For the nineth time in franchise history the Vernon Vipers & Trail Smoke Eaters will meet in the BCHL playoffs. The last time the Vipers & Smoke Eaters met in the playoffs was in the 2nd round of the 2019 playoffs.
The Vipers went 1-4 vs Trail this season. The Smoke Eaters outscored the Vipers 17-10 in 5 games this season. The Vernon Vipers will finish 4th in the Interior Conference have a record of 32-19-2-0 are six points ahead of 5th place Trail and five points behind 3rd place Salmon Arm. The Trail Smoke Eaters will finish 5th in the Interior Conference have a record of 27-20-6-0 are twelve points ahead of the 6th place Merritt Centennials, are six points back of 4th place Vernon.
Here’s a look at the previous eight playoff meetings between Vernon & Trail:
1996-97 Vernon defeated Trail 4 games to 1 (1st round)
1997-98 Trail defeated Vernon 4 games to 3 (1st round)
2003-04 Trail defeated Vernon 4 games to 1 (1st round)
2006-07 Vernon defeated Trail 4 games to 1 (Interior Conference Semi finals)
2007-08 Vernon defeated Trail 3 games to 0 (1st round)
2016-17 Vernon defeated Trail 4 games to 1 (Interior division semi finals)
2018-19 Vernon defeated Trail 4 games to 3 (2nd round)
Vernon Vipers/Trail Smoke Eaters 2023-24 regular season schedule:
November 24th Trail @ Vernon: Smoke Eaters won 3-2 overtime
December 8th Vernon @ Trail: Smoke Eaters won 5-2
January 6th Trail @ Vernon: Vipers won 3-2
January 27th Vernon @ Trail: Smoke Eaters won 3-1
March 9th Vernon @ Trail: Smoke Eaters won 6-2Vernon Vipers-Trail Smoke Eaters 2024 Playoff Schedule:
Game 1 Friday, April 5th Trail @ Vernon 7pm
Game 2 Saturday, April 6th Trail @ Vernon 7pm
Game 3 TBA Vernon @ Trail
Game 4 TBA Vernon @ TrailGame 5 TBA Trail @ Vernon
Game 6 TBA Vernon @ Trail
Game 7 TBA Trail @ Vernon
How will the Vipers do vs Trail?
ReplyDeleteMake your predictions, who will win the series and in how many games?
4-3 Vernon
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately I don't think we're getting out of the first round. Even though Jason McKee is gone it will probably take the new GM and coaching staff a couple of years to fix this mess. Trail in 6
ReplyDeleteTrail just beat Penticton. Vipers will be in for a tough go.
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