LANGLEY, British Columbia (Interstat) — Victoria will visit Vancouver on Friday in a minor league hockey game at Langley Events Centre. The Royals enter with an 8-3 record, while the Giants are 8-6.

Victoria is the visiting team. The Royals’ most recent result was a 4-1 win over Kelowna. Cameron Schmidt is a player to watch for Victoria. Schmidt had a goal and an assist in his most recent game and has recorded a goal and an assist in each of his past two appearances. He also had eight shots on goal in the first of those two games and nine shots on goal in a game at Red Deer. Schmidt had a goal, an assist and two shots on goal in a win over Kelowna, and he had two assists and 12 penalty minutes at Medicine Hat. Schmidt also had four shots on goal against Brandon and five shots on goal at Lethbridge. Ashton Brown scored a goal and Ludovic Perreault added an assist in Victoria’s recent win over Kelowna. Victoria also has recent wins over Lethbridge, Calgary and Medicine Hat and a shootout win over Kelowna. The Royals have scored at least five goals in four of their past seven games. Victoria also has a win at Kamloops and recent losses at Edmonton and at Red Deer.

Vancouver is the home team. The Giants’ most recent result was a 3-1 loss at Portland. Joe Iginla is a player to watch for Vancouver. Iginla scored a goal and recorded three shots on goal in that game. He also scored two goals in a win at Seattle and has recorded at least one shot on goal in each of his past nine games. Iginla had five shots on goal against Seattle and four shots on goal against Swift Current. Iginla had three shots on goal at Penticton and three shots on goal at Seattle. Brett Olson added an assist and Mathis Preston recorded five shots on goal in the Portland game. Vancouver won consecutive games at Prince George and followed with a win at Penticton. The Giants also won at Seattle and defeated Seattle at home. The Giants also have a shootout loss to Kamloops and a shootout loss to Brandon this season.

In the most recent meeting between the teams, Victoria earned a 4-1 win over Vancouver. Victoria next is scheduled to visit Wenatchee. Vancouver next is scheduled to host Prince George.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Victoria 4, Vancouver 3. Interstat’s ELO system gives Victoria a 54.4 percent probability to win. The over/under for the game is 6.5.