Friday, February 6, 2026

Game Preview: Vernon Vipers @ Sherwood Park Crusaders:

8-22-7-0 Vernon Vipers @ 20-13-3-0 Sherwood

Park Crusaders 6pm

Tonight is the fourth and final regular season meeting between the Vernon Vipers & Sherwood Park Crusaders.

Vernon Vipers Regular Season Record/Stats vs the Sherwood Park Crusaders since the 2024-25 regular season. (The Sherwood Park Crusaders franchise joined the BCHL in February 2024)

Games Played: 7
Wins: 0
Losses: 5
Overtime Wins: 0
Overtime Losses: 2
Shootout Wins: 0
Shootout Losses: 0
Overtime Record: 0-2
Shootout Record: 0-0
Home Record: 0-2-2-0
Road Record: 0-3-0-0

The Vernon Vipers last regular season win at home vs the Sherwood Park Crusaders was (The Vipers have never beat Sherwood Park at home)

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The Sherwood Park Crusaders last regular season win in Vernon was a 4-3 overtime victory on Saturday, October 4th 2025

The Vernon Vipers last regular season win in Sherwood Park was (The Vipers have never won a game in Sherwood Park)

The Sherwood Park Crusaders last regular season win at home vs the Vernon Vipers was a 3-2 victory on Saturday, October 25th 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

Sherwood Park Junior Hockey Franchise History:

1978-Present Sherwood Park Crusaders

Vernon Vipers/Sherwood Park Crusaders 2025-26 Regular Season Schedule:

October 3rd Sherwood Park @ Vernon: Crusaders won 4-1
October 4th Sherwood Park @ Vernon: Crusaders won 4-3 overtime
October 25th Vernon @ Sherwood Park: Crusaders won 3-2
February 6th Vernon @ Sherwood Park:

Let's take a look at the Vernon Vipers:

The 8-22-7-0 Vernon Vipers make their second and final regular season visit to the Sherwood Park Arena, are coming off a 4-3 loss Wednesday in Spruce Grove. Tonight's the fourth and final regular season meeting vs the Sherwood Park Crusaders. The Vipers are 0-3 vs the Crusaders. Tonight's the second game of a three game road trip. The Snakes have lost twelve of their past fourteen road games. The Vipers have lost nine straight games and nine of their past ten games. Vernon sits 5th in the Interior West Division are five points back of Cranbrook for the final playoff spot.

Vernon Vipers 2025-26 Roster:


Vernon Vipers 2025-26 Regular Season Scoring Leader:

Dmitrii Kubantsev (11-26-37)

Vernon Vipers 2025-26 Regular Season Record/Stats:

Games Played: 37
Wins: 8
Losses: 22
Overtime Wins: 2
Overtime Losses: 7
Shootout Wins: 0
Shootout Losses: 0
Overtime Record: 2-7
Shootout Record: 0-0
Home Record: 4-11-5-0
Road Record: 4-11-2-0
When the Vipers score first: 6-13
When the opponents score first: 2-16
Leading after the 1st period: 2-8
Tied after the 1st period: 5-7
Trailing after the 1st period: 1-13
Leading after the 2nd period: 5-5
Tied after the 2nd period: 2-6
Trailing after the 2nd period: 1-18
Out shooting opponents: 5-9
Out shot by opponents: 3-20
One goal games: 2-15
Goals for: 117
Goals against: 154
Record vs Interior Conference: 7-21-4-0
Record vs Coastal Conference: 1-2-2-0
Record vs Alberta Teams: 2-8-3-0
Longest winning streak: 2 Games
Longest losing streak: 9 Games
Standings: 5th Place Interior West Division

Vernon Vipers Returning Players From 2024-25 Season:

Koji Gibson 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
Edvin Nilsson 05
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 Sherwood Park Crusaders:

0-1-1-0

Vernon Vipers 2025-26 Regular Season Road Record vs Sherwood Park Crusaders:

0-1-0-0

Vernon Vipers 2025-26 Regular Season Scoring Leaders vs Sherwood Park Crusaders:

Koji Gibson (1-1-2)
Evan Sundar (1-0-1)
London Taylor (0-1-1)
Deagan McMillan (0-1-1)
Aaron Zulinick (0-1-1)
Davids Livsics (1-0-1)

Oliver Kanat (0-2 Record)

Let's take a look at the Sherwood Park Crusaders:

The 20-13-3-0 Sherwood Park Crusaders are coming off a 5-2 loss Saturday vs the visiting West Kelowna Warriors. Tonight's the third game of a four game home stand. The last time the Crusaders faced Vernon, the Crusaders won 3-2 at home October 25th. The Crusaders have won three of their last five games and lost six of their last ten games. Sherwood Park sits 3rd in the Interior East Division.

Sherwood Park Crusaders 2025-26 Roster:


Sherwood Park Crusaders 2025-26 Regular Season Scoring Leader:

Joseph Sinclair (17-28-45)

Sherwood Park Crusaders 2025-26 Regular Season Record/Stats:

Games Played: 36
Wins: 20
Losses: 13
Overtime Losses: 3
Shootout Losses: 0
Home Record: 11-4-2-0
Road Record: 9-9-1-0
Goals for: 147
Goals against: 126
Standings: 3rd Place Interior East Division

Sherwood Park Crusaders Returning Players From 2024-25 Season:

Maxime Ly 07
Kent Moors 05
Brec Christenson 06
Steve Grumley 07
Cooper Sharp 05
Jude Bray 08

Sherwood Park Crusaders Departed/Traded Players From 2023-24 Season:

Christian Chouha 06
Poul Anderson 07
Dalton MacGillivray 04
Matthew Frost 06
Joel Purdom 04
Malachi McKinnon 07
Masum Fleece 07
Alexander Dimitriadis 04
Bode Sampair 06
Jerremy Loranger 07
Tristen Buckley 07
Lucas Brennan 04
Kale Dach 07
Robin Benoit 07
Tait Ross 04
Connor Gengle 05
Dominic Pajkic 08
Marko Stojkov 04
John Alex Banks 07
James Bond 07
James Venne 04
Spencer Michnik 06

Sherwood Park Crusaders 2025-26 Regular Season Home Record vs Vernon Vipers:

1-0-0-0

Sherwood Park Crusaders 2025-26 Regular Season Road Record vs Vernon Vipers:

2-0-0-0

Sherwood Park Crusaders 2025-26 Regular Season Scoring Leaders vs Vernon Vipers:

Maxime Ly (2-2-4)
Joseph Sinclair (3-1-4)
Quincy Supprien (2-2-4)
Braeden O'Keefe (0-3-3)
Gleb Semenko (1-1-2)
Cooper Sharp (0-2-2)
Gage Brandon (1-1-2)
Kent Moors (1-0-1)
Dmitrii Nazarov (0-1-1)
Tommy Coccaro (0-1-1)
Stevie Grumley (0-1-1)
Rockston Ror-Chow (1-0-1)

Filip Vavro (1-0 Record)
Jack Scali (2-0 Record)

2 comments:

vipersdiehardfan said...

How will the Vipers do tonight?

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

Marty said...

Crusaders 5 vs Vipers 2.
Where was Sanche in the game vs Spruce Grove? Is he hurt or has he left also?