Vernon (2-2-0-1) @ Prince George (0-3-0-2)Tonight is the first game of the season between the defending Royal Bank Cup Champion Vernon Vipers & the Prince George Spruce Kings. Tonight is the first of a four game road trip for Vernon, while this is the first of six straight at home for Prince George after returning home after a small two game road trip. You can listen to tonights game live with Todd Miller on 107.5 Kiss FM starting at 6:45 pm.
Last Game Played:
Tuesday, September 21st Merritt defeated Vernon 5-4 double overtime
Wednesday, September 22nd Salmon Arm defeated Prince George 5-3
Next Game:
Saturday, September 25th Vernon @ Quesnel
Saturday, September 25th Penticton @ Prince George
Let's take a look at the Vernon Vipers:
Games Played: 5
Wins: 2
Losses: 2
Ties: 0
Overtime Losses: 1
Home Record: 1-2
Road Record: 1-1
Streak: One Game Losing Streak
Goals For: 13
Goals Against: 16
Standings: 4th Place
Since the 2002-03 season Vernon is 28-13-1-3 vs. Prince George
Since the 2002-03 season Vernon has outscored Prince George 187-118
Returning Players:
Bryce Kakoske (90)
David Robinson (90)
Blake Voth (91)
Steve Weinstein (90)
Adam Thompson (90)
Dylan Walchuk (92)
Patrick McGillis (91)
Departing & traded players from last years team:
Connor Jones (90)
Mike Collins (90)
Braden Pimm (89)
Cory Kane (90)
Jonathan Milhouse (89)
Kellen Jones (90)
Rob Short (89)
Cole Ikkala (90)
Dan Nycholat (89)
Kevin Kraus (89)
Curtis Gedig (91)
Garrett Noonan (91)
Sahir Gill (92)
Darrin Robak (91)
Graeme Gordon (89)
-The Vipers need to get off to a quick start and try not and fall behind early.
-Tonight is the first of four straight on the road, a great chance for this young Vipers club to gel and do some team bonding together.
-For the second straight game the Vipers are facing a team that has yet to win a game this season. Once again Vernon cant take the Spruce Kings lightly.
-Vernon needs to play a full 60 minutes, battle and compete something they didn’t do enough of in Tuesdays loss to Merritt.
Let's take a look at the Prince George Spruce Kings:
Games Played: 5
Wins: 0
Losses: 3
Ties: 0
Overtime Losses: 2
Home Record: 0-3
Road Record: 0-2
Streak: Lost Five Straight
Goals For: 14
Goals Against: 22
Standings: Tied for 6th place with Merritt
For more info, stats and great coverage on the Spruce Kings, please visit the Spruce Kings Crusader blog, http://sprucekingscrusader.blogspot.com/
Returning Players:
Nic DeSousa (90)
Justin Fillion (90)
RJay Berra (90)
Kyle Manlow (91)
Jeff Earnest (91)
Jeff Datoff (92)
Luke Hannas (91)
Jeremy Wiebe (91)
Departing & traded players from last years team:
Sam Muchalla (90)
Zac Rasmussen (89)
Joe Morgan (89)
Brad Bourke (89)
Jonathan Gibson (90)
Jesse Scrimbit (0)
Stewart Lambert (90)
Reid Blinkhorn (91)
Kyle Nielsen (90)
Andrew Walsh (90)
-PG will be hungry looking for its first win of the season, and no better way to do it then to knock off the defending back to back National Champs.
-The Spruce Kings need to jump on the Vipers who have been on the bus and use home ice advantage.
-Former Vernon Vipers defenceman, Bennett Hammbrook will be facing his former team for the first time after being traded earlier this week.
-The Spruce Kings have two kids from Vernon on their roster. (Riley Spraggs & Jeremy Wiebe)
-Luke Hannas who is now a Spruce King was at the Vipers training camp two seasons ago.
Here’s a look at the season series last year between these two teams:
Sunday, October 18th @ Prince George: Vernon won 5-1
SCORING SUMMARY
PERIOD 1
Vernon Vipers at 7:44 - Connor Jones from Cory Kane and Kellen Jones
Vernon Vipers at 16:13 (PP) - Dylan Walchuk from Dan Nycholat and Rob Short
PERIOD 2
Vernon Vipers at 3:00 - Bryce Kakoske from Steven Weinstein and Sawyer Mick
Prince George Spruce Kings at 6:51 - Sam Muchalla from Nic DeSousa and Wes McLeod
Vernon Vipers at 10:17 - Cory Kane from Kellen Jones and Connor Jones
PERIOD 3
Vernon Vipers at 13:29 (PP) - Braden Pimm from Jonathan Milhouse and Mike Collins
Vernon outshot Prince George 41-19. Graeme Gordon made 18 saves for the win, while Alex Wright made 36 saves taking the loss.
