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By Graham Turnbull
Road Loss in Brooks

Vipers surrender five unanswered goals in 8-3 loss to Brooks

Oct 24, 2026 | 9:43 AM

Brooks, AB:  The Vernon Vipers kept pace with the Brooks Bandits through an entertaining opening period Friday night, but couldn’t sustain the momentum in an 8-3 loss at Centennial Regional Arena.

The two teams combined for six goals in the first period, with Vernon holding a pair of one-goal leads before heading to the intermission tied 3-3.

Luca Pura opened the scoring for Vernon, with newly acquired Cohen Handby recording an assist. Leon Gerber responded less than a minute later for Brooks.

Toms Trockis restored Vernon’s lead with a powerplay goal, but Makaio Van Tassel answered with a man-advantage marker of his own.

Van Tassel added his second of the period to give Brooks a 3-2 advantage before Van Martin scored his second goal of the season to even the score.

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The Vipers generated several quality scoring opportunities in the second period but were unable to capitalize. Alexei Zhukov scored the lone goal of the frame to put the Bandits ahead 4-3.

Brooks took control in the third period, scoring four unanswered goals to complete the 8-3 victory.

Vernon finished 1-for-6 on the powerplay and killed off four of five Brooks opportunities.

The loss was Vernon’s second straight after falling 6-1 to the Okotoks Oilers on Wednesday night.

The Vipers are now two games into a five-game road trip through Alberta.

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