The Vernon Vipers make their fifth visit of the season to the South Okanagan Events Centre, are coming off a 6-3 loss Friday in Game 1 of the Interior Division Semi-Finals. Vernon’s last playoff win at the South Okanagan Events Centre was a 4-3 overtime Game 7 victory March 22nd 2015. Vernon’s last regular season win at the South Okanagan Events Centre was a 2-1 victory on February 11th 2015.
The Vipers have struggled in Penticton the last four regular seasons, have only three regular season wins in their last seventeen games at the SOEC going 3-11-3-0 Including the regular season the Vipers have two wins in their last ten games, have just two wins in their last eight road games.
Odeen Tufto (25-40-65) lead the the team in regular season goals with twenty five and in points with sixty five. Liam Finlay (2-1-3) leads the team in playoff goals with two and in playoff points with three. Finlay played in 13 games with the Vees from 2013-2014 before being traded to Vernon on October 28th 2014. Brendan Barry is also a former Vee playing last season in Penticton before being released after playing in just one game this season.
Tune into all of the action on 1075 KISS FM. Catch the action online with the Voice Of Vipers Graham Turnbull starting with the pre-game show at 5:45pm. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN LIVE!!
