Friday, January 21, 2011

(Game Preview) Powell River @ Vernon:

Powell River (35-6-3-2) @ Vernon (26-8-4-8)

Tonight is the second and final meeting of the regular season between the defending back to back Royal Bank Cup Champion Vernon Vipers & the Powell River Kings. The Vipers are coming off a 6-0 victory Tuesday night over the Merritt Centennials giving Vernon a four game winning streak. The Kings are making their one and only visit to the Wesbild Centre riding a current six game winning streak. Tonight is Powell River's fourth game of a current five game Interior road trip.

Last Game Played:

Tuesday, January 18th Vernon defeated Merritt 6-0
Wednesday, January 19th Powell River defeated Trail 5-3

Next Game:

Saturday, January 22nd Coquitlam @ Vernon
Saturday, January 22nd Powell River @ Penticton

Let's take a look at the Vernon Vipers:

Games Played: 47
Wins: 26
Losses: 9
Ties: 4
Overtime Losses: 8
Home Record: 10-4-2-4
Road Record: 16-5-2-4
Streak: Four game winning streak
Last Ten Games: 6-1-1-2
Goals For: 154
Goals Against:111
Standings: 1st Place

Since the 2003-04 regular season Vernon is 8-4-0-1 vs. Powell River

Since the 2003-04 regular season Vernon has outscored Powell River 46-36

Since the 2003-04 regular season Vernon is 6-0-0-0 at home vs. Powell River

Since the 2003-04 regular season Vernon is 2-5-0-0 in Powell River

The Vernon Lakers changed their name to the Vernon Vipers to start the 1995-96 season. Here’s a look at the Vipers all-time regular season record

Games Played: 947
Wins: 609
Losses: 243
Ties: 15
Overtime Losses: 83

For more stats & former Vernon Junior Hockey Team rosters & lineups please visit Paul’s Vernon Junior Hockey History website,

http://members.shaw.ca/vernonfranchise/index.html

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)

Vernon's Powerplay vs. Powell River this season:

1-5

At Home vs. Powell River:

0-0-0-0

On The Road vs. Powell River:

0-1-0-0

Vernon's scoring leaders vs. Powell River this season:

Dylan Walchuk (0-1-1)
Aaron Hadley (0-1-1)
Michael Zalewski (1-0-1)
Bryce Kakoske (0-1-1)
Adam Thompson (1-0-1)

Blake Voth (0-1 Record)

Key’s and Notes to tonight’s game:

-The Vipers are riding a four game winning streak

-Blake Voth is second in the league's top ten goaltenders with a 2.05 GAA

-Vernon's powerplay is 14th in the BCHL

-Tonight is a rematch of the past two BCHL Championships
-The Vipers have the league's 7th best penalty kill

-Defenceman Phillip Patenaude is currently out of the lineup with a concussion. Patenaude has played just one game since December, 11th in a game vs. the Alberni Valley Bulldogs

-Vernon is 5-3-1-2 vs the Coastal Conference this season
-The Vipers have the league’s second best goal’s against, giving up just 111 goals this season

-Vernon is going to have to play very defensive and make very little mistakes vs. a Powell River team that has a lot of depth down it’s roster. The Kings get scoring from almost every line and will have to be matched shift after shift in order to try and shut them down

-Tonight is Vernon’s second game of a current five game home stand

-The Vipers have just three games away from home, left on the schedule

-The Vipers are ranked 18th in the CJHL National Rankings

-Vernon has won three out of it’s last four home games

-The Vipers who have had trouble’s scoring goals this season, have scored twenty goals in their last four games

-Tonight will be Vernon’s toughest test of the year, facing off against the league’s best

-Vernon who has trouble’s putting the puck in the net, will have to get lot’s of pucks and traffic towards the Kings net, and go to the grey areas if they want to knock off the Kings

-The Vipers will have to play a full solid 60 minutes tonight if they want to defeat a very tough Powell River squad

Let's take a look at the Powell River Kings:

Games Played: 46
Wins: 35
Losses: 6
Ties: 3
Overtime Losses: 2
Home Record: 20-3-0-1
Road Record: 15-3-3-1
Streak: Six game winning streak
Last Ten Games: 9-1-0-0
Goals For: 166
Goals Against: 81
Standings: 1st Place

For more coverage and info on the Powell River Kings, please visit Fraser Rodgers Powell River Kings blog, http://www.powellriverkings.blogspot.com/

Returning Players:

Chad Niddery (90)
Matt Garbowsky (90)
Justin Dasilva (90)
Andrew Pettitt (90)
Brenden Forbes (92)
Carter Shinkaruk (91)
Teagan Waugh (92)
Klay Kachur (91)
Braden Pears (93)
Jason Yee (90)
Michael Garteig (91)

Departing & traded players from last years team:

Jordan Grant (90)
Mat Bodie (90)
Darcy Huisman (89)
Mitch Labreche (90)
Ben Schmidt (89)
Reid Campbell (89)
Daniel Carr (91)
Cody Rainaldi (89)
Robbie Bailey (89)
Alex McDougall (90)
Josh Watson (90)

