Six years ago today (March 22nd 2014) In Game 7 of the Interior division Finals vs the Penticton Vees, The hometown Vees held a 3-1 lead heading into the 3rd period, before Colton Sparrow and Brett Mulcahy scored two minutes apart to force overtime. Vernon Vipers forward Michael McNicholas scored at 2:00 of overtime, giving the visiting Vernon Vipers a 4-3 overtime victory over the Penticton Vees. Vernon outshot Penticton 27-26 Austin Smith made 23 saves in the win, while Olivier Mantha made 23 saves in the loss in front of 3,142 fans at the South Okanagan Events Center. With the win Vernon won the best of seven series 4-3 advanced to a three team round robin playoff tournament vs Coquitlam & Victoria. Two out of the three teams would advance to the BCHL Finals.Boxscore-Game Summary,
https://bchl.ca/stats/game-summary/1260
Michael McNicholas's Player Profile:
https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/109871/michael-mcnicholas
Vipers/Vees Game 7 Highlight's,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4O_ZZ6O_XYc
I was at that game with a couple of viper fans. It really was a great game to watch. With the game at 3 to 1 for the vees and only a limited time to go before the end of the third won would think that with playing the vees the game was over. But never say never. At the game the players for the vees where giving each other a high five and pointing at the score as though they had already won the game. Well this really pissed off Colton Sparrow. Colton starting talking to his team mates telling them we can win this game. Lets just go out and do it and that is exactly what they did. It felt like I was stunned at what had happened after the Vernon Vipers had won. Like a out of body experience. What a game. I was sure glad I made the trip to see the game and especially happy about what I felt when a penticton vees fan said beside me. To bad you wasted your gas coming to the game, you know the vees are going to win. Well,you know a game isn't over till it's over. GO, VIPERS, GO.
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