Merritt (20-28-1-6) @ Vernon (33-11-4-8)Tonight is the fifth meeting of the season between the defending back to back Royal Bank Cup Champion Vernon Vipers & the Merritt Centennials. The Vipers come into tonight’s game riding a one game losing streak after coming off a 5-4 loss to the Salmon Arm Silverbacks Wednesday night. The Centennials come into tonight’s game on a one game losing streak, after falling 4-2 to the Westside Warriors Wednesday night.
Last Game Played:
Wednesday, February 9th Salmon Arm defeated Vernon 5-4
Wednesday, February 9th Westside defeated Merritt 4-2
Next Game:
Tuesday, February 15th Vernon @ Merritt
Saturday, February 12th Merritt @ Langley
Let's take a look at the Vernon Vipers:
Games Played: 56
Wins: 33
Losses: 11
Ties: 4
Overtime Losses: 8
Home Record: 16-5-2-4
Road Record: 17-6-2-4
Streak: One game losing streak
Last Ten Games: 8-2-0-0
Goals For: 183
Goals Against:134
Standings: 1st Place
Since the 2002-03 season Vernon is 45-6-0-5 vs. Merritt
Since the 2002-03 season Vernon has outscored Merritt 256-128
Since the 2003-04 season Vernon is 20-2-0-2 at home vs. Merritt
Since the 2003-04 season Vernon is 19-1-0-4 in Merritt
The Vipers are 9-0-0-1 in their last ten games at home vs. the Centennials
The Vipers are 9-0-0-1 in their last ten games on the road vs. the Centennials
The Vipers are 8-0-0-2 in their last ten games vs. Merritt
The Vipers are 22-0-0-2 in their last 24 games vs Merritt
The Vipers last loss at home to Merritt was a 5-4 overtime loss back on Tuesday, September 21st 2010
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: 956
Wins: 616
Losses: 245
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. Merritt this season:
4-14
At Home vs. Merritt:
1-0-0-1
On The Road vs. Merritt:
1-0-0-1
Vernon’s scoring leaders vs. Merritt this season:
Dylan Walchuk (3-3-6)
David Robinson (3-3-6)
John Knisley (1-4-5)
Steven Weinstein (2-2-4)
Marcus Basara (2-1-3)
Michael Zalewski (1-2-3)
Malcolm Lyles (1-2-3)
Bryce Kakoske (1-2-3)
Darren Nowick (0-3-3)
Ryan Renz (1-2-3)
Kyle Murphy (0-3-3)
Max Mowat (0-2-2)
Aaron Hadley (0-2-2)
Philip Patenaude (0-1-1)
Brett Corkey (1-0-1)
Dane Muench (0-1-1)
Blake Voth (2-1 Record)
Key’s and Notes to tonight’s game:
-The Vipers have just two losses in their last thirteen games
-Vernon has just two losses in their last ten home games
-The Vipers have the league's 5th best penalty kill
-Tonight is the first of back to back games against the Centennials
-The Vipers have the league’s second best goal’s against, giving up just 134 goals this season
-Vernon is 20-3-3-7 when scoring the games first goal
-The Vipers are 13-8-1-1 when giving up the first goal of the game
-The Vipers are ranked 10th in the CJHL National Rankings
-Blake Voth (24-10-3 Record, 4 shutouts) is second in the league's top ten goaltenders with a 2.12 GAA
-Vernon's powerplay is 13th in the BCHL
-Since defeating Merritt 6-0 back on January, 18th the Vipers have gone 7-2-0-0
-Steve Weinstein has three goals and eight assists in fifteen career games vs. Merritt
-Dylan Walchuk has five goals and seven assists in seven career games vs. the Cents
-The Vipers need to get off to a good start and can’t take the Cents lightly
-Bryce Kakoske has seven goals and thirteen assists in sixteen career games vs. Merritt
-Since knocking off the Powell River Kings 3-2 back on January, 21st the Vipers have yet to play a full sixty minutes in any of their recent games since the win over Powell River
-Blake Voth is 6-0-0-1 with one shutout against Merritt in his career
-Adam Thompson has two goals and two assists in fourteen career games vs. the Centennials
-Patrick McGillis has two goals and one assist in eight career games vs. Merritt
-The Vipers have won four straight games at the Wesbild Centre
-The Vipers need to get off to an early start and jump on a struggling Centennials hockey club
-Vernon needs to start playing a more full 60 minutes and preparing for the playoffs
Let's take a look at the Merritt Centennials:
Games Played: 55
Wins: 20
Losses: 28
Ties: 1
Overtime Losses: 6
Home Record: 13-10-0-4
Road Record: 7-18-1-2
Streak: One game losing streak
Last Ten Games: 2-7-1-0
Goals For: 144
Goals Against: 195
Standings: 6th Place
