Saturday, February 24, 2018

Game Preview: Trail @ Vernon:


Trail (32-20-4-1) @  Vernon (38-14-1-4) 6pm

Tonight is the sixth and final regular season meeting between the Vernon Vipers & Trail Smoke Eaters. The Vipers lead the season series 4-1

Last Game:

Friday, February 23rd Vernon defeated Wenatchee 4-3
Friday, February 23rd Trail defeated Salmon Arm 8-5

Next Game:

Friday, March 2nd Game 1 Team Unknown @ Vernon
Friday, March 2nd Game 1 West Kelowna @ Trail

Since the 2002-03 regular season Vernon is 79-21-1-3 vs Trail

Since the 2002-03 regular season Vernon has outscored Trail 452-244

Since the 2002-03 regular season Vernon is 40-7-0-2 at home vs. Trail

Since the 2002-03 regular season Vernon is 32-12-1-1 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 5-2 victory on Saturday, December 16th 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 4-0 victory on Friday, November 24th 2017

The Smoke Eaters last regular season win at home vs. Vernon was a 4-1 victory on Sunday, January 28th 2018

Here's a look at this years regular season series vs Trail

September 2nd Trail @ Vernon: (Exhibition) Vipers won 5-3
October 22nd Vernon @ Trail: Vipers won 9-0
November 24th Vernon @ Trail: Vipers won 4-0
December 1st Trail @ Vernon: Vipers won 6-3
December 16th Trail @ Vernon: Vipers won 5-2
January 28th Vernon @ Trail: Smoke Eaters won 4-1
February 24th Trail @ Vernon:


Let's take a look at the Vernon Vipers:

The 38-14-1-4 Vernon Vipers are coming off a 4-3 victory Friday night over the visiting Wenatchee Wild. With the win the Vipers clinced 2nd place and may host the 7th place Salmon Arm Silverbacks in the 1st round of the BCHL Playoffs, but still have a shot at 1st place depending on how the Penticton Vees end their final two games of the season this weekend. Tonight's the Vipers final regular season home game. Vernon has won six straight at home and ten of their last twelve home games. The Vipers enter tonight have won three straight and four of their last five games are eight of their last ten. Vernon sits 2nd in the Interior Division are twelve points up on Trail, two points up on Wenatchee and two points back of Division/League leading Penticton. The Vees need just a single point in one of their final two regular season games to clinch 1st place and win their seventh straight Interior Division Pennant.

Vernon Vipers Roster:

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

Brett Stapley (24-31-55) leads the team lead in goals with twenty four, while Jimmy Lambert (22-35-57) leads the team in points with fifty seven.

Vernon Vipers 2017-18 regular season stats:

Games Played: 57
Wins: 38
Losses: 14
Ties: 4
Overtime Wins: 2
Overtime Losses: 1
Home Record: 20-5-1-1
Road Record: 18-9-0-3
Overtime Record: 2-0-4
Record vs Interior Division: 24-7-0-2
Record vs Island & Mainland Divisions: 14-7-1-2
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
Record In January: 6-5-0-0
Record In February: 6-1-0-0
When the Vipers score first: 27-6-0-2
When the opponents score first: 11-8-1-2
Leading after the 1st period: 22-5-0-1
Tied after the 1st period: 8-2-0-3
Trailing after the 1st period: 7-6-1-0
Leading after the 2nd period: 29-1-0-1
Tied after the 2nd period: 9-5-0-0
Trailing after the 2nd period: 0-8-1-3
Out shooting opponents: 31-10-1-2
Out shot by opponents: 7-4-0-2
One goal games: 6-11-1-0
Goals for: 197
Goals against: 115
Standings: 2nd Place (Interior Division)
Win-loss Streak: Three game winning streak
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)
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)
Sol Seibel (99)
Luke Gingras (98)
Steven Jandric (97)
Cooper Watson (96)
Connor Clouston (96)
Darion Hanson (97)

Vernon's home record vs Trail this year:

2-0-0-0

Vernon's road record vs Trail this year:

2-1-0-0

Vernon's scoring leaders vs Trail this year:

Michael Ufberg (1-8-9)
Josh Prokop (8-1-9)
Jesse Lansdell (1-8-9)
Jagger Williamson (2-6-8)
Michael Young (1-5-6)
Brett Stapley (3-2-5)
Jimmy Lambert (2-3-5)
Keyvan Mokhtari (2-1-3)
Jordan Sandhu (1-2-3)
Chris Jandric (1-2-3)
Niko Karamanis (1-2-3)
Shane Kelly (0-2-2)
Alex Swetlikoff (0-1-1)
Jack Judson (0-1-1)
Coleton Bilodeau (0-1-1)
Mitch Andres (0-1-1)
Connor Marritt (0-1-1)

Anthony Yamnitsky (4-1 Record-2 Shutouts)


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

The 32-20-4-1 Trail Smoke Eaters make their third and final regular season visit to Kal Tire Place are coming off a 8-5 victory over the visiting Salmon Arm Silverbacks last night. The Smoke Eaters will host the West Kelowna Warriors in the 1st round of the playoffs. Tonight's the Smokies final game of the regular season. Trail has lost six straight on the road are winless (7 losses-1 tie) in their last eight games away from home. Tonight's the seventh and final meeting of the season (exhibition & regular season) with the Vipers. Vernon has won five out of the six meetings vs Trail this year. The Snakes have outscored the Smoke Eaters 30-9 in the six games. The last time these two teams met, the Smokies won 4-1 January 28th in Trail. The Smokies snapped a four game losing skid with the win over Salmon Arm have lost four of their last five games are 4-6 in their last ten. Trail sits 4th in the Interior Division are ten points up on West Kelowna and ten points back of Wenatchee.

Trail Smoke Eaters Roster:

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

Kale Howarth (24-37-61) leads the team in goals with twenty four, while Ross Armour (21-42-63) leads the team lead in points with sixty three.

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

Trail Smoke Eaters 2017-18 regular season stats:

Games Played: 57
Wins: 32
Losses: 20
Ties:1
Overtime Losses: 4
Home Record: 18-10-1-0
Road Record: 14-10-3-1
Goals for: 215
Goals against: 195
Standings: 4th Place (Interior Division)

Trail Smoke Eaters Returning Players:

Braeden Tuck (98)
Andre Ghantous (98)
Ryan Murphy (97)
Kale Howarth (97)
Ryan Moon (99)
Ross Armour (98)
Blaine Caton (97)
Spencer McLean (98)
Kyle Chernenkoff (98)
Jeremy Lucchini (97)
Troy Ring (97)
Ethan Martini (00)

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

Luke Santerno (96)
Connor Brown-Maloski (96)
Korbyn Chabot (99)
Josh Laframboise (96)
Mitchell Barker (96)
Mitchell Stapley (97)
Ryan Warner (98)
Tyson Slater (97)
Carter Cochrane (96)
Zach Dyment (96)
Linden Marshall (98)

Trail's home record vs Vernon this year:

1-2-0-0

Trail's road record vs Vernon this year:

0-2-0-0

Trail Smoke Eaters scoring leaders vs Vernon this year:

Carter Jones (1-3-4)
Levi Glasman (0-2-2)
Andre Ghantous (0-2-2)
Ryan Murphy (2-0-2)
Blaine Caton (2-0-2)
Spencer McLen (1-1-2)
Seth Barton (1-1-2)
Jeremy Lucchini (0-2-2)
Tyler Ghirardosi (1-0-1)
Ross Armour (0-1-1)
Mack Byers (0-1-1)
Connor Welsh (1-0-1)

Tanner Marshall (0-3 Record)
Adam Marcoux (1-1 Record)

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