Vipers Game Day – Vipers Finish Small Road Trip in Chilliwack

Chilliwack, BC:  The Vipers have played some pretty consistent hockey over the last two weeks, culminated in a strong 7-2 victory last night in Langley.  They look to keep that momentum going with their only visit to Chilliwack.

Here’s the breakdown:

Record: 3-1-0-0

Goals For: 16

Goals Against: 8

Power Play: 6 for 17 – 35.3 (1st in BCHL)

Penalty Kill: 13 of 15 – 86.7 (3rd in BCHL)

Leading Scorer: Julian Facchinelli – 2G, 4A

Last Game:  The Vipers offense exploded for 7 goals last night including 4 first BCHL goals.  Erik Pastro had 2 goals and 1 assist to lead the way.  Owen Kim had a really good showing against his former team with a goal and 2 assists.  Colin Reay made 25 saves for his first win in the BCHL.

Chilliwack Chiefs

Record: 2-4-0-0

Goals For: 17

Goals Against: 24

Power Play: 4 for 20 – 20.0%

Penalty Kill: 22 of 29 – 75.9%

Last Game:  The Chiefs were on the wrong end of a 7-2 loss in Surrey last night.  Chilliwack has lost two straight games.  Stone Rolston had both Chilliwack goals and leads the team with 5 goals in 6 games.  Chilliwack has been shorthanded a league high 29 times coming into the night.  Vladimir Nikitin has played the bulk of the games for the Chiefs, he gave up 6 goals on 24 shots.

Puck drop is 6pm at the Chilliwack Coliseum.  You can listen live on 107.5 Beach Radio or Vernon Matters.ca or watch on FloHockey.