Saturday, February 16, 2019

Game Preview: Vernon @ West Kelowna:

Vernon (24-20-7-3) @ West Kelowna (27-26-0-1) 7pm

Tonight is the sixth and final regular season meeting between the Vernon Vipers & West Kelowna Warriors. The Vipers lead the season series 4-1

Last Game:

Friday, February 15th Vernon defeated Nanaimo 5-4
Friday, February 14th Prince George defeated West Kelowna 5-2

Next Game:

Sunday, February 17th Langley @ Vernon
Tuesday, February 19th Merritt @ West Kelowna

Vernon's record & stats vs the Warriors since 2006

Since the 2006-07 regular season Vernon is 43-31-4-5 vs West Kelowna

Since the 2006-07 regular season Vernon is 27-11-3-2 at home vs West Kelowna

Since the 2006-07 regular season Vernon is 18-21-1-3 in West Kelowna

The Vipers are 8-1-1-0 in their last ten games vs West Kelowna

The Vipers are 6-3-1-0 vs West Kelowna in their last ten games at Royal LePage Place

The Vipers are 7-2-0-1 vs West Kelowna in their last ten games at Kal Tire Place

Since the 2010-11 regular season the Warriors have just six wins at Kal Tire Place

Vernon's last win at home vs West Kelowna was a 4-3 victory on Friday, January 4th 2019

West Kelowna's last win at Kal Tire Place was a 2-1 victory on Saturday, December 8th 2018

Vernon's last regular season win at Royal LePage Place was a 1-0 victory on Friday, January 18th 2019

West Kelowna's last regular season win at home vs Vernon was a 3-2 overtime victory on Friday, November 18th 2016

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

September 14th West Kelowna @ Vernon: Vipers won 4-3
November 16th Vernon @ West Kelowna: Vipers won 6-3
December 8th West Kelowna @ Vernon: Warriors won 2-1
January 4th West Kelowna @ Vernon: Vipers won 4-3
January 18th Vernon @ West Kelowna: Vipers won 1-0
February 16th Vernon @ West Kelowna:


Let's take a look at the Vernon Vipers:

The 24-20-7-3 Vernon Vipers make their third and final regular season visit to Royal LePage Place, are coming off a 5-4 victory Friday night over the visiting Nanaimo Clippers. Tonight is the second game of three games this weekend. Tonight is the Snakes second to last road game of the regular season. Vernon has won four straight on the road and eight of their last ten road games. The Vipers and Warriors will meet for the final time this season with the Snakes leading the season series 4-1. The last time these two teams met, the Vipers won 1-0 January 18th in West Kelowna. The Vipers have won three of their last five and six of their last ten games. Vernon sits 5th in the division are four points up on 7th place Trail, three points up on 6th place West Kelowna, one point back of 4th place Salmon Arm and six points back of 3rd place Wenatchee.

Vernon Vipers Roster:


Josh Latta (19-21-40) leads the team in goals with nineteen & in points with fourty

Matt Kowalski played 43 games with the 2017-2018 West Kelowna Warriors

Vernon Vipers 2018-19 regular season stats:

Games Played: 55
Wins: 24
Losses: 20
Overtime Wins: 2
Overtime Losses: 7
Shootout Wins: 1
Shootout Losses: 3
Home Record: 11-10-5-2
Road Record: 13-10-2-1
Overtime Record: 2-7
Record vs Interior Division: 16-13-4-1
Record vs Island & Mainland Divisions: 8-7-3-2
When the Vipers score first: 17-4-4-0
When the opponents score first: 7-16-3-3
Leading after the 1st period: 13-2-3-0
Tied after the 1st period: 9-7-3-1
Trailing after the 1st period: 2-9-1-2
Leading after the 2nd period: 17-3-5-1
Tied after the 2nd period: 4-8-2-1
Trailing after the 2nd period: 3-9-0-1
Out shooting opponents: 19-8-5-1
Out shot by opponents: 3-10-2-1
One goal games: 9-9-7-3
Goals for: 150
Goals against: 146
Standings: 5th Place (Interior Division)
Win-loss Streak: One game winning streak
Longest winning streak: Four games
Longest losing streak: Four games

Vernon Vipers Returning Players:

