Friday, April 2, 2021

Game Preview: Salmon Arm vs Vernon:


Salmon Arm (0-0-0-0) vs Vernon (0-0-0-0) 7pm

Tonight is the first of ten Pod season meetings vs the Salmon Arm Silverbacks. The Vipers went 5-1 vs Salmon Arm during the 2019-20 regular season.

Vernon's Next Game:

April 4th Vernon vs West Kelowna

Salmon Arm's next game:

April 3rd West Kelowna vs 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 2021 POD Season Schedule vs Salmon Arm

April 2nd Salmon Arm vs Vernon
April 7th Vernon vs Salmon Arm
April 10th Salmon Arm vs Vernon
April 14th Vernon vs Salmon Arm
April 17th Salmon Arm vs Vernon 
April 20th Vernon vs Salmon Arm
April 24th Vernon vs Salmon Arm
April 28th Vernon vs Salmon Arm
May 1st Salmon Arm vs Vernon
May 7th Salmon Arm vs Vernon

Let's take a look at the Vernon Vipers: 

The 0-0-0-0 Vernon Vipers open the 2021 Pod season opener vs the Salmon Arm Silverbacks. With all 20 Pod games being played at Kal Tire Place, the Vipers will be the home team tonight. The Snakes last played November 14th 2020 in the Okanagan Cup finals vs the Penticton Vees. The hometown Vees won the first annual Okanagan Cup with a 3-2 overtime victory. Vernon went 4-6-2-2 in the pre-season before the regular season was put on hold due to COVID-19. The Vipers went 3-1 in October at the Okanagan Cup vs Salmon Arm.Tonight is the Vipers first of twenty Pod games vs Salmon Arm & West Kelowna.

Here is a game preview from the Vernon Vipers website,


Vernon Vipers Roster:


Jo Jo Tanaka-Campbell (4-3-7) lead the team in goals with four, while Nicholas Kent (0-7-7) & Jo Jo Tanaka-Campbell (4-3-7) lead the team in points with seven each

Vernon Vipers 2020 exhibition season stats:

Games Played: 14
Wins: 4
Losses: 6
Overtime Wins: 1
Overtime Losses: 2
Shootout Wins: 0
Shootout Losses: 2
Home Record: 1-3-0-2
Road Record: 3-3-2-0
Overtime Record: 1-2
Shootout Record: 0-2
Record vs Interior Division: 4-6-2-2
Record vs Island & Mainland Divisions: 0-0-0-0
When the Vipers score first: 3-2-2-1
When the opponents score first: 1-4-0-1
Leading after the 1st period: 2-2-1-1
Tied after the 1st period: 2-2-1-1
Trailing after the 1st period: 0-2-0-0
Leading after the 2nd period: 3-0-0-1
Tied after the 2nd period: 1-0-2-1
Trailing after the 2nd period: 0-6-0-0
Out shooting opponents: 3-0-1-2
Out shot by opponents: 1-6-1-0
One goal games: 1-1-2-2
Goals for: 30
Goals against: 39
Standings: 3rd Place (Interior Division) 
Win-loss Streak: One game losing streak
Longest winning streak: Two games
Longest losing streak: Four games
Vipers record in September: 0-2-0-0
Vipers record in October: 3-2-1-2
Vipers record in November: 1-2-1-0

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 0-0-0-0 Salmon Arm Silverbacks open the 2021 Pod season in Vernon vs the hometown Vipers. The Silverbacks will play all of their 20 Pod games in Vernon vs the Vipers & West Kelowna Warriors. The Silverbacks last played November 13th at the Okanagan Cup falling 5-2 to Penticton. Salmon Arm went 3-9-1-0 in thirteen exhibition games. Tonight's the first of back to back games this weekend for the Apes who will face West Kelowna Saturday evening at Kal Tire Place in Vernon.

Here is a game preview from the Salmon Arm Silverbacks website,


Salmon Arm Silverbacks Roster:


Drew Bennett (6-1-7) lead the team in goals with six, while Simon Tassy (5-3-8) lead the team in points with eight

Salmon Arm Silverbacks 2020 exhibition season stats:

Games Played: 13
Wins: 3
Losses: 9
Overtime Losses: 1
Shoot Out Losses: 0
Home Record: 1-4-1-0
Road Record: 2-5-0-0
Goals for: 28
Goals against: 52
Standings: 7th 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)

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