The Coastal Conference Champion Powell River Kings and Interior Conference Champion Vernon Vipers meet in the BCHL Finals (Fred Page Cup) for the fourth time in team history. The Kings who also got the opening round bye, are coming off a seven game series win over the Victoria Grizzlies in the second round after coming back down three games to one to win the series, before knocking off the Surrey Eagles in six games to advance to the league final. After winning their 15th Interior Conference Pennent the Vipers finished with a bye in the first round of the playoffs before taking out the 4th place Westside Warriors in six games and the 3rd place Salmon Arm Silverbacks in six games after dropping the first two games on home ice.
Let's take a look at the Vernon Vipers: (Regular Season)
Games Played: 60
Wins: 36
Losses: 11
Ties: 4
Overtime Losses: 9
Home Record: 18-5-2-5
Road Record: 18-6-2-4
Streak: Three game regular season winning streak
Last Ten Games: 8-1-0-1
Goals For: 197
Goals Against:141
Standings: 1st Place
-The Vipers powerplay was ranked 12th during the regular season
-Vernon’s penalty kill was ranked 5th during the regular season
-Blake Voth was the leagues 2nd best goaltender during the regular season posting a 25-11-3 record, with 4 shutouts and a 2.12 GAA
-Vernon had the leagues second best home record behind Powell River going 18-5-2-5 at the Wesbild Centre
-The Vipers were the BCHL’s second best road team behind the Powell River Kings, going 18-6-2-4 away from home
-The Vipers only gave up 141 goals against during the regular season, wich was also second best behind Powell River who only gave up 115 goals
-Vernon is 22-3-3-8 when scoring the games first goal
-The Vipers are 14-8-1-1 when giving up the first goal of the game
Let's take a look at the Vernon Vipers: (Playoffs)
Games Played: 12
Wins: 8
Losses: 4
Home Record: 3-3
Road Record: 5-1
Streak: Four game winning streak
Last Ten Games: 7-3
Goals For: 40
Goals Against: 35
-Vernon has the 12th best powerplay in the playoffs
-The Vipers have the 8th best penalty kill during the post season
-Dylan Walchuk (8-5-13) & Patrick McGillis (5-8-13) are both in the playoffs top twenty scoring leaders
-Kirby Halcrow (7-3 Record, 2.51 GAA) is ranked 4th amongst playoff goaltenders
-Vernon is 0-4 in these playoffs when giving up the games first goal
-The Vipers are 8-0 in these playoffs when scoring first
Since the 2003-04 regular season Vernon is 9-4-0-1 vs. Powell River
Since the 2003-04 regular season Vernon has outscored Powell River 49-38
Since the 2003-04 regular season Vernon is 7-0-0-0 at home vs. Powell River
Since the 2003-04 regular season Vernon is 2-5-0-0 in Powell River
Here’s a look at the previous Playoff meetings between these two teams:
1990-91 Vernon defeated Powell River 4-0
2008-09 Vernon defeated Powell River 4-2
2009-2010 Vernon defeated Powell River 4-3
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: 960
Wins: 619
Losses: 245
Ties: 15
Overtime Losses: 84
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. Powell River this season:
1-0-0-0
Vernon’s Road record vs. Powell River this season:
0-1-0-0
Vernon’s Powerplay vs. Powell River this season:
3-9
Vernon’s scoring leaders vs. Powell River this season:
Dylan Walchuk (1-1-2)
David Robinson (1-1-2)
Bryce Kakoske (1-1-2)
Aaron Hadley (0-1-1)
Michael Zalewski (1-0-1)
Adam Thompson (1-0-1)
Darren Nowick (0-1-1)
Kyle Murphy (0-1-1)
Steven Weinstein (0-1-1)
Kirby Halcrow (1-0 Record)
Blake Voth (0-1 Record)
1st Round: Bye
Interior Conference Semi-Finals: Defeated Westside in six games
Interior Conference Finals: Defeated Salmon Arm in six games
The Vipers have three players who will be facing the Kings for the third straight Fred Page Cup. Steve Weinstein, Adam Thompson and Bryce Kakoske.
