The Vernon Collard Financial Solutions Vipers placed fourth in their home Pee Wee Tier 3 Rep hockey tournament, falling 6-3 to the Kelowna Female Rockets Sunday at Kal Tire Place North.
Gracie Graham pulled the hat trick for the Rockets, while Kohen Pounder, Tage Nanji and Mark Johnson replied for Vernon in a penalty-infested consolation final with the teams combining for 15 infractions.
The Prince George Cougars ambushed the Revelstoke Grizzlies 10-2 in the final of the eight-team tourney.
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The Vipers finished at 1-3 with a win, some tough losses, a tailgate party and some good bonding early in the season.
In their after school opener at Kal Tire Place North Friday, Vernon lost 7-5 to the Castlegar Rebels.
The Vipers, who led 5-4 after two periods, got goals from Kai Maleniza, Pounder, Mark Johnson, Sam Levesque and Nanji.
The Vipers woke up Saturday morning ready to go and iced Port Coquitlam 10-3 with Oliver Murray pulling the hat trick, Nanji supplying 2+1 and singles going to Mark Johnson, Levesque, Pounder, Maleniza and defenceman Hudson Restiaux, who also provided two helpers while making some thrilling rushes. Lyndon Carleton added three assists in support of Kohen Molde.
The Vipers couldn’t get their jets going in the afternoon tilt and lost 8-1 to Prince George with Johnson getting the lone Vernon goal.
The Northwest Calgary Bruins stopped the North Zone Kings of Vernon 3-1 in Sunday’s finals of the eight-team, Kelowna Midget AA Rockets Invitational.
Jacob Brewer scored for the Kings, who are coached by former NHL forward Sandy Moger.
The Kings earlier Sunday clipped the Central Zone 3-2 with Porter Trevelyan, Brewer and Ben Holman supplying snipes.
Ethan Prentice rang up a deuce as the Kings brushed off the Fernie Fury 5-1 in their opener. Chris Reinhardt, Cole Johnson and Brewer counted singles.
The Kings lost 4-3 to the Bruins in preliminary play Saturday morning with Kaleb Davis, Cameron Moger and Holman providing the goals. Johnson drew two helpers.
Prentice, Trevelyan and Moger converted as the Kings shaded the South Zone 3-2 Saturday night at Memorial Arena.
The North Zone Kings swept the North East Zone Trackers 7-2 and 8-2 in Bantam Tier 1 play in Fort St. John.
Captain Austin Roest and Jared Feist rang up deuces in Game 1 in support of Kristi Vassberg. Deegan McMillan, Matthew Johnston and and Layton Feist supplied singles with Jace Weir collecting three helpers and Johnston and Devon Jameson getting two apiece.
Feist pulled the hat trick in Game 1 in front of Mandi Feist. Johnston, Roest, Grayson Williamson and Andrew Teare supplied singles with Johnston and Derek Teare each earning two helpers.
The Vernon Sun Valley Source for Sports Bantam Vipers split a pair of road Bantam Tier 2 games in the Kootenays, dispatching the Nelson Leafs 6-4 Saturday night and falling 8-2 to the Trail Smoke Eaters Sunday morning.
Kyle Wheeler started off the Vernon offence in Nelson by burying a feed from Ryder DeNys. Nick Noren followed with a pair of goals late in the first and early in the second with Bennett Kuhnlein and Tyler Burke picking up assists.
Braden Schmeigelt wired one from the point before Nelson scored late in the second to tie it up going into the third.
Wheeler and DeNys assisted on an Erik Pastro goal early in the third and Kuhnlein sealed the win with assists coming from Cash Anderson and Noren.
Noren had both goals in the loss to the Smokies.
The Vernon H&L Glass Jr. Vipers opened the Okanagan Mainline Atom Tier 1 League regular season by slamming the Kelowna Warriors 7-3 and upending the Kamloops Blazers 6-3.
Ollie Reid produced 4+2 as the Vipers won Saturday at Jim Lind Arena in West Kelowna. Axel Houle and Jack Saxton each chipped in with 1+2.
Reid compiled 2+2 as the Vipers tripped up visiting Kamloops Sunday at Priest Valley Arena.
Houle amassed 2+1 with singles going to Mathis Paull and Harry Watson. Saxton rang up two helpers. Calder Barry posted both wins.
The Merritt Centennials grounded the Vernon Valley Wood Jr. Vipers in Atom Tier 2 action Saturday at the Nicola Valley Memorial Arena.
Ryan Frick and Hudson Podollan supplied the Valley Wood snipes.
The Vernon Bantam Tier 3 Geotech Drilling Vipers secured their first win of the season on their head coach Clint Nyberg’s birthday with an 8-1 thumping of the host West Kelowna Warriors.
Connor Cecchini led Vernon with 3+1, while Jayden Atwood had a deuce and singles went to Logan Killingbeck, Marek Toews and Jack Laventure.
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