Jagger Williamson (98)
Connor Marritt (99)
Jesse Lansdell (98)
Coleton Bilodeau (00)
Josh Latta (98)
Michael Young (98)
Jack Judson (00)

Vernon Vipers departed & traded players from last years team:

Brett Stapley (99)
Derek Brown (97)
Keyvan Mokhtari (98)
Josh Prokop (00)
Jordan Sandhu (99)
Niko Karamanis (98)
Alex Swetlikoff (01)
Jimmy Lambert (97)
Mitch Andres (98)
Michael Ufberg (97)
Cameron Trott (97)
Shane Kelly (97)
Chris Jandric (98)
Anthony Yamnitsky (97)
Ty Taylor (99)

Vernon's home record vs West Kelowna this year:

2-1-0-0

Vernon's road record vs West Kelowna this year:

2-0-0-0

Vernon's scoring leaders vs West Kelowna this year:

Connor Marritt (0-6-6)
Brendan Kim (4-1-5)
Matt Kowalski (1-4-5)
Josh Latta (3-1-4)
Teddy Wooding (1-2-3)
Michael Young (1-2-3)
Elan Bar-Lev-Wise (1-2-3)
Coleton Bilodeau (1-1-2)
Jack Judson (0-1-1)
Jesse Lansdell (0-1-1)
Jagger Williamson (0-1-1)
Trey Taylor (0-1-1)
Nicholas Cherkowski (0-1-1)
Ben Helgeson (0-1-1)
Tyler Ho (0-1-1)

Aidan Porter (3-0 Record)
Bradley Cooper (0-1 Record)


Let's take a look at the West Kelowna Warriors:

The 27-26-0-1 West Kelowna Warriors are coming off a 5-2 loss in Prince George Thursday. Tonight's the first game of a three game home stand. The Warriors will finish the 2018-19 regular season playing three of their final four games on home ice. The Tribe have lost four of their last six home games. The Warriors have lost back to back games, have just one win in their last five games and lost seven of their last ten games. West Kelowna sits 6th in the Interior division are a point up on last place Trail, three points back of 5th place Vernon and six points back of 4th place Salmon Arm.

West Kelowna Warriors Roster:


Mike Hardman (35-32-67) leads the team lead in goals with thirty five & in points with sixty seven

Austin Chorney played 17 games with the 208-19 Vernon Vipers

Garrett Worth played 4 games with the 2018-19 Vernon Vipers

West Kelowna Warriors 2018-19 regular season stats:

Games Played: 54
Wins: 27
Losses: 26
Overtime Losses: 0
Shootout Losses: 1
Home Record: 16-9-0-1
Road Record: 11-17-0-0
Goals for: 196
Goals against: 201
Standings: 6th Place (Interior Division)

West Kelowna Warriors Returning Players:

Chase Dubois (98)
Bennett Norlin (98)
Calvin Tilsley (98)
Parm Dhaliwal (99)
Willie Reim (99)
Jake Harrison (99)
Wyatt Head (99)
Cody Paivarinta (98)
Garrett Ewert (99)

West Kelowna Warriors departed and traded players from last years team:

Michael Lombardi (98)
RJ Murphy (98)
Max Bulawka (01)
Chase Stevenson (99)
Matt Kowalski (99)
Ryan Steele (97)
Lucas Cullen (99)
Jared Marino (97)
Tyler Jutting (97)
Stephen Kleysen (97)
Michael Ryan (97)
Cole Demers (99)
Nik Amundrud (97)

West Kelowna's home record vs Vernon this year:

0-2-0-0

West Kelowna's road record vs Vernon this year:

1-2-0-0

West Kelowna Warriors scoring leaders vs Vernon this year:

Chase Dubois (1-4-5)
Parm Dhaliwal (2-3-5)
Lucas Cullen (2-2-4)
Lucas Bahn (0-3-3)
Willie Reim (2-0-2)
Bennett Norlin (2-0-2)
Cavin Tilsley (1-1-2)
Max Bulawka (0-1-1)
Declan Douthart (1-0-1)
James Philpott (0-1-1)
Wyatt Head (0-1-1)
Mike Hardman (0-1-1)

Connor Hopkins (1-3 Record)
Brock Baier (0-1 Record)

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