Game Preview: Vernon @ Langley:

Vernon (7-6-4-2) @ Langley (9-9-1-0) 7:15pm

Tonight is the first of two regular season meetings between the Vernon Vipers & Langley Rivermen. The Vipers swept last years season series 2-0

Last Game:

Friday, November 2nd Coquitlam defeated Vernon 4-1

Friday, November 2nd Chilliwack defeated Langley 3-2

Next Game:

Wednesday, November 7th Penticton @ Vernon

Friday, November 9th Langley @ Prince George

Vernon's record & stats vs the Rivermen since 2003

Since the 2003-04 regular season Vernon is 16-7-1-4 vs Langley

Since the 2003-04 regular season Vernon has outscored Langley 103-79

Since the 2003-04 regular season Vernon is 7-4-0-1 at home vs Langley

Since the 2003-04 regular season Vernon is 8-3-1-3 in Langley

Vernon's last regular season win in Langley was a 5-4 overtime victory on Tuesday, November 7th 2017

Langley's last regular season win at home vs Vernon was a 2-1 overtime victory on Friday, February 7th 2014

Vernon's last regular season win at home vs Langley was a 5-1 victory on Friday, February 9th 2018

Langley's last regular season win in Vernon was a 2-0 victory on Friday, February 12th 2016

Here's a look at this year's regular season series vs Langley

November 7th Vernon @ Langley: Vipers won 5-4 overtime

February 9th Langley @ Vernon: Vipers won 5-1

Let's take a look at the Vernon Vipers:

The 7-6-4-2 Vernon Vipers make their first and only regular season visit to the George Preston Arena are coming off a 4-1 loss in Coquitlam Friday night. Tonight's the first of two meetings vs the Rivermen. The Vipers won both games over Langley last year. Tonight's the second and final game of a two game road trip, where Vernon only has two wins away from home this season. The Vipers have lost back to back games, have lost four of their last five games and lost six of their last ten. Vernon has only five wins in their last sixteen games. Vernon sits 5th in the Interior Division are tied in points with Wenatchee. The Snakes are two points up on Trail and two points back of Penticton. Jesse Lansdell is serving his fifth game of a eight game suspension.

Vernon Vipers Roster:

https://bchl.ca/stats/roster/21/36/1?league=1

Jesse Lansdell (6-4-10) leads the team in goals with six, while Jack Judson (3-12-15) leads the team in points with fifteen

Landon Fuller played 38 games last season with the Express

Vernon Vipers 2018-19 regular season stats:

Games Played: 19

Wins: 7

Losses: 6

Overtime Wins: 0

Overtime Losses: 4

Shootout Wins: 0

Shootout Losses: 2

Home Record: 5-3-3-1

Road Record: 2-3-1-1

Overtime Record: 0-4

Record vs Interior Division: 5-4-1-1

Record vs Island & Mainland Divisions: 2-2-3-1

When the Vipers score first: 6-3-3-0

When the opponents score first: 1-3-1-2

Leading after the 1st period: 3-2-2-0

Tied after the 1st period: 4-2-2-1

Trailing after the 1st period: 0-2-0-1

Leading after the 2nd period: 6-2-4-1

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

Trailing after the 2nd period: 0-3-0-0

Out shooting opponents: 5-3-3-1

Out shot by opponents: 1-3-1-1

One goal games: 1-1-4-2

Goals for: 52

Goals against: 53

Standings: 5th Place (Interior Division)

Win-loss Streak: Two game losing streak

Longest winning streak: Two games

Longest losing streak: Three games

Vernon Vipers Returning Players:

Jagger Williamson (98)

Connor Marritt (99)

Jesse Lansdell (98)

Alex Swetlikoff (01)

Coleton Bilodeau (00)

Josh Latta (98)

Michael Young (98)

Jack Judson (00)

Mitch Andres (98)

Vernon Vipers departed & traded players from last years team:

Brett Stapley (99)

Derek Brown (97)

Keyvan Mokhtari (98)

Josh Prokop (00)

Jordan Sandhu (99)

Niko Karamanis (98)

Jimmy Lambert (97)

