how they did in their 1st year, they're just gunna get better next year.
Better start looking at next year. Rintoul is gone, Soudek is gone. 3 of Crooks, Habscheid, Forsyth, Stahl and Hamilton are staying.
Lineup is looking like this.
Better start looking at next year. Rintoul is gone, Soudek is gone. 3 of Crooks, Habscheid, Forsyth, Stahl and Hamilton are staying.
Lineup is looking like this.
By Travis Paterson - Victoria News
Published: March 29, 2012 3:00 PM
Updated: March 29, 2012 3:53 PM
As the curtain fell on the Victoria Royals first season in the WHL on Wednesday (March 29), it was also the last time Robin Soudek would take off his skates as a Western Hockey League player.
The 21-year-old is one of two graduating players from Royals, with Hayden Rintoul being the other.
Other than for the team that goes all the way to the title, locker clearout is the saddest day in sports.
“I’ve been through a few of these and it still sucks,” said defenceman Tyler Stahl, as the Victoria Royals players moved their gear out of Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre on Thursday and dispersed their separate ways.
The seventh-seed Royals were swept 4-0 by the second-seed Kamloops Blazers the night before in the WHL Western Conference opening-round playoff series.
By Travis Paterson - Victoria News
Published: March 29, 2012 3:00 PM
Updated: March 29, 2012 3:53 PM
As the curtain fell on the Victoria Royals first season in the WHL on Wednesday (March 29), it was also the last time Robin Soudek would take off his skates as a Western Hockey League player.
The 21-year-old is one of two graduating players from Royals, with Hayden Rintoul being the other.
Other than for the team that goes all the way to the title, locker clearout is the saddest day in sports.
“I’ve been through a few of these and it still sucks,” said defenceman Tyler Stahl, as the Victoria Royals players moved their gear out of Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre on Thursday and dispersed their separate ways.
The seventh-seed Royals were swept 4-0 by the second-seed Kamloops Blazers the night before in the WHL Western Conference opening-round playoff series.
Sailor just a reminder to not post full articles as it is copyright if you do, just post a link to the article and quote the main part(s). You could get the posts deleted or even get a warning or infraction. So remember to use [QUOTE] tags for your article posts and dont post the whole thing. Just thought I'd give you a heads up.
I don't see why nobody likes him.. he was arguably our best defenseman and had 50+ points this year.
Maybe it is the -40 while he was on the ice. Maybe it was the continous mistakes of staying on the ice. Does not matter that he had 51 points. with the big negative against him.
Does not matter that he sat on the bench and said nothing to his fellow players to get them going.
He is supposed to be a leader on and off the ice.
Enough said.
There is a new Captain in town next season and a new team.
Royals hope to gain from this season's pain 03 Mar 12
Don’t look for a stand-pat roster just because the Victoria Royals return all but two graduating 20-year-old players for the 2012-13 Western Hockey League season.
“The biggest thing you don’t want is to have complacency set in,” warned GM and head coach Marc Habscheid.
“There is nobody automatic on the team. Our list [each WHL team can protect 50 players] is such that we have good players coming in . . . including 21 forwards for 13 spots.”
Inconsistency in goal was a problem for Victoria. With Royals-protected Coleman Vollrath showing well this season with the Calgary Buffaloes of the Alberta Midget Hockey League, look for him to potentially step up to the WHL level next season in Victoria as a 17-year-old.
By Mario Annicchiarico, timescolonist.com April 18, 2012
The motto, it’s not how you start but rather how you finish, couldn’t be more true for young Haydn Hopkins.
The recently turned 15-year-old potted a pair of goals to lead Team Bruins to a 4-2 win over Team Sabres in the championship final of the Under-16 B.C. Cup hockey tournament, held at Royal LePage Place in West Kelowna last weekend.
“He was good,” said Bruins head coach Scott Hawthorne, who also runs the South Island Thunderbirds major midget program. “He definitely struggled early in putting the puck in the net the first couple of games.
By Mario Annicchiarico, timescolonist.com April 18, 2012
The motto, it’s not how you start but rather how you finish, couldn’t be more true for young Haydn Hopkins.
The recently turned 15-year-old potted a pair of goals to lead Team Bruins to a 4-2 win over Team Sabres in the championship final of the Under-16 B.C. Cup hockey tournament, held at Royal LePage Place in West Kelowna last weekend.
“He was good,” said Bruins head coach Scott Hawthorne, who also runs the South Island Thunderbirds major midget program. “He definitely struggled early in putting the puck in the net the first couple of games.
but that does not account for the remainder of his screw-up’s continually. 
