Yorkton (2-2) vs Vernon (2-2) 2pm start
Today is the first of two semi-final games at the RBC Cup tournament as the Vernon Vipers host the Yorkton Terriers as both teams are looking to advance to the RBC Cup Final. You can listen to today's game live with Graham Turnbull starting with the pre-game show at 1:45pm on 107.5 Kiss FM
For more on the RBC Cup and all five teams visit the Hockey Canada website,
http://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/National-Championships/Men/National-Junior-A/2014
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:
Team Website www.vipers.bc.ca
The Vernon Vipers host the SJHL & Western Canada Cup Champion Yorkton Terriers in the teams meeting at the RBC Cup. Vernon defeated the Terriers 6-4 on Monday finished preliminary action with a 2-2 record. The Vipers advanced to the RBC Cup semi-finals after a 3-2 overtime win over Toronto Lakeshore Thursday. The Vipers are making their tenth appearance at the Centennial Cup-Royal Bank Cup as this years host team. This is the second time the City of Vernon has hosted the National Championship as the 1990 Vernon Lakers hosted and won the 1990 Centennial Cup. Vernon is going for their seventh National Championship. The Vernon Lakers defeated the Yorkton Terriers in the 1991 Centennial Cup 5-4 in overtime to win the Abbott Cup before eliminating the Terriers in the Centennial Cup semi-finals. The Lakers went on that year to win the 1991 Centennial Cup.
HOW THEY GOT TO VERNON
British Columbia Hockey League
Preliminary round: defeated West Kelowna 4-2 (1-5, 4-1, 6-4, 4-1, 1-4, 5-0)
Quarter-final: defeated Penticton 4-3 (4-3, 3-5, 3-4, 5-2, 3-2, 0-2, 4-3 OT)
Semifinal: 2-0 first place in round robin (defeated Victoria 5-4, defeated Coquitlam 6-1)
BCHL championship: lost to Coquitlam 4-0 (4-6, 3-4 OT, 2-3 OT, 3-4)
REGULAR SEASON
Record: 30-18-4-6 (7th in BCHL) (3rd Place Interior Division)
Home Record: 17-6-3-3
Road Record: 13-12-1-3
Overtime Record: 5-6-4
Record vs Interior Division: 16-12-1-4
Record vs Island & Mainland Divisions: 12-6-2-2
Record in September: 3-3-1-2
Record in October: 6-3-0-1
Record in November: 6-1-2-1
Record in December: 5-3-0-0
Record in January: 4-5-1-1
Record in February: 6-2-0-1
Record in March: 0-1
When the Vipers score first: 23-7-3-3
When the opponents score first: 7-10-1-3
Leading after 1st Period: 17-4-2-3
Tied after 1st Period: 7-7-1-1
Trailing after 1st Period: 5-6-1-2
Leading after 2nd Period: 19-3-2-1
Tied after 2nd Period: 6-5-2-4
Trailing after 2nd Period: 5-9-0-1
Out shooting Opponents: 15-5-2-1
Out shot by Opponents: 15-10-2-3
One goal games: 12-2-2-6
Goals For: 187 (10th in BCHL)
Goals Against: 175 (9th in BCHL)
Power Play: 30 for 211 (14.2% - 16th in BCHL)
Penalty Killing: 207 of 254 (81.5% - 9th in BCHL)
Longest Winning Streak: 5 (Oct. 5-18; Feb. 12-22)
Streak: Finished regular season on two game losing streak
Top 3 Scorers:
Michael McNicholas – 23G 46A 69P (6th in BCHL)
Dexter Dancs – 26G 41A 67P (7th in BCHL)
Brett Mulcahy – 30G 15A 45P (48th in BCHL)
PLAYOFFS
Record: 10-9
Home Record: 5-4
Road Record: 5-5
Overtime Record: 1-2
Goals For: 66
Goals Against: 58
When the Vipers score first: 6-5
When the opponents score first: 4-4
Leading after 1st Period: 5-5
Tied after 1st Period: 4-1
Trailing after 1st Period: 1-3
Leading after 2nd Period: 8-4
Tied after 2nd Period: 1-2
Trailing after 2nd Period: 1-3
Out shooting Opponents: 5-3
Out shot by Opponents: 4-5
One goal games: 4-4
Power Play: 10 for 57 (17.5%)
Penalty Killing: 61 of 77 (79.2%)
Streak: Four game losing streak
Top 3 Scorers:
Colton Sparrow – 8G 14A 22P
Brendan Persley – 11G 10A 21P
Brett Mulcahy – 14G 4A 18P
NATIONAL JUNIOR A CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY
2011 – Vernon Vipers | 5-1 | 23GF 12GA | runners-up
2010 – Vernon Vipers | 5-1 | 28GF 14GA | national champions
2009 – Vernon Vipers | 6-0 | 32GF 15GA | national champions
1999 – Vernon Vipers | 3-3 | 22GF 20GA | national champions
1996 – Vernon Vipers | 4-2 | 26GF 20GA | national champions
