Game Preview: Exhibition: Trail @ Vernon:

Trail (0-2-0-0) @ Vernon (2-0-0-1) 6pm

Tonight is the first and only pre-season meeting between the Vernon Vipers & Trail Smoke Eaters. The Vipers won last year's regular season series vs Trail going 5-2-0-0

Last Game:

Saturday, August 26th Wenatchee defeated Trail 4-2
Thursday, August 31st Vernon defeated Prince George 4-2

Next Game:

Friday, September 8th Vernon @ Salmon Arm
Friday, September 8th West Kelowna @ Trail

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

Here's a look at last years 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

Let's take a look at the Vernon Vipers:

The 2-0-0-1 Vernon Vipers are coming off a 4-2 victory over the visiting Prince George Spruce Kings Thursday. Tonight's the first of seven meetings (exhibition & regular season) with the Smoke Eaters this coming season. The Snakes come into action this evening having played two of their first three pre-season games at home. Tonight is the Vipers fourth and final exhibition game, before opening the 2017-18 regular season September 8th with a home & home series vs Salmon Arm. Over the next twenty nine days the Vipers have just two home games (tonight & September 9th) will play seven of their next nine games away from home. Vernon has thirteen players returning from last season, have thirty one players still on their current roster. Newly acquired Anthony Yamnitsky & Tanner Wishnowski are reported to make their Viper debuts tonight. 

Vernon Vipers Roster:

http://bchl.ca/stats/roster/21

Steven Jandric (27-24-51) lead the team last season in goals with twenty seven & in points with fifty one.

Vernon Vipers 2016-17 final regular season stats:

Games Played: 58
Wins: 30
Losses: 19
Ties: 4
Overtime Wins: 1
Overtime Losses: 5
Home Record: 18-7-3-1
Road Record: 12-12-2-3
Overtime Record: 2-5-4
Record vs Interior Division: 18-9-3-4
Record vs Island & Mainland Divisions: 12-10-2-0
When the Vipers score first: 25-7-2-3
When the opponents score first: 5-12-3-1
Leading after the 1st period: 20-3-1-1
Tied after the 1st period: 7-8-3-1
Trailing after the 1st period: 3-8-1-2
Leading after the 2nd period: 25-2-2-1
Tied after the 2nd period: 3-1-3-2
Trailing after the 2nd period: 2-15-0-1
Out shooting opponents: 19-8-4-2
Out shot by opponents: 9-9-1-1
One goal games: 10-2-5-2
Goals for: 180
Goals against: 158
Standings: Finished in 2nd Place
Longest winning streak: Unbeaten in ten games (7 wins-3 ties)
Longest losing streak: Three game losing streak (Twice)

Vernon Vipers 2017-18 exhibition stats:

Games Played: 3
Wins: 2
Losses: 0
Ties: 0
Overtime Wins: 0
Overtime Losses: 1
Home Record: 1-0-0-1
Road Record: 1-0-0-0
Overtime Record: 0-1

Vernon Vipers Returning Players:

(These may not be 100% correct/Team rosters aren't fully updated)

Brett Stapley (99)
Jagger Williamson (98)
Jimmy Lambert (97)
Niko Karamanis (98)
Jesse Lansdell (98)
Michael Ufberg (97)
Shane Kelly (97)
Sol Seibel (99)
Chris Jandric (98)
Ty Taylor (99)
Ryan Brushett (98)
Simon Sagissor (97)
Brody Dale (99)

New Recruits-Committed Players:

Coleton Bilodeau (00)
Josh Prokop (00)
Connor Marritt (99)
Alex Swetlikoff (01)
Jack Judson (00)

Newly Acquired Players Involving Trades:

Keyvan Mokhtari (98)
Jordan Sandhu (99)
Finn Evans (99)
Anthony Yamnitsky (97)
Tanner Wishnowski (97)

Vernon Vipers departed & traded players from last years team:

(These may not be 100% correct/Team rosters aren't fully updated)

