Friday, March 3, 2023

Game Preview: Vernon @ Prince George:

Vernon 21-19-2-4 @ Prince George 23-18-4-1 7pm

Tonight is the fifth of seven regular season meetings between the Vernon Vipers & Prince George Spruce Kings. Prince George leads the season series 3-1

Vernon's record & stats vs the Spruce Kings since 2002

Since the 2002-03 regular season Vernon is 51-28-2-4-2 vs Prince George

Since the 2002-03 regular season Vernon has outscored Prince George 309-240

Since the 2003-04 regular season Vernon is 21-10-2-4-1 at home vs. Prince George

Since the 2003-04 regular season Vernon is 22-15-0-1-1 in Prince George

The Vipers are 3-5-0-1-1 in their last ten games vs Prince George

The Vipers are 6-2-1-0-1 in their last ten home games vs Prince George

The Vipers are 7-1-0-1 in their last ten games in Prince George

The Vipers last regular season win at home vs. Prince George was a 2-0 victory on Wednesday, March 2nd 2022

The Spruce Kings last regular season win in Vernon was a 8-0 victory on Saturday, October 22nd 2022

The Vipers last regular season win in Prince George was a 5-1 victory on Saturday, October 1st 2022

The Spruce Kings last regular season win at home vs. Vernon was a 4-2 victory on Friday, September 30th 2022

Here's a look at the regular season series vs Prince George

September 30th Vernon @ Prince George: Spruce Kings won 4-2
October 1st Vernon @ Prince George: Vipers won 5-1
October 14th Prince George @ Vernon: Spruce Kings won 2-1 shootout
October 22nd Prince George @ Vernon: Spruce Kings won 8-0
March 3rd Vernon @ Prince George
March 4th Vernon @ Prince George
March 11th Prince George @ Vernon

Let's take a look at the Vernon Vipers:

The 21-19-2-4 Vernon Vipers make their third of four regular season visits to the Kopar Memorial Arena, are coming off a 3-1 victory Saturday in Trail. Tonight's the third game of a four game road trip. The Vipers have just seven wins away from home this season. Vernon has lost fourteen of their last nineteen road games. Tonight's the fifth regular season meeting vs the Spruce Kings. The Vipers are 1-3 vs PG this season. The last time these two teams met, the Spruce Kings won 8-0 in Vernon October 22nd. The last time the Snakes were in Prince George, Vernon won 5-1 October 1st. The Vipers have lost three of their last five games, are 5-5 in their last ten games. Vernon sits 7th in the Interior Division.

Vernon Vipers Roster:


Vernon Vipers Scoring Leaders:

Lee Parks (20-23-43)

Max Borovinskiy played 23 games with Prince George before being traded to Vernon November 29th 2021

Lukas Lomicky was an Assistant Coach with the Spruce Kings the past two seasons

Vernon Vipers Record/Stats:

Games Played: 46
Wins: 21
Losses: 19
Overtime Wins: 2
Overtime Losses: 2
Shootout Wins: 2
Shootout Losses: 4
Overtime Record: 2-2
Shootout Record: 2-4
Home Record: 14-6-1-2
Road Record: 7-13-1-2
When the Vipers score first: 14-7
When the opponents score first: 7-18
Leading after the 1st period: 11-3
Tied after the 1st period: 8-10
Trailing after the 1st period: 2-12
Leading after the 2nd period: 15-1
Tied after the 2nd period: 2-4
Trailing after the 2nd period: 4-20
Out shooting opponents: 10-4
Out shot by opponents: 11-20
One goal games: 10-9
Goals for: 125
Goals against: 150
Record in September: 0-3
Record in October: 6-4
Record in November: 3-6
Record in December: 5-3
Record in January: 3-5
Record in February: 4-4
Record vs Interior Division: 14-22
Record vs Coastal Division: 7-3
Longest winning streak: Three games 
Longest losing streak: Three games
Standings: 7th Place Interior Division

Vernon Vipers Returning Players:

Max Borovinskiy 04
Reagan Milburn 03
Luke Pakulak 03
Seiya Tanaka-Campbell 03
Luke Ashton 05
Griffen Barr 02
Anthony Cliche 03
Ayden Third 02
Roan Clarke 03
Ethan David 03

Vernon Vipers departed & traded players from last years team:

Luke Buss 03
JoJo Tanaka-Campbell 03
Jack Glen 01
Matthew Culling 01
Luke Lavery 04
Tyler Chan 05
Cameron MacDonald 02
Ryan Shostak 01
Copeland Fricker 03
Zack Tonelli 02
Cade McNelly 01
Talon Zakall 02
Nicholas Kent 01
Liam Cavan 02

Vernon's home record vs Prince George this season:

0-1-0-1

Vernon's road record vs Prince George this season:

1-1-0-0

Vernon's scoring leaders vs Prince George this season:

Julian Facchinelli (2-1-3)
Dylan Compton (1-2-3)
Hank Cleaves (1-2-3)
Seiya Tanaka-Campbell (1-1-2)
Ayden Third (0-2-2)
Reagan Milburn (0-2-2)
Luke Pakulak (1-1-2)
Isaac Tremblay (1-0-1)
Kurt Gurkan (0-1-1)
Ethan Merner (1-0-1)

Roan Clarke (1-3 Record)

Let's take a look at the Prince George Spruce Kings:

The 23-18-4-1 Prince George Spruce Kings are coming off a 4-1 loss to the visiting Penticton Vees Friday. Tonight's the fourth game of a five game home stand. The Spruce Kings have lost three of their last five home games. Tonight's the first of back to back games vs the Vipers as these two teams will play for the final time March 11th in Vernon. The Spruce Kings have lost three of their last five games and lost six of their last ten games. Prince George sits 5th in the Interior Division.

Prince George Spruce Kings Roster:


Prince George Spruce Kings Scoring Leaders:

John Herrington (20-21-41) 

Prince George Spruce Kings Record/Stats:

Games Played: 46
Wins: 23
Losses: 18
Overtime Losses: 4
Shootout Losses: 1
Home Record: 13-9-1-0
Road Record: 10-9-3-1
Goals for: 142
Goals against: 139
Standings: 5th Place Interior Conference

Prince George Spruce Kings Returning Players:

Linden Makow 04
Ty Gagno 03
Kilian McGregor-Bennett 03
Austin Fraser 03
Evan Fedele 04
John Herrington 02
Colton Cameron 02
Amran Bhabra 03
Ben LeFranc 03
Jordan Fairlie 02

Prince George Spruce Kings departed and traded players from last years team:

Luc Laylin 01
Rowan Miller 01
Kolton Cousins 01
Nathan Fox 02
Jagjeevan Phangura 04
Luke German 02
Nick Rheaume 02
Simon Labelle 02
Dylan Schives 01
Josh Wright 01
Adam Leitch 04
Nick Marciano 02
Aaron Trotter 01

Prince George's home record vs Vernon this season:

1-1-0-0

Prince George's road record vs Vernon this season:

2-0-0-0

Prince George's scoring leaders vs Vernon this season:

Ty Gagno (2-6-8)
John Herrington (5-2-7)
Austin Fraser (1-4-5)
Kilian McGregor-Bennett (0-4-4)
Ben LeFranc (1-2-3)
Colton Cameron (0-3-3)
Linden Makow (1-2-3)
Jake Schneider (0-1-1)
Ben LeFranc (0-1-1)
Kai Greaves (0-1-1)
Luca Primerano (0-1-1)
Dom Murphy (0-1-1)
Luke Eurig (1-0-1)
Jack Stockfish (1-0-1)
Charlie Banquier (1-0-1)

Aidan Feddema (0-1 Record)
Jordan Fairlie (2-1 Record-1 shutout)

4 comments:

vipersdiehardfan said...

How will the Vipers do tonight?

Make your predictions, Who will win and what will be the final score?

ron said...

I will go with 4-2 viper win tonight

Anonymous said...

3-2 vipers

Anonymous said...

Wrong 3-2 losers again. I wonder what the fans will blame it on this time. A loss is a loss fellas.