Game Summary:
1st Period:
No Scoring:
2nd Period:
No Scoring:
3rd Period:
Vernon Nicholas Wildgoose
Vernon Kyler Shmigelsky
Merritt Mattias Dal Monte
Vernon Elan Bar-Lev-Wise (Empty net)
Merritt outhot Vernon 47-32
The BCHL does not keep scoring/statistics for any exhibition games.
Game recap from the Centennials website,
https://www.merrittcentennials.com/vipers-sting-cents-in-final-frame
Merritt Centennials Blog,
http://q101.ca/sports
Game recap from the Centennials website,
https://www.merrittcentennials.com/vipers-sting-cents-in-final-frame
Merritt Centennials Blog,
http://q101.ca/sports
Starting Goaltenders:
Vernon: Aidan Porter
(Backup) Johnny Derrick
Merritt: Vincent Duplessis
(Backup) Jakob Gullmes
Both teams switched goaltenders at the halfway mark of the 2nd period.
The Centennials have 30 players on their roster, going with six veterans tonight.
Vernon Vipers Roster:
Aidan Porter G 99 (Has name bar on jersey)
Johnny Derrick G 01
Kyler Shmigelsky D 00
Jack Judson D 00 (Has name bar on jersey)
Raj Sangha D 01
Jackson Olsen D 99
Brendan Kim D 00 (Has name bar on jersey)
Cody Flann F 00
Connor Marritt F 99 (Has name bar on jersey)
Coleton Bilodeau F 00 (Has name bar on jersey)
Jett Saharchuk F 00
Logan Cash F 99 (Has name bar on jersey)
Ayodeji Ajayi F 01
Nick Wildgoose F 99 (Has name bar on jersey)
Liam Noble F 01
Elan Bar-Lev-Wise F 01 (Has name bar on jersey)
Nicholas Cherkowski F 00
Jaxon Kjenstad F 00
Missing two players from tonight's game
Missing two players from tonight's game
Merritt Centennials Roster:
The Centennials have no name bars on their jerseys
Vincent Duplessis G
Jakob Gullmes G
Talon Zakall D
Atreyu Johnny D
Kielan Toews D
Preston Strafford D
Mattias Dal Monte D
Mike Van Unen D
Christian Sabin F
Matt Kopperud F
Rylan Van Unen F
Brett Roloson F
Andy Moore F
Josh Van Unen F
Brett Pfoh F
Ian Tookenay F
Bud Johnson F
Frazer Dodd F
Ben Ward F
Brett Witzke F
I watched tonight's Vipers game online. Both teams entered tonight playing their first exhibition game of the season and for a preseason game I thought it was very good and entertaining. I thought the Centennials had a slight edge in play and had the better scoring chances. Merritt had some quality opportunities but couldn't solve Aidan Porter or Johnny Derrick who were both solid between the pipes for the Vipers. It looked like a pretty good size crowd for a hockey game in Merritt in late August. The players returning from last year who played tonight had their names on their jerseys while I was very surprised to see a lot of the newcomers with their name bars on the back of their jerseys. I counted the returning players from last year and the kids who were trying out this year that had their names on their jerseys and that made 17 players with their name bar on the back of their jersey. This meaning the Vipers only need to fill five roster spots? I'm very surprised the team has almost been picked on the day of the teams first exhibition game. Any one of these kids that has a name bar on their jersey could easily be cut or traded. This is the first time I have ever seen the Vipers put names on their jerseys for the preseason games, other then the players returning from the year before.
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