I was born and raised in Vernon, BC and been watching/following junior hockey in Vernon my entire life. My family watched senior men's hockey in Vernon in the 1950's and has been watching/following junior hockey in Vernon since Vernon got a team in 1961. I have two family members that played junior hockey in Vernon. I have had season tickets since 1990 missing 46 home games. I worked with the Vipers as colour commentator for a few games during the 2003-04 season. In 2011 I helped design and create the Vipers website and was in charge of keeping the site updated for five seasons. I started and created this blog in 2008 and have over 5.8 million viewers.
I was at tonight's Vernon Vipers-West Kelowna Warriors game as the Vipers won 4-2 in front of 2,308 fans at Kal Tire Place.
Starting Goaltenders:
Vernon Vipers: Colton Jugnauth
West Kelowna Warriors: Angelo Zol
1st Period: The Vipers with a strong opening frame, were the better team. Vernon who played well and looked good in Friday's 1st period, come up with another solid effort in tonight's 1st period. The Snakes outplayed the Warriors for most of the period. The Vipers carried the better of the play, had lots of time in the offensive zone, were getting pucks to the net, creating/generating opportunities, and were hard on the body, physical through out the period, played very very well. The Tribe saw a lot of action in their own end, couldn't seem to get much going through out the 1st period. WK gave up a lot of shots and opportunities, heavily relied on Angelo Zol who made some big stops, keeping the visitors in the hockey game. It was 2-0 Vernon after 20 minutes of play. Shots were 13-8 Vipers.
2nd Period: This was a choppy/scrambled period at both ends of the rink. I thought Vernon carried the better of the play, but struggled offensively to get any scoring chances. The Vipers did get a couple of looks but it seemed like they had some pressure then would lose the puck and have to re-group. West Kelowna saw a lot of play in their own end for a second straight period, did get a couple of good shifts in the offensive zone but just like the opening frame, couldn't get much of anything going. It was 2-0 Vipers after 40 minutes of play. Shots were 10-8 Vernon.
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