BROADCAST INFORMATION
Game Time: 7:00 pm PT
Location: Chilliwack Coliseum (BCHL Showcase)
Tonight’s game will be broadcast on Bounce 800 am and Hockey TV, starting with the pre-game show at 6:40 pm
Penticton Vees
GM & Head Coach: Fred Harbinson
2022-23: GP 8 8-0-0-0, 1st Interior Conference
Home: 4-0-0-0
Away: 4-0-0-0
Power Play: 12/38 31.6% (2)
Penalty Kill: 18/21 85.7% (3)
Season Series
Oct 19th, Penticton at Chilliwack, 7:00 pm
Last Game: The Vees kept their perfect record intact with an 8-2 triumph over the Vernon Vipers on October 15th. Penticton got out to an early 2-0 lead and pulled away in the last 40 minutes, scoring six more times in the final two periods.
The Vees depth was on display Saturday, as seven different players scored in the win. Billy Norcross had a pair of goals. Hiroki Gojsic had three assists and Bradly and Josh Nadeau, Jackson Nieuwendyk, Brett Moravec, and Dovar Tinling each had two points.Luca Di Pasquo picked up his sixth win in six starts after he stopped 23 of 25 shots in the Vees’ crease.
What may be most impressive is all eight for the Vees came at even strength. The power play went 0-4 and the penalty kill was 1-2.
BCHL 1st Star of the Week: The BC Hockey League (BCHL) announced the Three Stars of the Week on Monday, with Penticton Vees forward Bradly Nadeau named the First Star, for the week ending October 16th. Bradly had a pair of goals and four points in the Vees’ 5-4 overtime win over Merritt last Friday. He scored the game-winner too. Saturday, he had a goal and a helper in the team’s 8-2 win against Vernon. Bradly leads the BCHL in scoring with 18 points (7G, 11A) in eight games.
Canada Calling: Penticton Vees defenceman Gabriel Guilbault has been named to Team Canada Red’s roster for the upcoming 2022 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge, which takes place November 3-12, in Langley and Delta, B.C. The 16-year-old has dressed in three games this season. The 2022 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge features seven teams: Team Canada Black, Team Canada Red, Team Canada White, Czechia, Finland, Sweden, and the United States. Each team will play six preliminary-round games, with the top four teams advancing to the medal round. The gold medal game is schedule for Saturday, November 12th.
Chilliwack Chiefs
GM & Head Coach: Brian Maloney
2022-23: GP 7 2-4-0-1, 7th Coastal Conference
Home: 0-2-0-1
Away: 2-2-0-0
Power Play: 7/33 21.2% (7)
Penalty Kill: 19/30 63.3% (18)
Last Game: Chilliwack’s 5-3 win over the Wenatchee Wild on Tuesday snapped a four-game losing streak. Technically, they were the “road” team for the game, but it was their first win at the Chilliwack Coliseum this season. It was a 2-2 tie through 40 minutes, before AJ Lacroix and Dylan Kinch scored just under a minute apart in the third period to put the Chiefs ahead by two. Chilliwack and Wenatchee traded goals in the final two minutes.
Lacroix, who is committed to Michigan State, had a pair of goals in the win and was named the game’s second star. Mateo Mrsic had a pair of assists. Bryan Jones and Liam Steele also scored in the win. Lucas Szyszka, making his Chiefs’ debut in net, stopped 32 of 35 shots. Szyszka was recently acquired from the Des Moines Buccaneers in the USHL on Saturday.
