Friday, October 16, 2020

Okanagan Cup: Game Preview: Exhibition Salmon Arm @ Vernon:


Salmon Arm (1-3-0-0) @ Vernon (0-4-0-0) 6pm

Tonight is the first of four pre-season meetings vs the Salmon Arm Silverbacks. The Vipers won last years regular season series 5-1

Last Game:

October 10th Penticton 4 Vernon 1
October 10th West Kelowna 3 Salmon Arm 2

Next Game:

October 17th Vernon @ Salmon Arm

Vernon's regular season record & stats vs the Silverbacks since 2002

Since the 2002-03 regular season Vernon is 64-43-12-7-1 vs Salmon Arm

Since the 2003-04 regular season Vernon is 29-20-6-2-1 at home vs. Salmon Arm

Since the 2003-04 regular season Vernon is 29-20-8-3 in Salmon Arm

The Silverbacks are 3-4-2-0 in their last ten games in Vernon

The Vipers are 7-1-1-0 in their last ten games in Salmon Arm

The Vipers last regular season win at home vs. Salmon Arm was a 5-4 overtime victory on Saturday, January 19th 2020

The Silverbacks last regular season win in Vernon was a 5-2 victory on Saturday, December 28th 2019

The Vipers last regular season win in Salmon Arm was a 5-3 victory on Sunday, January 12th 2020

The Silverbacks last regular season win at home vs. Vernon was a 3-2 victory on Sunday, December 16th 2018

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

August 28th Pre-Season Vernon @ Salmon Arm: Vipers won 5-4 overtime
August 30th Pre-Season Salmon Arm @ Vernon: Silverbacks won 4-2
November 22nd Salmon Arm @ Vernon: Vipers won 2-1 shootout
November 30th Vernon @ Salmon Arm: Vipers won 2-0
December 28th Salmon Arm @ Vernon: Silverbacks won 5-2
December 29th Vernon @ Salmon Arm: Vipers won 4-2
January 12th Vernon @ Salmon Arm: Vipers won 5-3
January 19th Salmon Arm @ Vernon: Vipers won 5-4 overtime

Here's a look at this years exhibition series vs Salmon Arm

October 16th Salmon Arm @ Vernon:
October 17th Vernon @ Salmon Arm:
October 30th Vernon @ Salmon Arm:
October 31st Salmon Arm @ Vernon:


Let's take a look at the Vernon Vipers: 

The 0-4-0-0 Vernon Vipers are coming off a 4-1 loss Saturday to the visiting Penticton Vees. The Vipers are coming off back to back losses to the Penticton Vees in a home & home series last week/weekend. Tonight's the first game of a home & home series with the Silverbacks. The Vipers went 5-1 vs Salmon Arm last year. The Snakes have only played twice in the past nineteen days. After tonight, Vernon has seven exhibition games remaining before the regular season starts December 1st. The Vipers have scored only three goals in four games and have yet to score more then once in a single game this pre-season. Last year the Vipers finished 5th in the Interior division with a 30-24-2-2 regular season record eliminated the Wenatchee Wild in the opening round of the BCHL playoffs, before the season was cancelled due to COVID-19. The Vipers went 16-12-1-0 at Kal Tire Place last season.  

Vernon Vipers Roster:


Kjell Kjemhus (1-0-1) & Ryan Shostak (1-0-1) Share the team lead in goals with one each, while Nicholas Kent (0-2-2) leads the team in points with two

Vernon Vipers 2020-21 pre-season stats:

Games Played: 4
Wins: 0
Losses: 4
Overtime Wins: 0
Overtime Losses: 0
Shootout Wins: 0
Shootout Losses: 0
Home Record: 0-2-0-0
Road Record: 0-2-0-0
Overtime Record: 0-0
Shootout Record: 0-0
Record vs Interior Division: 0-4-0-0
Record vs Island & Mainland Divisions: 0-0-0-0
When the Vipers score first: 0-1-0-0
When the opponents score first: 0-3-0-0
Leading after the 1st period: 0-1-0-0
Tied after the 1st period: 0-1-0-0
Trailing after the 1st period: 0-2-0-0
Leading after the 2nd period: 0-0-0-0
Tied after the 2nd period: 0-0-0-0
Trailing after the 2nd period: 0-4-0-0
Out shooting opponents: 0-0-0-0
Out shot by opponents: 0-4-0-0
One goal games: 0-1-0-0
Goals for: 3
Goals against: 14
Standings: 9th Place (Interior Division) 
Win-loss Streak: Four game losing streak
Longest winning streak: 
Longest losing streak: Four games
Vipers record in September: 0-2-0-0
Vipers record in October: 0-2-0-0