Michael Ufberg (97)

Cameron Trott (97)

Shane Kelly (97)

Chris Jandric (98)

Anthony Yamnitsky (97)

Ty Taylor (99)

Vernon's home record vs Langley last year:

1-0-0-0

Vernon's road record vs Langley last year:

1-0-0-0

Vernon's scoring leaders vs Langley last year:

Keyvan Mokhtari (1-3-4)

Jordan Sandhu (1-3-4)

Derek Brown (3-0-3)

Michael Ufberg (0-3-3)

Brett Stapley (2-1-3)

Josh Prokop (2-0-2)

Mitch Andres (0-2-2)

Jesse Lansdell (0-2-2)

Jagger Williamson (1-1-2)

Jesse Lansdell (0-1-1)

Jimmy Lambert (0-1-1)

Josh Latta (0-1-1)

Chris Jandric (0-1-1)

Ty Taylor (1-0 Record)

Anthony Yamnitsky (1-0 Record)

Let's take a look at the Langley Rivermen:

The 9-9-1-0 Langley Rivermen are coming off a 3-2 loss Friday to the visiting Chilliwack Chiefs. Tonight's the final game of a two game home stand before the Rivermen hit the road for a three game road trip. The Rivermen will play in Vernon February 17th. Langley comes into tonight, have lost three of their last five and lost six of their last ten games. Langley sits 4th in the Mainland Division are seven points up on last place Surrey and eight points back of Prince George.

Langley Rivermen Roster:

https://bchl.ca/stats/roster/17

Ethan Leyh (7-9-16) & Trevor Ayre (7-3-10) share the team lead in goals with seven each, while Ethan Leyh (7-9-16) leads the team lead in points with sixteen

Keyvan Mokhtari Played 52 games with the Vipers last year before being traded to Langley August 28th 2018

Langley Rivermen 2018-19 regular season stats:

Games Played: 19

Wins: 9

Losses: 9

Overtime Losses: 1

Shootout Losses: 0

Home Record: 4-7-1-0

Road Record: 5-2-0-0

Goals for: 54

Goals against: 52

Standings: 4th Place (Mainland Division)

Langley Rivermen Returning Players:

Tanner Versluis (99)

Ethan Leyh (01)

Daneel Lategan (98)

Trevor Ayre (98)

Devin Leduc (99)

Colten Kovich (00)

Alec Capstick (99)

Jake Livingstone (99)

Braedon Fleming (99)

Langley Rivermen departed and traded players from last years team:

Angus Crookshank (99)

Sean Gulka (00)

Connor Marshall (98)

John Wojciechowski (98)

Eric Butte (97)

Trevor St. Jean (97)

Nicholas Ponak (97)

Brendan Budy (00)

Jayden Lee (01)

Jordan Dawson (98)

Spencer Berry (98)

Colin Berbard (97)

Carter Stephenson (98)

Derek Hamelin (97)

Chad Cromar (99)

Langley's home record vs Vernon last year:

0-0-1-0

Langley's road record vs Vernon last year:

0-1-0-0

Langley Rivermen scoring leaders vs Vernon last year:

Angus Crookshank (2-0-2)

Brendan Budy (0-2-2)

Spencer Berry (0-1-1)

Colin Bernard (0-1-1)

Ethan Leyh (0-1-1)

Carter Stephenson (1-0-1)

Trevor St. Jean (0-1-1)

Nicholas Ponak (1-0-1)

Jake Livingstone (0-1-1)

Jayden Lee (0-1-1)

Tanner Versluis (0-1-1)

Eric Butte (1-0-1)

Braedon Fleming (0-2 Record)

Coquitlam 4 Vernon 1

Scoring Summary

1st Period:

10:27 COQ Regan Kimens (7) ASST: Pito Walton (9), Joshua Wildauer (13) 

2nd Period:

9:10 COQ Christian Sanda (10) ASST: Alex DiPaolo (10) 

3rd Period:

2:56 COQ Connor Gregga (6) ASST: None 

9:21VER Josh Latta (5) ASST: Jagger Williamson (8), Mitch Andres (7) 

10:38 COQ Joshua Wildauer (9) ASST: None (PP)

Clay Stevenson made 31 saves in the win, while Aidan Porter made 33 saves in the loss.

