Saturday, October 1, 2011

(Game Preview) Prince George @ Vernon:

Prince George (1-2-0-0) @ Vernon (3-0-0-0)

Tonight the Prince George Spruce Kings come into town finishing up a mini two game road trip.  PG started the first game of the road trip with a 0-2 loss in Penticton last night.  The Spruce Kings will head home after tonight and play five of their next six on home ice.  Vernon comes home after a mini two game road trip with a 5-4 overtime win in Salmon Arm last weekend and then a 5-2 victory last night in Westside.  Tonight is the Vipers first of three straight on home ice. 

Last Game Played:

Friday, September 30th Vernon defeated Westside 5-2
Friday, September 30th Penticton defeated Prince George 9-2

Next Game:

Wednesday, October 5th Westside @ Vernon
Friday, October 7th Penticton @ Prince George

Since the 2002-03 season Vernon is 32-14-1-4 vs. Prince George

Since the 2002-03 season Vernon has outscored Prince George 208-130

Since the 2003-04 season Vernon is 11-3-1-4 at home vs. Prince George

Since the 2003-04 season Vernon is 13-8-0-1 in Prince George

The Vipers are 7-1-0-2 in their last ten games at home vs. the Spruce Kings

The Vipers are 7-3-0-0 in their last ten games on the road vs. the Spruce Kings

The Vipers are 8-1-0-1 in their last ten games vs. Prince George

Prince George's last win at the Wesbild Centre was a 3-2 overtime victory on Sunday, October 24th 2010

The Vipers went 4-1-0-1 vs Prince George last season during the regular season.

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


Lets take a look at the Vernon Vipers:

Games Played: 3
Wins: 3
Losses: 0
Ties: 0
Overtime Losses: 0
Home Record: 1-0-0-0
Road Record: 2-0-0-0
Goals For: 15
Goals Against: 7
Standings: Tied with Westside for 1st Place

Vernon Vipers Returning Players:

Marcus Basara (93)
Brett Corkey (92)
Aaron Hadley (93)
John Knisley (92)
Patrick McGillis (91)
Max Mowat (93)
Darren Nowick (91)
Ryan Renz (93)
Colton Sparrow (93)
Michael Zalewski (92)
Kirby Halcrow (91)

Vernon Vipers Departing & traded players from last years team:

Dylan Walchuk (92)
David Robinson (90)
Bryce Kakoske (90)
Malcolm Lyles (90)
Trevor Fitzgerald (92)
Adam Thompson (90)
Steven Weinstein (90)
Kyle Murphy (90)
Dane Muench (92)
Philip Patenaude (91)
Zach McPhee (93)
Blake Voth (91)

Vernons Home record vs. Prince George last season:

2-0-0-1

Vernons Road record vs. Prince George last season:

2-1-0-0

Vernons Powerplay vs. Prince George last season:

3-25

Vernons scoring leaders vs. Prince George last season:

John Knisley (2-5-7)
Marcus Basara (2-4-6)
David Robinson (3-1-4)
Bryce Kakoske (0-4-4)
Aaron Hadley (1-3-4)
Malcolm Lyles (1-2-3)
Trevor Fitzgerald (2-1-3)
Darren Nowick (0-3-3)
Kyle Murphy (1-2-3)
Steven Weinstein (1-2-3)
Patrick McGillis (2-1-3)
Brett Corkey (0-3-3)
Dylan Walchuk (2-0-2)
Michael Zalewski (0-2-2)
Adam Thompson (0-2-2)
Colton Sparrow (0-1-1)

Blake Voth (2-1 Record)
Kirby Halcrow (1-0 Record)

Let's take a look at the trades the Vipers have made so far this season.

27-Jun-11 The Vernon Vipers Hockey Club acquires the CJHL playing rights of Luke Juha (93)(D) from the Burlington Cougars Hockey Club of the OJHL in exchange for future considerations.

02-Aug-11 The Vernon Vipers Hockey Club transfers the playing rights of Dane Muench (92)(F), Phillip Patenaude (91)(D) and future considerations to the Kindersley Klippers Hockey Club in exchange for the playing rights of Jarryd Ten Vannholt and Justin Elliot.

19-Sep-11 The Vernon Vipers Hockey Club transfers the playing rights of Jarryd Ten Vaanholt (91)(F) to the Victoria Grizzles Hockey Club in exchange for future considerations.


