Eleven years ago today (March 27th 2009) In Game 5 of the Interior division Finals in the best of seven series vs the Salmon Arm Silverbacks, Vernon Vipers forward Rob Short scored two third period goals, while Andrew Hammond stopped all 43 Salmon Arm shots for the shutout in a 3-0 Vipers win in front of 3,306 fans at the Wesbild Centre. With the win Vernon took a 3-2 series lead, would eventually win the series the following night with a 3-1 win in Game 6 in Salmon Arm. The Vipers would advance to the BCHL League Finals vs the Powell River Kings.Boxscore-Game Summary,
https://bchl.ca/stats/game-summary/4499
Andrew Hammond's Player Profile:
https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/38007/andrew-hammond
What a beauty this kid was ! Is he still playing hockey ?
ReplyDeleteHammond is in his first season with the American Hockey League Rochester Americans/Buffalo Sabres.
ReplyDeleteHammond was a free agent signed with the Buffalo Sabres July 1st 2019 was reassigned to the Americans September 22nd 2019. In 33 games this season, Hammond wemt 16-12-3 with a 2.53 GAA
Sorry : I was herring to Robbie Short !
ReplyDeleteThe last I heard Robbie Short was married and living/working in Grande Prairie, Alberta
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