For more info, stats and great coverage on the Centennials, please visit Brian Wiebe’s Merritt Centennials blog, http://merrittcentennials.blogspot.com/
Returning Players:
Silvan Harper (92)
Jeff Jones (91)
David Sabey (91)
Steve Wall (91)
Steve Tresierra (90)
Kameran Crawford (91)
Departing & traded players from last years team:
Dustin Johnson (90)
Colton Sobchak
Derek Hills
Alex Valenti
Mitch Jones
Matt Mazzarolo
Ryne Bodger
Daniel Chang
Lucas Daoust
Sam Gemmell
Austin Baecker
Keith Hamilton
Cole Holowenko
Jeff Zmurchyk
Merritt’s Powerplay vs. Vernon this season:
5-16
At Home vs. Vernon:
1-0-0-1
On The Road vs. Vernon:
1-1-0-0
Merritt’s scoring leaders vs. Vernon this season:
Jeff Jones (2-2-4)
Max Vallis (2-1-3)
Regan Soquila (2-1-3)
Stephen Wall (0-2-2)
Steve Tresierra (1-1-2)
Evan Stack (0-2-2)
Sean Maktaak (1-1-2)
Chad Brears (0-2-2)
Brandon Pfeil (1-1-2)
Kameran Crawford (0-1-1)
Jakob Reichert (0-1-1)
Reece Willcox (0-1-1)
Brent Fletcher (0-1-1)
Tyler Steel (2-1 Record)
Key’s and Notes to tonight’s game:
-Merritt has five former Vipers on their team. David Sabey, Jeff Jones and Tyler Steel who all were cut from the Vipers training camp over the past two season’s. Steve Tresierra & head coach-gm Luke Pierce both played in Vernon at onetime
-Former Vipers defenceman, Steve Tresierra has one goal and three assists in ten career games vs. the Vipers
-Former Vipers tryout Jeff Jones has two goals and four assists in ten career games vs. Vernon
-Former Viper tryout, Tyler Steel is 2-1 against his former team making 56 saves in both Cetennial victories
-Three out of the four games between these two teams have gone to overtime, with the Centennials coming away with two victories in the extra period
-Merritt’s powerplay is ranked 14th in the BCHL
-The Centennials have the 6th best penalty kill in the league
-The Cents have struggled at the wrong time of year, winning just two games in their last ten games
-Merritt has scored just 144 goals on the year wich is 3rd from the bottom of the BCHL behind Prince George and Quesnel
-Tonight is the second game of a current three game road trip for Merritt before finishing the season with their last three games on home ice
-Merritt hasn’t won in three straight road games going 0-2-1
-Since their last meeting vs. Vernon in a 6-0 Vipers win, Merritt has gone 3-7-1-0
-The Cents have been struggling and need to get off to a good start, Merritt dosnt want to fall behind early on the road
Here’s a look at the season series between these two teams:
Tuesday, September 21st @ Vernon: Merritt wins 5-4 (double overtime)
SCORING SUMMARY
PERIOD 1
Vernon Vipers at 3:34 - Dylan Walchuk from Marcus Basara and David Robinson
Merritt Centennials at 5:50 (PP) - Regan Soquila from Stephen Wall
Merritt Centennials at 19:43 (PP) - Dustin Johnson from Kameran Crawford and Jeff Jones
PERIOD 2
Vernon Vipers at 11:17 (PP) - Steven Weinstein from Bryce Kakoske and Kyle Murphy
PERIOD 3
Vernon Vipers at 3:53 - Marcus Basara from Dylan Walchuk and David Robinson
Merritt Centennials at 6:44 (PP) - Jeff Jones from Dustin Johnson and Max Vallis
Merritt Centennials at 16:52 (PS) - Dustin Johnson (unassisted)
Vernon Vipers at 19:28 - Dylan Walchuk from John Knisley and Philip Patenaude
OVERTIME PERIOD 2
Merritt Centennials at 2:20 - Jeff Zmurchyk from Stephen Wall
Vernon outshot Merritt 34-24. Tyler Steel made 30 saves picking up his first career BCHL win, while Bryton Udy took the loss in his BCHL debut.
http://www.bchl.ca/leagues/hockey_boxscores.cfm?clientID=1413&leagueID=2393&gameID=839996&link=bchl
Sunday, October 3rd @ Merritt: Vernon wins 4-3 (Overtime)
SCORING SUMMARY
PERIOD 1
Merritt Centennials at 2:34 - Regan Soquila (unassisted)
PERIOD 2
Merritt Centennials at 3:28 - Max Vallis from Jeff Jones and Jakob Reichert
Vernon Vipers at 4:28 - Bryce Kakoske from Michael Zalewski
Vernon Vipers at 10:02 - Michael Zalewski from Adam Thompson
Merritt Centennials at 12:48 - Max Vallis (unassisted)
PERIOD 3
Vernon Vipers at 1:53 - Marcus Basara from Max Mowat and John Knisley
OVERTIME PERIOD 1
Vernon Vipers at 4:36 - David Robinson from Dylan Walchuk and Adam Thompson
Vernon outshot Merritt 31-18. Blake Voth made 15 saves getting the win, while Jared Anderson made 27 saves taking the loss.
