The Vernon Vipers embark on their first leg of a three in three island road trip, and first of four away from Kal Tire Place, when they face off with the Cowichan Valley Capitals at the Island Savings Centre.
The Vipers come in off a very dominating game, defeating the Merritt Centennials 3-1. The scoreboard was a little deceiving as the Vipers were all over the Cents for most the game, with Cents leaning on goaltender Jacob Berger who was fantastic.
The Capitals have scuffled recently dropping their last three games. They have one goal losses bookended around a lopsided 9-0 defeat to the Powell River Kings. The Caps are currently enjoying home cooking as they are in the middle of an unprecedented 8 game homestand. So far the homestand has seen the Caps take just 2 of a possible 8 points.
Here’s the breakdown of the matchup:
Record:
Vipers 9-7-2-0 (2nd in INT division) Capitals 10-7-2-1 (3rd in ISL division)
Leading Scorers:
1. Jimmy Lambert 5G 10A 15 Pts 1. Max Newton 10G 13A 23 Pts
2. Jagger Williamson 5G 8A 13 Pts 2. Jared Domin 9G 9A 18 Pts
3. Michael Ufberg 2G 10A 12 Pts 3. Ayden MacDonald 7G 10A 17 Pts
Special Teams:
Vipers PP (2nd) – 28% PK (4th) – 83.3% Caps PP (3rd) – 26.7% PK (15th) – 75%
Goaltending:
Vipers Capitals
Ty Taylor 6-2-0-1, 3.14 GAA, .899 Sv% Lane Michasiw 7-2-1-2, 2.98 GAA, .917 Sv%
Cole Demers 3-5-0-1, 2.91 GAA, .916 Sv% Adam Marcoux 3-5-0-0, 4.27 GAA, .898 Sv%
Last season the Vipers went 2-1 against the Caps with their loss coming at the Big Stick.
You can catch all of the action between the Vipers and the Capitals starting at 6:45 for the pregame show and the play by play with Graham Turnbull starting at 7pm on 107.5 KissFM and HockeyTV.
