(Game Preview) Westside @ Vernon:

Westside (4-1-0-0) @ Vernon (4-0-0-0)

Tonight is the fourth meeting of the season between these two teams (Pre-season & regular season). The Vipers won both exibition games in overtime over the Westside Warriors and defeated Westside 5-2 in the Warriors home opener last Friday. The Vipers come into tonights action undefeated with a perfect 4-0 record. This is Vernon's second of three straight games on home ice before hitting the road for a small three game road trip. Westside comes into the Wesbild Centre tied with the Vernon Vipers for 1st place in the Interior Conference. Tonight is the end of a mini two game road trip for the Warriors before playing there next six straight at Royal Le Page Place. Westside has played four of its first five games away from home.

Last Game Played:

Saturday, October 1st Vernon defeated Prince George 5-4 (Overtime)
Saturday, October 1st Westside defeated Merritt 5-4 (Overtime)

Next Game:

Friday, October 7th Chilliwack @ Vernon
Friday, October 7th Merritt @ Westside

Since the Warriors moved to Westside in 2006-07 Vernon is 3-1 vs. Westside during exibition action

Since the Warriors moved to Westside in 2006-07 Vernon is 15-12-2-3 vs. Westside during the regular season

Since the Warriors moved to Westside in 2006-07 Vernon has outscored Westside 92-90 during the regular season

Since the Warriors moved to Westside in 2006-07 Vernon is 6-6-1-2 at home vs. Westside during the regular season

Since the Warriors moved to Westside in 2006-07 Vernon is 9-6-1-1 in Westside during the regular season

Since the 2008-09 season the Vipers are 6-2-1-1 in their last ten games vs. the Warriors on home ice during the regular season

Since the 2008-09 season the Vipers are 7-2-0-1 in their last ten games vs. the Warriors at Royal Le Page Place during the regular season

Westside's last regular season victory at the Wesbild Centre was a 3-1 win on Saturday, January 23rd 2010

The Vipers went 4-0-1-1 last season vs the Warriors in the regular season, before knocking off Westside in six games in the Interior Conference Semi-Finals.

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: 964
Wins: 622
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

Lets take a look at the Vernon Vipers:

Games Played: 4
Wins: 4
Losses: 0
Ties: 0
Overtime Losses: 0
Home Record: 2-0-0-0
Road Record: 2-0-0-0
Goals For: 20
Goals Against: 11
Standings: Tied for 1st Place with Westside

Vernon Vipers Returning Players From Last Year:

Marcus Basara (93)
Brett Corkey (92)
Aaron Hadley (93)
John Knisley (92)
Patrick McGillis (91)
Max Mowat (93)
Darren Nowick (91)
Ryan Renz (93)
Colton Sparrow (93)
Michael Zalewski (92)
Kirby Halcrow (91)

Vernon Vipers Departing & Traded Players From Last Year:

Dylan Walchuk (92)
David Robinson (90)
Bryce Kakoske (90)
Malcolm Lyles (90)
Trevor Fitzgerald (92)
Adam Thompson (90)
Steven Weinstein (90)
Kyle Murphy (90)
Dane Muench (92)
Philip Patenaude (91)
Zach McPhee (93)
Blake Voth (91)

Vernons Home record vs. Westside this season:

0-0-0-0

Vernons Road record vs. Westside this season:

1-0-0-0

Vernons Powerplay vs. Westside this season:

2-6

Vernons scoring leaders vs. Westside this season:

Adam Tambellini (2-2-4)
Marc Hetnik (1-1-2)
Marcus Basara (1-1-2)
Patrick McGillis (0-2-2)
Max Mowat (0-1-1)
Connor Hartley (0-1-1)
Michael Zalewski (1-0-1)

Kirby Halcrow (1-0 Record)

Vernons Home record vs. Westside last season:

2-0-1-0

Vernons Road record vs. Westside last season:

2-0-0-1

Vernons Powerplay vs. Westside last season:

8-33

Vernons scoring leaders vs. Westside last season:

Dylan Walchuk (4-5-8)
Michael Zalewski (3-5-8)
Adam Thompson (2-6-8)
Bryce Kakoske (4-2-6)
Steven Weinstein (1-5-6)
Kyle Murphy (1-4-5)
Patrick McGillis (2-3-5)
David Robinson (2-2-4)
Brett Corkey (0-4-4)
John Knisley (0-3-3)
Darren Nowick (2-1-3)
Malcolm Lyles (1-2-3)
Aaron Hadley (1-1-2)
Marcus Basara (1-1-2)

Blake Voth (2-1-1 Record)
Kirby Halcrow (2-0 Record)

Let's take a look at the trades the Vipers have made so far this season.

