After having a week in which the team played 4 games in 7 days, the Vernon Vipers have had a chance to practice and enjoy a little bit of down time. That brings us to tonight. It is a huge division matchup against the Penticton Vees at the South Okanagan Events Centre. The Vees are very good at home and after this weekend, get nearly a two week break before their trip to the Island.
Lets look at how these two teams matchup
Season Series - Septermber 25 - Vipers 3 Vees 1 - Kal Tire Place
Vernon Vipers
Record - 9-5-1-2 - 3rd place in the Interior Division
Home Record - 3-1-1-2 Away Record - 6-4-0-0
Leaders - Goals - Mason Blacklock (15)
- Assists - Michael McNicholas (12)
- Points - Mason Blacklock (24)
Goaltending - Danny Todosychuk - 10 GP 6-4-0-0, 3.01 GAA, .898Sv%
- Michael Stiliadis - 1 GP 1-0-0-0, 4.00 GAA, .867Sv%
- Austin Smith (IR) - 7 GP 2-1-1-2, 3.00 GAA, .904Sv%
Special Teams - Powerplay - 16th in the league - 9 for 72 - 12.5%
- Penalty Kill - 5th in the league - 62 of 73 - .84.93%
Penticton Vees
Record - 10-3-1-1 - 1st place in the Interior Division
Home Record - 7-0-0-1 Away Record - 3-3-1-0
Leaders - Goals - Brad McClure (9)
- Assists - Brett Beauvais (13)
- Points - Brad McClure (19)
Goaltending - Hunter Miska - 8 GP 5-1-1-1, 1.78 GAA, .932Sv%
- Olivier Mantha - 7 GP 5-2-0-0, 1.72 GAA, .933Sv%
Special Teams - Powerplay - 3rd in the league - 14 for 66 - 21.21%
- Penalty Kill - 1st in the league - 61 of 69 - 88.41%
The Vipers can take pride in the fact that they are one of the few teams to defeat the Vees in regulation. The Vees however are very good at home with only a loss in overtime at the SOEC. 3 teams are clogged at the top of the division and tonight can go a long way to seeing which team will be in first place. All the action is on Village Green Hotel Vipers Hockey on 1075 KISSFM starting with the pregame show at 6:45.
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