Boxscore-Game Summary,

https://bchl.ca/stats/game-summary/8649

Eddie Gregory's Coquitlam Express Blog:

http://expressvoice.blogspot.ca/

Game Report,

https://lscluster.hockeytech.com/game_reports/official-game-report.php?lang_id=1&client_code=bchl&game_id=8649

Text Boxscore,

https://lscluster.hockeytech.com/game_reports/text-game-report.php?lang_id=1&client_code=bchl&game_id=8649

Game Preview: Vernon @ Coquitlam:

Vernon (7-5-4-2) @ Coquitlam (13-6-1-0) 7pm

Tonight is the first of two regular season meetings between the Vernon Vipers & Coquitlam Express. The Express swept last years season series 2-0

Last Game:

Wednesday, October 31st Salmon Arm defeated Vernon 4-3 shooutout

Wednesday, October 31st Langley defeated Coquitlam 4-3

Next Game:

Saturday, November 3rd Vernon @ Langley

Friday, November 9th Coquitlam @ Trail

Vernon's record & stats vs the Express since 2003

Since the 2003-04 regular season Vernon is 10-5-0-2 vs Coquitlam

Since the 2003-04 regular season Vernon has outscored Coquitlam 60-50

Since the 2003-04 regular season Vernon is 7-0-0-2 at home vs Coquitlam

Since the 2003-04 regular season Vernon is 3-5-0-0 in Coquitlam

Vernon's last regular season win in Coquitlam was a 6-0 victory on Saturday, November 26th 2016

Coquitlam's last regular season win at home vs Vernon was a 2-1 victory on Sunday, January 21st 2018

Vernon's last regular season win at home vs Coquitlam was a 4-1 victory on Friday, September 16th 2016

Coquitlam's last regular season win in Vernon was a 3-2 overtime victory on Wednesday, December 6th 2017. This was just Coquitlam's second win in Vernon since before the 2003-04 regular season. (Due to stats only going as far back as the 2003-04 regular season)

Here's a look at this years regular season series vs Coquitlam

December 6th Coquitlam @ Vernon: Express won 3-2 Overtime

January 21st Vernon @ Coquitlam: Express won 2-1

Let's take a look at the Vernon Vipers:

The 7-5-4-2 Vernon Vipers make their first and only regular season visit to the Poirier Sports and Leisure Centre are coming off a 4-3 shootout loss on Halloween to the visiting Salmon Arm Silverbacks. Tonight's the first of two regular season meetings vs the Express. Coquitlam won both games vs the Vipers last year will be in Vernon February 20th. Since the 2003-04 regular season the Snakes have just three wins in Coquitlam. Tonight's the first game of a two game road trip. Vernon plays six of their next seven games on the road. The Vipers have just two wins away from home this season. The Vipers have lost three of their last five games, have at least one point in six straight games. The Snakes have lost six of their last ten games, have just five wins in their last fifteen games. Vernon sits 5th in the Interior Division are tied in points with Wenatchee & Penticton. The Vipers are two points up on Trail & three points back of West Kelowna & Salmon Arm.

Vernon Vipers Roster:

https://bchl.ca/stats/roster/21/36/1?league=1

Jesse Lansdell (6-4-10) leads the team in goals with six, while Jack Judson (3-12-15) leads the team in points with fifteen

Landon Fuller played 38 games last season with the Express

Vernon Vipers 2018-19 regular season stats:

Games Played: 18

Wins: 7

Losses: 5

Overtime Wins: 0

Overtime Losses: 4

Shootout Wins: 0

Shootout Losses: 2

Home Record: 5-3-3-1

Road Record: 2-2-1-1

Overtime Record: 0-4

Record vs Interior Division: 5-4-1-1

Record vs Island & Mainland Divisions: 2-1-3-1

When the Vipers score first: 6-3-3-0

When the opponents score first: 1-2-1-2

Leading after the 1st period: 3-2-2-0

Tied after the 1st period: 4-2-2-1

Trailing after the 1st period: 0-1-0-1

Leading after the 2nd period: 6-2-4-1

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

Trailing after the 2nd period: 0-2-0-0

Out shooting opponents: 5-3-3-1

Out shot by opponents: 1-2-1-1

One goal games: 1-1-4-2

Goals for: 51

Goals against: 49

Standings: 5th Place (Interior Division)