Lets take a look at the Prince George Spruce Kings:

Games Played: 3
Wins: 1
Losses: 2
Ties: 0
Overtime Losses: 0
Home Record: 1-1-0-0
Road Record: 0-1-0-0
Goals For: 11
Goals Against: 16
Standings: Tied for 4th place with Chilliwack

Prince George Spruce Kings Returning Players:

Jujhar Khaira (94)
Ben Woodley (91)
Jeff Earnest (91)
Trevor Esau (92)
Connor Tiechko (92)
Chase Golightly (92)
Sam Waterfield (91)
Kirk Thompson (92)

Prince George Spruce Kings Departing & traded players from last years team:

Faiz Khan (90)
Trent Murdoch (91)
Kyle Manlow (91)
Todd Skirving (92)
Stephen Ryan (94)
Dustin Beairsto (92)
Brandon Watson (92)
Bennett Hambrook (92)
Isaac Davies (93)
Cameron Large (92)

Prince George's Home record vs. Vernon last season:

1-2-0-0

Prince George's Road record vs. Vernon last season:

1-1-0-1

Prince George's Powerplay vs. Vernon last season:

5-21

Prince George's scoring leaders vs. Vernon last season:

Jujhar Khaira (0-4-4)
Ben Woodley (2-1-3)
Chris Bodo (2-0-2)
Trent Murdoch (0-2-2)
Chase Golightly (1-1-2)
Dustin Beairsto (1-1-2)
Kyle Manlow (0-1-1)
Connor Tiechko (1-0-1)
Jeff Earnest (0-1-1)
Trevor Esau(0-1-1)
Alex Milhouse (0-1-1)
Todd Skirving (0-1-1)

Kirk Thompson (1-2 Record)
Cameron Large (0-1 Record)

Let's take a look at the trades the Spruce Kings have made this season.

18-Jul-11 The Prince George Spruce Kings Hockey Club transfers the CJHL playing rights of Dustin Beairsto (92)(F) to the Woodstock Slammers of the Maritime Hockey League in exchange for the CJHL playing rights of Nick Huard (91) and future considerations.

18-Jul-11 The Prince George Spruce Kings Hockey Club transfers the CJHL playing rights of Bennett Hambrook (92)(D) to the Woodstock Slammers Hockey Club of the MHL in exchange for future considerations.

11-Aug-11 The Prince George Spruce Kings Hockey Club acquire the playing rights of Paul DeJersey (92)(F) from the Drumheller Dragons Hockey Club in exchange for future considerations.

12-Aug-11 The Prince George Spruce Kings Hockey Club transfers the playing rights of Todd Skirving (92)(F) plus future considerations to the Trail Smoke Eaters Hockey Club in exchange for the playing rights of Ben Matthews (91)(D).

12-Aug-11 The Prince George Spruce Kings Hockey Club transfers the playing rights of Trevor Fitzgerald (92)(F), Josh Bryan (93)(D) and Scott Milnthorp (92)(D) to the Nanaimo Clippers Hockey Club in exchange for the playing rights of Leo Fitzgerald (93)(F), Myles Fitzgerald (93)(F), Gerry Fitzgerald (93(F) and Jesse Urcic (93)(D).

22-Aug-11 The Prince George Spruce Kings Hockey Club transfers the playing rights of Kyle Manlow (91) to the Dauphin Kings Hockey Club of the MJHL in exchange for future considerations.

For more on the Prince George Spruce Kings and tonights game, visit Ron Gallo's Prince George Spruce Kings blog, http://sprucekingscrusader.blogspot.com/

Here’s a look at last years 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

Sunday, September 26th @ Prince George: Vernon wins 6-0

SCORING SUMMARY

PERIOD 1

Vernon Vipers at 0:31 - Malcolm Lyles from Aaron Hadley and John Knisley

PERIOD 2

Vernon Vipers at 6:38 - Trevor Fitzgerald (unassisted)
Vernon Vipers at 15:24 - Todd Skirving (unassisted)
Vernon Vipers at 17:48 - Dylan Walchuk from Darren Nowick and Bryce Kakoske

PERIOD 3

Vernon Vipers at 13:07 (SH) - Trevor Fitzgerald (unassisted)
Vernon Vipers at 16:54 - Kyle Murphy from Marcus Basara

Vernon outshot Prince George 40-16. Blake Voth made 16 saves for his first shutout of the season, while Kirk Thompson made 34 saves taking the loss.

http://www.bchl.ca/leagues/hockey_boxscores.cfm?clientID=1413&leagueID=2393&gameID=840256&link=bchl

Sunday, October 24th Prince George @ Vernon: Prince George wins 3-2 in overtime

SCORING SUMMARY

PERIOD 1

No Scoring

PERIOD 2

Vernon Vipers at 10:16 - Aaron Hadley from John Knisley and Michael Zalewski
Vernon Vipers at 12:39 - Dylan Walchuk from Marcus Basara and Malcolm Lyles
Prince George Spruce Kings at 15:22 - RJay Berra from Zac Ashdown and Justin Fillion
Prince George Spruce Kings at 18:59 (PP) - Justin Fillion from Trent Murdoch and Zac Ashdown

PERIOD 3

No Scoring

OVERTIME PERIOD 1

Prince George Spruce Kings at 1:25 (PP) - Zac Ashdown from RJay Berra and Chris Bodo

Vernon outshot Prince George 41-32. Kirk Thompson made 39 saves picking up the win, while Bryton Udy made 29 saves in the loss.

http://www.bchl.ca/leagues/hockey_boxscores.cfm?clientID=1413&leagueID=2393&gameID=840116&link=bchl

