1st Period:
17:34 PR Ben Berard (26) ASST: Neal Samanski (12)
2nd Period:
13:07 PR Ben Berard (27) ASST: Mitchell Williams (8) 3rd Period:
8:38 VER Jimmy Lambert (19) ASST: Mitch Andres (8), Brett Stapley (30)
Vernon outshoots Powell River 47-26 Derek Krall makes 46 saves in the win, while Ty Taylor makes 25 saves in the loss.
The Vipers last regular season win in Powell River was a 4-3 victory on December 12th 2014
Boxscore-Game Summary,
http://bchl.ca/stats/game-summary/8308
Game Report,
https://lscluster.hockeytech.com/game_reports/official-game-report.php?lang_id=1&client_code=bchl&game_id=8308
Text Boxscore,
https://lscluster.hockeytech.com/game_reports/text-game-report.php?lang_id=1&client_code=bchl&game_id=8308
I watched tonight's game online. It looked like the Vipers were by far the better of the two teams, outplayed and outchanced the Kings most of the night. Vernon with a ton of quality opportunities, hit three posts and missed at least two open nets. The Vipers could have easily scored five or six goals in the 2nd period alone. Powell River took some undisciplined penalties in the middle frame, yet the Snakes still couldn't capitalize with the man advantage. Playing in just his second game "AP" goaltender Derek Krall was solid between the pipes, made some heroic saves for the Kings, keeping them in the hockey game.
ReplyDeleteA tough loss for the Vipers sees them fall four points behind Division/League leading Penticton after the Vees win in Coquitlam are now tied for 2nd with the Wenatchee Wild after the Wild's victory over visiting Trail tonight.
Vernon will continue their four game road trip tomorrow in Cowichan, have only four games left in the regular season.
So they outplayed the opposition but AGAIN came up against a hot goalie and couldn't score. Why? With so much skill and talent it is hard to understand. I still see far too much "cute" hockey, especially on power play (over passing, etc) and not enough shots. A creative team should be able to figure out a hot goalie. Notice this rarely happens to Penticton Vees?
ReplyDeleteI agree more shots to the net and less passing . Sometimes a garbage goal counts just as much as a perfectly placed goal. I'm just sayin
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