1992 – Vernon Lakers | 3-2 | 25GF 22GA | third place
1991 – Vernon Lakers | 4-2 | 29GF 29GA | national champions
1990 – Vernon Lakers | 5-1 | 36GF 19GA | national champions
1989 – Vernon Lakers | 0-3 | 8GF 18GA | fourth place
Vernon's all-time Record at the Centennial Cup-Royal Bank Cup:
Games Played: 52
Wins: 36 (Centennial Cup-Royal Bank Cup Record)
Losses: 16
Goals For: 238 (Centennial Cup-Royal Bank Cup Record)
Goals Against: 174
Vernon's all-time Round Robin Record:
23-14
Vernon's all-time Semi-Final Record:
7-1
Vernon's all-time Championship Final Record:
6-1
PLAYERS TO WATCH
DYLAN CHANTER
shutdown defenceman … smart … quick to react in his own end … strong skater … moves the puck well … keeps things simple in defensive zone … can separate puck carrier from the puck
MICHAEL MCNICHOLAS
highly skilled … loves to have the puck on his stick … always a threat to score … can control the puck in tight spaces … uses open space to his advantage … makes quick, hard passes … good hockey IQ
AUSTIN SMITH
athletic goaltender … plays with poise … confident … good vision …quick glove … moves well from side to side … uses his stick well … likes to challenge shooters … good second effort for rebounds
COMMITMENTS
Mason Blacklock – Michigan Tech University (2014-15)
Dylan Chanter – University of New Hampshire (2014-15)
Ken Citron – Colgate University (2015-16)
Liam Coughlin – Boston University (2014-15)
Dexter Dancs – University of Michigan (2014-15)
Demico Hannoun – Michigan Tech University (2014-15)
Michael McNicholas – University of New Hampshire (2014-15)
Logan Mick – Quinnipiac University (2015-16)
Brett Mulcahy – Holy Cross University (2014-15)
Ryan Renz – Lake Superior State University (2014-15)
Colton Sparrow – University of Alaska Fairbanks (2014-15)
Jared Wilson – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (2014-15)
Vernon Vipers Returning Players:
Mason Blacklock (94)
Dexter Dancs (95)
TJ Dumonceaux (94)
Logan Mick (96)
Brendan Persley (93)
Ryan Renz (93)
Colton Sparrow (93)
Michael Statchuk (94)
Austin Smith (93)
Danny Todosychuk (94)
Vernon Vipers Departing & traded players from last years team:
Liam Board (93)
Brett Corkey (92)
Bryce Eviston (94)
Jason Bird (93)
Andrew Tegeler (92)
Craig Martin (95)
Mitch McAllister (94)
Marc Hetnik (92)
Michael Roberts (95)
Braeden Russell (93)
Geoff Crisfield (93)
Lets take a look at the Yorkton Terriers:
Team Website http://www.yorktonterriers.com/
Yorkton Terriers blog http://bennywalchuk.blogspot.ca/
The SJHL & Western Canada Cup Champion Yorkton Terriers are making their fifth appearance at the Centennial Cup-Royal Bank Cup advanced to the National Championship after winning the teams first ever Western Canada Cup with a victory over the AJHL Spruce Grove Saints in Dauphin Manitoba. The Terriers advanced to the semi-finals after a 2-1 overtime victory over the Dauphin Kings Thursday. Yorkton finished 2-2 during preliminary play are playing in their fifth RBC Cup semi-final are 1-3 in semi-finals. In four of the Terriers five appearances at the RBC Cup the Vernon Vipers were also at the same tournament (1991,1996,1999 & 2014). The Vernon Lakers knocked the Terriers out of the 1991 Centennial Cup after a 7-5 victory in the semi-finals. Yorkton hosted the 1999 RBC Cup where the Vipers won their fourth National Championship. Riley Hunt will play his former team for a second time this week. Hunt played one season in Vernon (2011-12) was traded to Salmon Arm early during the 2012-13 season.
The Yorkton Terriers are a team in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) based in Yorkton, Saskatchewan. The team plays their home games in the Farrell Agencies Arena, which has a seating capacity of 2,300.
The team joined the SJHL for the 1972–73 season. The team won their first league championship in 1983. Four times in their history they have competed in the Tier II Junior "A" National Championships: 1991 in Sudbury, 1996 in Melfort, 1999 as the hosts, and 2006 in Streetsville.
