The Salmon Arm Silverbacks battled hard in every game and put doubt in a lot of Vipers fans when they took the first two games in the series that started in Vernon. But the Vipers dug deep and would take the next four games to win the series in six. After an overtime thriller in Vernon for game five, the Vipers were leading the series 3-2 going to Salmon Arm. With there backs to the wall and Vernon coming on strong the Silverbacks put everything they had out on to the ice and fell short of a miraculous comeback.
Dylan Walchuk would get four of the five Vipers goals and was named first star and now the Vipers look to get past one more team to claim the Fred Page Cup and they will have to once again get past the Powell River Kings.
In the regular season the Vipers and Kings only met up twice, November 17th the Kings won 5-2 on home ice and on January 21st the Vipers won 3-2 in their barn. Powell River also finished first in there division giving them a first round bye and so far has played five overtime games in the playoffs, winning two of the five.
The Vipers have gone above and beyond what many would have expected back in September and the next games are only going to get better as the two top teams in the BCHL battle it out for the Fred Page Cup and a chance to go for the Doyle Cup. Be sure to get your tickets to the games and you can listen online to all the Vipers games at 107.5 Kiss FM.