http://www.bchl.ca/leagues/hockey_boxscores.cfm?clientID=1413&leagueID=2393&gameID=840247&link=bchl
Friday, November 5th @ Merritt: Merritt wins 4-3 in overtime
SCORING SUMMARY
PERIOD 1
No Scoring
PERIOD 2
Vernon Vipers at 0:29 (PP) - Michael Zalewski from John Knisley and Malcolm Lyles
Vernon Vipers at 8:44 - John Knisley from Michael Zalewski and Aaron Hadley
Vernon Vipers at 10:05 - Todd Skirving from Nicholas Kerr and Darren Nowick
PERIOD 3
Merritt Centennials at 12:45 (PP) - Steve Tresierra from Evan Stack and Brent Fletcher
Merritt Centennials at 16:43 - Jeff Jones from Regan Soquila and Reece Willcox
Merritt Centennials at 19:06 (PP) - Sean Maktaak from Steve Tresierra and Brandon Pfeil
OVERTIME PERIOD 1
Merritt Centennials at 1:45 - Brandon Pfeil from Chad Brears and Sean Maktaak
Merritt outshot Vernon 38-29. Tyler Steel made 26 saves for the win, while Blake Voth made 34 saves in the loss.
http://www.bchl.ca/leagues/hockey_boxscores.cfm?clientID=1413&leagueID=2393&gameID=840248&link=bchl
Tuesday, January 18th @ Vernon: Vernon wins 6-0
SCORING SUMMARY
PERIOD 1
Vernon Vipers at 1:47 - Malcolm Lyles from Steven Weinstein and John Knisley
PERIOD 2
Vernon Vipers at 2:12 (PP) - Steven Weinstein from Dylan Walchuk and Darren Nowick Vernon Vipers at 11:45 - Brett Corkey from Kyle Murphy and Ryan Renz Vernon Vipers at 15:20 (PP) - Dylan Walchuk from Darren Nowick and Dane Muench
PERIOD 3
Vernon Vipers at 18:53 - Ryan Renz from David Robinson and Kyle Murphy Vernon Vipers at 19:22 - David Robinson from Bryce Kakoske and Ryan Renz
Vernon outshot Merritt 36-19. Blake Voth made 19 saves for the win-shutout, while Tyler Steel made 30 saves in the loss.
http://www.bchl.ca/leagues/hockey_boxscores.cfm?clientID=1413&leagueID=2393&gameID=839997&link=bchl
Here's a look at both teams rosters:
Vernon:
Dylan Walchuk (22-29-51)
David Robinson (29-16-45)
Bryce Kakoske (15-29-44)
Kyle Murphy (15-24-39)
John Knisley (9-24-33)
Michael Zalewski (12-17-29)
Adam Thompson (7-20-27)
Malcolm Lyles (8-19-27)
Marcus Basara (11-15-26)
Darren Nowick (8-16-24)
Aaron Hadley (9-14-23)
Steven Weinstein (5-18-23)
Patrick McGillis (12-11-23)
Brett Corkey (1-21-22)
Trevor Fitzgerald (7-11-18)
Max Mowat (2-13-15)
Ryan Renz (4-10-14)
Colton Sparrow (1-5-6)
Zach McPhee (3-1-4)
Dane Muench (1-2-3)
Philip Patenaude (0-1-1)
Kirby Halcrow With Quesnel (5-18-1 Record, 3.56 GAA)
With Vernon (8-4-1 Record, 2.09 GAA)
Blake Voth (24-10-3 Record, 4 Shutouts, 2.12 GAA)
Merritt:
Jeff Jones (20-34-54)
Regan Soquila (17-24-41)
Max Vallis (21-15-36)
Evan Stack (13-16-29)
Steve Tresierra (9-18-27)
Jakob Reichert (6-11-17)
Chad Brears (3-14-17)
Dustin Lebrun (10-6-16)
Stephen Wall (7-8-15)
Billy Marshall (4-11-15)
David Sabey (4-11-15)
Brandon Pfeil (5-9-14)
Sean Maktaak (5-8-13)
Reece Willcox (5-7-12)
Kameran Crawford (1-10-11)
Blaine Bokenfohr (3-7-10)
Richard Sabourin (0-8-8)
Brent Fletcher (2-5-7)
Silvan Harper (2-4-6)
Jon-Paul Witkop (1-2-3)
Dylan Playfair (0-1-1)
Brett Kolins (0-0-0)
Lino Chimienti (13-15-1 Record, 1 Shutout, 3.14 GAA)
Tyler Steel (7-14 Record, 1 Shutout, 3.32 GAA)
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