Vernon Vipers Returning Players:

Jack Glen (01)
JoJo Tanaka-Campbell (01)
Cameron MacDonald (02)
Ryan Shostak (01)
Max Bulawka (01)
Hunter Donohoe (00)
Trey Taylor (02)
Nicholas Kent (01)

Vernon Vipers departed & traded players from last years team:

Matt Kowalski (99)
Ben Sanderson (00)
Colby Feist (02)
Connor Marritt (99)
Ben Helgeson (00)
Connor Sleeth (99)
Reilly Herbst (00)
Brett Fudger (01)
Dawson Holt (99)
Logan Cash (00)
Landon Fuller (99)
Jackson Caller (99)
Christian Felton (00)
Keigo Hachisuka (01)
Keegan Karki (00)
Max Palaga (00)

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:

Dawson Holt (4-3-7)
Matt Kowalski (1-4-5)
Connor Marritt (0-4-4)
Connor Sleeth (0-4-4) 
Jo Jo Tanaka-Campbell (2-2-4)
Cameron MacDonald (3-1-4)
Trey Taylor (1-2-3)
Jackson Caller (1-2-3) 
Landon Fuller (2-1-3)
Ben Helgeson (1-2-3) 
Jack Glen (0-2-2)
Christian Felton (1-1-2)
Max Bulawka (1-1-2)
Ben Sanderson (1-1-2)
Elan Bar-Lev-Wise (1-0-1) 
Hunter Donohoe (0-1-1) 
Connor Sleeth (0-1-1)
Colby Feist (0-1-1)
Ryan Shostak (0-1-1)

Reilly Herbst (4-1 Record-1 Shutout)


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

The 1-3-0-0 Salmon Arm Silverbacks make there first pre-season visit to Kal Tire Place, are coming off a 3-2 loss at home Saturday to the visiting West Kelowna Warriors. The Silverbacks split the home & home series with a win in West Kelowna Friday. The Backs went 1-0-1-1 in Vernon during the 2019-20 regular season, only beat the Snakes once out of six regular season meetings. Salmon Arm is 1-1 on the road during the Okanagan Cup but 0-2 on home ice this season. The Silverbacks have six players returning from last years team. These two teams will meet again Saturday in Salmon Arm. The Silverbacks finished 3rd in the Interior division last season with a 30-23-4-1 regular season record swept the Victoria Grizzlies in the 1st round of the playoffs, before the season was cancelled. 

Salmon Arm Silverbacks Roster:


Danny Ciccarello (4-0-4) leads the team lead in goals with four & in points with four

Salmon Arm Silverbacks 2020-21 pre-season stats:

Games Played: 4
Wins: 1
Losses: 3
Overtime Losses: 
Shoot Out Losses: 
Home Record: 0-2-0-0
Road Record: 1-1-0-0
Goals for: 9
Goals against: 22
Standings: 5th Place (Interior Division)

Salmon Arm Silverbacks Returning Players:

Sam Schofield (02)
Logan Shaw (00)
Drew Bennett (00)
Simon Tassy (01)
Kieran Ruscheinski (01)
Hunter Sansbury (00)

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

Nick Martino (00)
Luke Mylymok (01)
William Poirier (99)
Nick Unruh (00)
Lucas Breault (99)
Daniel Rybarik (99)
Coalson Wakeford (00)
Noah Wakeford (00)
Jarrod Semchuk (02)
Jeremy Gervais (99)
Devan Newhook (00)
Antonio Andreozzi (00)
Akito Hirose (99)
Zach Gabruch (01)
Ethan Langenegger (00)
Grant Adams (00)

Salmon Arm's home record vs Vernon last year:

0-3-0-0

Salmon Arm's road record vs Vernon last year:

1-0-1-1

Salmon Arm Silverbacks scoring leaders vs Vernon last year: 

Akito Hirose (1-5-6)
Lucas Breault (2-3-5) 
Noah Wakeford (1-3-4)
Daniel Rybarik (3-1-4) 
William Poirier (3-0-3)
Nick Unruh (0-3-3)
Devan Newhook (0-3-3)
Drew Bennett (3-0-3)
Nick Martino (0-2-2)
Domenic Garozzo (0-1-1) 
Coalson Wolford (1-0-1) 
Zach Gabruch (0-1-1)
Sam Schofield (0-1-1)
Luke Mylymok (0-1-1)
Logan Shaw (1-0-1)

Ethan Langenegger (1-3 Record)
Grant Adans (0-2 Record)

1 comment:

  1. Hey! Vipers scored two goals in the first period....I think that's the most they've scored in a single game so far! Haha!

    Go Warriors Go!
    Uncle Ben

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