By Pete McIntyre

Update: Vipers split series with Silverbacks

Dec 29, 2019 | 7:04 PM

Cameron MacDonald scored two goals to pace the Vernon Vipers to a 4-2 win over the Salmon Arm Silverbacks in a Sunday matinee in the Shuswap city.

James Porter Junior earned first star honours with 43 saves to get the win in the Vernon net.

Dawson Holt, with his 14th goal, and Trey Taylor, with his fifth, rounded out the Vernon scoring before 1,131 fans at the Shaw Centre.

The Vipers were 2/3 on the power play, as they next host the division leading Penticton Vees on New Year’s Day at 2 p.m.

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The Vernon Vipers served up a holiday turkey to their fans Saturday night.

The Salmon Arm Silverbacks got two goals and one assist from Lucas Breault in a 5-2 win over the Vipers before a big crowd of 2,652 at Kal Tire Place.

It was the Vipers first game since Dec. 18, a 4-1 loss to the Trail Smoke Eaters.

Dawson Holt and Ben Hegelson scored for Vernon who fell to 19-15-1-1, four points back of the third place Silverbacks.

“We, once again, made key mistakes at key times, and we’re fighting it a bit right now. Coming off the break, we were trying to rejuvenize some things but were weren’t very sharp I didn’t think. Our whole group hasn’t been sharp, and when things don’t go our way, we try to do things on our own and it gets worse, and that’s what I saw tonight,” said Vipers head coach and GM Jason McKee on the Beach Radio post game show.

The teams square off again Sunday at 3 p.m. in Salmon Arm, a game you can hear on 107.5 Beach Radio.

Earlier story:

The Vernon Vipers are back on the ice tonight after a ten-day holiday break.

The Vipers host the Salmon Arm Silverbacks in a 6 p.m. game at Kal Tire Place.

The Silverbacks are third in the Interior Division (20-14-1-1) with 42 points, 14 points back of the division leading Penticton Vees.

The Vipers have a record of 19-14-1-1 and sit fifth in the division, two points back of the SBacks and Wenatchee Wild.

The Vipers are led offensively by local product Matt Kowalski who is 14th in BCHL scoring with 19 goals, 17 assists for 36 points.

That’s one point back of Salmon Arm’s leading point-getter Akito Hirose, a native of Sicamous, with 7-30-37.

The rival teams will square off again Sunday afternoon at 3 at the Shaw Centre in Salmon Arm, with both games broadcast on Beach Radio with Graham Turnbull..

The only other BCHL game tonight has the league leading Coquitlam Express (31-5-0-0) visiting the Chilliwack Chiefs.

by Pete McIntyre

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