Saturday, February 5, 2011

(Game Preview) Penticton @ Vernon:




Penticton (33-16-2-2) @ Vernon (32-10-4-8)

Tonight is the sixth and final meeting of the regular season between the defending back to back Royal Bank Cup Champion Vernon Vipers & the Penticton Vees. The Vipers come into tonight’s game riding a four game winning streak after coming off a 4-1 victory last night over the visiting Alberni Valley Bulldogs. The Vees come into tonight’s game riding a three game losing streak, after a 6-0 loss at home to the visiting Trail Smoke Eaters. Tonight is Penticton’s first game of a current four game road trip.

Last Game Played:

Friday, February 4th Vernon defeated Alberni Valley 4-1
Friday, February 4th Trail defeated Penticton 6-0

Next Game:

Wednesday, February 9th Vernon @ Salmon Arm
Friday, February 11th Penticton @ Prince George

Let's take a look at the Vernon Vipers:

Games Played: 54
Wins: 32
Losses: 10
Ties: 4
Overtime Losses: 8
Home Record: 15-5-2-4
Road Record: 17-5-2-4
Streak: Four game winning streak
Last Ten Games: 9-1-0-0
Goals For: 176
Goals Against:127
Standings: 1st Place

Since the 2002-03 regular season Vernon is 31-17-2-3 vs. Penticton

Since the 2002-03 regular season Vernon has outscored Penticton 179-143

Since the 2003-04 regular season Vernon is 15-5-1-1 at home vs. Penticton

Since the 2003-04 regular season Vernon is 13-8-1-1 in Penticton

Vernon is 6-3-0-1 in their last ten visits to Penticton

Penticton is 2-7-0-1 in their last ten visits to Vernon

The Vipers are 6-2-1-1 in their last ten games vs. Penticton

Vernon is unbeaten in their last seven games vs. Penticton

Pentictons last win in Vernon was a 4-1 victory back on Friday, December 4th 2009

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: 954
Wins: 615
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 Home Record vs. Penticton:

2-0-0-0

Vernon’s Road Record vs. Penticton:

2-0-1-0

Vernon’s Powerplay vs. Penticton this season:

2-17

Vernon’s scoring leaders vs. Penticton this season:

Patrick McGillis (2-3-5)
David Robinson (1-3-4)
Dylan Walchuk (3-1-4)
Kyle Murphy (3-2-5)
Aaron Hadley (0-3-3)
Steven Weinstein (0-3-3)
Malcolm Lyles (0-3-3)
Marcus Basara (1-2-3)
John Knisley (1-1-2)
Trevor Fitzgerald (1-1-2)
Bryce Kakoske (1-1-2)
Darren Nowick (1-1-2)
Adam Thompson (1-1-2)
Michael Zalewski (1-0-1)
Brett Corkey (0-1-1)

Blake Voth (4-0-1 Record, 1 Shutout)

Key’s and Notes to tonight’s game:

-The Vipers have just one loss in their last eleven games

-The Vipers have the league's 6th best penalty kill

-Blake Voth is 6-0-1-0 in his career vs. Penticton

-The Vipers have the league’s second best goal’s against, giving up just 127 goals this season

-Vernon is 19-3-3-7 when scoring the games first goal

-The Vipers are 13-7-1-1 when giving up the first goal of the game

-The Vipers have just two games away from home, left on the schedule

-The Vipers are ranked 13th in the CJHL National Rankings

-Blake Voth (23-10-3 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

-The Vipers have just one loss in the last eleven road games

-Kirby Halcrow is 1-4-0 in his career vs. the Vees

-The Vipers need to come up with a full 60 minutes vs. a Penticton team that will be looking for revenge after last night’s 6-0 loss to Trail

-Since defeating the Vees 3-1 back on January, 1st Vernon is 10-2-0-1

-Tonight is the third game of a current three game home stand

-Bryce Kakoske has six points (2-4-6) in nineteen career games vs. Penticton

-Adam Thompson has five points (2-4-5) in eighteen career games vs. Penticton

Let's take a look at the Penticton Vees:

Games Played: 53
Wins: 33
Losses: 16
Ties: 2
Overtime Losses: 2
Home Record: 18-6-2-1
Road Record: 15-10-0-1
Streak: One game winning streak
Last Ten Games: 5-4-0-1
Goals For: 187
Goals Against: 152
Standings: 2nd Place

For more info, stats and great coverage on the Vees, please visit Ryan Pinders Penticton Vees blog, http://pentictonvees.podbean.com/

