Photo: Cherie Morgan
BROADCAST INFORMATION
Game Time: 6:00 pm PT
Location: SOEC
Tonight’s game will be broadcast on Bounce 800 am and Hockey TV, starting with the pre-game show at 5:40 pm.
Penticton Vees
GM & Head Coach: Fred Harbinson
2022-23: GP 13 13-0-0-0, 1st Interior Conference
Home: 6-0-0-0
Away: 7-0-0-0
Power Play: 33.3% (1)
Penalty Kill: 83.3% (5)
Top Scorer: Bradly Nadeau (12-17-29)
Top Scorer vs. Smoke Eaters: Brett Moravec (2-1-3)
Last 5 Games:
4-1 W at West Kelowna (Oct 28)
4-3 W vs. Cranbrook (Oct 26)
4-2 W at Wenatchee (Oct 22)
7-4 W vs. Alberni Valley (Oct 20)*
6-2 W at Chilliwack (Oct 19)*
*BCHL Showcase
Season Series
7-1 W vs. Trail (Sep 23)
Oct 29 vs. Trail
Nov 12 @ Trail
Jan 13 @ Trail
Mar 4 @ Trail
Last Game: The Vees extended their win streak to 13 games Friday, beating the West Kelowna Warriors 4-1 at Royal LePage Place. Bradly and Josh Nadeau combined for three goals and six points in the win. Ben Brunette added an empty net goal. Luca Di Pasquo earned his 10th win, stopping 26 of 27 shots in the Penticton net. The power play went 2-5 and the penalty kill was 2-2. The game was tied 1-1 through 40 minutes, before Bradly scored the game winner, on the power play, three minutes into the third period. His brother Josh added an insurance marker midway through the final period. Josh opened the scoring back in the first period on the power play.
Tonight: Penticton looks for win number 14 in a row as they host the Trail Smoke Eaters at the SOEC. Tonight, is the second of five meetings in the regular season and the first since opening night. Penticton beat Trail 7-1 back on September 23 to open the 2022-23 regular season. If you go back to the 2022 BCHL Playoffs, the Vees have won 29 games in a row. The last team to beat them? The Smoke Eaters, on March 31, 2022. Trail earned a 5-3 victory in Game 1 of the Interior Division quarterfinal. Bradly Nadeau comes into tonight’s game riding a 13-game point streak and a four-game goal streak. His brother Josh has scored in the last three games. Looking at the lineup, looks like Hank Levy will get the start in net for Penticton. He is 3-0 with a 1.99 goals-against average and .902 save percentage.
Trail Smoke Eaters
GM & Head Coach: Tim Fragle
2022-23: GP 12 6-5-2-0, 6th Interior Conference
Home: 5-2-1-0
Away: 1-3-0-0
Power Play: 27.5% (4)
Penalty Kill: 73.8% (15)
Top Scorer: Nicholas Remissong (6-5-11)
Top Scorer vs. Vees: Adam Parsons (1-0-1)
Last 5 Games:
5-1 W vs. Merritt (Oct 28)
2-1 L vs. Powell River (Oct 22)
7-3 L at Nanaimo (Oct 19)*
3-2 W vs. Cowichan Valley (Oct 18)*
4-3 L vs. Cranbrook (Oct 15)
*BCHL Showcase
Last Game: Friday the Smoke Eaters set a season high for shots with 55 in their 5-1 victory over the Merritt Centennials. Trail had 26 shots alone in the third period. In fact, the two teams last night combined for 97 shots, as the Centennials fired 42 shots at Teagan Kendrick. The Smokies were up 2-0 after 40 minutes, with two first period goals from Brady Smith and Ethan Willoughby. Merritt scored early in the third, but Adam Parsons scored the insurance marker on the power play midway through the frame, before two late goals from Trey Fechko and Connor Seeley (empty net). Trail has won two of their last five games and are 5-4-0-0 in the month of October.
GAME ROSTER
Save on Foods “Spooktacular”
Tonight, is the Vees Halloween game, brought to you by Save on Foods. There will be Halloween themed games in “Halloween Alley” inside the SOEC, as fans are encouraged to dress up in their best costumes. Save on Foods will be holding a Halloween costume contest in the first intermission as well.
Tickets: CLICK HERE
