Jan 20, 2017
WHL: Phillips scores hat trick to lead Royals over Oil Kings
Matthew Phillips scored a hat trick and Tyler Soy had four assists to lead the Victoria Royals to a 6-3 victory over the Edmonton Oil Kings on Thursday night in Western Hockey League play.
The Canadian Press
EDMONTON — Matthew Phillips scored a hat trick and Tyler Soy had four assists to lead the Victoria Royals to a 6-3 victory over the Edmonton Oil Kings on Thursday night in Western Hockey League play.
Jack Walker, Jared Dmytriw and Chaz Reddekopp rounded out the attack for the Royals (25-18-4), who won their third in a row.
Will Warm, Artyom Baltruk and Trey Fix-Wolansky had goals for Edmonton (18-23-4), which dropped its sixth straight.
Griffen Outhouse made 18 saves for the win in net as Patrick Dea stopped 36 shots in defeat.
Victoria was 2 for 8 on the power play while the Oil Kings scored once on four power-play opportunities.