Win-loss Streak: One game losing streak

Longest winning streak: Two games

Longest losing streak: Three games

Vernon Vipers Returning Players:

Jagger Williamson (98)

Connor Marritt (99)

Jesse Lansdell (98)

Alex Swetlikoff (01)

Coleton Bilodeau (00)

Josh Latta (98)

Michael Young (98)

Jack Judson (00)

Mitch Andres (98)

Vernon Vipers departed & traded players from last years team:

Brett Stapley (99)

Derek Brown (97)

Keyvan Mokhtari (98)

Josh Prokop (00)

Jordan Sandhu (99)

Niko Karamanis (98)

Jimmy Lambert (97)

Michael Ufberg (97)

Cameron Trott (97)

Shane Kelly (97)

Chris Jandric (98)

Anthony Yamnitsky (97)

Ty Taylor (99)

Vernon's Home Record vs Coquitlam last year:

0-0-1-0

Vernon's Road record vs Coquitlam last year:

0-1-0-0

Vernon's scoring leaders vs Coquitlam last year:

Jesse Lansdell (3-0-3)

Michael Ufberg (0-1-1)

Michael Young (0-1-1)

Anthony Yamnitsky (0-2 Record)

Let's take a look at the Coquitlam Express:

The 13-6-1-0 Coquitlam Express are coming off a 4-3 loss Wednesday to the visiting Langley Rivermen. Tonight's the final game of a three game home stand. The Express have won five of their last six home games are 8-2-1-0 at home this season. The Express come into tonight having won three of their last five and six of their last ten games. Coquitlam sits 2nd in the Mainland Division are two points up on3rd place Prince George and three points back of division leading Chilliwack.

Coquitlam Express Roster:

https://bchl.ca/stats/roster/9

Chase Danol (12-4-16) leads the team in goals with sixteen while Joshua Wildauer (8-12-20). Dallas Farrell (6-14-20) & Regan Kimens (6-14-20) all share the team lead in points with twenty each

Christian Sanda attended the Vipers training camp last year before being released

Nicholas Wildgoose was recruited by the Vipers, Played 6 games with the Vipers this year before being traded to Coquitlam September 26th 2018 for Landon Fuller

Eddie Gregory's Coquitlam Express Blog:

http://expressvoice.blogspot.ca/

Coquitlam Express 2018-19 regular season stats:

Games Played: 20

Wins: 13

Losses: 6

Overtime Losses: 1

Shootout Losses: 0

Home Record: 8-2-1-0

Road Record: 5-4-0-0

Goals for: 73

Goals against: 51

Standings: 2nd Place (Mainland Division)

Coquitlam Express Returning Players:

Christian Sanda (98)
Joshua Bruce (98)
Joshua Wildauer (99)
Jonathan Sheardown (99)
Troy Robillard (98)
Jordan Schulting (99)
Clay Stevenson (99)

Coquitlam Express departed and traded players from last years team:

Sam Kozlowski (98)
Jack Lippis (99)
Eric Linell (98)
Haydn Delorme (00)
Ryan Stack (00)
Jake Toor (99)
William Lawrence (97)
Colby Pederson (99)
Jack Graham (99)
Jack MacNab (98)
Lucas Wong (99)
Devon Mussio (99)
Doug Scott (00)
Landon Fuller (99)
Cameron Chin (00)
Brock Hamm (97)

Coquitlam's Home record vs Vernon last year:

1-0-0-0

Coquitlam's Road record vs Vernon last year:

1-0-0-0

Coquitlam's scoring leaders vs Vernon last year:

Jonathan Sheardown (0-3-3)

Sam Kozlowski (2-0-2)

Jordan Schulting (0-2-2)

Riley Johnson (0-1-1)

Eric Linell (1-0-1)

Joshua Wildauer (0-1-1)

Troy Robillard (1-0-1)

William Lawrence (1-0-1)

Brock Hamm (2-0 Record)

Silverbacks Scare Off Vipers:

This is in todays Morning Star Newspaper:

Silverbacks scare off Vipers

Morning Star Staff

Nov 2nd. 2018

Sports

It was pretty much a nightmare on ice for the Vernon Vipers Wednesday night at Kal Tire Place.