27-Jun-11 The Vernon Vipers Hockey Club acquires the CJHL playing rights of Luke Juha (93)(D) from the Burlington Cougars Hockey Club of the OJHL in exchange for future considerations.

02-Aug-11 The Vernon Vipers Hockey Club transfers the playing rights of Dane Muench (92)(F), Phillip Patenaude (91)(D) and future considerations to the Kindersley Klippers Hockey Club in exchange for the playing rights of Jarryd Ten Vannholt and Justin Elliot.

19-Sep-11 The Vernon Vipers Hockey Club transfers the playing rights of Jarryd Ten Vaanholt (91)(F) to the Victoria Grizzles Hockey Club in exchange for future considerations.

Key’s and Notes to tonight’s game:

-Kirby Halcrow is 3-4 in his career vs. Westside

-Vernon has the leagues 3rd best powerplay

-The Vipers have the BCHL's 2nd best penalty kill

-Michael Zalewski (5-2-7), Adam Tambellini (4-3-7) & Patrick McGillis (3-3-6) are all in the leagues top twenty in scoring

Lets take a look at the Westside Warriors:

Games Played: 5
Wins: 4
Losses: 1
Ties: 0
Overtime Losses: 0
Home Record: 0-1-0-0
Road Record: 4-0-0-0
Goals For: 22
Goals Against: 15
Standings: Tied for 1st Place with Vernon

Westside Warriors Returning Players From Last Year:

Izaak Berglund (91)
Travis Blanleil (94)
Max French (92)
Shawn Hochhausen (92)
Michael King (93)
Tyler Krause (91)
Peter MacIntosh (91)
Brett Mckinnon (92)
Dru Morrison (92)
Brett Mulcahy (93)
Brayden Sherbinin (93)

Former Vernon Lakers forward, Rylan Ferster is the new head coach-gm of the Warriors after coming over this summer from the KIJHL Revelestoke Grizzlies.

Westside Warriors Departing & Traded Players From Last Year:

Alex Grieve (90)
Kyle Singleton (90)
Tyler Brickler (91)
Grayson Downing (92)
Tom Kroshus (92)
Quinn Gould (90)
Tyler French (90)
Matthew Maher (90)
Matt Cronin (92)
Stefan Nicholishen (93)
Kevin Boyle (92)
Cole Holowenko (93)

Westsides Home record vs. Vernon this season:

0-1-0-0

Westsides Road record vs. Vernon this season:

0-0-0-0

Westsides Powerplay vs. Vernon this season:

1-7

Westsides scoring leaders vs. Vernon this season:

Travis Blanleil (1-0-1)
Brennan Clark (0-1-1)
Peter MacIntosh (0-1-1)
Max French (1-0-1)
Tyler Krause (0-1-1)

Brandon Lane (0-1 Record)

Westsides Home record vs. Vernon last season:

1-1-0-1

Westsides Road record vs. Vernon last season:

0-2-1

Westsides Powerplay vs. Vernon last season:

6-24

Westsides scoring leaders vs. Vernon last season:

Matthew Maher (1-5-6)
Alex Grieve (2-2-4)
Kyle Singleton (2-2-4)
Tom Kroshus (2-2-4)
Tyler Brickler (0-4-4)
Brayden Sherbinin (2-1-3)
Quinn Gould (2-1-3)
Tyler Krause (1-2-3)
Grayson Downing (1-2-3)
Max French (1-1-2)
Brett Mckinnon (2-0-2)
Michael King (0-1-1)
Brett Mulcahy (0-1-1)
Matt Cronin (0-1-1)
Shawn Hochhausen (1-0-1)
Peter MacIntosh (0-1-1)
Stefan Nicholishen (0-1-1)
Tyler French (0-1-1)

Kevin Boyle (0-2-1 Record)
Cole Holowenko (1-1 Record)

Let's take a look at the trades the Warriors have made this season.

