Starting Goaltenders:
Vernon Vipers: Samuel Diblasi
West Kelowna Warriors: Ethan Sawyer
1st Period: The hometown Warriors jumped on the Vipers early and were by far the better team in the opening frame. The Tribe carried the better of the play for most of the period. West Kelowna was skating, physical, moving the puck, generating offence, were hard on the puck and winning the battles. The Warriors scored twice on their first two shots and looked pretty good in the teams first preseason game. The Vipers didn't get off to a good start and just couldn't recover. The Snakes saw a lot of action in their own end, looked slow and sluggish this afternoon. The Vipers struggled defensively, were slow moving or getting the puck out of their own end, took way too many penalties, struggled offensively, didn't get any real sustained pressure in the offensive zone, had a couple of good shifts but otherwise played most of the 1st period in their own end. It was 3-1 Warriors after 20 minutes of play. Shots were 10-6 West Kelowna.
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