The Salmon Arm Silverbacks supplied the tricks and the Vipers threw in some treats as the Silverbacks pulled out a zany Hallowee’n night 4-3 shootout win before 1,605 fans.

Biggest trickster on the night was Switzerland product Matthew Verboon who wore the spooky No. 13 while forcing overtime with 9.9 seconds left in regulation and then netting the decisive shootout snipe as Salmon Arm improved to 11-7-1-0, tied with the West Kelowna Warriors for second spot in the B.C. Hockey League’s Interior Division.

The Vipers dipped to 7-5-4-2, moving into a tie with the Wenatchee Wild and Penticton Vees for fourth place.

“I’ve scored three shootout goals,” laughed Verboon, when asked if he had any this season. “I scored on the same goalie (Aidan Porter) with the same move.”

Verboon, a rookie who leads the Gorillas with eight goals and 17 points after playing Junior in Geneva last year, beat Porter with a wrister, glove side in the penalty shot competition.

Sebastian Streu, who scored in regulation, went first for the Vipers and was stopped by Matt Armitage, who flopped to the ice and smothered the low offering.

Nick Unruh converted for the Silverbacks on a sweet backhander, while Vernon captain Jagger Williamson shot wide after getting a do-over of all things. Officials blew down Williamson’s first attempt as he appeared to lose the puck at the blue line with the Silverbacks’ bench screaming for a whistle. After huddling together, the officials ruled Williamson had not lost forward motion with a trailing puck.

“That was an insane game,” said Williamson. “I thought we played well. Five-on-five, we were the better team and our power play was money. It sucks letting it slip away like that. That’s six valuable points we’ve let go in overtime and shootouts. Having them tie it with nine seconds left, it’s tough, but we’ll learn from this and move forward.”

Trevor Adams, from 12 feet in front of Porter after a nifty pass from behind the net by Verboon, gave the Silverbacks the lead six minutes after the national anthem. Hudson Schandor, who actually had more moves than Jagger on the night, drew the secondary helper.

The Vipers equalized on a power play with 33 seconds left in the opening 20 when d-man Carver Watson took a feed on the half-wall from D Jack Judson, took a few strides and fired his first of the season. The shot appeared to hit a body in front.

Streu put Vernon ahead on a late second-period powerplay, ripping a one-timer from the ringette line on a pass from Williamson.

The Silverbacks pulled Armitage for a sixth attacker with 65 seconds to play in the third stanza and Connor Marritt just missed on a long shot with Armitage on his way to the bench.

Porter made a couple of big saves in tight and got one or two shot blocks from his defencemen as the Silverbacks pressed to level things. Verboon was wide open on the left side and connected on an unassisted tally.

“We had all those chances and we just kept shooting,” said Verboon, on the wild fray. “They were tired so we took advantage of that.”

Jonathon Krahn retrieved a loose puck behind the net, stepped in front and fooled Porter with a rolling shot with 4:55 remaining in regulation.

The Vipers stormed back a few minutes later when defenceman Michael Young tricked Armitage with a low shot from the point after Elan Bar Lev-Wise performed a spin move to keep the puck onside at the Salmon Arm blue line after taking a long pass from Alex Swetlikoff.

Salmon Arm enjoyed the best chances in 3-on-3 overtime with former Viper D Sol Seibel stymied by Porter in tight and Adams striking the left post with a wrister. The Silverbacks struggled on the power play all night (o-for-7) and failed in the final 97 seconds of OT after Williamson was assessed a hooking minor. That penalty came seconds after Williamson looked at a referee for a call when D Olson Werenka got in his face.