This will be the Vernon franchise’s second chance at doing something no other junior hockey team has done, and that’s win three straight National Titles. The Vernon Lakers won back to back Centennial Cups in 1990 & 1991 before falling in the Semi-Finals at the 1992 Centennial Cup. The Vernon Vipers have won back to back Royal Bank Cups and now have a chance to win three straight but with just seven returning players back from last years National Championship team (Dylan Walchuk, David Robinson, Bryce Kakoske, Steve Weinstein, Adam Thompson, Blake Voth and Patrick McGillis), Vernon will be in tough.
The Vipers who I think surprised a lot if not most fans around the league winning their 15th Interior Conference Pennent with a record of 36-11-4-9 will have their work cut out for them in this years BCHL playoffs. With just seven returning players back from last year, the Vipers don’t have that veteran experience they carried through last years playoff run.
The Vipers have had troubles putting pucks in the net all season, ranked 11th in the league, scoring just 197 goals, Vernon will have to try and win a lot of one goal games in these playoffs, relying on team defence and strong goaltending. The 2008-09 Royal Bank Champion Vipers also didn’t have a lot of fire power up front, and also relied on team defence and strong goaltending, winning a lot of 2-1 games through out their playoff run.
Experience and leadership is key for any team come playoff time, the Vipers seven returning players from last years RBC Cup team will have to lead the way and use their experience and leadership through these playoffs.
Goaltending is huge come this time of year, and the Vipers who have one of the BCHL’s top two goaltenders (Blake Voth & Kirby Halcrow) will have to depend on both goaltenders to have their best saved for the playoffs.
Let's take a look at the Powell River Kings: (Regular Season)
Games Played: 60
Wins: 46
Losses: 9
Ties: 3
Overtime Losses: 2
Home Record: 25-4-0-1
Road Record: 21-5-3-1
Streak: Five game regular season winning streak
Last Ten Games: 9-1-0-0
Goals For: 224
Goals Against: 115
Standings: 1st Place (Regular Season BCHL Champions)
For more on the Powell River Kings, please visit Fraser Rodgers Powell River Kings Blog, http://rodgersramble.blogspot.com/
-Powell River was ranked 8th during the regular season with the man advantage
-The Kings had the leagues best penalty kill during the regular season
-Powell River had two players in the leagues top twenty in regular season scoring Chad Niddery (28-58-86) & Matt Garbowsky (44-36-80)
-Michael Garteig (36-8-3 Record, 7 Shutouts, 1.69 GAA) was the BCHL's leading goaltender during the regular season, while Sean Maguire (10-3 Record, 2 Shutouts, 2.50 GAA) was ranked 3rd
-The Kings gave up a league best 115 goals through out the regular season, breaking the Vernon Vipers previous record 0f 119
-Powell River is 40-2-3-1 when scoring the games first goal
-The Kings are 8-7-0-1 when giving up the first goal of the game
Powell River was 12-4-0-0 vs the Interior Division during the regular season
Let's take a look at the Powell River Kings: (Playoffs)
Games Played: 13
Wins: 8
Losses: 5
Home Record: 4-3
Road Record: 4-2
Streak: One game winning streak
Last Ten Games: 7-3
Goals For: 38
Goals Against: 28
-Powell River has the 8th best powerplay in the playoffs
-The Kings have the 2nd best penalty kill during the post season
-Chad Niddery (9-6-15) is the lone Kings player in the playoffs top twenty scoring leaders
-Michael Garteig (8-5 Record, 1.97 GAA) is ranked 1st amongst playoff goaltenders
-Powell River is 1-2 in these playoffs when giving up the games first goal
-The Kings are 7-3 in these playoffs when scoring first
Returning Players:
Chad Niddery (90)
Matt Garbowsky (90)
Justin Dasilva (90)
Andrew Pettitt (90)
Brenden Forbes (92)
Carter Shinkaruk (91)
Teagan Waugh (92)
Klay Kachur (91)
Braden Pears (93)
Jason Yee (90)
Michael Garteig (91)
Departing & traded players from last years team:
Jordan Grant (90)
Mat Bodie (90)
Darcy Huisman (89)
Mitch Labreche (90)
Ben Schmidt (89)
Reid Campbell (89)
Daniel Carr (91)
Cody Rainaldi (89)
Robbie Bailey (89)
Alex McDougall (90)
Josh Watson (90)
Powell River at Home vs. Vernon:
1-0-0-0
Powell River on The Road vs. Vernon:
0-1-0-0
Powell River's Powerplay vs. Vernon this season:
2-8
Powell River's scoring leaders vs. Vernon this season:
Justin Dasilva (1-2-3)
Daniel Schuler (1-1-2)
Matt Garbowsky (1-1-2)
Andrew Pettitt (0-2-2)
Cohen Adair (1-1-2)
Brendan Hawryluk (0-1-1)
Carter Shinkaruk (1-0-0)
Mike Sones (1-0-1)
Teagan Waugh (0-1-1)
Steven Schmidt (1-0-1)
Jon Jutzi (0-1-1)
Craig Dalrymple (0-1-1)
Michael Garteig (1-1 Record)
1st Round: Bye
Coastal Conference Semi-Finals: Defeated Victoria in seven games
Coastal Conference Finals: Defeated Surrey in six games
The Kings have just two players who played in both previous BCHL league finals vs Vernon. Andrew Pettitt and Chad Niddery will be making their third straight Fred Page Cup.