http://www.bchl.ca/leagues/hockey_boxscores.cfm?clientID=1413&leagueID=2393&gameID=712626&link=bchl
Friday, November 6th @ Prince George: Vernon wins 5-2
SCORING SUMMARY
PERIOD 1
Prince George Spruce Kings at 5:49 - RJay Berra from Joe Morgan
PERIOD 2
Vernon Vipers at 8:03 - Dylan Walchuk from Rob Short and Nils-Erik Soderlund
Vernon Vipers at 11:34 - Drew George from Sawyer Mick
PERIOD 3
Vernon Vipers at 5:06 (PP) - Mike Collins from Braden Pimm and Steven Weinstein
Vernon Vipers at 7:03 - Dylan Walchuk from Rob Short and Patrick McGillis
Prince George Spruce Kings at 10:36 - Jonathan Gibson from Jeff Earnest and Zac Rasmussen
Vernon Vipers at 18:47 (EN) - Dylan Walchuk from Bryce Kakoske and Adam Thompson
Vernon outshot Prince George 30-26. Graeme Gordon made 24 saves for the win, while Kyle Nielsen made 25 saves in the loss.
http://www.bchl.ca/leagues/hockey_boxscores.cfm?clientID=1413&leagueID=2393&gameID=712679&link=bchl
Thursday, November 26th @ Vernon: Vernon wins 6-2
SCORING SUMMARY
PERIOD 1
Prince George Spruce Kings at 8:21 - Nic DeSousa from Justin Fillion
Vernon Vipers at 14:19 - Kellen Jones (unassisted)
PERIOD 2
Vernon Vipers at 5:09 - Mike Collins from Braden Pimm and Jonathan Milhouse
PERIOD 3
Vernon Vipers at 9:17 (SH) - Rob Short from Dylan Walchuk and Adam Thompson
Vernon Vipers at 10:16 - Patrick McGillis from Bryce Kakoske and Sawyer Mick
Vernon Vipers at 11:45 - Mike Collins from Jonathan Milhouse and Braden Pimm
Prince George Spruce Kings at 13:57 - Lyndon Martell from Brooks Robinson
Vernon Vipers at 19:10 - Nils-Erik Soderlund from Dan Nycholat
Vernon outshot Prince George 31-25. Graeme Gordon made 23 saves in the victory, while Kyle Nielsen made 26 saves in the loss.
http://www.bchl.ca/leagues/hockey_boxscores.cfm?clientID=1413&leagueID=2393&gameID=712747&link=bchl
Saturday, February 13th @ Vernon: Vernon wins 5-2
SCORING SUMMARY
PERIOD 1
Vernon Vipers at 12:05 - Connor Jones from Kevin Kraus and Blake Voth
PERIOD 2
Prince George Spruce Kings at 3:20 (PP) - RJay Berra from Zac Rasmussen and Sam Muchalla
Vernon Vipers at 4:29 - Cole Ikkala from Mike Collins and Dan Nycholat
Vernon Vipers at 6:57 - David Robinson from Dan Nycholat and Kellen Jones
Prince George Spruce Kings at 13:32 - Joe Morgan from Jeff Earnest
PERIOD 3
Vernon Vipers at 6:59 - Rob Short from Sahir Gill and Garrett Noonan
Vernon Vipers at 9:55 (SH) - Kellen Jones from Connor Jones and Adam Thompson
Vernon outshot Prince George 45-18. Blake Voth made 16 saves for the win, while Kyle Nielsen made 40 saves taking the loss.
http://www.bchl.ca/leagues/hockey_boxscores.cfm?clientID=1413&leagueID=2393&gameID=712984&link=bchl
Here's a look at both teams rosters:
Vernon:
David Robinson (1-6-7)
Dylan Walchuk (5-2-7)
Aaron Hadley (1-2-3)
Bryce Kakoske (1-2-3)
John Knisley (1-2-3)
Steven Weinstein (1-1-2)
Michael Zalewski (1-0-1)
Marcus Basara (1-2-3)
Trevor Fitzgerald (1-0-1)
Patrick McGillis (0-1-1)
Kyle Murphy (0-2-2)
Brett Corkey (0-1-1)
Malcolm Lyles
Darren Nowick
Philip Patenaude (0-1-1)
Elliot Richardson
Todd Skirving
Gus Correale
Colton Sparrow
Adam Thompson
Max Mowat
Bryton Udy (0-1 Record, 4.53 GAA)
Blake Voth (2-2 Record, 2.75 GAA)
Prince George:
Nic DeSousa (3-5-8)
Justin Fillion (1-7-8)
RJay Berra (3-3-6)
Chris Bodo (2-3-5)
Jujhar Khaira (2-2-4)
Kyle Manlow (2-0-2)
Derek Henderson (0-2-2)
Jeff Earnest (1-0-1)
Tyler Sybil (0-1-1)
Connor Tiechko (0-1-1)
Jeff Datoff (0-0-0)
Bennett Hambrook (0-0-0)
Luke Hannas (0-0-0)
Stephen Ryan (0-0-0)
Brendon Fornwald (0-0-0)
Riley Spraggs (0-0-0)
Jeremy Wiebe (0-0-0)
Faiz Khan (0-0-0)
Trevor Esau (0-0-0)
Ryan Benitez (0-3 Record, 3.79 GAA)
Kirk Thompson (0-2 Record, 4.08 GAA)
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