Saturday, August 25, 2018

Game Preview: Exhibition Merritt @ Vernon:



Merritt (0-1-0-0) @ Vernon (1-0-0-0) 6pm

Tonight is the second game of a home & home series vs the Centennials. The Vipers won 3-1 in Merritt last night, will face the Centennials six more times during the regular season. Vernon won the regular season series last year going 5-1 vs Merritt

Last Game:

Friday, August 24th Vernon defeated Merritt 3-1

Next Game:

Friday, August 31st Vernon @ Salmon Arm
Wednesday, August 29th Merritt @ Prince George

Vernon's record & stats vs the Centennials since 2002

Since the 2002-03 regular season Vernon is 68-25-9-4 vs Merritt

Since the 2002-03 regular season Vernon has outscored Merritt 388-269

Since the 2002-03 regular season Vernon is 34-9-1-5 at home vs Merritt

Since the 2002-03 regular season Vernon is 28-13-5-3 in Merritt

The Vipers are 5-3-1-1 in their last ten games vs Merritt

The Vipers are 5-4-0-1 vs Merritt in their last ten games in Merritt

The Vipers are 6-3-0-1 vs Merritt in their last ten games in Vernon

Vernon's last win at home vs Merritt was a 4-1 victory Wednesday, January 31st 2018

Merritt's last win at Kal Tire Place was a 5-4 victory Wednesday, January 18th 2017

Vernon's last regular season win at the Nicola Valley Memorial Arena was a 3-2 victory on Friday, November 17th 2017

Merritt's last regular season win at home vs Vernon was a 5-0 victory Friday, January 12th 2018

Here's a look at this year's regular season series vs Merritt

September 8th Vernon @ Merritt
September 29th Merritt @ Vernon
November 9th Vernon @ Merritt
November 30th Merritt @ Vernon
January 5th Merritt @ Vernon
February 23rd Vernon @ Merritt 

Let's take a look at the Vernon Vipers:

The 1-0-0-0 Vernon Vipers are coming off a 3-1 preseason victory in Merritt Friday. Tonight's the second game of a home & home series vs the Centennials. The Vipers went 5-1 vs Merritt last year. These two teams will meet again September 8th in Merritt. After tonight the Snakes have two exhibition games remaining vs Salmon Arm before opening the regular season vs the defending BCHL Champion Wenatchee Wild.   

Vernon Vipers Roster:


Brett Stapley (27-32-59) lead the team lead in goals last year with twenty seven, while Jimmy Lambert (23-38-61) lead the team last year in points with sixty one.

Vernon Vipers 2018 exhibition stats:

Games Played: 1
Wins: 1
Losses: 0
Ties: 0
Overtime Wins: 0
Overtime Losses: 0
Home Record: 0-0-0-0
Road Record: 0-0-0-0
Overtime Record: 0-0
Record vs Interior Division: 1-0
Record vs Island & Mainland Divisions: 0-0
When the Vipers score first: 1-0-0-0
When the opponents score first: 0-0-0-0
Leading after the 1st period: 0-0-0-0
Tied after the 1st period: 1-0-0-0
Trailing after the 1st period: 0-0-0-0
Leading after the 2nd period: 0-0-0-0
Tied after the 2nd period: 1-0-0-0
Trailing after the 2nd period: 0-0-0-0
Out shooting opponents: 0-0-0-0
Out shot by opponents: 1-0-0-0
One goal games: 0-0-0-0
Goals for: 3
Goals against: 1
Longest winning streak: One game winning streak
Longest losing streak: 

Vernon Vipers Returning Players:

Josh Prokop (00)
Jagger Williamson (98)
Connor Marritt (99)
Jesse Lansdell (98)
Alex Swetlikoff (01)
Keyvan Mokhtari (98)
Coleton Bilodeau (00)
Josh Latta (98)
Michael Young (98)
Jack Judson (00)
Mitch Andres (98)

Vernon Vipers departed & traded players from last years team:

Brett Stapley (99)
Derek Brown (97)
Jordan Sandhu (99)
Niko Karamanis (98)
Jimmy Lambert (97)
Michael Ufberg (97)
Cameron Trott (97)
Shane Kelly (97)
Chris Jandric (98)
Anthony Yamnitsky (97)
Ty Taylor (99)

Vernon's home record vs Merritt last year:

3-0-0-0

Vernon's road record vs Merritt last year:

2-1-0-0

Vernon's scoring leaders vs Merritt last year:

Jagger Williamson (3-2-5)
Josh Prokop (1-4-5)
Keyvan Mokhtari (0-4-4)
Jimmy Lambert (3-1-4)
Brett Stapley (1-3-4)
Jesse Lansdell (1-3-4)
Jack Judson (0-3-3)
Chris Jandric (0-3-3)
Niko Karamanis (2-0-2)
Cameron Trott (0-2-2)
Michael Young (1-1-2)
Jordan Sandhu (1-1-2)
Michael Ufberg (0-2-2)
Josh Latta (1-0-1)

Ty Taylor (4-0 Record-2 Shutouts)
Anthony Yamnitsky (1-1 Record)


Let's take a look at the Merritt Centennials:

The 0-1-0-0 Merritt Centennials make their first of four visits to Kal Tire Place are coming off a 3-1 loss at home to the visiting Vernon Vipers. After tonight the Cents have two preseason games remaining vs Prince George before opening the 2018-19 regular season vs the Salmon Arm Silverbacks.

Merritt Centennials Roster:


Henry Cleghorn (20-28-48) lead the team last year in goals with twenty and in points with fourty eight.

Merritt Centennials Blog,


Merritt Centennials 2018 exhibition stats:

Games Played: 1
Wins: 0
Losses: 1
Ties: 0
Overtime Losses: 0
Home Record: 0-1-0-0
Road Record: 0-0-0-0
Goals for: 1
Goals against: 13

Merritt Centennials Returning Players: 

Stats unavailable 

Merritt Centennials departed and traded players from last years team: 

Stats unavailable 

Merritt's home record vs Vernon last year:

1-2-0-0

Merritt's road record vs Vernon last year:

0-3-0-0

Merritt Centennials scoring leaders vs Vernon last year:

Henry Cleghorn (3-1-4)
Chase Bell (0-3-3)
Zach Risteau (0-3-3)
Zach Court (0-3-3)
Mathieu Gosselin (1-2-3)
Nicholas Wicks (0-3-3)
Bradley Cocca (1-1-2)
Colten Gerlib (2-0-2)
Jackson Munro (0-2-2)
Zach Zorn (0-1-1)
Bredan Schneider (1-0-1)
Tyrell Buckley (0-1-1)
Christian Sabin (1-0-1)
Joey Berkopec (0-1-1)

Jacob Berger (0-4 Record)
Austin Roden (1-1 Record)

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