The team has won the league championship five times in its history: 1983, 1991, 2005, 2006, and 2013.
The Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League is a Junior A ice hockey league under Hockey Canada, a part of the Canadian Junior Hockey League. Open to North American-born players 20 years of age or younger, the SJHL's 12 teams play in three divisions: the Kramer, Sherwood and Viterra Divisions. A major attraction in Saskatchewan, the SJHL draws 400,000 fans each season (nearly half the population of the province). The winner of the SJHL playoffs continues on to play in the Western Canada Cup in a 5-team round robin tournament including the host team and winners from the BCJHL, AJHL, SJHL, and MJHL, where the top two teams advance to the Junior "A" National Championship, the Royal Bank Cup.
Founded in 1968, the league was originally known as the Saskatchewan Amateur Junior Hockey League until 1973. They re-adopted the "Amateur" in their name in 1980 and carried it until the 1987-88 season when they dropped the "Amateur" again. They were one of the original Tier II Junior A leagues in the realignment of 1970. Their first two seasons they were eligible for the Memorial Cup.
HOW THEY GOT TO VERNON
Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League
Quarter-final: defeated Notre Dame 4-1 (5-1, 1-2, 5-2, 3-2 OT, 7-1)
Semifinal: defeated Humboldt 4-1 (5-6 3OT, 3-2 2OT, 6-5, 4-3 OT, 2-1 OT)
SJHL championship: defeated Melville 4-0 (2-1 OT, 2-1 2OT, 3-1, 4-0)
Western Canada Cup
Preliminary round: 2-2, second place (lost to Winnipeg 3-1, defeated Dauphin 8-6, lost to Spruce Grove 3-2 OT, defeated Coquitlam 4-1)
Championship game: defeated Dauphin 5-4
REGULAR SEASON
Record: 37-12-7 (1st in SJHL)
Goals For: 186 (1st in SJHL)
Goals Against: 125 (1st in SJHL)
Power Play: 51 for 233 (21.9% - 1st in SJHL)
Penalty Killing: 197 of 234 (84.2% - 4th in SJHL)
Longest Winning Streak: 7 (Jan. 24-Feb. 8)
Top 3 Scorers:
Brett Boehm – 31G 35A 66P (2nd in SJHL)
Tayler Thompson – 23G 38A 61P (4th in SJHL)
Chase Norrish – 9G 36A 45P (11th in SJHL)
PLAYOFFS
Playoff Record: 15-4
Goals For: 72
Goals Against: 45
Power Play: 17 for 79 (21.5%)
Penalty Killing: 61 of 71 (85.9%)
Top 3 Scorers:
Brett Boehm – 19G 9A 28P
Tyler Giebel – 6G 16A 22P
Chase Norrish – 8G 10A 18P
NATIONAL JUNIOR A CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY
2006 – Yorkton Terriers | 2-4 | 12GF 24GA | runners-up
1999 – Yorkton Terriers | 3-2 | 17GF 14GA | fourth place
1996 – Yorkton Terriers | 1-4 | 15GF 26GA | fourth place
1991 – Yorkton Terriers | 3-2 | 27GF 22GA | third place
Yorkton's all-time Record at the Centennial Cup-Royal Bank Cup:
Games Played: 23
Wins: 9
Losses: 12
Goals For: 74
Goals Against: 86
Yorkton's all-time Round Robin Record:
9-9
Yorkton's all-time Semi-Final Record:
1-3
Yorkton's all-time Championship Final Record:
0-1
PLAYERS TO WATCH
BRETT BOEHM
smart player … always finds open space … effective when playing down low … does the little things well … difficult to knock off the puck … soft but strong hands … reaches top speed quickly
CHASE NORRISH
an on-ice general … controls the pace of the game … makes a good first pass … moves the puck well on the PP … very mobile … competes physically … likes to take away space … good hockey sense
TAYLER THOMPSON
Mr. Consistency … can beat defenders with ease … works hard without the puck … always in good position … good offensive anticipation … quick release … good one-on-one skill set ... good speed
COMMITMENTS
Brett Boehm – University of Minnesota Duluth (2014-15)
Riley Hunt – Harvard University (2015-16)
Brady Norrish – Rochester Institute of Technology (2014-15)
Chase Norrish – Rochester Institute of Technology (2014-15)
Here's a look at both teams rosters-stats:
Vernon Vipers:
http://www.bchl.ca/leagues/stats_1team.cfm?leagueID=2393&clientID=1413&teamid=224096
Yorkton Terriers:
http://www.leaguestat.com/sjhl/sjhl/en/stats/roster.php?step=&sub=&season_id=15&team_id=11
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