Game Preview: Parents Weekend: West Kelowna @ Vernon:

West Kelowna (11-5-0-0) @ Vernon (11-4-0-2)
6pm

Tonight is the first of six regular season meetings between the Vernon Vipers & West Kelowna Warriors. The Vipers won last season's regular season series 4-3

Last Game:

Friday, October 27th Vernon defeated Wenatchee 4-1
Sunday, October 22nd Salmon Arm defeated West Kelowna 3-1

Next Game:

Wednesday, November 1st Vernon @ Chilliwack
Sunday, October 29th West Kelowna @ Merritt

Since the 2006-07 regular season Vernon is 34-30-4-5 vs West Kelowna

Since the 2006-07 regular season Vernon is 22-10-3-2 at home vs West Kelowna

Since the 2006-07 regular season Vernon is 14-21-1-3 in West Kelowna

The Vipers are 4-4-2-0 in their last ten games vs West Kelowna

The Vipers are 2-6-2-0 vs West Kelowna in their last ten games at Royal LePage Place

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

Since the 2010-11 regular season the Warriors have just five wins at Kal Tire Place

Vernon's last win at home vs West Kelowna was a 3-1 victory on Saturday, February 11th 2017

West Kelowna's last win at Kal Tire Place was a 6-4 victory on Wednesday, February 1st 2017

Vernon's last regular season win at Royal LePage Place was a 2-1 victory on Friday, January 20th 2017

West Kelowna's last regular season win at home vs Vernon was a 3-2 overtime victory on Friday, November 18th 2016

Here's a look at last year's regular season series vs West Kelowna

September 17th Vernon @ West Kelowna: Warriors won 3-1
October 8th Vernon @ West Kelowna: Vipers won 3-2
November 18th Vernon @ West Kelowna: Warriors won 3-2 overtime
December 2nd West Kelowna @ Vernon: Vipers won 6-1
Friday, January 20th Vernon @ West Kelowna: Vipers won 2-1
February 1st West Kelowna @ Vernon: Warriors won 4-3 overtime
February 11th West Kelowna @ Vernon: Vipers won 3-1

Let's take a look at the Vernon Vipers:

The 11-4-0-2 Vernon Vipers are coming off a 4-1 victory over the visiting Wenatchee Wild Friday. Tonight is the first of six games vs West Kelowna as the Warriors & Vipers will meet three times in the next nineteen days. These two teams will meet again November 4th in Vernon. The Vipers went 4-1-2-0 vs West Kelowna last year. The Snakes come into tonight having won two straight and four of their last five. Vernon has six wins in their last ten games. Vernon sits atop the Interior Division are three points up on Wenatchee & Trail and two points up on West Kelowna & Penticton.

Vernon Vipers Roster:

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

Brett Stapley (10-13-23) leads the team lead in goals with ten & in points with twenty three.

Sol Seibel played two games as an "AP" with West Kelowna during the 2015-16 season

Vernon Vipers 2017-18 regular season stats:

Games Played: 17
Wins: 11
Losses: 4
Ties: 2
Overtime Wins: 0
Overtime Losses: 0
Home Record: 4-1-0-1
Road Record: 7-3-0-1
Overtime Record: 0-0-1
Record vs Interior Division: 5-1-0-1
Record vs Island & Mainland Divisions: 6-3-0-1
Record In September: 6-1-0-1
Record In October: 5-3-0-1
When the Vipers score first: 9-2-0-0
When the opponents score first: 2-2-0-2
Leading after the 1st period: 7-2-0-0
Tied after the 1st period: 2-2-0-2
Trailing after the 1st period: 2-0-0-0
Leading after the 2nd period: 8-0-0-0
Tied after the 2nd period: 3-3-0-0
Trailing after the 2nd period: 0-1-0-2
Out shooting opponents: 7-3-0-2
Out shot by opponents: 4-1-0-0
One goal games: 3-4-0-0
Goals for: 63
Goals against: 34
Standings: 1st Place (Interior Division)
Longest winning streak: Unbeaten in eight games (7 wins-1 tie) (Exhibition & Regular Season)
Longest losing streak: Winless in three games (2 losses & 1 tie)

Vernon Vipers Returning Players:

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)

Vernon Vipers departed & traded players from last years team:

Austin Adamson (96)
Riley Brandt (96)
Ryan Brushett (98)
Simon Sagissor (97)
Brody Dale (99)
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 West Kelowna last year:

2-0-1-0

Vernon's road record vs West Kelowna last year:

2-1-1-0

Vernon's scoring leaders vs West Kelowna last year:

Brett Stapley (5-2-7)
Jimmy Lambert (1-5-6)
Austin Adamson (5-0-5)
Ryan Brushett (2-3-5)
Steven Jandric (2-3-5)
Niko Karamanis (3-1-4)
Chris Jandric (0-3-3)
Jagger Williamson (1-1-2)
Michael Ufberg (0-2-2)
Hunter Zandee (0-2-2)
Shane Kelly (0-2-2)
Riley Brandt (0-1-1)
Cooper Watson (0-1-1)
Cameron Trott (0-1-1)
Sol Seibel (0-1-1)
Jesse Lansdell (0-1-1)
Luke Gingras (0-1-1)

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

Let's take a look at the West Kelowna Warriors:

The 11-5-0-0 West Kelowna Warriors make their first of three regular season visits to Kal Tire Place, are coming off a 3-1 loss in Salmon Arm Sunday. Since the 2010-11 regular season the Warriors have just five regular season wins at Kal Tire Place. The Warriors lost two of three games in Vernon last season. Tonight's the second game of a three game road trip. The Warriors come into tonight having won three of their last five games, have won seven of their last ten. West Kelowna is an impressive 7-2 at home but just a game above 500 on the road with a 4-3 record. The Warriors have lost three of their last five road games. West Kelowna sits 3rd in the Division tied in points with Penticton, with the Vees taking 2nd place.

West Kelowna Warriors Roster:

http://bchl.ca/stats/roster/19

Jared Marino (6-7-13) leads the team in goals with six and in points with thirteen.

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

Cole Demers played in 12 games with the Vipers last season going 3-8 before being released

Chase Stevenson attended the Vipers 2016 training camp, was released after the start of the regular season.

Trevor Miller's West Kelowna Warriors Blog:

https://westkwarriors.wordpress.com/

West Kelowna Warriors 2017-18 regular season stats:

Games Played: 16
Wins: 11
Losses: 5
Ties: 0
Overtime Losses: 0
Home Record: 7-2-0-0
Road Record: 4-3-0-0
Goals for: 52
Goals against: 37
Standings: 3rd Place (Interior Division)

West Kelowna Warriors Returning Players:

Jordan Todd (98)
Chase Dubois (98)
Chase Stevenson (99)
Cavin Tisley (98)
Peter Tomaras (98)
Parm Dhaliwal (99)
Jared Marino (97)
Tyler Jutting (97)
Jake Harrison (99)
Stephen Kleysen (97)
Michael Ryan (97)
Cole Demers (99)
Nik Amundrud (97)

West Kelowna Warriors departed and traded players from last years team:

Quinn Foreman (96)
Connor Sodergren (96)
Braiden Epp (96)
Logan Mostat (97)
Jon Russell (98)
Matthew Campese (97)
Jonas Gordon (96)
Scott Allen (96)
Nicholas Ruttigliano (96)
Gabriel Morency (98)

West Kelowna's home record vs Vernon last year:

2-2-0-0

West Kelowna's road record vs Vernon last year:

1-2-0-0

West Kelowna Warriors scoring leaders vs Vernon last year:

Quin Foreman (3-2-5)
Braiden Epp (3-2-5)
Chase Dubois (2-3-5)
Pharm Dhaliwal (1-3-4)
Mitchell Barker (1-2-3)
Jake Harrison (0-3-3)
Matthew Campese (0-2-2)
Nicholas Rutigliano (1-1-2)
Michael Ryan (2-0-2)
Connor Sodergren (2-0-2)
Jon Russell (0-1-1)
Jared Marino (0-1-1)
Chase Stevenson (0-1-1)
Stephen Kleysen (0-1-1)
Logan Mostat (0-1-1)
Scott Allen (0-1-1)

Nik Amundrud (0-1 Record)
Cole Demers (1-2 Record)