Sunday, February 20, 2011

(Game Preview) Quesnel @ Vernon:


Quesnel (13-36-3-6) @ Vernon (35-11-4-9)

Today is the sixth and final meeting of the regular season between the defending back to back Royal Bank Cup Champion Vernon Vipers & the Quesnel Millionaires. Tonight is the Vipers final game of the regular season after coming off a 4-2 victory over the visiting Trail Smoke Eaters Friday night. Today is the Millionaires final game of the regular season after coming off a 5-2 loss to the Penticton Vees. The Mills will finish the regular season on a three game road trip.

Last Game Played:

Friday, February 18th Vernon defeated Trail 4-2
Saturday, February 19th Penticton defeated Quesnel 5-2

Next Game:

Vernon get’s the bye in the first round of the BCHL playoffs
Friday, February 25th (Game 1) Quesnel @ Penticton or Salmon Arm

Let's take a look at the Vernon Vipers:

Games Played: 59
Wins: 35
Losses: 11
Ties: 4
Overtime Losses: 9
Home Record: 17-5-2-5
Road Record: 18-6-2-4
Streak: Two game winning streak
Last Ten Games: 7-2-0-1
Goals For: 194
Goals Against:141
Standings: 1st Place

Since the 2002-03 season Vernon is 40-7-2-1 vs. Quesnel

Since the 2002-03 season Vernon has outscored Quesnel 235-107

Since the 2003-04 season Vernon is 16-0-2-1 at home vs. Quesnel

Since the 2003-04 season Vernon is 18-5-0-0 in Quesnel

The Vipers are 9-0-1-0 in their last ten games at home vs. the Millionaires

The Vipers are 10-0-0-0 in their last ten games on the road vs. the Millionaires

Quesnel’s last win at the Wesbild Centre was a 4-3 overtime win back on Saturday, October 18th 2003. Since then the Millionaires lost 26 straight games to the Vipers before picking up a 1-1 tie in Vernon back on Wednesday, October 6th 2010

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: 959
Wins: 618
Losses: 245
Ties: 15
Overtime Losses: 84

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. Quesnel this season:

9-33

At Home vs. Quesnel:

1-0-1-0

On The Road vs. Quesnel:

3-0-0-0

Vernon’s scoring leaders vs. Quesnel this season:

John Knisley (2-5-7)
Dylan Walchuk (2-5-7)
Bryce Kakoske (2-3-5)
David Robinson (3-2-5)
Kyle Murphy (3-2-5)
Darren Nowick (0-4-4)
Steven Weinstein (1-3-4)
Trevor Fitzgerald (2-2-4)
Adam Thompson (1-3-4)
Brett Corkey (0-4-4)
Marcus Basara (2-1-3)
Max Mowat (0-2-2)
Michael Zalewski (2-0-2)
Malcolm Lyles (0-1-1)
Colton Sparrow (0-1-1)
Patrick McGillis (0-1-1)
Aaron Hadley (0-1-1)
Zach McPhee (1-0-1)
Dane Muench (1-0-1)

Blake Voth (4-0-1 Record)

Key’s and Notes to tonight’s game:

-Vernon won it’s 15th Interior Division Pennent last night with a 4-2 victory over Trail. The Vipers will now get a first round bye in the BCHL playoffs

-The Vipers have the league's 5th best penalty kill

-Since defeating Quesnel 4-3 back on January, 14th the Vipers have gone 11-2-0-1

-The Vipers have the league’s second best goal’s against, giving up just 141 goals this season

-Blake Voth is 4-0-1-0 against Quesnel in his career

-Vernon is 21-3-3-8 when scoring the games first goal

-The Vipers are 14-8-1-1 when giving up the first goal of the game

-The Vipers are ranked 8th in the CJHL National Rankings

-Blake Voth (24-11-3 Record, 4 shutouts) is second in the league's top ten goaltenders with a 2.12 GAA

-Vernon has won five of its last six home games

-Vernon's powerplay is 12th in the BCHL

-Tonight is basically a game where Vernon can rest up any small nagging injuries as well as work on specialty teams and try and work out some kinks before the second round of the BCHL playoffs

Let's take a look at the Quesnel Millionaires:

Games Played: 59
Wins: 13
Losses: 37
Ties: 3
Overtime Losses: 6
Home Record: 11-15-2-2
Road Record: 2-22-1-4
Streak: Two game losing streak
Last Ten Games: 2-7-0-1
Goals For: 140
Goals Against: 247
Standings: 7th Place

Returning Players:

Clayton Chessa (91)
Spencer Graboski (93)
Skyler Smutek (90)
Chris Kerr (92)
Anderson White (91)

Departing & traded players from last years team:

Sam Higgins (90)
Justin Hogan (90)
Trever Hertz (89)
Taylor Holst (89)
Darick Ste-Marie (89)
Eliot Raibl (89)
Joshua Desmarais (89)
Jacob Verheyden (89)
Rylan Stanyer (90)
Mitch Galbraith (90)
Tyler Billon (92)
Tyson Price (91)
Marley Keca (93)
Brandon Watson (92)
Luke Siemens (92)
Kirby Halcrow (91)
Tyler French (90)

