Friday, January 2, 2026

Game Preview: Salmon Arm Silverbacks @ Vernon Vipers:

13-11-3-2 Salmon Arm Silverbacks @ 8-15-5-0 Vernon Vipers 7pm

Tonight is the third of seven regular season meetings between the Vernon Vipers & Salmon Arm Silverbacks. 

Vernon Vipers Regular Season Record/Stats vs the Salmon Arm Silverbacks (League website only
back as far as the 2003-04 regular season)

Games Played: 154
Wins: 76
Losses: 56
Overtime Wins: 14
Overtime Losses: 16
Shootout Wins: 1
Shootout Losses: 1
Tie: 4
Overtime Record: 14-16
Shootout Record: 1-1
Home Record: 41-27-7-1-1
Road Record: 35-30-9-0-3

Vernon Vipers 2020-21 Pod Season Record/Stats vs the Salmon Arm Silverbacks (All games were played in Vernon)

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Games Played: 10
Wins: 7
Losses: 2
Overtime Wins: 2
Overtime Losses: 1
Shootout Wins: 1
Shootout Losses: 0

The Vernon Vipers are 5-3-2-0-0 in their last ten regular season games vs the Salmon Arm Silverbacks

The Vernon Vipers are 2-7-1-0-0 in their last ten regular season games in Salmon Arm

The Vernon Vipers are 6-2-2-0-0 in their last ten regular season home games vs the Salmon Arm Silverbacks

The Vernon Vipers last regular season win at home vs the Salmon Arm Silverbacks was a 3-2 overtime victory on Sunday, November 24th 2024

The Salmon Arm Silverbacks last regular season win in Vernon was a 3-2 overtime victory on Friday, November 21st 2025

The Vernon Vipers last regular season win in Salmon Arm was a 3-2 overtime victory on Friday, October 17th 2025

The Salmon Arm Silverbacks last regular season win at home vs the Vernon Vipers was a 6-3 victory on Monday, February 17th 2025

Vernon Junior Hockey Franchise History:

1961-1962 Vernon Jr Canadians
1962-1967 Vernon Blades
1967-1973 Vernon Essos
1973-1978 Vernon Vikings
1979-1980 No team
1980-1995 Vernon Lakers
1995-Present Vernon Vipers

Salmon Arm Junior Hockey Franchise History:

1982-1984 Shuswap Totems
1984-1985 Salmon Arm Totems
1985-1986 Shuswap Blazers
1987-1989 Salmon Arm Tigers
2001-Present Salmon Arm Silverbacks

Vernon Vipers/Salmon Arm Silverbacks 2025 Exhibition Schedule:

September 9th Salmon Arm @ Vernon: Silverbacks won 5-2

Vernon Vipers/Salmon Arm Silverbacks 2025-26 regular season schedule:

October 17th Vernon @ Salmon Arm: Vipers won 3-2 overtime
November 21st Salmon Arm @ Vernon: Silverbacks won 3-2 overtime
January 2nd Salmon Arm @ Vernon:
January 23rd Vernon @ Salmon Arm:
February 28th Salmon Arm @ Vernon:
March 13th Vernon @ Salmon Arm:
March 14th Salmon Arm @ Vernon:

Let's take a look at the Vernon Vipers:

The 8-15-5-0 Vernon Vipers are coming off a 5-4 overtime win December 20th over the visiting Blackfalds Bulldogs. Tonight's the Vipers first game after the Christmas break and the third of seven regular season meetings vs Salmon Arm. The last time these two teams played, the Silverbacks won 3-2 in overtime November 21st in Vernon. Tonight's the third game of a five game home stand. The Snakes have won three of their last five games are 5-5 in their last ten games. Vernon sits 4th in the Interior West Division.

Vernon Vipers 2025-26 Roster:


Vernon Vipers 2024-25 Regular Season Scoring Leader:

Christian Maro (8-16-24)

Vernon Vipers 2025-26 Regular Season Record/Stats:

Games Played: 28
Wins: 8
Losses: 15
Overtime Wins: 1
Overtime Losses: 5
Shootout Wins: 0
Shootout Losses: 0
Overtime Record: 1-5
Shootout Record: 0-0
Home Record: 4-6-4-0
Road Record: 4-9-1-0
When the Vipers score first: 6-10
When the opponents score first: 2-10
Leading after the 1st period: 2-6
Tied after the 1st period: 5-5
Trailing after the 1st period: 1-8
Leading after the 2nd period: 5-4
Tied after the 2nd period: 2-3
Trailing after the 2nd period: 1-13
Out shooting opponents: 5-7
Out shot by opponents: 3-13
One goal games: 2-11
Goals for: 91
Goals against: 111
Record vs Interior Conference: 7-13-4-0
Record vs Coastal Conference: 1-2-1-0
Record vs Alberta Teams: 2-6-2-0
Longest winning streak: 2 Games
Longest losing streak: 8 Games
Standings: 4th Place Interior West Division

