Game Preview: West Kelowna @ Vernon:

West Kelowna(26-15-0-2) @ Vernon (18-23-0-3) 7pm

Tonight is the fourth of seven meetings this season between the Vernon Vipers & West Kelowna Warriors. The Warriors lead the season series 3-0

Last Game:

Friday, January 15th Vernon defeated Salmon Arm 10-5
Saturday, January 16th West Kelowna defeated Salmon Arm 2-1 in Double Overtime

Next Game:

Saturday, January 23rd Vernon @ Trail
Saturday, January 23rd Chilliwack @ West Kelowna

Since the 2003-04 regular season Vernon is 450-257-20-22

Since the 2003-04 regular season Vernon is 247-106-11-12 at home

Since the 2003-04 regular season Vernon is 203-141-9-11 on the road

Since the 2006-07 regular season Vernon is 30-26-3-4 vs. West Kelowna

Since the 2006-07 regular season Vernon has outscored West Kelowna 179-178

Since the 2006-07 regular season Vernon is 18-9-2-2 at home vs. West Kelowna

Since the 2006-07 regular season Vernon is 12-18-1-2 in West Kelowna

The Vipers are 4-5-0-1 in their last ten games vs West Kelowna

The Vipers are 3-6-0-1 vs West Kelowna in their last ten games at Royal Le Page Place

The Vipers are 6-3-1-0 vs West Kelowna in their last ten games at Kal Tire Place

Since the 2010-11 regular season the Warriors have just three wins in their last nineteen games at Kal Tire Place (February 9th 2013, September 27th 2014 & October 23rd 2015)

Vernon's last win at home vs West Kelowna was a 6-3 win on Friday, January 16th 2015

West Kelowna's last victory at Kal Tire Place was a 3-2 win on Friday, October 23rd 2015

Vernon's last win at Royal Le Page Place was a 7-4 win on Saturday, October 18th 2014

West Kelowna's last win at home vs Vernon was a 5-2 win on Tuesday, January 12th 2016

The Vipers went 4-3-0-0 last season vs the Warriors

Lets take a look at the Vernon Vipers:

The Vernon Vipers return home from a three game road trip where they went 2-1. The Vipers are coming off a 10-5 victory in Salmon Arm Friday face the Warriors for a second time in ten days. West Kelowna beat Vernon 5-2 on the 12th at Royal Le Page Place. The Vipers have lost three of their last five, are 5-4-0-1 in their last ten games. Vernon sits tied in points with Trail for 4th in the Interior Division are five points up on last place Merritt, & fifteen points back of Salmon Arm & West Kelowna who are tied in points for 2nd place. The Vipers have one win in their last six home games, and four wins in their last eleven games at Kal Tire Place.

Odeen Tufto (20-31-51) leads the the team in goals with twenty and  in points with fifty one.

Mac Ferner played the past three seasons with West Kelowna before being traded to Vernon on July 9th 2015

Hunter Zandee played last year in West Kelowna was traded to the Vipers on August 11th 2015

Graham Turnbull's Vernon Vipers Venom Blog

http://vipersvenom1.blogspot.ca/

Vernon Vipers 2015-16 regular season Stats:

Games Played: 44
Wins: 17
Losses: 23
Ties: 0
Overtime Losses: 3
Home Record: 10-11-0-2
Road Record: 8-11-0-2
Overtime Record: 2-4
Record vs Interior Division: 8-16-0-3
Record vs Island & Mainland Divisions: 10-6-0-1
When the Vipers score first: 9-5-0-2
When the opponents score first: 9-18-0-1
Leading after 1st Period: 9-2-0-2
Tied after 1st Period: 4-7-0-0
Trailing after 1st Period: 6-14-0-1
Leading after 2nd Period: 11-0-0-1
Tied after 2nd Period: 3-5-0-1
Trailing after 2nd Period: 4-18-0-0
Out shooting Opponents: 10-8-0-2
Out shot by Opponents: 7-15-0-1
One goal games: 3-6-0-3
Record in September: 3-3-0-1
Record in October: 6-6-0-0
Record in November: 4-6-0-1
Record in December: 3-5-0-1
Record in January: 2-3-0-0
Goals For: 142
Goals Against: 154
Place: 4th Place
Streak: One game winning streak
Longest winning streak this year: Three games
Longest losing streak this year: Five games

Vernon Vipers Returning Players:

Liam Finlay (97)
Jagger Williamson (98)
Colton McCarthy (96)
Riley Brandt (96)
Mitchell Oliver (97)

Vernon Vipers Departing & traded players from last years team:

Liam Coughlin (94)
Anthony Latina (94)
Blaine Caton (97)
Linden Hora (96)
Nicholas Rasovic (96)
TJ Dumonceaux (94)
Luke Shiplo (95)
Luke Voltin (95)
Brandon Egli (94)
Jarrod Schamerhorn (95)
Mitch Meek (96)
Johhny Coughlin (95)
Kenny Citron (95)
Riley Guenther (94)
Mackenzie Bauer (96)
Danny Todosychuk (94)

Vernon’s Home record vs. West Kelowna this season:

0-1-0-0

Vernon’s Road record vs. West Kelowna this season:

0-2-0-0

Vernon’s scoring leaders vs. West Kelowna this season:

Bo Pellah (0-2-2)
Colton McCarthy (1-1-2)

Liam Finlay (0-2-2)
Jimmy Lambert (1-1-2)

Christian Cakebread (1-1-2)

Callum Volpe (0-2-2)

Odeen Tufto (1-0-1)
Riley Brandt (1-0-1)

Andrew Shortridge (0-2 Record)

Brendan Barry (0-1 Record)

-Vernon has the leagues 5th best powerplay

-The Vipers have the leagues 15th best penalty kill

Lets take a look at the West Kelowna Warriors:

The West Kelowna Warriors make their second of three visits to Kal Tire Place this season, are coming off a 2-1 win in double overtime in Salmon Arm Saturday. Tonight is the second and final game of a two game road trip where the Warriors have won three straight on the road and five of their last six games away from home. Since the 2010-11 regular season the Warriors have just three wins in their last nineteen games at Kal Tire Place (February 9th 2013, September 27th 2014 & October 23rd 2015). The Warriors are 3-0 vs the Vipers this season, won their only game in Vernon this year 3-2 on October 23rd. These two teams will next see each other three straight games within four days starting with a home and home series on February 16th. West Kelowna is tied in points with Salmon Arm for 2nd place in the Division have won three of their last five games and are 7-3-0-0 in their last ten.

Jonathan Desbiens (29-21-50) leads the team lead in goals with twenty nine, while Liam Blackburn (23-34-57) leads the team in points with fifty seven.

Warriors Head Coach-GM Rylan Ferster played one season in Vernon (1989-90) with the Centennial Cup Champion Vernon Lakers.

Kyle Anderson's Battle Cries West Kelowna Warriors blog

http://wkwarriors.blogspot.ca/

West Kelowna Warriors 2015-16 regular season Stats:

Games Played: 43
Wins: 26
Losses: 15
Ties: 0
Overtime Losses: 2
Home Record: 15-7-0-1
Road Record: 11-8-0-1
Goals For: 169
Goals Against: 145
Place: 2nd Place
Streak: Three game winning streak

West Kelowna Warriors Returning Players:

Liam Blackburn (96)
Jonathan Desbiens (96)
Kyle Marino (95)
Kylar Hope (95)
Rylan Yaremko (96)
Brett Mennear (96)
Nicholas Rutigliano (96)
Kristian Blumenschein (97)

West Kelowna Warriors Departing & traded players from last years team:

Jason Cotton (95)
Brayden Gelsinger (95)
Tanner Campbell (97)
Andrew Johnson (94)
Jordan Masters (94)
Tyler Kunz (94)
Josh Bly (96)
Mac Ferner (95)
Huner Zandee (96)
Bennett Huber (94)
Braeden Jones (94)
Andy Desautels (94)
Scott Patton (96)

West Kelowna Warriors’s Home record vs. Vernon this season:

2-0-0-0

West Kelowna Warriors’s Road record vs. Vernon this season:

1-0-0-0

West Kelowna Warriors’s scoring leaders vs. Vernon this season:

Liam Blackburn (2-3-5)

Jonathan Desbiens (4-1-5)

Kylar Hope (1-3-4)

Garrett Forster (2-1-3)
Quinn Foreman (2-0-2)

Connor Sodergren (0-2-2)
Tanner Campbell (0-2-2)

Rylan Yaremko (0-2-2)
Jake Harrison (0-1-1)
Reed Gunville (0-1-1)
Scott Allen (0-1-1)
Nicholas Rutigliano (0-1-1)

Tyler Anderson (1-0-1)

Jared Marino (0-1-1)

Matthew Greenfield (1-0 Record)
Keelan Williams (1-0 Record)

-West Kelowna has with the leagues 3rd best powerplay

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

Here's a look at both teams rosters:

Vernon Vipers:

http://www.bchl.ca/leagues/stats_1team.cfm?leagueID=2393&clientID=1413&teamid=224096

West Kelowna Warriors:

http://www.bchl.ca/leagues/stats_1team.cfm?leagueID=2393&clientID=1413&teamid=224092