Powell River was the BCHL's top team after recording a new franchise record with 45 regular season victories. The Kings also set a team record with 21 road wins during the regular season. Powell River broke the Vernon Vipers BCHL record of 119 goals against giving up 115 this season.
Surprising after bosting the leagues best regular season record, the Kings have just two players (Chad Niddery & Matt Garbowsky) in the leagues top twenty in scoring. Powell River has just three players with twenty or more regular season goals. (Chad Niddery , Matt Garbowsky & Cohen Adair) The Kings were the fourth highest scoring team during the regular season with 224 goals.
On the blueline the Kings have gone with veteran experience going with five nineteen year olds and one twenty year old d-man. (Craig Dalrymple, Jon Jutzi, Justin Dasilva, Chris Williams, Klay Kachur & Jason Yee) Veteran goaltender, Michael Garteig is the leagues #1 goaltender tying a BCHL record with seven shutouts during the regular season. Vernon will have their hands full with trying to get pucks past or through the Powell River defence and goaltending.
Behind the bench one of the longest coaches in the league, Kent Lewis picked up his 500th regular season win as the Kings bench boss. Lewis who has done a great job over the years with the small market Kings is looking for his first BCHL Championship.
In their second meeting of the regular season the Vipers knocked off the Kings in arguably the best game of the season in a playoff like matchup as Vernon defeated Powell River 3-2. A hard hitting, physical game that went down to the buzzer is still talked about in Vernon as the game of the year.
After a 5-2 victory over the Vernon Vipers back on November, 17th the Vipers who at this point were having troubles putting together some consistancy really turned their season around after this loss only losing once in their next thirteen games.
Here’s a look at the regular season series between these two teams:
Wednesday, November 17th @ Powell River: Powell River wins 5-2
SCORING SUMMARY
PERIOD 1
Powell River Kings at 17:05 - Carter Shinkaruk from Cohen Adair and Andrew Pettitt
Powell River Kings at 19:50 (PP) - Daniel Schuler from Matt Garbowsky and Justin Dasilva
PERIOD 2
Vernon Vipers at 15:56 (PP) - Adam Thompson from Dylan Walchuk and Bryce Kakoske
PERIOD 3
Vernon Vipers at 1:13 - Michael Zalewski from Aaron Hadley
Powell River Kings at 9:51 - Justin Dasilva from Brendan Hawryluk
Powell River Kings at 10:35 - Matt Garbowsky from Justin Dasilva and Daniel Schuler
Powell River Kings at 19:18 (EN) - Mike Sones (unassisted)
Powell River outshot Vernon 32-27. Michael Garteig made 26 saves for the win, while Blake Voth made 27 saves in the loss.
http://www.bchl.ca/leagues/hockey_boxscores.cfm?clientID=1413&leagueID=2393&gameID=840254&link=bchl
Friday, January 21st @ Vernon: Vernon wins 3-2
SCORING SUMMARY
PERIOD 1
No Scoring
PERIOD 2
Vernon Vipers at 3:35 (PP) - David Robinson from Kirby Halcrow
PERIOD 3
Vernon Vipers at 4:19 - Bryce Kakoske from David Robinson and Kyle Murphy
Powell River Kings at 4:38 - Steven Schmidt from Andrew Pettitt and Teagan Waugh
Powell River Kings at 14:49 (PP) - Cohen Adair from Jon Jutzi and Craig Dalrymple
Vernon Vipers at 15:49 (PP) - Dylan Walchuk from Darren Nowick and Steven Weinstein
Powell River outshot Vernon 26-22. Kirby Halcrow made 24 saves in the win, while Michael Garteig made 19 saves in the loss.
