Westside (0-0-0) @ Vernon (2-0-0)Tonight will be the first of a home and home exhibition series between the Vernon Vipers & Westside Warriors. Vernon is coming off a weekend sweep of the Salmon Arm Silverbacks winning both games. Tonight will be the Warriors first exhibition game of the season. Westside has 13 players returning from last years club (Trevor Bailey, Grayson Downing, Brendan Ellis, Quinn Gould, Alex, Grieve, Tyler Krause, Vince Mihalek, Michael Quinn, Cam Reid, Justin Schultz, Kyle Singleton, Joel Woznikozski, & Kevin Jebson) The Warriors also have a new head coach behind the bench this season, Darren Yopyk joined the team this summer after Mark Howell left the club for the University of Calgary.
Heres a look at last years season series:
September 12th @ Westside: Vernon wins 4-2
Cory Kane & Captain Chris Crowell lead the Vipers victory with two pts each. Andrew Hammond makes 31 saves for the win. This was Vernons 2nd win ever in Westside.September 19th @ Vernon: Vernon wins 3-1Kevin Jebson looked shaky between the pipes, allowing three goals in the loss. Mike Collins, Cory Kane (2 pts) and Adam Thompson lead the Vipers scoring.
October 10th @ Vernon: Vernon wins 2-1
The Warriors would score first with a goal from Michael Quinn but the Vipers would score in the 3rd with a goal from Ryan Santana on the powerplay to give Vernon the 2-1 win. Andrew Hammond makes 25 saves for the win, while Kevin Jebson made 28 saves in the loss.
October 24th @ Vernon: Westside wins 5-2
The Vipers didn’t look good all night in a disappointing 5-2 loss. Garrett Watson lead the way with three pts, Justin Schultz & Ron Kelly collected two pts each in the victory. Kevin Jebson made 26 saves for the win.
November 15th @ Westside: Vernon wins 4-1
Mike Collins, Braden Pimm & Chris Crowell all lead the Vipers with two pts each, while Graeme Gordon makes 33 saves in the win, losing his shutout bid in the 3rd period with a goal from Jordan Gagne.
January 2nd @ Vernon: Vernon wins 5-1
Connor Jones, Cory Kane, Cole Ikkala, Sahir Gill & Chris Crowell would hit the scoreboard in a Vipers 5-1 win over the Warriors. Westside;s loan goal would come from, Justin Schultz. Vernon outshot Westside 38-24. Former Burnaby Express goaltender Kevin Jebson took the loss, while former Surrey Eagle & Westside Warrior goaltender, Andrew Hammond took the win between the pipes for the Vipers.
Saturday February 7th @ Westside: Westside wins 4-1
Grayson Downing opened the scoring for the Warriors just 2:14 into the game but Kyle Bigos would reply just three minutes later to tie the game on the powerplay. This would be all the scoring from the Vipers as Westside would score the next three goals skating away with the 4-1 win. Vernon played the night before in Trail, with the team already down with the flu, getting home at 4:30am and then having to jump back on the bus for the trip up the highway to Westside, didn’t make it any easier on the hockey club. It showed on the ice as the Vipers looked tired and out hustled for most of the night. Chad Gehon on the powerplay, and Quinn Gould rounded out the scoring in the 2nd period before Jordan Gagne put the game away on another powerplay goal early into the 3rd period. The Vipers played most of the final two periods shorthanded. Late in the game things got interesting as Mark Howell called a time out while the Warriors were on a two man advantage. With the teams top powerplay unit on the ice, the Warriors rested there top unit sending them back out to finish off the two man advantage. This didn’t sit well with Mark Ferner and the Vipers as comments were said after tonights game, as well as talk around the league coming from other teams & fans. Andrew Hammond took the loss, making 31 saves. Kevin Jebson made 29 saves picking up the win.
Friday February 20th @ Westside: Westside wins 4-3
Michael Quinn would score shorthanded at 18:37 of the 3rd to give the Warriors the 4-3 victory, Quinn lead the way with two goals. Trevor Bailey & Alex Grieve had the other Westside goals. Sahir Gill lead the Viper attack with two goals, while Adam Thompson score the Vipers other goal. Connor & Kellen Jones picked up three assists each in the loss. Kevin Jebson made 32 saves for the win, Graeme Gordon made 27 saves in the loss.
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