September 15th vs Trail PREVIEW

The West Kelowna Warriors return home to Royal Lepage Place tonight with a 1-1 record after a split with the Merritt Centennials on opening weekend.

Each team held serve in their own Home Opener, as the Warriors got 3 power-play goals Friday night to come back and win 6-4; then Merritt scored with 2:23 remaining Saturday night to squeak out a 5-4 victory.

The Warriors got a pair of goals from Rylan Yaremko and Brett Mennear on the opening weekend, while 6 other players scored once, including the first BCHL markers for Paul Lovsin, Jake Harrison, and Jake Tesarowski.

The Warriors would out-shoot the Centennials in both games, and out-chance them by a 46-22 margin.

The Trail Smoke Eaters split their opening series with the Vernon Vipers as well, except they won on the road in Vernon on Friday, before dropping Saturday night`s decision.

Leading the way for the Smokies was Kurt Black with a goal and three assists, while Rhett Willcox had a pair of goals Friday.

It's Rylan Yaremko's birthday, and the bruising now 19 year old from Alberta will be looking to set the tone as always.

Stats Pack

Trail – 1-1 HOME – 1-0  ROAD – 0-1  Top Scorers Kurt Black (1 G, 3 A) Rhett Willcox (2 G, 1 A) 2 other players have 2 points each GF – 7 GA – 8 PP – 17th – 0-11 (0%) PK – 11th – 12-14 (85.7%)	West Kelowna – 1-1 HOME – 1-0 ROAD – 0-1 Top Scorers Brett Mennear (2 Goals) Rylan Yaremko (2 Goals) 7 other players have 2 points each GF – 10 GA – 9 PP – 1st - 4 for 9 (44.4%) PK – 15th – 5-7 (71.4%) Next Game – Saturday September 20th vs Penticton 7 PM Royal Lepage Place
Head-to-Head Lifetime – West Kelowna leads 43-14-0-6 West Kelowna is 23-4-0-5 at RLP against Trail 2014/2015 Head to Head – West Kelowna went 5-2-0-1 vs. Trail West Kelowna went 3-0-0-1 at home against Trail last season.