Vernon Vipers Returning Players From 2024-25 Season:

Koji Gibson 07
Edvin Nilsson 05
Keeghan Dunn 07

Vernon Vipers Departed/Traded Players From 2024-25 Season:

Ryan Watt 04
Dennis Lominac 06
Malcolm Baar 06
Luc Bydal 05
Finn Kallay 07
Nathaniel Harvey 06
Michael Munroe 07
Emils Skeltins 05
Jackson DeGraves 07
Erik Pastro 05
Brock Heidecker 08
Charlie Kresl 06
Tyson Zimmer 04
Talan Blanck 05
Jett Quaschnick 08
Kyren Gronick 04
Price Grimes 06
Eddie Revenig 05
Daniil Dolzhenko 04
Noah Ideback 05
Eric Johnston 04
Logan Cunningham 05
Jari Kykkanen 04

Vernon Vipers 2025-26 Regular Season Home Record vs Salmon Arm Silverbacks:

0-0-1-0

Vernon Vipers 2025-26 Regular Season Road Record vs Salmon Arm Silverbacks:

1-0-0-0

Vernon Vipers 2025-26 Regular Season Scoring Leaders vs Salmon Arm Silverbacks:

Oscar Bjork (1-2-3)
Sebastian Bradshaw (0-1-1)
Davids Livsics (0-1-1)
Samuel Charko (1-0-1)
Evan Sundar (1-0-1)
Lane Sim (1-0-1)
Toms Trockis (1-0-1)
Dmitrii Kubantsev (0-1-1)

Oliver Kanat (1-1 Record)

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

The 13-11-3-2 Salmon Arm Silverbacks make their second of four regular season visits to Kal Tire Place, are coming off a 2-0 victory December 20th in West Kelowna. Tonight's the Silverbacks first game since the Christmas break and the second game of a three game road trip. Including the preseason, Salmon Arm is 2-0-1-0 vs the Vipers. The Silverbacks have won three of their last five games and lost seven of their last ten games. Salmon Arm sits 3rd in the Interior West Division.

Salmon Arm Silverbacks 2025-26 Roster:


Salmon Arm Silverbacks 2025-26 Regular Season Scoring Leader:

Luke Lepper (3-15-18)

Salmon Arm Silverbacks 2025-26 Regular Season Record/Stats:

Games Played: 29
Wins: 13
Losses: 11
Overtime Losses: 3
Shootout Losses: 2
Home Record: 5-5-1-2
Road Record: 8-6-2-0
Goals for: 72
Goals against: 82
Standings: 3rd Place Interior West Division

Salmon Arm Silverbacks Returning Players From 2024-25 Season:

Tanner Walos 05
Keifer Miller 05
Cole Longacre 06
Maddux Martin 05
Scott Miner 05
Tate O'Brien 07
Daniel Dirracolo 05

Salmon Arm Silverbacks Departed/Traded Players From 2024-25 Season:

Patrick Raftery 04
Caleb Mahar 06
Cole Cooksey 05
Antonio Bevacqua 06
Easton Walos 08
Payton Nelson 05
Dakota MacIntosh 04
Riley Ashe 06
Liam Bursaw 07
Grant Dillard 06
Easton Adrian 05
Aidan Willis 05
Roenick Jodoin 04
Donovan Hamilton 05
Sawyer Prokopetz 04
Tucker Shedd 04
Ryan Philbrick 04
Ben MacBeath 08
Trigg Pimm 06
Andrew Ballantyne 04

Salmon Arm Silverbacks 2025-26 Regular Season Home Record vs Vernon Vipers:

0-0-1-0

Salmon Arm Silverbacks 2025-26 Regular Season Road Record vs Vernon Vipers:

1-0-0-0

Salmon Arm Silverbacks 2025-26 Regular Season Scoring Leaders vs Vernon Vipers:

Madux Martin (1-2-3)
Anthony Cardilli (1-2-3)
Mateu Spath (2-0-2)
Luke Sinclair (1-0-1)
Luca DeCubellis (0-1-1)
Cole Longacre (0-1-1)
Jack Toogood (0-1-1)
Liam Bursaw (0-1-1)

Mikkel Christensen (1-0 Record)
Daniel Dirracolo (0-1 Record)

3 comments:

vipersdiehardfan said...

How will the Vipers do tonight?

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

PaulyWog54 said...

With the recent play of the Vipers, me is actually thinking they could win this game, Go Vipers, Go!

vipersdiehardfan said...

The Vipers have played well vs Salmon Arm this season. Both regular season games went to overtime with the Vipers winning one in Salmon Arm. The Vipers were playing some of their best hockey of the season before the holidays. I sure hope all these roster changes don't affect the group. Lets see how the new players do tonight. Go Vipers Go!