Friday, March 10, 2017

Smoke Eaters Advance To 2nd Round-Face Vipers:

The 3rd place Trail Smoke Eaters eliminated the 6th place Salmon Arm Silverbacks 7-4 tonight in Trail to win the best of seven series 4-1. The Smokies will now advance to the second round of the BCHL playoffs, will face the 2nd place Vernon Vipers in the best of seven series starting March 17th in Vernon. The Vipers earned a first round bye for finishing 2nd in the Interior Division. The last time these two teams met in the playoffs was 2008. The Vipers swept the Smoke Eaters 3-0 in the best of five.

Trail Smoke Eaters-Salmon Arm Silverbacks Boxscore-Game Summary,

http://bchl.ca/game-summary?game_id=7772

The last time the Smoke Eaters and Vipers met, the two teams finished the 2016-17 regular season splitting a home & home series. The Smoke Eaters won 3-1 at home February 24th before losing 7-1 in Vernon February 25th. The Vipers won the regular season series 5-2.

Here's a look at the regular season series vs Trail

October 21st Trail @ Vernon: Smoke Eaters won 4-3
October 22nd Vernon @ Trail: Vipers won 2-1
December 10th Trail @ Vernon: Vipers won 6-2
December 17th Vernon @ Trail: Vipers won 3-2
February 4th Trail @ Vernon: Vipers won 5-1
February 24th Vernon @ Trail: Smoke Eaters won 3-1
February 25th Trail @ Vernon: Vipers won 7-1

Since the 2002-03 regular season Vernon is 75-20-1-3 vs Trail

Since the 2002-03 regular season Vernon has outscored Trail 427-235

Since the 2002-03 regular season Vernon is 38-7-0-2 at home vs. Trail

Since the 2002-03 regular season Vernon is 30-11-1-1 in Trail

The Vipers are 8-2-0-0 in their last ten home games vs. the Smoke Eaters

The Vipers are 7-3-0-0 in their last ten road games vs. the Smoke Eaters

The Vipers last regular season win at home vs. Trail was a 7-1 victory on Saturday, February 25th 2017

The Smoke Eaters last regular season win in Vernon was a 4-3 victory on Friday, October 21st 2016

The Vipers last regular season win in Trail was a 3-2 victory on Saturday, December 17th 2016

The Smoke Eaters last regular season win at home vs. Vernon was a 3-1 victory Friday, February 24th 2017

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