Friday, January 18, 2019

Game Preview: Vernon @ West Kelowna:

Vernon (17-16-7-3) @ West Kelowna (24-19-0-1) 7pm

Tonight is the fifth of six regular season meetings between the Vernon Vipers & West Kelowna Warriors. The Vipers lead the season series 3-1

Last Game:

Sunday, January 13th Vernon defeated Powell River 5-2
Saturday, January 12th West Kelowna defeated Alberni Valley 6-5

Next Game:

Saturday, January 19th Prince George @ Vernon
Sunday, January 20th Prince George @ West Kelowna

Vernon's record & stats vs the Warriors since 2006

Since the 2006-07 regular season Vernon is 42-31-4-5 vs West Kelowna

Since the 2006-07 regular season Vernon is 27-11-3-2 at home vs West Kelowna

Since the 2006-07 regular season Vernon is 17-21-1-3 in West Kelowna

The Vipers are 8-1-1-0 in their last ten games vs West Kelowna

The Vipers are 5-4-1-0 vs West Kelowna in their last ten games at Royal LePage Place

The Vipers are 7-2-0-1 vs West Kelowna in their last ten games at Kal Tire Place

Since the 2010-11 regular season the Warriors have just six wins at Kal Tire Place

Vernon's last win at home vs West Kelowna was a 4-3 victory on Friday, January 4th 2019

West Kelowna's last win at Kal Tire Place was a 2-1 victory on Saturday, December 8th 2018

Vernon's last regular season win at Royal LePage Place was a 6-3 victory on Friday, November 16th 2018

West Kelowna's last regular season win at home vs Vernon was a 3-2 overtime victory on Friday, November 18th 2016

Here's a look at this year's regular season series vs West Kelowna

September 14th West Kelowna @ Vernon: Vipers won 4-3
November 16th Vernon @ West Kelowna: Vipers won 6-3
December 8th West Kelowna @ Vernon: Warriors won 2-1
January 4th West Kelowna @ Vernon: Vipers won 4-3
January 18th Vernon @ West Kelowna
February 16th Vernon @ West Kelowna


Let's take a look at the Vernon Vipers:

The 17-16-7-3 Vernon Vipers make their second of three regular season visits to Royal LePage Place, are coming off a 5-2 victory Sunday afternoon over the visiting Powell River Kings. The last time the Vipers were in West Kelowna was a 6-3 victory November 16th. The Snakes will be back in West Kelowna for a third and final time this regular season on February 16th. Vernon has lost three of their last five road games. The Snakes have won three straight and looking for their fourth straight win of the season. The Vipers have at least a point in six of their last seven games. Vernon sits 6th in the Interior division are three points up on Trail, one point back of Salmon Arm and five points back of West Kelowna.

Vernon Vipers Roster:


Josh Latta (17-14-31) leads the team in goals with seventeen & shares the team lead in points with Matt Kowalski (10-21-31) & Teddy Wooding (15-16-31) with thirty one points each

Matt Kowalski played 43 games with the 2017-2018 West Kelowna Warriors

Vernon Vipers 2018-19 regular season stats:

Games Played: 44
Wins: 17
Losses: 16
Overtime Wins: 1
Overtime Losses: 7
Shootout Wins: 0
Shootout Losses: 3
Home Record: 10-7-5-2
Road Record: 7-9-2-1
Overtime Record: 1-7
Record vs Interior Division: 12-12-4-1
Record vs Island & Mainland Divisions: 5-4-3-2
When the Vipers score first: 15-3-4-0
When the opponents score first: 2-13-3-3
Leading after the 1st period: 12-2-3-0
Tied after the 1st period: 5-6-3-1
Trailing after the 1st period: 0-6-1-2
Leading after the 2nd period: 15-2-5-1
Tied after the 2nd period: 2-8-2-1
Trailing after the 2nd period: 0-6-0-1
Out shooting opponents: 13-6-5-1
Out shot by opponents: 3-10-2-1
One goal games: 5-8-7-3
Goals for: 119
Goals against: 115
Standings: 6th Place (Interior Division)
Win-loss Streak: Three game winning streak
Longest winning streak: Three games
Longest losing streak: Four games

Vernon Vipers Returning Players:

Jagger Williamson (98)
Connor Marritt (99)
Jesse Lansdell (98)
Coleton Bilodeau (00)
Josh Latta (98)
Michael Young (98)
Jack Judson (00)

Vernon Vipers departed & traded players from last years team:

Brett Stapley (99)
Derek Brown (97)
Keyvan Mokhtari (98)
Josh Prokop (00)
Jordan Sandhu (99)
Niko Karamanis (98)
Alex Swetlikoff (01)
Jimmy Lambert (97)
Mitch Andres (98)
Michael Ufberg (97)
Cameron Trott (97)
Shane Kelly (97)
Chris Jandric (98)
Anthony Yamnitsky (97)
Ty Taylor (99)

Vernon's home record vs West Kelowna this year:

2-1-0-0

Vernon's road record vs West Kelowna this year:

1-0-0-0

Vernon's scoring leaders vs West Kelowna this year:

Connor Marritt (0-6-6)
Brendan Kim (4-1-5)
Matt Kowalski (1-4-5)
Josh Latta (3-1-4)
Teddy Wooding (1-2-3)
Michael Young (1-2-3)
Alex Swetlikoff (0-2-2)
Coleton Bilodeau (1-1-2)
Elan Bar-Lev-Wise (0-2-2)
Jack Judson (0-1-1)
Mitch Andres (0-1-1)
Jesse Lansdell (0-1-1)
Jagger Williamson (0-1-1)
Trey Taylor (0-1-1)
Nicholas Cherkowski (0-1-1)

Aidan Porter (2-0 Record)
Bradley Cooper (0-1 Record)


Let's take a look at the West Kelowna Warriors:

The 24-19-0-1 West Kelowna Warriors are coming off a 6-5 win over the visiting Alberni Valley Bulldogs Saturday. The last time these two teams met was a 4-3 Vipers victory on January 4th in Vernon. The Vipers lead the season series 3-1. The Warriors have won four of their last six home games. West Kelowna has lost three of their last five games are 5-5 in their last ten. West Kelowna sits 5th in the division are four points up on Salmon Arm, four points back of Wenatchee and ten points back of division leading Penticton.

West Kelowna Warriors Roster:


Mike Hardman (29-27-56) leads the team lead in goals with twenty nine & in points with fifty six

Austin Chorney played 17 games with the 208-19 Vernon Vipers

Garrett Worth played 4 games with the 2018-19 Vernon Vipers

West Kelowna Warriors 2018-19 regular season stats:

Games Played: 44
Wins: 24
Losses: 19
Overtime Losses: 0
Shootout Wins: 0
Shootout Losses: 1
Home Record: 15-7-0-1
Road Record: 9-12-0-0
Goals for: 164
Goals against: 167
Standings: 4th Place (Interior Division)

West Kelowna Warriors Returning Players:

Chase Dubois (98)
Bennett Norlin (98)
Calvin Tilsley (98)
Parm Dhaliwal (99)
Willie Reim (99)
Jake Harrison (99)
Wyatt Head (99)
Cody Paivarinta (98)
Garrett Ewert (99)

West Kelowna Warriors departed and traded players from last years team:

Michael Lombardi (98)
RJ Murphy (98)
Max Bulawka (01)
Chase Stevenson (99)
Matt Kowalski (99)
Ryan Steele (97)
Lucas Cullen (99)
Jared Marino (97)
Tyler Jutting (97)
Stephen Kleysen (97)
Michael Ryan (97)
Cole Demers (99)
Nik Amundrud (97)

West Kelowna's home record vs Vernon this year:

0-1-0-0

West Kelowna's road record vs Vernon this year:

1-2-0-0

West Kelowna Warriors scoring leaders vs Vernon this year:

Chase Dubois (1-4-5)
Parm Dhaliwal (2-3-5)
Lucas Cullen (2-2-4)
Lucas Bahn (0-3-3)
Willie Reim (2-0-2)
Bennett Norlin (2-0-2)
Cavin Tilsley (1-1-2)
Max Bulawka (0-1-1)
Declan Douthart (1-0-1)
James Philpott (0-1-1)
Wyatt Head (0-1-1)
Mike Hardman (0-1-1)

Connor Hopkins (1-2 Record)
Brock Baier (0-1 Record)

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