Penticton Vees
Vees pick up another win in cup final
PENTICTON - The Penticton Vees are back at home with two wins in their back pocket after an 8-5 win Tuesday night over the Nanaimo Clippers in game three of the B.C. Hockey League Fred Page Cup Final. The Vees scored four times in the second period to build up a 5-2 lead and were...
BCHL FINAL: Clippers stun Vees in OT
PENTICTON - The Penticton Vees find themselves down 2-0 in the best-of-seven Fred Page Cup Final after the Nanaimo Clippers picked up a stunning 2-1 overtime win Saturday at the South Okanagan Events Centre. Brett Roulston made quick work of the extra period, as the Clippers’ forward buried his sixth of the playoffs just twenty-seconds...
BCHL PLAYOFFS: Clippers take Vees in Fred Page Cup opener
PENTICTON - The Penticton Vees will be looking back on an eleven-minute stretch in the second period as their ultimate undoing, in a 5-2 loss to the Nanaimo Clippers in game one of the Fred Page Cup Final at the South Okanagan Events Centre. Nanaimo scored four goals in eleven-minutes in the second, to quickly...
Vernon Vipers out of the playoffs; game seven shutout in Penticton
PENTICTON – The BCHL season is over for the Vernon Vipers after losing 2-0 to the Vees in Penticton last night, March 22. Patrick Sexton’s goal at 17:07 of the third period proved to be the game winner, as the Vees took the BCHL Interior Division playoff series. It was Sexton’s first goal of the...
Vernon Vipers come up short; Vees force game seven
VERNON – Netminder Hunter Miska stopped 36 of 37 shots as the Penticton Vees downed the Vernon Vipers 5-1 at Kal Tire place last night, March 21, The Vees’ win sends the teams back to Penticton for Game 7 of the BCHL Interior Division final tonight, March 22. Vernon’s T.J. Dumonceaux scored the lone goal...
BCHL PLAYOFFS: Vernon Vipers face Vees in Penticton
VERNON – The Vernon Vipers are looking to break the trend of losing at the South Okanagan Events Centre in the BCHL Interior Division final series against the Penticton Vees. The Snakes are in Penticton tonight, March 20, for Game 5 of the best-of-seven, with the series tied at two-games each. The final turned into...
BCHL PLAYOFFS: Penticton Vees host Vipers in Game 5
PENTICTON – The Penticton Vees are looking to extend this year's B.C. Hockey League Interior Division final tradition of winning on home ice. With the best-of-seven series tied at two wins each, the Vees will play host to the Vernon Vipers tonight, March 20, at the South Okanagan Events Centre. The Vipers got past the...
BCHL PLAYOFFS: Penticton Vees edge Warriors in West Kelowna
WEST KELOWNA - Connor Chartier picked a good time to get his first playoff goal. Chartier scored the game-tying goal and setup the game-winner in the third period, as the Penticton Vees edged the West Kelowna Warriors 3-2 in game four of their BCHL Interior Division semi-final in West Kelowna Saturday, March 7. Dakota Conroy...
BCHL PLAYOFFS: West Kelowna Warriors edged by visiting Vees
WEST KELOWNA - The West Kelowna Warriors travel to Penticton for game five of the BCHL Interior Division semi-final with a 3-1 series deficit following Saturday night's 3-2 loss to the visiting Vees. The Warriors had a 2-1 lead heading into the third period on Saturday, March 7, but Penticton tied it up and got...
BCHL PLAYOFFS: Penticton Vees outlast Warriors for triple OT win
WEST KELOWNA - In a game that seemed it would never end, Mitch Newsome scored midway through the third overtime period, as the Penticton Vees outlasted the West Kelowna Warriors 4-3 in game three of their Interior Division Semi-Final on Friday night, March 6, at Royal LePage Place in West Kelowna. Newsome roofed a pass...
Okanagan BCHL playoff series shifts to West Kelowna
OKANAGAN – An overtime nail-biter as the Penticton Vees tied up the first round, BCHL playoff series with a 3-2 win over the West Kelowna Warriors at the South Okanagan Events Centre last night. The victory, Wednesday, March 4, ties the best-of-seven series at a win each. Penticton Vees' forward Matt Serratore fired a shot...
Hockey dad could face criminal charges
WHEN YELLING AT REFEREES GOES TOO FAR THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – A Kamloops hockey dad who allegedly took his anger out on referees in the parking lot after a Junior-A hockey game in Penticton last week could face charges. Penticton RCMP Sgt. Rick Dellebuur says the 52-year-old father of a Merritt Cenntennials player allegedly threatened two referees...
Vees announce playoff schedule
PENTICTON, BC –The Penticton Vees are winding down their regular season schedule with the BCHL Fred Page Cup playoffs just around the corner, and with that, the team has released its home dates for the Interior Division playoffs. Due to a three-way-tie between Merritt, Salmon Arm and West Kelowna for the final two playoff spots,...
Vernon Viper picked in NHL entry draft
VERNON – Vernon Vipers' forward Liam Coughlin was picked by Edmonton in the NHL entry draft Saturday. The Oilers grabbed Coughlin 130 in the fifth round. The South Boston, Mass. native had 18 goals and 45 points for the Vipers last season. The 19-year-old is a big guy at 6’ 3” and 201 lbs. To contact...