Vernon (29-10-4-8) @ Trail (30-19-2-1)Tonight is the fifth meeting of the regular season between the defending back to back Royal Bank Cup Champion Vernon Vipers & the Trail Smoke Eaters. The Vipers are coming off a 5-4 overtime victory over the Prince George Spruce Kings and hit the road for the first time in five games. The Smoke Eaters come into tonight’s contest riding a four game winning streak after defeating Quesnel 4-3 last night. You can listen to tonight’s game live with Todd Miller and Don Klepp starting with the pre game show at 7:15pm on 107.5 Kiss FM
Last Game Played:
Friday, January 28th Vernon defeated Prince George 5-4 in overtime
Friday, January 28th Trail defeated Quesnel 4-3
Next Game:
Wednesday, February 2nd Nanaimo @ Vernon
Tuesday, February 1st Westside @ Trail
Let's take a look at the Vernon Vipers:
Games Played: 51
Wins: 29
Losses: 10
Ties: 4
Overtime Losses: 8
Home Record: 13-5-2-4
Road Record: 16-5-2-4
Streak: One game winning streak
Last Ten Games: 7-2-0-1
Goals For: 168
Goals Against:124
Standings: 1st Place
Since the 2002-03 season Vernon is 40-12-1-0 vs. Trail
Since the 2002-03 season Vernon has outscored Trail 215-124
Since the 2003-04 regular season Vernon is 19-4-0-0 at home vs. Trail
Since the 2003-04 regular season Vernon is 14-6-1-1 in Trail
Vernon’s last loss in Trail was a 3-2 double overtime loss back on Friday, October 1st 2010
The Vipers are 8-2-0-0 in their last ten games at home vs. the Smoke Eaters
The Vipers are 7-2-0-1 in their last ten games on the road vs. the Smoke Eaters
The Vipers are 8-1-0-1 in their last ten games vs. Trail
The Vernon Lakers changed their name to the Vernon Vipers to start the 1995-96 season. Here’s a look at the Vipers all-time regular season record
Games Played: 951
Wins: 612
Losses: 244
Ties: 15
Overtime Losses: 83
For more stats & former Vernon Junior Hockey Team rosters & lineups please visit Paul’s Vernon Junior Hockey History website,
http://members.shaw.ca/vernonfranchise/index.html
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)
Vernon’s Powerplay vs. Trail this season:
3-15
Vernon’s home record vs. Trail this season:
2-0-0-0
Vernon’s road record vs. Trail this season:
0-1-0-1
Vernon’s scoring leaders vs. Trail this season:
David Robinson (4-0-4)
Kyle Murphy (1-2-3)
Bryce Kakoske (0-3-3)
John Knisley (1-1-2)
Michael Zalewski (0-2-2)
Malcolm Lyles (1-1-2)
Aaron Hadley (0-2-2)
Trevor Fitzgerald (1-1-2)
Adam Thompson (0-2-2)
Marcus Basara (0-2-2)
Dylan Walchuk (1-0-1)
Darren Nowick (0-1-1)
Patrick McGillis (1-0-1)
Max Mowat (1-0-1)
Brett Corkey (0-1-1)
Blake Voth (2-2 Record)
Key’s and Notes to tonight’s game:
-Adam Thompson has (1-6-7) in sixteen career games vs. Trail
-The Vipers have just one loss in their last seven games
-The Vipers have the league's 6th best penalty kill
-Vernon is going to have to not take a shift off, as Trail has a very balanced scoring team
-Blake Voth is 4-2 in his career vs. Trail
-The Vipers have the league’s second best goal’s against, giving up just 124 goals this season
-Vernon is 18-3-3-7 when scoring the games first goal
-The Vipers are 11-7-1-1 when giving up the first goal of the game
-The Vipers have just three games away from home, left on the schedule
-The Vipers are ranked 13th in the CJHL National Rankings
-Blake Voth (22-10-3 Record, 4 shutouts) is second in the league's top ten goaltenders with a 2.16 GAA
-Dylan Walchuk has 1-6-7) in nine career games vs. Trail
-Vernon's powerplay is 14th in the BCHL
-The Vipers have just one loss in the last eleven road games
-Kirby Halcrow is 1-2 in his career vs. Trail
-Vernon is just a single point up on 2nd place Penticton, the Vees play tonight in Victoria