Powell River's Powerplay vs. Vernon this season:

1-4

At Home vs. Vernon:

1-0-0-0

On The Road vs. Vernon:

0-0

Powell River's scoring leaders vs. Vernon this season:

Justin Dasilva (1-2-3)
Daniel Schuler (1-1-2)
Matt Garbowsky (1-1-2)
Brendan Hawryluk (0-1-1)
Andrew Pettitt (0-1-1)
Carter Shinkaruk (1-0-0)
Mike Sones (1-0-1)
Cohen Adair (0-1-1)

Michael Garteig (1-0 Record)

Key’s and Notes to tonight’s game:

-Tonight is the Kings third game of a current five game Interior road trip

-Powell River comes into tonight’s game on a six game winning streak

-Two of the league’s top defensive clubs, will both be looking for the other team to make the first mistake

-Both teams need to capitalise on their chances

-The Kings have won fifteen of their last sixteen games

-Powell River has the league’s best goals against, giving up just 81 goals

-The Kings have Chad Niddery (18-42-60) & Matt Garbowsky (33-24-57) who are both in the league’s top twenty in scoring

-Michael Garteig (27-7-3 Record) is the league’s top goaltender, while rookie Sean Maguire (8-1 Record) is 3rd in the league’s top ten goaltenders

-Powell River has the 10th best powerplay in the BCHL

-The Kings have the #1 ranked penalty kill

-Powell River is 11-1-0-0 vs. the Interior Conference this season

-The Kings come into tonight’s contest ranked 3rd in all of Canada in the CJHL National Rankings

-The Kings who have a very veteran hockey club this year, are a lot like the Vipers team from last season

-Powell River who has just three regulation losses away from home plays very well on the road

-The Kings will have to get off to a good start and try and get the crowd out of the game, keep the game plan simple and try and use their veteran experience over a very young Viper lineup

Here’s a look at the season series between these two teams:

Wednesday, November 17th @ Powell River: Powell River wins 5-2

SCORING SUMMARY

PERIOD 1

Powell River Kings at 17:05 - Carter Shinkaruk from Cohen Adair and Andrew Pettitt
Powell River Kings at 19:50 (PP) - Daniel Schuler from Matt Garbowsky and Justin Dasilva

PERIOD 2

Vernon Vipers at 15:56 (PP) - Adam Thompson from Dylan Walchuk and Bryce Kakoske

PERIOD 3

Vernon Vipers at 1:13 - Michael Zalewski from Aaron Hadley
Powell River Kings at 9:51 - Justin Dasilva from Brendan Hawryluk
Powell River Kings at 10:35 - Matt Garbowsky from Justin Dasilva and Daniel Schuler
Powell River Kings at 19:18 (EN) - Mike Sones (unassisted)

Powell River outshot Vernon 32-27. Michael Garteig made 26 saves for the win, while Blake Voth made 27 saves in the loss.

http://www.bchl.ca/leagues/hockey_boxscores.cfm?clientID=1413&leagueID=2393&gameID=840254&link=bchl

Here's a look at both teams rosters:

Vernon:

Dylan Walchuk (19-27-46)
Bryce Kakoske (13-25-38)
David Robinson (22-15-37)
Michael Zalewski (12-17-29)
John Knisley (7-23-30)
Kyle Murphy (13-17-30)
Adam Thompson (6-18-24)
Marcus Basara (11-12-23)
Malcolm Lyles (6-16-22)
Aaron Hadley (9-12-21)
Steven Weinstein (3-15-18)
Darren Nowick (5-13-18)
Trevor Fitzgerald (7-10-17)
Brett Corkey (1-16-17)
Patrick McGillis (8-8-16)
Max Mowat (1-11-12)
Ryan Renz (4-9-13)
Colton Sparrow (0-5-5)
Zach McPhee (3-1-4)
Dane Muench (1-1-2)
Philip Patenaude (0-1-1)

Kirby Halcrow With Quesnel (5-18-1 Record, 3.56 GAA)
With Vernon (5-2-1 Record, 2.29 GAA)
Blake Voth (20-10-3 Record, 3 Shutouts, 2.05 GAA)

Powell River:

Chad Niddery (18-42-60)
Matt Garbowsky (33-24-57)
Justin Dasilva (8-29-37)
Cohen Adair (19-17-36)
Daniel Schuler (10-24-34)
Andrew Pettitt (14-19-33)
Craig Dalrymple (8-17-25)
Brenden Forbes (7-13-20)
Carter Shinkaruk (7-13-20)
Teagan Waugh (9-9-18)
Jon Jutzi (5-11-16)
Mike Sones (7-8-15)
Chris Williams (4-10-14)
Steven Schmidt (7-5-12)
Klay Kachur (1-8-9)
Jason Yee (0-7-7)
Brendan Hawryluk (4-2-6)
Braden Pears (1-5-6)
Scott Renner (3-2-5)
Bond Hawryluk (1-2-3)
Justin Bardarson (0-1-1)

Michael Garteig (27-7-3 Record, 6 Shutouts, 1.62 GAA)
Sean Maguire (8-1 Record, 2 Shutouts, 2.06 GAA)

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