Quesnel’s Powerplay vs. Vernon this season:

0-19

At Home vs. Vernon:

0-3-0-0

On The Road vs. Vernon:

0-1-1-0

Quesnel’s scoring leaders vs. Vernon this season:

Malcolm Gould (4-0-4)
Justin Hogan (1-2-3)
Daryl DeVries (1-2-3)
Derek Huisman (2-1-3)
Skyler Smutek (0-3-3)
Spencer Graboski (2-1-3)
Sam Higgins (0-2-2)
Devin Balness (0-2-2)
Chris Blessing (0-1-1)
Chris Kerr (0-1-1)
Michael Spring (0-1-1)
Shawn Mueller (0-1-1)
Taylor Orser (0-1-1)

Adam Harris (0-1 Record)
Bryton Udy (0-1 Record)

Key’s and Notes to tonight’s game:

-Quesnel will finish the regular season in 7th place and face either Penticton or Salmon Arm in the first round of the BCHL playoffs.

-The Mills havnt played in Vernon since a 8-1 loss to the Vipers back on October, 23rd

-Quesnel has troubles putting the puck in the net, scoring a league low 140 goals

-The Millionaires also have troubles keeping the puck out of the net, giving up 247 goals wich is 3rd from the bottom

-Quesnel has the league’s worst powerplay, ranked at 16th

-The Mills have the league’s worst penalty kill, ranked at 16th

-The Millionaires have lost nine straight away from home. Quesnel’s last win on the road was a 5-4 overtime win in Langley back on December, 18th

-Tonight could be a battle of two former team mates of both teams. Bryton Udy and Kirby Halcrow both could face their old team this afternoon

-Bryton Udy is 3-15-2 with a 3.79 GAA since being traded to Quesnel

-Since losing 4-3 to Vernon back on January, 14th the Mills have gone 2-9-1-2

-Tonight is also a mean nothing game for Quesnel, other then playing for team pride and preparing for the BCHL playoffs

-Quesnel has struggled away from home collecting just two wins on the road all season

-The Mills have just two wins in their last ten games

-The Millionaires have just two twenty year olds on their current roster

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

Saturday, September 25th @ Quesnel: Vernon wins 5-2

SCORING SUMMARY

PERIOD 1

Vernon Vipers at 11:46 (PP) - Michael Zalewski from Steven Weinstein and John Knisley
Vernon Vipers at 16:27 - Trevor Fitzgerald from Todd Skirving and Colton Sparrow

PERIOD 2

Vernon Vipers at 7:16 (PP) - Bryce Kakoske from Steven Weinstein and John Knisley

PERIOD 3

Vernon Vipers at 0:41 (PP) - Steven Weinstein from Dylan Walchuk and Kyle Murphy
Quesnel Millionaires at 1:51 - Justin Hogan from Spencer Graboski and Sam Higgins
Vernon Vipers at 12:46 (PP) - Kyle Murphy from Todd Skirving and Brett Corkey
Quesnel Millionaires at 14:26 - Derek Huisman from Daryl DeVries and Sam Higgins

Vernon outshot Quesnel 35-15. Blake Voth made 13 saves for the win, while Kirby Halcrow made 30 saves in the loss.

http://www.bchl.ca/leagues/hockey_boxscores.cfm?clientID=1413&leagueID=2393&gameID=840258&link=bchl

Wednesday, October 6th @ Vernon: 1-1 Tie

SCORING SUMMARY

PERIOD 1

No Scoring

PERIOD 2

Vernon Vipers at 9:43 - John Knisley from Brett Corkey and Darren Nowick

PERIOD 3

Quesnel Millionaires at 17:52 - Devin Balness from Skyler Smutek

Overtime

No Scoring

Vernon outshot Quesnel 48-23. Blake Voth made 22 saves while Kirby Halcrow made 47 saves.

http://www.bchl.ca/leagues/hockey_boxscores.cfm?clientID=1413&leagueID=2393&gameID=840146&link=bchl

Saturday, October 23rd @ Vernon: Vernon wins 8-1

SCORING SUMMARY

PERIOD 1

Vernon Vipers at 12:29 - Dylan Walchuk from Patrick McGillis and Darren Nowick
Vernon Vipers at 15:04 - David Robinson from Bryce Kakoske and Brett Corkey
Vernon Vipers at 19:59 - David Robinson from Darren Nowick and Dylan Walchuk

PERIOD 2

Quesnel Millionaires at 6:10 - Malcolm Gould from Justin Hogan
Vernon Vipers at 12:47 - Bryce Kakoske from Aaron Hadley and John Knisley
Vernon Vipers at 14:45 - Marcus Basara from Max Mowat and Trevor Fitzgerald
Vernon Vipers at 17:09 (SH) - David Robinson from Max Mowat
Vernon Vipers at 18:24 - Trevor Fitzgerald from Malcolm Lyles and Kyle Murphy

