{"id":2283374,"date":"2026-02-15T23:18:25","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T23:18:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2283374"},"modified":"2026-02-15T23:18:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T23:18:25","slug":"penticton-vees-defeat-victoria-royals-5-2-after-slow-first-period","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/penticton-vees-defeat-victoria-royals-5-2-after-slow-first-period\/","title":{"rendered":"Penticton Vees defeat Victoria Royals 5-2 after slow first period"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<h2 class=\"newsheadline hasfull\">Vees sweep Royals 5-2<\/h2>\n<div class=\"gallery\" id=\"photo4264156\">\n<div class=\"gallery_img hdgallery\"><\/p>\n<p>Photo: Cherie Morgan<\/p>\n<p>Penticton Vees defeated the Victoria Royals 5-2 on Feb. 14.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Penticton Vees swept the Victoria Royals 5-2 after a slow first period on home ice Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>The Royals found the back of the net first at the end of the first period. But during the second period, Jacob Kvasnicka snuck one in off the post on the power play for the Vees to even the score.<\/p>\n<p>Then, Brady Birnie caught a bouncing puck and ripped it into the net. He was quickly followed by Diego Johnson 24 seconds later, who made the lead 3-1 for the Vees heading into the third period.<\/p>\n<p>In the third period, the Royals took a point under the crossbar. But the Vee&#8217;s Tristan Petersen shot the puck off the bar, off the back of the Royal&#8217;s goalie and into the net, to make the score 4-2.<\/p>\n<p>Kvasnicka netted an empty net goal, making the final score to 5-2.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Vees climb to 34-11-4-4 on the season with the win and are just one win away from tying the Everett Silvertips for most wins in an expansion season by a WHL club,&#8221; reads a Penticton Vees Hockey Club press release.<\/p>\n<p>Up next, the Vees host the Prince George Cougars at the South Okanagan Events Centre on Family Day at 2 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><strong>GAME STATS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Shots:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Vees- 29<\/p>\n<p>Royals- 23<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scoring:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Vees- Jacob Kvasnicka (2), Brady Birnie, Diego Johnson, Tristan Petersen<\/p>\n<p>Royals- Seth Fryer, Roan Woodward<\/p>\n<p><strong>Power Plays:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Vees- 1\/3<\/p>\n<p>Royals- 0\/7<\/p>\n<p><strong>Goaltending:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Vees- AJ Reyelts &#8211; 21\/23<\/p>\n<p>Royals- Ethan Eskit &#8211; 24\/28<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.castanet.net \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vees sweep Royals 5-2 Photo: Cherie Morgan Penticton Vees defeated the Victoria Royals 5-2 on Feb. 14. The Penticton Vees swept the Victoria Royals 5-2 after a slow first period on home ice Saturday night. The Royals found the back of the net first at the end of the first period. 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