02-Aug-11 The Surrey Eagles Hockey Club transfers the playing rights of Richard Vanderhoek (91)(F) to the Westside Warriors Hockey Club in exchange for the playing rights of Matt Cronin (92)(D).

05-Aug-11 The Westside Warriors Hockey Club transfers the playing rights of Stefan Nicholishen (93)(F) to the Salmon Arm Silverbacks Hockey Club in exchange for the playing rights of Dustin Cave (94)(D).

05-Oct-11 The Westside Warriors Hockey Club transfer the playing rights of Tyson Witala (93)(F) to the Prince George Spruce Kings Hockey Club in exchange for future considerations.

Key’s and Notes to tonight’s game:

-Tyler Krause (5-3-8) & Connor Dempsey (4-3-7) are both in the BCHL's top twenty in league scoring

-Westside has the BCHL's best powerplay

-The Warriors have the league's 7th best penalty kill

-Forward Tyler Krause has points in five straight games

For more on the Westside Warriors and tonights game, visit Jon Zacks new Westside Warriors blog (The Generals Report), http://westsidewarriorsblog.wordpress.com/

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

Friday, September 30th @ Westside: Vipers win 5-2

SCORING SUMMARY

PERIOD 1

Vernon Vipers at 18:21 - Michael Zalewski from Connor Hartley
Westside Warriors at 19:00 - Max French from Tyler Krause

PERIOD 2

Vernon Vipers at 6:56 - Marcus Basara from Marc Hetnik and Adam Tambellini

PERIOD 3

Vernon Vipers at 5:06 (PP) - Marc Hetnik from Marcus Basara and Adam Tambellini
Vernon Vipers at 5:25 (PP) - Adam Tambellini from Max Mowat and Patrick McGillis
Vernon Vipers at 8:11 - Adam Tambellini from Patrick McGillis
Westside Warriors at 19:32 (PP) - Travis Blanleil from Brennan Clark and Peter MacIntosh

Westside outshot Vernon 49-30. Kirby Halcrow made 47 saves in the win, while Brandon Lane made 14 saves in the loss.

http://www.bchl.ca/leagues/hockey_boxscores.cfm?clientID=1413&leagueID=2393&gameID=977747&link=bchl

Here's a look at both teams rosters:

Vernon:

Michael Zalewski (5-2-7)
Adam Tambellini (4-3-7)
Patrick McGillis (3-3-6)
Darren Nowick (2-3-5)
Marc Hetnik (1-3-4)
Aaron Hadley (1-3-4)
Marcus Basara (0-3-3)
John Knisley (1-1-2)
Colton Sparrow (1-1-2)
Brett Corkey (0-2-2)
Geoff Crisfield (0-1-1)
Jedd Soleway (1-0-1)
Max Mowat (0-1-1)
Ryan Renz (0-1-1)
Connor Hartley (0-1-1)
Alex Hagen (0-0-0)
Turner Lawson (0-0-0)
Riley Hunt (0-0-0)
Luke Juha (0-0-0)

Kirby Halcrow (3-0 Record, 2.28 GAA)
Danny Todosychuk (1-0 Record, 3.90 GAA)

Westside:

Tyler Krause (5-3-8)
Connor Dempsey (4-3-7)
Peter MacIntosh (0-5-5)
Michael King (0-5-5)
Richard Vanderhoek (1-3-4)
Dru Morrison (1-3-4)
Seb Lloyd (1-3-4)
Brett Mckinnon (1-2-3)
Travis Blanleil (2-1-3)
Brennan Clark (1-2-3)
Ben Betker (0-2-2)
Tyson Witala (1-1-2)
Max French (2-0-2)
Brayden Sherbinin (1-0-1)
Izaak Berglund (0-1-1)
Shawn Hochhausen (1-0-1)
Garrett Skrbich (0-1-1)
Mitchell Steinke (0-0-0)
Scott MacDonald (0-0-0)

Steven Racine (4-0 Record, 2.62 GAA)
Brandon Lane (0-1 Record, 5.45 GAA)