Saturday, November 6th Prince George @ Vernon: Vernon wins 3-1

SCORING SUMMARY

PERIOD 1

No Scoring

PERIOD 2

Prince George Spruce Kings at 6:28 - RJay Berra from Nic DeSousa and Zac Ashdown
Vernon Vipers at 12:28 (PP) - Aaron Hadley from John Knisley

PERIOD 3

Vernon Vipers at 1:13 - Aaron Hadley from John Knisley and Brett Corkey
Vernon Vipers at 6:00 - Marcus Basara from Michael Zalewski

Vernon outshot Prince George 34-16. Bryton Udy made 15 saves for his first career BCHL win. Alex Wright made 31 saves in the loss.

http://www.bchl.ca/leagues/hockey_boxscores.cfm?clientID=1413&leagueID=2393&gameID=840117&link=bchl

Saturday, January 15th @ Prince George: Vernon wins 4-1

SCORING SUMMARY

PERIOD 1

Vernon Vipers at 3:51 - Marcus Basara from Kyle Murphy and Adam Thompson
Prince George Spruce Kings at 11:43 (PP) - Connor Tiechko from Jeff Earnest and Chase Golightly
Vernon Vipers at 13:30 (PP) - David Robinson from Marcus Basara and Steven Weinstein

PERIOD 2

Vernon Vipers at 3:23 - Patrick McGillis from Steven Weinstein and Trevor Fitzgerald

PERIOD 3

Vernon Vipers at 19:23 (EN) - David Robinson from Darren Nowick

Vernon outshot Prince George 28-26. Kirby Halcrow made 25 saves in the victory, while Cameron Large made 24 saves in the loss.

http://www.bchl.ca/leagues/hockey_boxscores.cfm?clientID=1413&leagueID=2393&gameID=840257

Friday, January 28th @ Vernon: Vernon wins 5-4 (Overtime)

SCORING SUMMARY

PERIOD 1

Vernon Vipers at 5:17 - Patrick McGillis from Aaron Hadley and John Knisley
Vernon Vipers at 6:11 - David Robinson from Kyle Murphy and Bryce Kakoske
Vernon Vipers at 8:08 - John Knisley from Patrick McGillis and Aaron Hadley

PERIOD 2

Prince George Spruce Kings at 5:35 - Ben Woodley from Alex Milhouse and Trent Murdoch
Prince George Spruce Kings at 6:45 - Dustin Beairsto from Todd Skirving and Jujhar Khaira

PERIOD 3

Vernon Vipers at 6:51 (PP) - Steven Weinstein from Darren Nowick
Prince George Spruce Kings at 14:56 - Ben Woodley from Jujhar Khaira and Trevor Esau
Prince George Spruce Kings at 19:06 - Chase Golightly from Ben Woodley and Dustin Beairsto

OVERTIME PERIOD 1

Vernon Vipers at 1:45 - John Knisley from Brett Corkey

Vernon outshot Prince George 39-20. Blake Voth made 16 saves in the victory, while Kirk Thompson made 34 saves in the loss.

http://www.bchl.ca/leagues/hockey_boxscores.cfm?clientID=1413&leagueID=2393&gameID=840118&link=bchl

Here's a look at both teams rosters:

Vernon:

Michael Zalewski (4-1-5)
Marcus Basara (1-4-5)
Adam Tambellini (3-2-5)
Darren Nowick (2-2-4)
Patrick McGillis (1-3-4)
Marc Hetnik (1-3-4)
John Knisley (1-1-2)
Colton Sparrow (1-0-1)
Brett Corkey (0-1-1)
Geoff Crisfield (0-1-1)
Aaron Hadley (0-1-1)
Jedd Soleway (1-0-1)
Max Mowat (0-1-1)
Alex Hagen (0-0-0)
Connor Hartley (0-0-0)
Turner Lawson (0-0-0)
Ryan Renz (0-0-0)
Riley Hunt (0-0-0)
Luke Juha (0-0-0)

Kirby Halcrow (3-0 Record, 2.28 GAA)
Danny Todosychuk (0-0 Record)

Prince George:

Paul De Jersey (4-2-6)
Leo Fitzgerald (3-1-4)
Gerry Fitzgerald (2-2-4)
Jujhar Khaira (2-2-4)
Myles Fitzgerald (0-4-4)
Michael Colantone (0-3-3)
Ben Woodley (0-3-3)
Skylar Pacheco (0-2-2)
Michael Klonarakis (0-1-1)
Scott McHaffie (0-1-1)
Jeff Earnest (0-0-0)
Trevor Esau (0-0-0)
Sean Landrey (0-0-0)
Ben Matthews (0-0-0)
Spencer McHaffie (0-0-0)
Dylan Tappe (0-0-0)
Connor Tiechko (0-0-0)
Cody Bardock (0-0-0)
Jared Crossan (0-0-0)
Chase Golightly (0-0-0)
Sam Waterfield (0-0-0)

Kirk Thompson (1-2 Record, 4.83 GAA)
Marcus Beesley (0-0 Record)

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