It was a moment the Grand Forks, BC product won’t soon forget: It was also a special night for forward 17-year-old Alex Edwards, who scored the first goal to bring Victoria within one goal late in the second period. Recently acquired forward Jake Poole would count the eventual game-winner with his first goal as a Royal, coming midway through the final period. “That was definitely a players’ win,” said Price postgame.” To be honest, after that third goal, we as coaches kind of just stepped back … we really just wanted to let them roll and figure it out, so in every sense – not just the contributions on the ice, not just the distribution of minutes – in every sense, the resiliency, the comeback, the leadership, that had zero to do with the coaches and everything to do with the players.” General Manager and Head Coach Dan Price commended his team for the resiliency they demonstrated in the face of an early deficit: The game saw Victoria (2-7-1-0) complete a comeback by scoring five unanswered goals after trailing 3-0 early in the game on the way to capturing their second straight win. Forward Alex Edwards scored his first career WHL goal in the winįorward Carter Dereniwsky collected two points with a goal and an assist to lead the Victoria Royals to a 5-3 comeback victory over the Brandon Wheat Kings on Saturday at the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre.

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