WENATCHEE, Wash. (Interstat) — The Victoria Royals will be the visiting team Sunday against the Wenatchee Wild in a minor league hockey game at Town Toyota Center in Wenatchee, Wash. Victoria enters with an 8-4 record, while Wenatchee is 6-7. Victoria’s record includes a 4-1 home win over Vancouver and a 6-1 road win at Medicine Hat. Wenatchee’s 6-7 record includes a 2-0 home win over Penticton. Victoria’s most recent result was a 6-1 loss at Vancouver. Cameron Schmidt scored in that game and recorded four shots on goal. Nolan Stewart had an assist and one shot, and Ashton Brown recorded three shots and two penalty minutes.

Schmidt, a right wing, is Victoria’s player to watch. Over his last eight games, he has five goals and six assists with 35 shots on goal and 20 penalty minutes. That stretch includes a one-goal, one-assist effort with two shots and two penalty minutes against Kelowna, a one-goal, one-assist performance with eight shots, and a one-goal, one-assist game with nine shots at Red Deer. He also had two assists and 12 penalty minutes at Medicine Hat.

Wenatchee’s most recent result was a 5-4 shootout win over Prince George at home. Ty Coupland had one goal and two assists with four shots in that game. Boston Tait added one goal and two assists with four shots, and Caelan Joudrey finished with one goal, one assist, three shots and two penalty minutes. Coupland, a center, is Wenatchee’s player to watch. In his last five games, he has three goals and four assists with 19 shots and 10 penalty minutes. He recorded one goal and two assists with four shots against Prince George, one assist and one shot with 10 penalty minutes against Medicine Hat, and one goal with four shots against Kamloops. He also had one assist with seven shots against Kamloops and one goal with three shots against Penticton.

The Wild have won three of their last four games, including a 7-2 home win over Medicine Hat and a 5-3 home win over Kamloops. Victoria has won four of its last six games, with home wins over Kelowna and a road win at Lethbridge among those results. The Royals’ most recent home result was a 4-1 win over Kelowna. Wenatchee’s recent home slate includes the shootout win over Prince George, the win over Medicine Hat, a 5-4 win over Kamloops and a 2-0 win over Penticton.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Victoria 3, Wenatchee 2. Interstat’s ELO system projects Victoria with a 52.6 percent probability to win.