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The season for both the Victoria Royals and Prince George Cougars could swing on the 14 points the Cougars have taken from the Royals so far.

The Royals lost their third consecutive WHL game, all in Kelowna to the Rockets, in dropping a 9-1 decision Saturday night.

It wasn’t a mirage. Something that hasn’t been seen for a while, a full slate of games in the Western Hockey League, occurred Friday night.

The situation in the Western Hockey League seems to be bearing out what most health officials are saying about the Omicron spike being sharp but short.

It’s not quite a scheduling ­Everest to climb yet, maybe only Mount Douglas, but the game postponements continue ­mounting for the Victoria Royals due to COVID-19 protocols.

“We are in isolation, out of an abundance of caution, and awaiting direction from the league."

Like snow in Victoria, it doesn’t happen too often. But obviously, it does happen occasionally. It’s rare even for an elite team to sweep the Western Hockey League player-of-the-week ­honours, and highly unusual for a team below .

The host Kelowna Rockets defeated the Victoria Royals 5-2, but perhaps the biggest triumph was that a WHL game was played at all Saturday amid a spate of recent postponements in junior hockey.

Keanu Derungs’ world junior hockey championship was cut short this week, and the Victoria Royals winger wasted little time taking out his frustration on the Vancouver Giants.

Missing 12 players to injuries, suspensions or world junior tournaments, the Royals still managed to scrape out a 3-1 victory over the Giants on Monday.