-After tonight the Vipers are home for their next three games
-Bryce Kakoske has (3-9-12) in sixteen career games vs. the Smokies
-The Vipers need to come up with a full 60 minutes
-Since knocking off the Smokies 4-1 back on November, 26th Vernon is 14-2-3-2
-Steve Weinstein has 1-3-4) in thirteen career games vs. the Smoke Eaters
Let's take a look at the Trail Smoke Eaters:
Games Played: 49
Wins: 11
Losses: 35
Ties: 0
Overtime Losses: 3
Home Record: 9-15-0-2
Road Record: 2-20-0-1
Streak: One game winning streak
Last Ten Games: 4-5-0-1
Goals For: 128
Goals Against: 228
Standings: 8th Place
For more coverage and info on the Trail Smoke Eaters, please visit Jon Zack’s Trail Smoke Eaters blog, http://smokeeatersblog.com/
Returning Players:
Scott Jacklin (90)
Sam Mellor (92)
Travis St. Denis (92)
Paul Mailey (90)
Curtis Tonello (90)
Ben Matthews (91)
Kiefer Smiley (90)
Departing & traded players from last years team:
Nick Sandor (89)
Michael Betz (92)
Darnell Dyck (91)
Matt Wilkins (91)
Wade Bennett (90)
Mitch Kaufmann (91)
Sean Nugent (89)
Tommy Rizzardo (90)
Justin Brown (91)
Eric Walker (93)
Thomas Abenante (90)
Taylor Swaffield (89)
Garrett Beckwith (90)
Graeme Strukoff (91)
Steve Oursov (91)
Steve Koshey (91)
Trail’s Powerplay vs. Vernon this season:
3-17
Trail’s home record vs. Vernon:
2-0-0-0
Trail’s road record vs. Vernon:
0-2-0-0
Trail’s scoring leaders vs. Vernon this season:
Sam Mellor (2-2-4)
Travis St. Denis (1-2-3)
Scott Jacklin (1-1-2)
Rajan Sidhu (0-2-2)
Dylan Tappe (1-0-1)
Paul Mailey (0-1-1)
Jake Baker (0-2-2)
Beau Blanaru (1-0-1)
Ben Matthews (0-1-1)
Matthew Laboucane (0-1-1)
Sam Mellor (0-1-1)
Clayton McEwan (1-0-1)
Kiefer Smiley (2-1 Record)
Matt Larose (0-1 Record)
Key’s and Notes to tonight’s game:
-Tonight is the Smokies second game of a three game home stand
-Kiefer Smiley has stopped 122 out of Vernons 130 shots so far in both games vs. the Vipers this season
-Trail is riding a four game winning streak
-Travis St. Denis has (7-3-10) in eighteen career games vs. the Vipers
-The Smokies are ranked 4th in the BCHL on the penalty kill
-The Smoke Eaters have won seven of their last eight games
-Kiefer Smiley is 2-3 in his career vs. Vernon
-Trail has struggled at home lately, winning just five of their last ten home games
- Scott Jacklin (20-44-64), Sam Mellor (31-30-61) & Cullen Bradshaw (28-30-58) are in the league’s top twenty in scoring
-Matt Larose (8-4 Record, 2 Shutouts, 2.56 GAA) is the league’s fifth best goaltender
-Sam Mellor has (3-6-9) in ten career games vs. the Vipers
-Trail has the league’s 6th best powerplay
-Kiefer Smiley (22-16-2 Record, 1 Shutout, 2.80 GAA) is ranked 8th out of the BCHL’s top ten goaltenders
-Defenceman, Nic DeSousa has points in seven straight games
-Since losing 4-1 to Vernon back on November, 26th the Smoke Eaters have gone 11-9-2-0
-Goaltending will be key
-Paul Mailey has (2-8-10) in seventeen career games vs. Vernon
-Specialty teams will be key
Here’s a look at the season series between these two teams:
Friday, October 1st @ Trail: Trail wins 3-2 double overtime
SCORING SUMMARY
PERIOD 1
No Scoring
PERIOD 2
Vernon Vipers at 9:46 (SH) - Dylan Walchuk from Trevor Fitzgerald
Trail Smoke Eaters at 13:58 (PP) - Graeme Strukoff from Travis St. Denis and Sam Mellor
Trail Smoke Eaters at 15:22 - Dylan Tappe from Steve Oursov
PERIOD 3
Vernon Vipers at 8:44 - John Knisley from Michael Zalewski and Aaron Hadley
OVERTIME PERIOD 2
Trail Smoke Eaters at 4:39 - Sam Mellor from Graeme Strukoff
Vernon outshot Trail 48-37. Kiefer Smiley made 46 saves for the win, while Blake Voth made 35 saves taking the loss.