http://www.bchl.ca/leagues/hockey_boxscores.cfm?clientID=1413&leagueID=2393&gameID=840088&link=bchl
Here's a look at both teams regular season rosters:
Vernon:
Dylan Walchuk (24-32-56)
David Robinson (32-18-50)
Bryce Kakoske (17-33-50)
Kyle Murphy (18-25-43)
John Knisley (10-25-35)
Malcolm Lyles (8-22-30)
Michael Zalewski (12-17-29)
Adam Thompson (7-22-29)
Marcus Basara (12-16-28)
Darren Nowick (9-18-27)
Patrick McGillis (13-12-25)
Aaron Hadley (9-15-24)
Steven Weinstein (5-19-24)
Brett Corkey (1-23-24)
Trevor Fitzgerald (7-11-18)
Max Mowat (2-13-15)
Ryan Renz (4-10-14)
Colton Sparrow (1-6-7)
Dane Muench (1-5-6)
Zach McPhee (3-1-4)
Philip Patenaude (0-1-1)
Kirby Halcrow With Quesnel (5-18-1 Record, 3.56 GAA)
With Vernon (10-4-1 Record, 1 Shutout, 2.19 GAA)
Blake Voth (25-11-3 Record, 4 Shutouts, 2.12 GAA)
Powell River:
Chad Niddery (28-58-86)
Matt Garbowsky (44-26-80)
Cohen Adair (24-20-44)
Justin Dasilva (11-32-43)
Andrew Pettitt (17-23-40)
Daniel Schuler (11-24-35)
Craig Dalrymple (9-26-35)
Brenden Forbes (10-21-31)
Carter Shinkaruk (8-18-26)
Jon Jutzi (6-18-24)
Teagan Waugh (10-13-23)
Chris Williams (5-15-20)
Mike Sones (8-11-19)
Steven Schmidt (10-7-17)
Jason Yee (1-12-13)
Klay Kachur (2-10-12)
Bond Hawryluk (3-8-11)
Brendan Hawryluk (6-4-10)
Braden Pears (2-8-10)
Scott Renner (6-3-9)
Justin Bardarson (1-3-4)
Michael Garteig (36-8-3 Record, 7 Shutouts, 1.69 GAA)
Sean Maguire (10-3 Record, 2 Shutouts, 2.50 GAA)
Here's a look at both teams playoff rosters:
Vernon:
Patrick McGillis (5-8-13)
Dylan Walchuk (8-5-13)
David Robinson (2-6-8)
Marcus Basara (3-5-8)
Trevor Fitzgerald (3-4-7)
Bryce Kakoske (3-4-7)
Malcolm Lyles (3-3-6)
Darren Nowick (2-4-6)
Michael Zalewski (2-3-5)
Colton Sparrow (2-3-5)
Aaron Hadley (2-3-5)
John Knisley (2-2-4)
Adam Thompson (1-3-4)
Ryan Renz (0-3-3)
Brett Corkey (0-2-2)
Kyle Murphy (1-1-2)
Steven Weinstein (0-2-2)
Dane Muench (1-0-1)
Max Mowat (0-1-1)
Zach McPhee (0-0-0)
Philip Patenaude (0-0-0)
Kirby Halcrow (7-3 Record, 2.51 GAA)
Blake Voth (1-1, 3.74 GAA Record)
Powell River:
Chad Niddery (9-6-15)
Matt Garbowsky (2-8-10)
Andrew Pettitt (3-7-10)
Cohen Adair (3-5-8)
Daniel Schuler (7-1-8)
Craig Dalrymple (2-6-8)
Jon Jutzi (5-2-7)
Brenden Forbes (0-5-5)
Steven Schmidt (1-4-5)
Carter Shinkaruk (3-0-3)
Bond Hawryluk (1-2-3)
Justin Dasilva (0-2-2)
Chris Williams (0-2-2)
Brendan Hawryluk (1-1-2)
Mike Sones (0-1-1)
Jason Yee (0-1-1)
Klay Kachur (0-1-1)
Justin Bardarson (1-0-1)
Braden Pears (0-0-0)
Teagan Waugh (0-0-0)
Scott Renner (0-0-0)
Michael Garteig (8-5 Record, 1.97 GAA)
Sean Maguire (0-0 Record)
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