PERIOD 3

Vernon Vipers at 5:49 (PP) - Marcus Basara from John Knisley and Adam Thompson

Vernon outshot Quesnel 36-25. Blake Voth made 24 saves for the win, while Adam Harris made 28 saves taking the loss.

http://www.bchl.ca/leagues/hockey_boxscores.cfm?clientID=1413&leagueID=2393&gameID=840147&link=bchl

Friday, October 29th @ Quesnel: Vernon wins 4-3

SCORING SUMMARY

PERIOD 1

Quesnel Millionaires at 4:34 - Malcolm Gould from Devin Balness and Justin Hogan

PERIOD 2

Quesnel Millionaires at 17:24 (PP) - Malcolm Gould from Devin Balness and Skyler Smutek

PERIOD 3

Vernon Vipers at 2:01 (PP) - Dylan Walchuk from Bryce Kakoske and Brett Corkey
Quesnel Millionaires at 7:02 (PP) - Spencer Graboski from Chris Kerr and Chris Blessing
Vernon Vipers at 13:29 (PP) - John Knisley from Adam Thompson and Dylan Walchuk
Vernon Vipers at 14:46 (PP) - Kyle Murphy from Adam Thompson and Bryce Kakoske
Vernon Vipers at 18:44 - Michael Zalewski from Dylan Walchuk and John Knisley

Vernon outshot Quesnel 43-21. Blake Voth made 18 saves in the win, while Kirby Halcrow made 39 saves in the loss.

http://www.bchl.ca/leagues/hockey_boxscores.cfm?clientID=1413&leagueID=2393&gameID=840259&link=bchl

Friday, January 14th @ Quesnel: Vernon wins 4-3

SCORING SUMMARY

PERIOD 1

Quesnel Millionaires at 7:07 - Derek Huisman from Daryl DeVries and Taylor Orser
Vernon Vipers at 15:10 (PP) - Adam Thompson from David Robinson and Steven Weinstein

PERIOD 2

Vernon Vipers at 5:04 - Kyle Murphy from Marcus Basara and David Robinson
Vernon Vipers at 7:10 - Dane Muench from Dylan Walchuk and Darren Nowick
Quesnel Millionaires at 14:54 - Malcolm Gould from Derek Huisman and Michael Spring

PERIOD 3

Vernon Vipers at 3:02 - Zach McPhee from Trevor Fitzgerald
Quesnel Millionaires at 15:14 - Spencer Graboski from Shawn Mueller and Skyler Smutek

Quesnel outshot Vernon 28-27. Blake Voth made 25 saves in the win, while Bryton Udy made 23 saves in the loss.

http://www.bchl.ca/leagues/hockey_boxscores.cfm?clientID=1413&leagueID=2393&gameID=840260&link=bchl

Here's a look at both teams rosters:

Vernon:

Dylan Walchuk (24-30-54)
David Robinson (31-17-48)
Bryce Kakoske (16-32-48)
Kyle Murphy (18-24-42)
John Knisley (10-25-35)
Malcolm Lyles (8-22-30)
Michael Zalewski (12-17-29)
Adam Thompson (7-22-29)
Marcus Basara (12-16-28)
Darren Nowick (9-17-26)
Patrick McGillis (12-12-24)
Aaron Hadley (9-15-24)
Steven Weinstein (5-18-23)
Brett Corkey (1-22-23)
Trevor Fitzgerald (7-11-18)
Max Mowat (2-13-15)
Ryan Renz (4-10-14)
Colton Sparrow (1-6-7)
Dane Muench (1-4-5)
Zach McPhee (3-1-4)
Philip Patenaude (0-1-1)

Kirby Halcrow With Quesnel (5-18-1 Record, 3.56 GAA)
With Vernon (9-4-1 Record, 2.34 GAA)
Blake Voth (25-11-3 Record, 4 Shutouts, 2.12 GAA)

Quesnel:

Spencer Graboski (15-21-36)
Skyler Smutek (8-27-35)
Malcolm Gould (14-17-31)
Derek Huisman (14-14-28)
Chris Blessing (10-16-26)
Chris Kerr (7-17-24)
Shawn Mueller (10-12-22)
Daryl DeVries (8-11-19)
Michael Spring (10-8-18)
Thomas Hardy (6-11-17)
David Thompson (5-9-14)
Chris Allbee (5-5-10)
Rigby Burgart (5-5-10)
Anderson White (3-6-9)
Stefan Gonzales (1-8-9)
Bradley Buckingham (4-3-7)
Quin Buckellew (1-4-5)
Kiefer McNaughton (1-4-5)
Chad Roorda (0-1-1)
David Ahl (0-0-0)
Austin Baecker (0-0-0)

Bryton Udy (4-19-3 Record, 3.67 GAA)
Adam Harris (4-9 Record, 1 Shutout, 4.84 GAA)

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