Friday, April 5, 2019

Game 5 Preview: Interior Division Finals: Vernon @ Wenatchee:

Vernon (11-5) @ Wenatchee (9-8) 7:05pm

Tonight is the eleventh meeting of the season between the Vernon Vipers & Wenatchee Wild. The Wild & Vipers split the regular season series 3-3

Last Game:

Wednesday, April 3rd Game 4 Vernon defeated Wenatchee 3-0

Next Game:

Sunday, April 7th Wenatchee @ Vernon (if necessary)

Vernon's record & stats vs the Wild since 2015

Since the 2015-16 regular season Vernon is 6-11-0-0 vs Wenatchee

Since the 2015-16 regular season Vernon is 3-5-0-0 at home vs Wenatchee

Since the 2015-16 regular season Vernon is 3-4-0-0 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 53-42

The Wilds last regular season win in Vernon was a 5-4 victory on Saturday, December 1st 2018

The Wilds last regular season win at home over Vernon was a 5-2 victory on Saturday, December 22nd 2018

The Vipers last regular season win in Wenatchee was a 3-0 victory on Friday, December 21st 2018

The Vipers last regular season win at home over Wenatchee was a 2-0 victory on Friday, September 28th 2018

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

September 7th Wenatchee @ Vernon: Wild won 5-3
September 28th Wenatchee @ Vernon: Vipers won 2-0
December 1st Wenatchee @ Vernon: Wild won 5-4
December 21st Vernon @ Wenatchee: Vipers won 3-0
December 22nd Vernon @ Wenatchee: Wild won 5-2
February 2nd Vernon @ Wenatchee: Vipers won 2-1 shoot out


Let's take a look at the Vernon Vipers:

The 11-5 Vernon Vipers make their sixth visit of the season to the Town Toyota Center are coming off a 3-0 victory in Game 4 of the Interior division finals. The Vipers went 2-1 in Wenatchee during the regular season before splitting games 1 & 2 in Wenatchee come the playoffs. The Snakes are 5-2 on the road have won thirteen of their last seventeen games away from home. Vernon has a chance to win their seventeenth Interior division championship tonight with a victory. The last time the Vipers won the Interior division championship was in 2014 defeating Penticton in seven games.  

Vernon Vipers Roster:


Michael Young (6-7-13), Matt Kowalski (6-5-11) & Josh Latta (6-5-11) share the team lead in playoff goals with six each, while Jagger Williamson (4-11-15) leads the team in playoff points with fifteen

Vernon Vipers 2018-19 playoff stats:

Games Played: 16
Wins: 11
Losses: 5
Overtime Wins: 4
Overtime Losses: 1
Home Record: 6-3
Road Record: 5-2
Overtime Record: 4-1
When the Vipers score first: 7-1
When the opponents score first: 4-4
Leading after the 1st period: 5-1
Tied after the 1st period: 4-2
Trailing after the 1st period: 2-2
Leading after the 2nd period: 7-0
Tied after the 2nd period: 1-2
Trailing after the 2nd period: 3-3
Out shooting opponents: 8-4
Out shot by opponents: 2-1
One goal games: 7-1
Goals for: 51
Goals against: 39
Win-loss Streak: Two game winning streak
Longest winning streak: Four games
Longest losing streak: Two 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)
Alex Swetlikoff (01)
Mitch Andres (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 Wenatchee this year:

3-2-0-0

Vernon's road record vs Wenatchee this year:

3-2-0-0

Vernon's scoring leaders vs Wenatchee this year:

Josh Latta (5-6-11)
Michael Young (4-3-7)
Teddy Wooding (2-4-6)
Jack Judson (1-5-6)
Connor Marritt (4-2-6)
Ben Helgeson (0-4-4)
Matt Kowalski (2-2-4)
Elan Bar-Lev-Wise (0-3-3)
Tyler Ho (2-1-3)
Brendan Kim (0-2-2)
Jesse Lansdell (0-2-2)
Jagger Williamson (1-1-2)
Coleton Bilodeau (1-1-2)
Brendan Kim (0-2-2)
Lane Zablocki (1-1-2)
Trey Taylor (0-1-1)
Landon Fuller (1-0-1)
Ben Sanderson (1-0-1)
Logan Cash (1-0-1)
Carver Watson (0-1-1)

Bradley Cooper (1-1 Record-1 Shutout)
Aidan Porter (5-3 Record)


Let's take a look at the Wenatchee Wild:

The 9-8 defending Interior division champion and Fred Page Cup champion Wenatchee Wild are coming off a 3-0 loss in Vernon in Game 4 return home for Game 5 of the Interior division finals. The Wild have lost nine of their last seventeen home games. The Wild are 4-6 vs Vernon this season (regular season & playoffs).

Wenatchee Wild Roster:


Lucas Sowder (9-13-22) leads the team in playoff goals with nine & in playoff points with twenty two 

Nathan Iannone attended the Vernon Vipers 2015 Spring Camp

Wenatchee Wild 2017-18 playoff stats:

Games Played: 17
Wins: 9
Losses: 8
Overtime Losses: 3
Home Record: 6-3
Road Record: 3-5
Goals for: 52
Goals against: 51

Wenatchee Wild Returning Players:

Murphy Stratton (99)
Lucas Sowder (98)
Josh Arnold (99)
Nathan Iannone (98)
Chad Sasaki (98)
Jacob Modry (99)
Drake Usher (00)
Austin Park (98)

Wenatchee Wild departed and traded players from last years team:

August Von Ungern (97)
Sam Morton (99)
Jasper Weatherby (98)
Jackson Wozniak (00)
AJ Vanderbeck (97)
Lukas Svejkovsky (01)
Sam Hesler (98)
Matt Dorsey (99)
Daniel Chladek (99)
Nicholas Kent (01)
Noah Kim (00)
Cooper Zech (98)
Zak Galambos (97)
Slava Demin (00)
Seth Eisele (98)

Wenatchee's home record vs Vernon this year:

2-1-1-1

Wenatchee's road record vs Vernon this year:

2-3-0-0

Wenatchee Wild scoring leaders vs Vernon this year:

Matt Gosiewski (1-9-10)
Chad Sasaki (3-5-8)
Brian Adams (5-3-8)
Blake Bargar (1-5-6)
Christophe Tellier (2-3-5)
Nathan Iannone (1-4-5)
Brandon Koch (1-3-4)
PJ Fletcher (3-0-3)
Jacob Modry (2-1-3)
Murphy Stratton (0-3-3)
Lucas Sowder (0-3-3)
Christophe Fillion (2-0-2)
AJ Hodges (0-2-2)
Avery Winslow (0-1-1)
Ryan Wilson (1-0-1)
Jacques Bouquot (0-1-1)
Matt Dorsey (1-0-1)
Trevor Griebel (1-0-1)

Austin Park (4-3 Record)
Cal Sandquist (0-3 Record)