Vernon (3-3-0-1) @ Prince George (1-4-0-2)Today is the second meeting of the season between the defending Royal Bank Cup Champion Vernon Vipers & the Prince George Spruce Kings. Both teams are playing their third game in as many days, as the Vipers are currently on a four game road trip, while the Spruce Kings are on a six game home stand. Todays game starts at 3:00 pm.
Last Game Played:
Saturday, September 26th Vernon defeated Quesnel 5-2
Saturday, September 26th Penticton defeated Prince George 6-2
Next Game:
Friday, October 1st Vernon @ Trail
Friday, October 1st Salmon Arm @ Prince George
Let's take a look at the Vernon Vipers:
Games Played: 7
Wins: 3
Losses: 3
Ties: 0
Overtime Losses: 1
Home Record: 1-2
Road Record: 2-2
Streak: One Game winning streak
Goals For: 19
Goals Against: 21
Standings: 3rd Place
Since the 2002-03 season Vernon is 28-14-1-3 vs. Prince George
Since the 2002-03 season Vernon has outscored Prince George 188-121
Returning Players:
Bryce Kakoske (90)
David Robinson (90)
Blake Voth (91)
Steve Weinstein (90)
Adam Thompson (90)
Dylan Walchuk (92)
Patrick McGillis (91)
Departing & traded players from last years team:
Connor Jones (90)
Mike Collins (90)
Braden Pimm (89)
Cory Kane (90)
Jonathan Milhouse (89)
Kellen Jones (90)
Rob Short (89)
Cole Ikkala (90)
Dan Nycholat (89)
Kevin Kraus (89)
Curtis Gedig (91)
Garrett Noonan (91)
Sahir Gill (92)
Darrin Robak (91)
Graeme Gordon (89)
-The Vipers are currently 1-1 on this four game road trip.
-Vernon will be looking for revenge after Fridays 3-1 loss to the Spruce Kings.
-The Vipers need to stay out of the penalty box, PG scored two early powerplay goals in Fridays game wich was the difference.
-Goaltending will be key for both teams.
-The Vipers need to get lots of pucks and traffic towards Ryan Benitez who made 44 saves vs. Vernon in Fridays game.
-Will see how the Vipers do in their third game in as many days.
Let's take a look at the Prince George Spruce Kings:
Games Played: 7
Wins: 1
Losses: 4
Ties: 0
Overtime Losses: 2
Home Record: 1-4
Road Record: 0-2
Streak: One Game Losing Streak
Goals For: 19
Goals Against: 29
Standings: Tied for 5th place with Quesnel
For more info, stats and great coverage on the Spruce Kings, please visit the Spruce Kings Crusader blog, http://sprucekingscrusader.blogspot.com/
Returning Players:
Nic DeSousa (90)
Justin Fillion (90)
RJay Berra (90)
Kyle Manlow (91)
Jeff Earnest (91)
Jeff Datoff (92)
Luke Hannas (91)
Jeremy Wiebe (91)
Departing & traded players from last years team:
Sam Muchalla (90)
Zac Rasmussen (89)
Joe Morgan (89)
Brad Bourke (89)
Jonathan Gibson (90)
Jesse Scrimbit (0)
Stewart Lambert (90)
Reid Blinkhorn (91)
Kyle Nielsen (90)
Andrew Walsh (90)
-After a 6-2 loss to Penticton last night you can bet Ed Dempseys hockey club will be looking for a better effort and outcome this afternoon.
-Prince George with just one win on the season came against these same Vernon Vipers Friday night with a 3-1 victory.
-Specialty teams will be key this afternoon.
-The Spruce Kings will be looking towards Ryan Benitez to come up with the big save when needed and give PG a chance to win the hockey game.
-Today is the Spruce Kings third game in as many days and their seventh game in the last ten days.
Here’s a look at the season series between these two teams:
Friday, September 24th @ Prince George: Prince George wins 3-1
SCORING SUMMARY
PERIOD 1
Prince George Spruce Kings at 10:13 (PP) - Chris Bodo from Jujhar Khaira
Prince George Spruce Kings at 17:08 (PP) - Chris Bodo from Jujhar Khaira and RJay
Berra
PERIOD 2
No Scoring
PERIOD 3
Vernon Vipers at 12:52 - Elliot Richardson from Marcus Basara and Bryce Kakoske
Prince George Spruce Kings at 14:58 - Justin Fillion from Kyle Manlow
Vernon outshot Prince George 45-15. Ryan Bentiez made 44 saves for the win, while Blake Voth made 10 saves in the loss.
http://www.bchl.ca/leagues/hockey_boxscores.cfm?clientID=1413&leagueID=2393&gameID=840255&link=bchl
Here's a look at both teams rosters:
Vernon:
David Robinson (1-6-7)
Dylan Walchuk (5-3-8)
Steven Weinstein (2-3-5)
Bryce Kakoske (2-3-5)
John Knisley (1-4-5)
Aaron Hadley (1-3-4)
Marcus Basara (1-3-4)
Kyle Murphy (1-3-4)
Michael Zalewski (2-0-2)
Trevor Fitzgerald (2-0-2)
Todd Skirving (0-2-2)
Brett Corkey (0-2-2)
Patrick McGillis (0-1-1)
Philip Patenaude (0-1-1)
Elliot Richardson (1-0-1)
Colton Sparrow (0-1-1)
Malcolm Lyles (0-0-0)
Darren Nowick (0-0-0)
Gus Correale (0-0-0)
Adam Thompson (0-0-0)
Max Mowat (0-0-0)
Bryton Udy (0-1 Record, 4.53 GAA)
Blake Voth (3-3 Record, 2.68 GAA)
Prince George:
Justin Fillion (2-8-10)
Nic DeSousa (3-6-9)
RJay Berra (4-4-8)
Chris Bodo (3-4-7)
Jujhar Khaira (2-3-5)
Derek Henderson (0-4-4)
Kyle Manlow (2-1-3)
Connor Tiechko (0-3-3)
Jeff Earnest (2-0-2)
Tyler Sybil (1-0-1)
Jeff Datoff (0-0-0)
Bennett Hambrook (0-0-0)
Luke Hannas (0-0-0)
Stephen Ryan (0-2-2)
Brendon Fornwald (0-0-0)
Riley Spraggs (0-0-0)
Jeremy Wiebe (0-0-0)
Faiz Khan (0-0-0)
Trevor Esau (0-0-0)
Ryan Benitez (1-3 Record, 3.88 GAA)
Kirk Thompson (0-3 Record, 3.02 GAA)
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