Vernon (1-0-0) @ Salmon Arm (0-1-0)Tonight is the back of a home and home series between two Okanagan rivals who don’t like one another. Last night the Vipers raised their 2009 RBC Cup banner to the rafters during their home opener in a 3-2 victory over the Salmon Arm Silverbacks. Vernon carried the better of the play before Salmon Arm picked up their game in the final period to make for a very entertaining finish. The Silverbacks are going to have to watch all four of the Vipers lines as they have a ton of speed, skill and depth up front. Salmon Arm needs more shots on Graeme Gordon, with just 12 shots on net after the first two periods its pretty hard to win hockey games. The Vipers are going to have to get a lot of pucks and traffic towards Tony Ierfino who gave the Backs a chance to win last night (39 saves) Ierfino is very strong gloveside and high, as the Vipers need to shoot low on this kid, get him moving side to side. Both teams I think would agree, need some work on the powerplay, Salmon Arm went 1-3 while Vernon went 0-5 with the man advantage last night. You can listen to tonights game live with Todd Miller on 107.5 Kiss FM starting at 6:45 PM
Here’s a look at the season series:
September 11th @ Vernon: Vernon wins 3-2
The Vipers raised the 2009 RBC Cup banner to the rafters in the teams home opener in a 3-2 victory over the Salmon Arm Silverbacks. Mike Collins (2 goals) & Braden Pimm (2 assists) lead the attack for the Vipers, Cole Ikkala scored the game winner at 17:23 of the 3rd to give Vernon the 3-2 victory. Graeme Gordon defeated his former team making 21 saves between the pipes. Greg Noyes & Charlie Vasaturo scored for Salmon Arm, Tony Ierfino made 39 saves in the loss.
Players To Watch:
Vernon:
Cory Kane
Kellen Jones
Connor Jones
Mike Collins
Dylan Walchuk
Dylan Walchuk
Drew George
Jonathan Milhouse
Graeme Gordon
Braden Pimm
Salmon Arm:
Christopher Hoe
Greg Noyes
Charlie Vasaturo
David Killip
Bobby Lipsett
Zac Rasmussen
Mark Zengerle
Travis Statchuk
Tony Ierfino
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