Friday, August 31, 2018

Game Preview: Exhibition Vernon @ Salmon Arm:

Vernon (2-0-0) @ Salmon Arm (0-1-1) 7pm

Tonight is the first of eight meetings (exhibition & regular season) between the Vernon Vipers & Salmon Arm Silverbacks. The Vipers won last year's season series 6-2

Last Game:

Saturday, August 26th Vernon defeated Merritt 2-1
Saturday, August 26th West Kelowna defeated Salmon Arm 3-2 overtime

Next Game:

Saturday, September 1st Salmon Arm @ Vernon

Vernon's record & stats vs the Silverbacks since 2002

Since the 2002-03 regular season Vernon is 58-40-11-6 vs Salmon Arm

Since the 2002-03 regular season Vernon has outscored Salmon Arm 386-373

Since the 2003-04 regular season Vernon is 26-18-6-2 at home vs. Salmon Arm

Since the 2003-04 regular season Vernon is 26-19-6-3 in Salmon Arm

The Silverbacks are 3-6-0-1 in their last ten games in Vernon

The Vipers are 6-3-0-1 in their last ten games in Salmon Arm

The Vipers last regular season win at home vs. Salmon Arm was a 6-3 victory on Friday, November 3rd 2017

The Silverbacks last regular season win in Vernon was a 4-3 victory on Saturday, December 30th 2017

The Vipers last regular season win in Salmon Arm was a 4-0 victory on Friday, December 29th 2017

The Silverbacks last regular season win at home vs. Vernon was a 6-1 victory on Saturday, January 30th 2016

Here's a look at last year's season series vs Salmon Arm

Friday, August 25th Salmon Arm @ Vernon: Exhibition-Silverbacks won 2-1 double overtime
Saturday, August 26th Vernon @ Salmon Arm: Exhibition-Vipers won 4-3
Friday, September 8th Vernon @ Salmon Arm: Vipers won 5-1
Saturday, September 9th Salmon Arm @ Vernon: Vipers won 6-5
Friday, November 3rd Salmon Arm @ Vernon: Vipers won 6-3
Friday, December 8th Vernon @ Salmon Arm: Vipers won 3-1
Friday, December 29th Vernon @ Salmon Arm: Vipers won 4-0
Saturday, December 30th Salmon Arm @ Vernon: Silverbacks won 4-3


Let's take a look at the Vernon Vipers: 

The 2-0-0 Vernon Vipers make their first of four visits (exhibition & regular season) to the Shaw Centre. The Snakes are coming off a 2-1 victory over the visiting Merritt Centennials Saturday. Vernon won both of their first two exhibition games over Merritt last weekend. The Vipers have won four straight regular season games in Salmon Arm, have at least a single point in six straight regular season games at the Shaw Centre. Vernon's last regular season loss in Salmon Arm was a 6-1 loss January 30 2016. Tonight is the first of eight meetings vs the Silverbacks (exhibition & regular season). After tomorrow these two clubs wont meet again until October 21st in Salmon Arm. Tonight's the Snakes final exhibition road game. The Vipers will wrap up the pre-season tomorrow night when they host the Silverbacks in Vernon. The Vipers will open the 2018-19 season vs the defending BCHL Champion Wenatchee Wild September 7th. 

Vernon Vipers Roster:


Brett Stapley (27-32-59) lead the team last year in goals with twenty seven, while Jimmy Lambert (23-38-61) lead the team last year in points with sixty one.

Austin Chorney played 72 games with the Salmon Arm Silverbacks (2017-2018) was traded to Vernon August 28 2018

Josh Latta played in 64 games with the Salmon Arm Silverbacks (2015-2017) was traded to Vernon December 29 2017

Kevin Kraus was an Assistant Coach with the 2013-14 Salmon Arm Silverbacks

Vernon Vipers 2017-18 regular season stats:

Games Played: 58
Wins: 39
Losses: 14
Ties: 4
Overtime Wins: 2
Overtime Losses: 1
Home Record: 21-5-1-1
Road Record: 18-9-0-3
Overtime Record: 2-0-4
Record vs Interior Division: 25-7-0-2
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: 7-1-0-0
When the Vipers score first: 28-6-0-2
When the opponents score first: 11-8-1-2
Leading after the 1st period: 23-5-0-1
Tied after the 1st period: 8-2-0-3
Trailing after the 1st period: 7-6-1-0
Leading after the 2nd period: 30-1-0-1
Tied after the 2nd period: 9-5-0-0
Trailing after the 2nd period: 0-8-1-3
Out shooting opponents: 32-10-1-2
Out shot by opponents: 7-4-0-2
One goal games: 6-11-1-0
Goals for: 205
Goals against: 118
Standings: 2nd Place (Interior Division)
Win-loss Streak: Four 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:

Josh Prokop (00)
Jagger Williamson (98)
Connor Marritt (99)
Jesse Lansdell (98)
Alex Swetlikoff (01)
Coleton Bilodeau (00)
Josh Latta (98)
Michael Young (98)
Jack Judson (00)
Mitch Andres (98)

Vernon Vipers departed & traded players from last years team:

Brett Stapley (99)
Derek Brown (97)
Keyvan Mokhtari (98)
Jordan Sandhu (99)
Niko Karamanis (98)
Jimmy Lambert (97)
Michael Ufberg (97)
Cameron Trott (97)
Shane Kelly (97)
Chris Jandric (98)
Anthony Yamnitsky (97)
Ty Taylor (99)

Vernon's home record vs Salmon Arm last year:

2-1-0-0

Vernon's road record vs Salmon Arm last year:

3-0-0-0

Vernon's scoring leaders vs Salmon Arm last year:

Jesse Lansdell (5-6-11)
Jimmy Lambert (2-8-10)
Brett Stapley (3-4-7)
Jagger Williamson (3-4-7)
Josh Prokop (2-3-5)
Jordan Sandhu (3-1-4)
Alex Swetlikoff (1-3-4)
Coleton Bilodeau (0-3-3)
Keyvan Mokhtari (3-0-3)
Michael Ufberg (0-3-3)
Jack Judson (1-2-3)
Niko Karamanis (0-3-3)
Shane Kelly (0-1-1)
Mitch Andres (0-1-1)
Chris Jandric (1-0-1)
Michael Young (0-1-1)
Cameron Trott (1-0-1)
Connor Marritt (1-0-1)

Anthony Yamnitsky (1-1 Record)
Ty Taylor (4-0 Record-1 Shutout)


Let's take a look at the Salmon Arm Silverbacks:

The 0-1-1 Salmon Arm Silverbacks are coming off a 3-2 overtime loss to the visiting West Kelowna Warriors August 26th. The Silverbacks lost both of their first two pre-season games vs West Kelowna last weekend. Tonight's the first game of a home & home series vs the Snakes. Vernon won the regular season series last year going 6-2 vs the Backs. These two teams met in the opening round of last season's BCHL playoffs with Vernon sweeping the Silverbacks in four straight. Salmon Arm won only nine home games last year, finished last season with a 9-17-2-1 home record. The Backs will open the BCHL regular season September 14th in Trail.   

Salmon Arm Silverbacks Roster:


Rhett Kingston (24-26-50) lead the team last year in goals with twenty four, & in points with fifty. 


Sol Seibel played in 76 games with the Vernon Vipers (2015-2018) was traded to Salmon Arm January 8 2018

Salmon Arm Silverbacks 2017-18 regular season stats:

Games Played: 58
Wins: 25
Losses: 29
Ties: 1
Overtime Losses: 3
Home Record: 16-12-1-0
Road Record: 9-17-2-1
Goals for: 172
Goals against: 231
Standings: 7th Place (Interior Division)

Salmon Arm Silverbacks Returning Players:

Stats unavailable 

Salmon Arm Silverbacks departed and traded players from last years team:

Stats unavailable 

Salmon Arm's home record vs Vernon last year:

0-3-0-0

Salmon Arm's road record vs Vernon last year:

1-2-0-0

Salmon Arm Silverbacks scoring leaders vs Vernon last year:

Rhett Kingston (1-3-4)
Justin Wilson (2-1-3)
Grayson Constable (1-2-3)
Nick Unruh (1-2-3)
Trey Thomas (0-2-2)
Akito Hirose (0-2-2)
Tanner Campbell (1-1-2)
Logan Mostat (2-0-2)
Noah Wakeford (1-1-2)
Trevor Adams (0-2-2)
Max Wutzke (0-1-1)
Riley Hayles (1-0-1)
Ryan Hogg (0-1-1)
Austin Chorney (1-0-1)
Hudson Schandor (1-0-1)
Joseph Leahy (0-1-1)

Kyle Dumba (0-2 Record)
Cooper Reid (1-1 Record)

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