Austin Adamson (96)
Riley Brandt (96)
Hunter Zandee (96)
Luke Gingras (98)
Steven Jandric (97)
Cooper Watson (96)
Cameron Trott (97)
Connor Clouston (96)
Darion Hanson (97)

Vernon's home record vs Trail last year:

3-1-0-0

Vernon's road record vs Trail last year:

2-1-0-0

Vernon's scoring leaders vs Trail last year:

Jimmy Lambert (4-4-8)
Steven Jandric (5-3-8)
Brett Stapley (3-5-8)
Cooper Watson (2-4-6)
Riley Brandt (4-2-6)
Jagger Williamson (3-3-6)
Michael Ufberg (1-5-6)
Cameron Trott (0-6-6)
Chris Jandric (0-4-4)
Jesse Lansdell (1-2-3)
Hunter Zandee (0-2-2)
Austin Adamson (1-2-3)
Sol Seibel (0-2-2)
Connor Clouston (1-1-2)
Ryan Brushett (1-1-2)
Niko Karamanis (0-1-1)
Luke Gingras (0-1-1)

Ty Taylor (2-1 Record)
Darion Hanson (3-0 Record)

Let's take a look at the Trail Smoke Eaters:

The 0-2-0-0 Trail Smoke Eaters make their first and only pre-season visit to Kal Tire Place are coming off a 4-2 loss August 26th in Wenatchee. The Smokies lost three of four games at Kal Tire Place last season, will make three trips to Vernon during the regular season, wont return to Kal Tire Place until December 1st. This is the first meeting since the Vipers eliminated the Smoke Eaters in the second round of the BCHL playoffs last year. Tonight is the third and final exhibition game for the Smokies, who play all three pre-season games away from home this year. The Smokies come into tonight with a 0-2 pre-season record lost both exhibition games in Wenatchee last weekend. Trail will open the 2017-18 regular season with a home & home series vs West Kelowna. The Smoke Eaters roster is unavailable so I don't know how many players are returning from last season.

Trail Smoke Eaters Roster:

http://bchl.ca/stats/roster/22

Luke Santerno (33-31-64) lead the team last year in goals with thirty three and in points with sixty four.

Blaine Caton played 52 games for his hometown Vipers (2013-2015) before being released.

Trail Smoke Eaters 2016-17 final regular season stats:

Games Played: 58
Wins: 26
Losses: 26
Ties: 1
Overtime Losses: 5
Home Record: 16-12-1-0
Road Record: 10-14-4-1
Goals for: 213
Goals against: 204
Standings: Finished 4th Place

Trail Smoke Eaters 2017-18 exhibition stats:

Games Played: 2
Wins: 0
Losses: 2
Ties: 0
Overtime Wins: 0
Overtime Losses: 0
Home Record: 0-0-0-0
Road Record: 0-2-0-0
Overtime Record: 0-0

Trail Smoke Eaters Returning Players:

No current roster is available







New Recruits-Committed Players:

No current list is available







Newly Acquired Players Involving Trades:

Brandon Wells (97)

Trail Smoke Eaters departed and traded players from last years team:

No current roster is available









Trail's home record vs Vernon last year:

1-2-0-0

Trail's road record vs Vernon last year:

1-3-0-0

Trail Smoke Eaters scoring leaders vs Vernon last year:

Kale Howarth (6-1-7)
Luke Santerno (1-5-6)
Joshua Laframboise (2-3-5)
Troy Ring (1-2-3)
Connor Brown-Maloski (2-1-3)
Kyle Chernenkoff (1-1-2)
Ryan Moon (1-1-2)
Blaine Caton (0-2-2)
Ross Armour (0-1-1)
Tyson Slater (0-1-1)
Braeden Tuck (0-1-1)
Mitchell Barker (0-1-1)
Ethan Martini (0-1-1)
Andre Ghantous (0-1-1)

Linden Marshall (2-0 Record)
Zach Dyment (0-5 Record)