Saturday, March 24, 2018

Game Preview: Interior Division Semi-Finals: Game 6 Vernon @ Wenatchee:

Vernon (6-3) @ Wenatchee (7-2) 7pm

Tonight is the twelvth meeting of the season between the Vernon Vipers & Wenatchee Wild. The Wild lead season series 6-5

Last Game:

Friday, March 23rd Game 5 Wenatchee defeated Vernon 3-2
double overtime

Next Game:

Monday, March 26th Game 7 Wenatchee @ Vernon

Since the 2015-16 regular season Vernon is 2-3-0-0 at home vs Wenatchee

Since the 2015-16 regular season Vernon is 2-3-0-0 in Wenatchee

Since the BCHL Showcase opened in 2012-13 Vernon is 0-2-0-0 vs Wenatchee at the Showcase

Since the 2015-16 regular season Wenatchee has outscored Vernon 38-28

The Wilds last regular season win in Vernon was a 2-1 victory on Wednesday, November 29th 2017

The Wilds last regular season win at home over Vernon was a 2-1 victory on Wednesday, November 22nd 2017

The Vipers last regular season win in Wenatchee was a 5-1 victory on Saturday, September 16th 2017

The Vipers last regular season win at home over Wenatchee was a 4-3 victory on Friday, February 23rd 2018

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

September 16th Vernon @ Wenatchee: Vipers won 5-1
October 11th Vernon @ Wenatchee: Wild won 3-2
October 27th Wenatchee @ Vernon: Vipers won 4-1
November 22nd Vernon @ Wenatchee: Wild won 2-1
November 29th Wenatchee @ Vernon: Wild won 2-1
February 23rd Wenatchee @ Vernon: Vipers won 4-3


Let's take a look at the Vernon Vipers:

The 6-3 Vernon Vipers make their sixth visit of the season to the Town Toyota Centre are coming off a 3-2 double overtime loss to the visiting Wenatchee Wild last night. The Vipers enter tonight with their season on the line and a must win situation to try and force a Game 7 back in Vernon on Monday. The Snakes have lost three straight for the first time all season, had their eleven game home winning streak snapped in the loss Friday. Vernon is 6-6 in their last twelve games away from home, have just one win in Wenatchee this season. The Vipers lone victory at the Town Toyota Centre was a 5-1 victory in the Wild's home opener September 16th. The team that has scored the games first goal, has gone on to win every game so far this series. The Vipers have won fourteen of their last eight games going back to the regular season. Captain/forward Jagger Williamson returns to the lineup after serving his two game suspension.

Vernon Vipers Roster:


Niko Karamanis (6-2-8) leads team lead in playoff goals with six, while Jesse Lansdell (1-11-12) & Derek Brown (4-8-12) share the team lead in playoff points with twelve each.

Vernon Vipers 2018 playoff stats:

Games Played: 9
Wins: 6
Losses: 3
Overtime Wins: 1
Overtime Losses: 1
Home Record: 4-1
Road Record: 2-2
Overtime Record: 1-1
When the Vipers score first: 5-0
When the opponents score first: 1-3
Leading after the 1st period: 4-0
Tied after the 1st period: 2-0
Trailing after the 1st period: 0-3
Leading after the 2nd period: 5-1
Tied after the 2nd period: 1-0
Trailing after the 2nd period: 0-2
Out shooting opponents: 6-0
Out shot by opponents: 0-3
One goal games: 1-1
Goals for: 32
Goals against: 24
Win-loss Streak: Three game losing streak
Longest winning streak: Ten games
Longest losing streak: Three games

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 Wenatchee this year:

4-1-1-0

Vernon's road record vs Wenatchee this year:

1-4-0-0

Vernon's scoring leaders vs Wenatchee this year:

Brett Stapley (4-4-8)
Jesse Lansdell (1-7-8)
Niko Karamanis (6-1-7)
Jagger Williamson (4-3-7)
Jimmy Lambert (4-3-7)
Michael Ufberg (1-5-6)
Keyvan Mokhtari (3-2-5)
Michael Young (1-4-5)
Alex Swetlikoff (2-2-4)
Chris Jandric (0-4-4)
Cameron Trott (2-2-4)
Derek Brown (0-4-4)
Mitch Andres (1-2-3)
Josh Latta (1-2-3)
Josh Prokop (0-2-2)
Michael Ufberg (0-2-2)
Jordan Sandhu (1-1-2)
Shane Kelly (0-1-1)
Connor Marritt (1-0-1)
Jack Judson (0-1-1)
Coleton Bilodeau (1-0-1)

Anthony Yamnitsky (2-2 Record)
Ty Taylor (3-4 Record)



Let's take a look at the Wenatchee Wild:

The 7-2 defending Mainland Division champion Wenatchee Wild are coming off a 3-2 double overtime victory Friday In Game 5 are one win away from moving on to the Interior Division Finals. The Wild were down 0-2 in this series have battled back to win the next three straight to lead the best of seven series 3-2. The Wild had the regular season's best home record at 24-4-1-0 are 4-0 in the playoffs at home. Wenatchee has won nine straight at home, going back to the regular season. The Wild's last lost at home was a 3-2 loss to the visiting Merritt Centennials January 27th. The Wild are 6-4 in their last ten games going back to the regular season. The Wild have won nine of their last thirteen games overall.

Wenatchee Wild Roster:


Jasper Weatherby (7-8-15) leads the team in playoff goals with seven, while Sam Morton (5-12-17) leads the team in playoff points with seventeen.

Wenatchee Wild 2018 playoff stats:

Games Played: 9

Wins: 7
Losses: 2
Overtime Losses: 0
Home Record: 4-0
Road Record: 3-2
Goals for: 25
Goals against: 21

Wenatchee Wild Returning Players:

August Von Ungern (97)
Lucas Sowder (98)
Sam Morton (99)
Jasper Weatherby (98)
AJ Vanderbeck (97)
Chad Sasaki (98)
Slava Demin (00)
Jacob Modry (99)

Wenatchee Wild departed and traded players from last years team:

Matthew Baker (97)
Brian Williams (96)
Colin Burston (97)
Charlie Combs (96)
Dakota Raabe (97)
Troy Conzo (97)
Jimmy O'Brien (97)
Brendan Harris (96)
Tyler Rockwell (96)
Austin Chavez (96)
Alex Bates (97)
Logan Milliken (97)
Chris Jones (96)
Anthony Yamnitsky (97)
Devin Cooley (97)
Hayden Chieffo (98)

Wenatchee's home record vs Vernon this year:

4-1-0-0

Wenatchee's road record vs Vernon this year:

2-4-0-0

Wenatchee Wild scoring leaders vs Vernon this year:

Sam Morton (5-4-9)
AJ Vanderbeck (4-5-9)
Jasper Weatherby (3-6-9)
Lucas Sowder (3-5-8)
Cooper Zech (1-4-5)
Chad Sasaki (2-3-5)
August Von Ungern (0-4-4)
Zak Galambos (1-2-3)
Nathan Iannone (1-2-3)
Murphy Stratton (0-3-3)
Sam Hesler (3-0-3)
Jack Lippis (0-2-2)
Noah Kim (0-2-2)
Josh Arnold (2-0-2)
Daniel Chladek (1-0-1)
Slava Demin (1-0-1)
Jackson Wozniak (0-1-1)
Jacob Modry (0-1-1)
Matt Dorsey (0-1-1)

Austin Park (5-2 Record)
Seth Eisele (1-3 Record)

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