Game Preview: Exhibition Salmon Arm @ Vernon:

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

Tonight is the first of two exhibition games between the Salmon Arm Silverbacks & Vernon Vipers. The Vipers went 7-3 vs the Silverbacks last year.

Vernon's Last Game:

May 7th Vernon 3 Salmon Arm 1

Vernon's Next Game:

September 24th Vernon @ Penticton

Salmon Arm's Last Game:

May 8th West Kelowna 7 Salmon Arm 6

Salmon Arm's next game:

September September 24th Salmon Arm @ West Kelowna

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

Since the 2002-03 regular season Vernon is 71-45-13-7-1 vs Salmon Arm

Since the 2003-04 regular season Vernon is 36-22-7-2-1 at home vs. Salmon Arm

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

The Silverbacks are 3-5-1-0-1 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 3-1 victory on Friday, May 7th 2021

The Silverbacks last regular season win in Vernon was a 6-2 victory on Saturday, May 1st 2021

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

Vernon Vipers/Salmon Arm Silverbacks 2020-21 season series

April 2nd Salmon Arm vs Vernon: Vipers won 4-1

April 7th Vernon vs Salmon Arm: Vipers won 6-5 overtime

April 10th Salmon Arm vs Vernon: Silverbacks won 2-1 overtime

April 14th Vernon vs Salmon Arm: Vipers won 6-5 overtime

April 17th Salmon Arm vs Vernon: Vipers won 3-2 shootout

April 20th Vernon vs Salmon Arm: Vipers won 6-5

April 24th Vernon vs Salmon Arm: Vipers won 7-5

April 28th Vernon vs Salmon Arm: Silverbacks won 3-1

May 1st Salmon Arm vs Vernon: Silverbacks won 6-2

May 7th Salmon Arm vs Vernon: Vipers won 3-2

Vernon Vipers/Salmon Arm Silverbacks Preseason Schedule:

September 21st Salmon Arm @ Vernon

September 28th Vernon @ Salmon Arm

Let's take a look at the Vernon Vipers: 

The 0-0-0-0 Vernon Vipers open the 2021 preseason at home vs the Salmon Arm Silverbacks. These two teams met ten times last season during the pod season with the Snakes winning seven of the ten games. All ten games were played in Vernon with the Vipers being the host pod city. The Vipers finished 1st in the Vernon pod with a 13-5-1-1 record. Tonight is the first of two exhibition meetings vs Salmon Arm. The Vipers will play six preseason games this fall before opening the 2021-22 regular season October 8th in Penticton. The Snakes have seventeen players returning from last season. The Vipers will be playing in front of fans at Kal Tire Place for the first time since a 6-4 win over Wenatchee in Game 4 on March 4th 2020

Vernon Vipers Roster:

https://bchl.ca/stats/roster/21

Vernon Vipers 2021 Pod Season scoring leaders:

Vernon Vipers Goal Leader: 

Tyler Carpendale (9-8-17)

Vernon Vipers Points Leader:

Ryan Shostak (5-13-18)

Vernon Vipers 2021 Pod season stats:

Games Played: 20

Wins: 13

Losses: 5

Overtime Wins: 2

Overtime Losses: 1

Shootout Wins: 1

Shootout Losses: 1

Overtime Record: 2-1

Shootout Record: 1-1

When the Vipers score first: 2-3

When the opponents score first: 10-3-1-0

Leading after the 1st period: 2-0

Tied after the 1st period: 4-1-1-1

Trailing after the 1st period: 6-4

Leading after the 2nd period: 7-0

Tied after the 2nd period: 4-0-1-1

Trailing after the 2nd period: 1-5

Out shooting opponents: 7-3-1-0

Out shot by opponents: 5-1-0-1

One goal games: 5-3

Goals for: 65

Goals against: 52 

Win-loss Streak: Two game winning streak

Longest winning streak: Three games

Longest losing streak: Four games

Vernon Vipers Returning Players:

Jack Glen 01

JoJo Tanaka-Campbell 01

Cameron MacDonald 02

Ryan Shostak 01

Desmond Johnson 02

Griffen Barr 02

Nicholas Kent 01

Nick Remissong 02

Kjell Kjemhus 01

Luke Pakulak 03

Roan Clarke 03

Ayden Third 02

Liam Cavan 02 

Ethan Mercer 02 
Logan Lorenz 02 

Zach Tonelli 02 

Reagan Milburn 03 

Vernon Vipers departed & traded players from last years team:

Tyler Carpendale 00

Hunter Donohoe 00

Sam Duerr 02

Trey Taylor 02

Seth Bafaro 00

James Porter, Jr 00

Vernon's 2021 Pod season scoring leaders vs Salmon Arm:

Ryan Shostak (5-8-13)

Seth Bafaro (3-5-8)

Reagan Milburn (4-3-7)

JoJo Tanaka-Campbell (3-4-7)
Griffen Barr (4-3-7)

Tyler Carpendale (4-3-7)

Nicholas Kent (0-6-6)

Logan Lorenz (3-3-6)

Trey Taylor (0-6-6)

Cameron MacDonald (3-3-6)

Zack Tonelli (1-4-5)

Hunter Donohoe (1-3-4)

Jack Glen (1-2-3)

Nicholas Remissong (2-1-3)

Luke Pakulak (2-1-3)

Kjell Kjemhus (1-1-2)

Sam Duerr (0-2-2)

Desmond Johnson (0-1-1)

Ethan Mercer (0-1-1)

Roan Clarke (3-0 Record)

James Porter Jr (4-3 Record)

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

The 0-0-0-0 Salmon Arm Silverbacks open the 2021 exhibition season on the road playing the first two games of the preseason away from home. The Silverbacks preseason home opener will be September 25th vs the West Kelowna Warriors. The Backs went 3-7 vs the Vipers during last season's pod finished 2nd in the Vernon pod with a 9-7-2-2 record. The Vipers & Backs will meet again September 28th in Salmon Arm in the final preseason meeting. The Apes open the 2021-22 regular season October 9th in Merritt. 

Salmon Arm Silverbacks Roster:

https://bchl.ca/stats/roster/20

Salmon Arm Silverbacks 2021 Pod Season scoring leaders:

Salmon Arm Silverbacks Goal Leader:

Simon Tassy (18-9-27)

Salmon Arm Silverbacks Points Leader:

Simon Tassy (18-9-27)

Salmon Arm Silverbacks 2021 Pod season stats:

Games Played: 20

Wins: 9

Losses: 7

Overtime Losses: 2

Shootout Losses: 1

Goals for: 67

Goals against: 66

Salmon Arm Silverbacks Returning Players:

Noah Serdachny 03
Simon Tassy 01
Daniel Panetta 01
Mathieu Bourgault 03
Aidan Lindblad 04
Nathan Mackie 04
Ezra Chan 04
Kieran Ruscheinski 01
Tucker Hartmann 02

Lucas Matta 02

Owen Say 01

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

Cameron Recchi 01

Philip Jacques 02
Danny Ciccarello 01

Sullivan Mack 00

Julian Recine 02
Braden Fischer 02

Nathan Morgan 02
Logan Shaw 00
Drew Bennett 00

Joaquim Lemay 02
Hunter Sansbury 00

William Lavigne 02
Joshua Kotai 03

Liam Vanderkooi 03

Salmon Arm Silverbacks 2021 Pod season scoring leaders vs Vernon:

Hunter Sansbury (1-9-10)

Sullivan Mack (5-6-11)

Noah Serdachny (3-5-8)

Simon Tassy (4-4-8)

Cameron Recchi (2-4-6)

Drew Bennett (5-1-6)

Tucker Hartmann (2-3-5)

Daniel Panetta (3-2-5)

Mathieu Bourgault (1-3-4)

Danny Ciccarello (2-2-4)

Julian Recine (0-3-3)

Joaquim Lemay (0-3-3)

Lucas Matta (1-2-3)

Kieran Ruscheinski (1-0-1)

William Lavigne (0-1-1)

Philippe Jacques (0-1-1)

Braden Fischer (1-0-1)

Logan Shaw (1-0-1)

Liam Vanderkooi (0-2 Record)

Owen Say (3-5 Record)