Werenka was among Canada’s Most Wanted, according to Vernon fans, who cheered loudly when he was given a high sticking minor and misconduct late in the second period.

Earlier in the frame, Werenka levelled Bar Lev-Wise with an open-ice hit and was then grabbed by towering defenceman Landon Fuller, who started throwing punches. Fuller drew a fighting major and instigator minor, while Werenka was given an interference penalty for his hit on Bar Lev-Wise.

Schandor riverdanced through a maze of Vipers on a delayed penalty midway through the third period but ran out of real estate as he confronted Porter.

Vernon outshot Salmon Arm 39-31. The Vipers visit the Coquitlam Express Friday night and take on the Rivermen Saturday night in Langley.

The Silverbacks tangle with the host Chilliwack Chiefs Saturday night.

Cougars Add Kjemhus To Roster:

The Western Hockey League Prince George Cougars have added Vernon Vipers forward Kjell Kjemhus to their roster.

Kjemhus started skating with the Vipers late September before signing with the Vipers October 2nd 2018. Kjemhus had one assist in ten games with the Vipers.

Kjell Kjemhus's Player Profile:

https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/407563/kjell-kjemhus

This is posted on the Cougars website:

Kjemhus Added to Roster

November 1, 2018

The Prince George Cougars have added forward Kjell Kjemhus (01) to their roster, the team announced Thursday.

PLAYER PROFILE

Kjemhus, 17, had one assist in 10 games with the Vernon Vipers of the British Columbia Hockey League, so far this season.  Last season, Kjemhus played in 25 games with the Cougars and collected two goals and two assists for four points.

With the addition of Kjemhus, the Cougars’ active roster now sits at 23-players: 14 forwards, seven defencemen and two goalies. Additionally, defenceman Cam MacPhee is on the Injured Reserve with an upper-body injury.

Kjemhus will join the Cougars for their weekend doubleheader against the Seattle Thunderbirds, on Friday and Saturday. Tickets for both games are available at the TicketsNorth box office, or online at www.ticketsnorth.ca

Vipers-Silverbacks Highlight's:

Here are the Vipers-Silverbacks game highlight's from Wednesday
night in Vernon. The Vipers outshot Salmon Arm in three out of the four periods, held a 2-1 lead heading into the 3rd allowed Jonathan Krahn to tie the game with five minutes remaining before Michael Young looked to give the Vipers the win with a goal 2:35 later before Matthew Verboon tied the game at 19:50 with Matthew Armitage on the bench for the extra attacker. The Silverbacks couldn't put the game away with a powerplay in overtime. Trevor Adams hit the post in the extra fame before both teams headed to the shootout. Jagger Williamson and Sebastian Streu didn't score while Nick Unruh & Matthew Verboon both scored for the Silverbacks who defeated the Snakes 4-3 in the shootout in front of 1,605 fans at Kal Tire Place. This was the Silverbacks third win in Vernon since the 2016-17 regular season.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJJkHowwF0w

Cherkowski Commits To Merrimack College:

This is posted on the Vipers website:

Cherkowski Commits To Merrimack

October 31, 2018

Vernon, BC:  The Vernon Vipers are very pleased to announce that 2000 born Nick Cherkowski has committed to Merrimack College.

They 18 year old Vernon product has 4 points in his first season with the Vipers which includes his first BCHL goal coming last Saturday in Alberni Valley.

“We are absolutely thrilled for Nick and his family,” says Head Coach and GM of the Vipers, Mark Ferner.   “He’s a great player, teammate and person and its always special when these commitments happen to local kids.”

Merrimack College plays out of the NCAC Division 1 hockey program based out of North Andover, Massachusetts.

Our sincere congratulations to Nick and his family on the accomplishment.

In other Vipers roster news, 18 year old Max Palaga has joined the WHL’s Everett Silvertips after his playing rights were moved from Kamloops to Everett in a trade.

Palaga put up solid numbers in 5 starts with the Vipers, posting a goals against average of under 2, a save percentage of .943 and one shutout.

All the best to Max in Everett.

For more information please call the Vipers Office.