Returning Players:

Garrett Milan (91)
Logan Johnston (91)
Joey Holka (90)
Joey Laleggia (92)
Derik Johnson (90)
Joel Rumpel (91)

Departing & traded players from last years team:

Beau Bennett (91)
Denver Manderson (89)
Alex Szczechura (90)
Andrew Pickering (89)
Ben Sexton (91)
Matt Paltridge (89)
Ryan Viselli (89)
Eric Filiou (89)
Bo Dolan (90)
Isaac Macleod (92)
Luke Curadi (91)
Byron Sorensen (91)
Sean Bonar (91)
Jake Johnson (89)
Stefan Nicholishen (93)

Penticton’s Home Record vs. Vernon:

0-2-1-0

Penticton’s Road Record vs. Vernon:

0-2-0-0

Penticton’s Powerplay vs. Vernon this season:

3-20

Penticton’s scoring leaders vs. Vernon this season:

Joey Holka (2-1-3)
Bradley Robbins (1-1-2)
Garrett Milan (0-2-2)
Joey Laleggia (0-3-3)
Troy Stecher (1-0-1)
Joey Benik (0-1-1)
Myles McCauley (0-1-1)
Brendan O'Donnell (1-0-1)

Joel Rumpel (0-4-1 Record)

Key’s and Notes to tonight’s game:

-Garrett Milan has eight points (3-6-9) in nineteen career games vs. Vernon

-Joey Holka has four points (4-1-5) in nineteen career games vs. Vernon

-Former Vernon Vipers forward, Mark Hall faces his former team for the fourth time this season. Hall played one season in Vernon (2006-07) before joining the WHL Kamloops Blazers.

-Penticton has been outscored 16-5 in four games vs. Vernon this year

- Joey Laleggia (21-49-70) & Brendan O'Donnell (22-42-64) are in the league’s top twenty in scoring

- Joel Rumpel (23-12-2 Record) is 6th in the league’s top ten goaltenders

-The Vees have the league’s second best powerplay

-Penticton has the league’s 5th best penalty kill

-You can bet head coach, Fred Harbinson wont be too pleased with his hockey clubs 6-0 loss on home ice to Trail last night

- Garrett Milan and Mark MacMillan have missed the past two games with injuries while captain, Derek Johnson is serving his second game of a current three game suspension

-The Vees play four of their final seven games away from home

-Penticton is on a three game losing streak, getting outscored 16-4

-The Vees have yet to beat the Vipers this season and need to find a way to try and knock off Vernon in their final meeting of the regular season

-Penticton who is very good on home ice, struggles away from home just five games above 500

-The Vees need to get off to a good start

-Watch for a hungry Vees hockey team that will be looking to rebound after some back to back tough losses

-Since falling 3-1 to Vernon back on January, 1st the Vees have gone 7-4-0-1

-Penticton is now six points back of the Vipers for the race for first in the Interior Conference

Here’s a look at the season series between these two teams:

Friday, September 17th @ Penticton: Vernon won 3-2

SCORING SUMMARY

PERIOD 1

Vernon Vipers at 6:57 - John Knisley (unassisted)
Vernon Vipers at 7:42 - Trevor Fitzgerald from Kyle Murphy and Patrick McGillis
Penticton Vees at 16:42 (PP) - Joey Holka from Garrett Milan and Joey Laleggia
PERIOD 2

No Scoring

PERIOD 3

Vernon Vipers at 1:33 - Dylan Walchuk from Marcus Basara and David Robinson
Penticton Vees at 19:54 (EN) - Troy Stecher from Joey Holka

Penticton outshot Vernon 25-23. Blake Voth made 23 saves for the win, while Joel Rumpel made 20 saves taking the loss.

http://www.bchl.ca/leagues/hockey_boxscores.cfm?clientID=1413&leagueID=2393&gameID=840251&link=bchl

Saturday, September 18th @ Vernon: Vernon wins 4-1

SCORING SUMMARY

PERIOD 1

Penticton Vees at 13:34 - Bradley Robbins from Joey Benik and Joey Laleggia

PERIOD 2

Vernon Vipers at 5:19 - Michael Zalewski from Brett Corkey and John Knisley
Vernon Vipers at 11:53 - Dylan Walchuk from David Robinson and Aaron Hadley
Vernon Vipers at 17:42 (PP) - Bryce Kakoske from Steven Weinstein and David Robinson

