Vernon, BC: The second weekend of the BCHL season begins with a familiar matchup. The Vernon Vipers (1-1) return to Rogers Rink on Friday to face the Salmon Arm Silverbacks (2-0) for the second time in seven head-to-head meetings this season.
Vernon split its opening weekend, falling 4-1 in Salmon Arm before responding with a 4-0 win over the Trail Smoke Eaters on Saturday. The Vipers took a first-period lead at Cominco Arena and held it the rest of the way. Mykolas Skadauskas, Jed Lake, Ben Trebicky and Aaron Zulinick scored, while Sammy DiBlasi stopped all 28 shots he faced for the shutout.
The Silverbacks followed their opening-night win over Vernon with a 4-2 victory against the Cranbrook Bucks. Jared Rothman, Ethan Facchina, Cole Longacre and Chase Campbell scored as Salmon Arm built a 4-0 lead. Noah Mavin made 24 saves on 26 shots.
By the Numbers
Vernon Salmon Arm
Record: 1-1-0-0 2-0-0-0
Away Record: 1-1-0-0 0-0-0-0
Home Record: 0-0-0-0 2-0-0-0
Goals For: 5 8
Goals Against: 4 2
Powerplay: 2 for 6 – 33.3% 2 for 10 – 20.0%
Penalty Kill: 6 of 6 – 100.0% 5 of 6 – 83.3%
The pregame show begins at 6:45 p.m. Watch on FloHockey, listen on 107.5 Beach Radio, or stream the broadcast through the Vernon Matters app.
