Game Preview: Teddy Bear Toss: Vernon @ Salmon Arm:

Vernon (21-7-1-4) @ Salmon Arm (12-16-3-0) 7pm

Tonight is the fourth of six regular season meetings between the Vernon Vipers & Salmon Arm Silverbacks. The Vipers lead the season series 3-0

Last Game:

Wednesday, December 6th Coquitlam defeated Vernon 3-2 overtime
Wednesday, December 6th Penticton defeated Salmon Arm 5-1

Next Game:

Saturday, December 9th Penticton @ Vernon
Saturday, December 9th Salmon Arm @ Merritt

Since the 2002-03 regular season Vernon is 56-39-11-6 vs Salmon Arm

Since the 2002-03 regular season Vernon has outscored Salmon Arm 376-368

Since the 2003-04 regular season Vernon is 26-17-6-2 at home vs. Salmon Arm

Since the 2003-04 regular season Vernon is 24-19-6-3 in Salmon Arm

The Silverbacks are 3-6-0-1 in their last ten games in Vernon

The Vipers are 5-4-0-1 in their last ten games in Salmon Arm

The Vipers last regular season win at home vs. Salmon Arm was a 6-3 victory on Friday, November 3rd 2017

The Silverbacks last regular season win in Vernon was a 5-2 victory on Wednesday, December 9th 2015

The Vipers last regular season win in Salmon Arm was a 5-1 victory on Friday, September 8th 2017

The Silverbacks last regular season win at home vs. Vernon was a 6-1 victory on Saturday, January 30th 2016

Here's a look at this year's schedule vs Salmon Arm

Friday, August 25th Salmon Arm @ Vernon: Exhibition-Silverbacks won 2-1 double overtime
Saturday, August 26th Vernon @ Salmon Arm: Exhibition-Vipers won 4-3
Friday, September 8th Vernon @ Salmon Arm: Vipers won 5-1
Saturday, September 9th Salmon Arm @ Vernon: Vipers won 6-5
Friday, November 3rd Salmon Arm @ Vernon: Vipers won 6-3
Friday, December 8th Vernon @ Salmon Arm
Friday, December 29th Vernon @ Salmon Arm
Saturday, December 30th Salmon Arm @ Vernon

Let's take a look at the Vernon Vipers:

The 21-7-1-4 Vernon Vipers make their second of three regular season visits to the Shaw Centre, are coming off a 3-2 overtime loss Wednesday to the visiting Coquitlam Express. The Vipers have won three out of their last four games in Salmon Arm. The Snakes enter tonight having won two straight on the road, have at least a point in seven of their last eight road games. Vernon has won three of their last five have won six of their last ten games. Vernon sits atop the Interior Division & overall standings are twenty points ahead of last place Salmon Arm. The Vipers are four points up on Wenatchee and two points up on Penticton, with the Vees having four games in hand. The Snakes have four games remaining before the Christmas break. Brett Stapley is out of the lineup, playing for Canada West at the World Junior A Challenge.

Vernon Vipers Roster:

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

Brett Stapley (17-21-38) leads the team lead in goals with seventeen, while Jimmy Lambert (13-27-40) leads the team in points with fourty.

Kevin Kraus was an Assistant Coach with the 2013-14 Salmon Arm Silverbacks

Vernon Vipers 2017-18 regular season stats:

Games Played: 33
Wins: 21
Losses: 7
Ties: 4
Overtime Wins: 2
Overtime Losses: 1
Home Record: 10-3-1-1
Road Record: 11-4-0-3
Overtime Record: 2-0-4
Record vs Interior Division: 13-4-0-2
Record vs Island & Mainland Divisions: 8-3-1-2
Record In September: 6-1-0-1
Record In October: 6-3-0-1
Record In November: 7-3-0-2
Record In December: 2-0-1-0
When the Vipers score first: 16-3-0-2
When the opponents score first: 5-4-1-2
Leading after the 1st period: 14-2-0-1
Tied after the 1st period: 2-2-0-3
Trailing after the 1st period: 4-2-1-0
Leading after the 2nd period: 16-0-0-1
Tied after the 2nd period: 5-5-0-0
Trailing after the 2nd period: 0-2-1-3
Out shooting opponents: 15-4-1-2
Out shot by opponents: 6-3-0-2
One goal games: 5-6-1-0
Goals for: 118
Goals against: 73
Standings: 1st Place (Overall)
Longest winning streak: Unbeaten in eight games (6 wins-2 ties)
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 Salmon Arm this year:

2-0-0-0

Vernon's road record vs Salmon Arm this year:

1-0-0-0

Vernon's scoring leaders vs Salmon Arm this year:

Jimmy Lambert (2-6-8)
Brett Stapley (3-4-7)
Jesse Lansdell (3-3-6)
Tanner Wishnowski (1-3-4)
Jagger Williamson (2-2-4)
Michael Ufberg (0-3-3)
Jack Judson (1-2-3)
Jordan Sandhu (2-1-3)
Josh Prokop (1-1-2)
Coleton Bilodeau (0-2-2)
Alex Swetlikoff (1-1-2)
Shane Kelly (0-1-1)
Keyvan Mokhtari (1-0-1)
Niko Karamanis (0-1-1)
Mitch Andres (0-1-1)

Anthony Yamnitsky (1-0 Record)
Ty Taylor (2-0 Record)

Let's take a look at the Salmon Arm Silverbacks:

The 12-16-3-0 Salmon Arm Silverbacks are coming off a 5-1 loss Wednesday in Penticton. Tonight is the sixth meeting of the season (exhibition & regular season) between the Silverbacks & Vipers. The Snakes have won four of the five games over Salmon Arm. The Backs are winless in ten straight games vs Vernon. The Silverbacks last win over Vernon was a 6-1 victory on January 30th 2016. These two teams will meet again in a home & home series in three weeks. The Silverbacks come into tonight having lost two straight and three of their last five home games. Salmon Arm has lost three straight and five of their last six, have lost seven of their last ten. Salmon Arm sits last in the Interior Division are tied in points with Merritt, are eight points back of 5th place West Kelowna.

Salmon Arm Silverbacks Roster:

http://bchl.ca/stats/roster/20

Rhett Kingston (13-16-29) leads the team in goals with thirteen, & in points with twenty nine.

Troy Mick played with the 1984-85 Vernon Lakers was also an Assistant Coach, Head Coach-GM with the Vernon Lakers-Vipers (1993-2000)-(2005-2006)

Salmon Arm Silverbacks 2017-18 regular season stats:

Games Played: 31
Wins: 12
Losses: 16
Ties: 0
Overtime Losses: 3
Home Record: 9-7-1-0
Road Record: 3-9-2-0
Goals for: 89
Goals against: 122
Standings: 7th Place (Interior Division)

Salmon Arm Silverbacks Returning Players:

Ryan Hogg (98)
Akito Hirose (99)
Josh Latta (98)
Trey Thomas (99)
Marcus Mitchell (98)
Julian Timba (98)
Austin Chorney (00)
Max Wutzke (99)
Justin Wilson (98)
Grayson Constable (98)
Riley Hayles (98)

Salmon Arm Silverbacks departed and traded players from last years team:

Connor Sundquist (97)
Nic Tallarico (98)
Spencer Hora (99)
Jared Turcotte (97)
Carson Bolduc (96)
Elijiah Barriga (96)
Nathan Iannone (98)
Trevor Ayre (98)
Ryley Booth (96)
Carter Stephenson (98)
Trevin Kozlowski (97)

Salmon Arm's home record vs Vernon this year:

0-1-0-0

Salmon Arm's road record vs Vernon this year:

0-2-0-0

Salmon Arm Silverbacks scoring leaders vs Vernon this year:

Justin Wilson (2-0-2)
Marcus Mitchell (1-1-2)
Rhett Kingston (0-2-2)
Logan Mostat (2-0-2)
Noah Wakeford (1-1-2)
Max Wutzke (0-1-1)
Riley Hayles (1-0-1)
Ryan Hogg (0-1-1)
Trey Thomas (0-1-1)
Akito Hirose (0-1-1)
Grayson Constable (0-1-1)
Tanner Campbell (0-1-1)
Trevor Adams (0-1-1)
Austin Chorney (1-0-1)
Nick Unruh (0-1-1)

Kyle Dumba (0-1 Record)