PERIOD 3

Vernon Vipers at 14:57 (SH) - David Robinson from Dylan Walchuk and Aaron Hadley

Shots were even 26-26. Blake Voth made 25 saves for the win, while Joel Rumpel made 22 saves taking the loss.

http://www.bchl.ca/leagues/hockey_boxscores.cfm?clientID=1413&leagueID=2393&gameID=840055&link=bchl

SCORING SUMMARY

PERIOD 1

Vernon Vipers at 1:45 - Patrick McGillis from Malcolm Lyles and Steven Weinstein
Vernon Vipers at 17:37 (PP) - Adam Thompson from Steven Weinstein and Kyle Murphy

PERIOD 2

Vernon Vipers at 13:37 (SH) - Kyle Murphy from Trevor Fitzgerald

PERIOD 3

Vernon Vipers at 7:41 - Marcus Basara from Todd Skirving and Malcolm Lyles
Vernon Vipers at 12:26 - Dylan Walchuk from Patrick McGillis and Darren Nowick

Vernon outshot Penticton 35-21. Blake Voth made 21 saves for the shutout, while Joel Rumpel made 23 saves taking the loss.

http://www.bchl.ca/leagues/hockey_boxscores.cfm?clientID=1413&leagueID=2393&gameID=840252&link=bchl

Friday, December 17th @ Penticton: Tied 1-1

SCORING SUMMARY

PERIOD 1

No Scoring

PERIOD 2

Penticton Vees at 1:44 (PP) - Joey Holka from Joey Laleggia and Garrett Milan

PERIOD 3

Vernon Vipers at 7:10 - Kyle Murphy from Malcolm Lyles and Bryce Kakoske

Vernon outshot Penticton 40-22. Blake Voth made 21 saves, while Joel Rumpel made 39 saves.

http://www.bchl.ca/leagues/hockey_boxscores.cfm?clientID=1413&leagueID=2393&gameID=840253&link=bchl

Saturday, January 1st @ Vernon: Vernon wins 3-1

SCORING SUMMARY

PERIOD 1

No Scoring

PERIOD 2

Vernon Vipers at 6:28 (SH) - Darren Nowick from Patrick McGillis and Adam Thompson
Vernon Vipers at 13:04 - Kyle Murphy from Marcus Basara and Todd Skirving
Penticton Vees at 14:43 (PP) - Brendan O'Donnell from Myles McCauley and Joey Laleggia

PERIOD 3

Vernon Vipers at 19:37 (EN) - Patrick McGillis (unassisted)

Shots were even 30-30. Blake Voth made 29 saves in the win, while Joel Rumpel made 27 saves in the loss.

http://www.bchl.ca/leagues/hockey_boxscores.cfm?clientID=1413&leagueID=2393&gameID=840056&link=bchl

Here's a look at both teams rosters:

Vernon:

Dylan Walchuk (21-29-50)
David Robinson (29-16-45)
Bryce Kakoske (14-29-43)
Kyle Murphy (14-22-36)
John Knisley (9-24-33)
Michael Zalewski (12-17-29)
Adam Thompson (6-19-25)
Malcolm Lyles (7-18-25)
Darren Nowick (8-16-24)
Marcus Basara (11-12-23)
Aaron Hadley (9-14-23)
Steven Weinstein (5-18-23)
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 (1-2-3)
Philip Patenaude (0-1-1)

Kirby Halcrow With Quesnel (5-18-1 Record, 3.56 GAA)
With Vernon (8-3-1 Record, 2.09 GAA)
Blake Voth (23-10-3 Record, 4 Shutouts, 2.12 GAA)

Penticton:

Joey Laleggia (21-49-70)
Brendan O'Donnell (22-42-64)
Joey Benik (27-22-49)
Mark MacMillan (19-28-47)
Joey Holka (17-20-37)
Garrett Milan (10-24-34)
Logan Johnston (10-18-28)
Kyle Mountain (9-14-23)
James Polk (6-16-22)
Tyler Hlookoff (3-18-21)
Curtis Loik (7-13-20)
Troy Stecher (5-13-18)
Steven Iacobellis (7-7-14)
Myles McCauley (9-4-13)
Mark Hall (4-5-9)
Derik Johnson (2-7-9)
Michael Betz (1-7-8)
Kyle Beaulieu (0-4-4)
Paul Bezzo (0-4-4)
Chad Bannor (0-0-0)

Joel Rumpel (23-12-2 Record, 1 Shutout, 2.59 GAA)
Billy Faust (10-6 Record, 1 Shutout, 3.26 GAA)

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