http://www.bchl.ca/leagues/hockey_boxscores.cfm?clientID=1413&leagueID=2393&gameID=840266&link=bchl
Friday, October 15th @ Trail: Trail wins 3-2
SCORING SUMMARY
PERIOD 1
Vernon Vipers at 6:37 (PP) - Patrick McGillis from Malcolm Lyles and Darren Nowick
Trail Smoke Eaters at 10:59 - Beau Blanaru from Matthew Laboucane and Rajan Sidhu
Trail Smoke Eaters at 13:40 (PP) - Sam Mellor from Travis St. Denis and Scott Jacklin
Trail Smoke Eaters at 16:26 - Scott Jacklin from Ben Matthews and Jake Baker
PERIOD 2
No Scoring
PERIOD 3
Vernon Vipers at 9:44 - Dylan Walchuk from Bryce Kakoske and Kyle Murphy
Vernon outshot Trail 46-21. Kiefer Smiley makes 44 saves for the win, while Blake Voth makes 18 saves in the loss.
http://www.bchl.ca/leagues/hockey_boxscores.cfm?clientID=1413&leagueID=2393&gameID=840267&link=bchl
Saturday, October 16th @ Vernon: Vernon wins 3-1
SCORING SUMMARY
PERIOD 1
Trail Smoke Eaters at 0:31 (PP) - Travis St. Denis from Sam Mellor and Jake Baker
Vernon Vipers at 8:20 - David Robinson from Bryce Kakoske and Kyle Murphy
Vernon Vipers at 10:40 (PP) - Max Mowat from Michael Zalewski and Brett Corkey
PERIOD 2
No Scoring
PERIOD 3
Vernon Vipers at 12:16 - Malcolm Lyles from John Knisley
Trail outshot Vernon 19-18. Blake Voth made 18 saves for the win, while Matt Larose made 15 saves in the loss.
http://www.bchl.ca/leagues/hockey_boxscores.cfm?clientID=1413&leagueID=2393&gameID=840236&link=bchl
Friday, November 26th @ Vernon: Vernon wins 4-1
SCORING SUMMARY
PERIOD 1
Vernon Vipers at 3:15 - David Robinson from Bryce Kakoske and Marcus Basara
Trail Smoke Eaters at 4:17 - Clayton McEwan from Sam Mellor
Vernon Vipers at 8:03 - Kyle Murphy from Elliot Richardson and Adam Thompson
PERIOD 2
Vernon Vipers at 13:25 (PP) - David Robinson from Marcus Basara and Bryce Kakoske
PERIOD 3
Vernon Vipers at 8:03 - Trevor Fitzgerald from Aaron Hadley
Vernon outshot Trail 36-16. Blake Voth made 15 saves for the win, while Kiefer Smiley made 32 saves in the loss.
http://www.bchl.ca/leagues/hockey_boxscores.cfm?clientID=1413&leagueID=2393&gameID=840237&link=bchl
Here's a look at both teams rosters:
Vernon:
Dylan Walchuk (20-27-47)
David Robinson (26-16-42)
Bryce Kakoske (14-27-41)
Kyle Murphy (13-20-33)
John Knisley (9-24-33)
Michael Zalewski (12-17-29)
Adam Thompson (6-18-24)
Marcus Basara (11-12-23)
Aaron Hadley (9-14-23)
Malcolm Lyles (6-16-22)
Steven Weinstein (5-17-22)
Darren Nowick (6-15-21)
Patrick McGillis (11-10-21)
Brett Corkey (1-19-20)
Trevor Fitzgerald (7-11-18)
Ryan Renz (4-10-14)
Max Mowat (1-11-12)
Colton Sparrow (1-5-6)
Zach McPhee (3-1-4)
Dane Muench (1-1-2)
Philip Patenaude (0-1-1)
Kirby Halcrow With Quesnel (5-18-1 Record, 3.56 GAA)
With Vernon (6-3-1 Record, 2.33 GAA)
Blake Voth (22-10-3 Record, 4 Shutouts, 2.16 GAA)
Trail:
Scott Jacklin (20-44-64)
Sam Mellor (31-30-61)
Cullen Bradshaw (28-30-58)
Nic DeSousa (17-36-53)
Travis St. Denis (21-26-47)
Paul Mailey (11-21-32)
Erik Cooper (13-18-31)
Jake Baker (4-17-21)
Rajan Sidhu (1-20-21)
Ryan Luiten (8-7-15)
Dylan Tappe (5-10-15)
Ben Matthews (4-11-15)
Adam Boytinck (3-9-12)
Joey Baker (4-7-11)
Curtis Tonello (1-9-10)
Logan Proulx (2-7-9)
Beau Blanaru (3-4-7)
Eric Walker (2-5-7)
Clayton McEwan (1-6-7)
Jordan Bauer (1-0-1)
Ryan Dixon (0-0-0)
Matt Larose (8-4 Record, 2 Shutouts, 2.56 GAA)
Kiefer Smiley (22-16-2 Record, 1 Shutout, 2.80 GAA)
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