Game Preview: Merritt @ Vernon:

Merritt (15-17-2-1) @ Vernon (26-8-1-4) 7pm

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

Last Game:

Saturday, December 30th Salmon Arm defeated Vernon 4-3
Wednesday, January 3rd Coquitlam defeated Merritt 3-2

Next Game:

Saturday, January 6th Prince George @ Vernon
Saturday, January 6th Salmon Arm @ Merritt

Since the 2002-03 regular season Vernon is 66-24-9-4 vs Merritt

Since the 2002-03 regular season Vernon has outscored Merritt 382-263

Since the 2002-03 regular season Vernon is 32-9-1-5 at home vs Merritt

Since the 2002-03 regular season Vernon is 28-12-5-3 in Merritt

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

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

The Vipers are 7-3-0-0 vs Merritt in their last ten games in Vernon

Vernon's last win at home vs Merritt was a 4-2 victory on Friday, December 15th 2017

Merritt's last win at Kal Tire Place was a 5-4 victory Wednesday, January 18th 2017

Vernon's last regular season win at the Nicola Valley Memorial Arena was a 3-2 victory on Friday, November 17th 2017

Merritt's last regular season win at home vs Vernon was a 3-0 victory on Tuesday, February 7th 2017

Here's a look at the season series vs Merritt

September 15th Vernon @ Merritt: Vipers won 2-0
November 17th Vernon @ Merritt: Vipers won 3-2
December 15th Merritt @ Vernon: Vipers won 4-2
January 5th Merritt @ Vernon
January 12th Vernon @ Merritt
January 31st Merritt @ Vernon

Let's take a look at the Vernon Vipers:

The 26-8-1-4 Vernon Vipers are coming off a 4-3 loss Saturday to the visiting Salmon Arm Silverbacks. Tonight's the fourth meeting of the season vs Merritt with the Vipers leading the season series 3-0. These two teams will meet again one week tonight in Merritt. Tonight's the first game of a two game home stand. Vernon plays three of their next four games at home. The Snakes have won three of their last four home games. The Vipers enter tonight having their five game winning streak snapped last weekend in a 4-3 loss to the Salmon Arm Silverbacks. Vernon has won seven of their last ten games. Vernon sits 1st in the Interior Division and are 1st overall with twenty six victories. The Vipers are nine points up on 3rd place Trail and four points up on 2nd place Wenatchee, with the Wild having a game in hand.

Vernon Vipers Roster:

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

Josh Prokop (19-11-30) leads the team lead in goals with nineteen, while Jimmy Lambert (13-30-44) leads the team in points with fourty four.

Vernon Vipers 2017-18 regular season stats:

Games Played: 39
Wins: 26
Losses: 8
Ties: 4
Overtime Wins: 2
Overtime Losses: 1
Home Record: 13-4-1-1
Road Record: 13-4-0-3
Overtime Record: 2-0-4
Record vs Interior Division: 18-5-0-2
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: 7-1-1-0
When the Vipers score first: 19-4-0-2
When the opponents score first: 7-4-1-2
Leading after the 1st period: 15-3-0-1
Tied after the 1st period: 4-2-0-3
Trailing after the 1st period: 6-2-1-0
Leading after the 2nd period: 19-1-0-1
Tied after the 2nd period: 7-5-0-0
Trailing after the 2nd period: 0-2-1-3
Out shooting opponents: 20-5-1-2
Out shot by opponents: 6-3-0-2
One goal games: 5-7-1-0
Goals for: 141
Goals against: 82
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)
Cameron Trott (97)
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)
Connor Clouston (96)
Darion Hanson (97)

Vernon's home record vs Merritt this year:

1-0-0-0

Vernon's road record vs Merritt this year:

2-0-0-0

Vernon's scoring leaders vs Merritt this year:

Keyvan Mokhtari (0-4-4)

Jagger Williamson (2-2-4)

Josh Prokop (1-3-4)
Michael Young (1-1-2)

Jimmy Lambert (1-1-2)

Jesse Lansdell (0-2-2)
Chris Jandric (0-2-2)
Niko Karamanis (2-0-2)
Jack Judson (0-1-1)
Brett Stapley (0-1-1)
Jordan Sandhu (1-0-1)

Michael Ufberg (0-1-1)

Sam Anzai (1-0-1)

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

Let's take a look at the Merritt Centennials:

The 15-17-2-1 Merritt Centennials make their second of three regular season visits to Kal Tire Place are coming off a 3-2 loss Wednesday in Coquitlam. The Cents lost both games to the Express in a home & home series. The last time these two teams met, the Vipers won 4-2 on home ice December 15th. These two teams will meet three times in the month of January. Since the 2002-03 regular season Vernon is 32-9-1-5 at home vs Merritt. Tonight's the second game of a two game road trip, where the Centennials have lost four of their last six road games. The Centennials come into tonight having lost three of their last five games, have won six of their last ten games. Merritt sits 6th in the Interior Division are four points up on last place Salmon Arm, are five points back of West Kelowna and fourteen points back of Penticton.

Merritt Centennials Roster:

http://bchl.ca/stats/roster/15

Henry Cleghorn (16-18-34) leads the team in goals with sixteen and is tied in points with Zach Zorn (14-20-34) with thirty four points each.

Merritt Centennials Blog,

http://q101.ca/sports

Merritt Centennials 2017-18 regular season stats:

Games Played: 35
Wins: 15
Losses: 17
Ties: 1
Overtime Losses: 2
Home Record: 9-9-1-0
Road Record: 6-8-1-1
Goals for: 116
Goals against: 113
Standings: 6th Place (Interior Division)

Merritt Centennials Returning Players:

Zach Zorn (97)
Nicholas Wicks (98)
Chase Bell (97)
Rylan Van Unen (99)
Henry Cleghorn (97)
Zach Court (97)
Michael Van Unen (99)
Tyrell Buckley (97)
Jacob Berger (97)

Merritt Centennials departed and traded players from last years team:

Zach Risteau (98)
Cade Gleekel 997)
Stephan Seeger (96)
Brett Jewell (96)
Tyler Ward (99)
Michael Regush (98)
Nick Fidanza (96)
Mike Faulkner (96)
Aaron Murray (96)
Ethan King (99)
Zach Mesta (98)
Zachary Bleuler (97)
Colten Langcaster (98)

Merritt's home record vs Vernon this year:

0-2-0-0

Merritt's road record vs Vernon this year:

0-1-0-0

Merritt Centennials scoring leaders vs Vernon this year:

Chase Bell (0-3-3)
Henry Cleghorn (2-0-2)
Zach Zorn (0-1-1)
Nicholas Wicks (0-1-1)
Bredan Schneider (1-0-1)
Bradley Cocca (0-1-1)
Mathieu Gosselin (0-1-1)
Colten Gerlib (1-0-1)
Jackson Munro (0-1-1)

Jacob Berger (0-2 Record)
Austin Roden (0-1 Record)