Vernon, BC: George Stavrianeas and Luke Bibby each had goals, but the Vipers surrendered 4 second period goals en route to a 5-2 loss to the Silverbacks on Tuesday night.
Stavrianeas scored his fourth of the season on the powerplay to tie the game up early in the second period. Luke Bibby scored his 6th of the season shorthanded which tied the game at 2. From there the Vipers had some chances, but couldn’t solve Eli Pulver.
The Backs would score twice on the powerplay in the second period to pace them to the multi goal lead.
Overall they had goals from five different sources, Isaac Lambert, Reid Varkonyi, Tristan Allen, Nathan Mackie and Casy Laylin.
Ethan David finished with 13 saves on 18 shots before giving way to Colin Reay who stopped all 12 he faced.
Eli Pulver made 28 saves on 30 shots.
The Vipers will finish off the pre-Christmas portion of their schedule on Friday night in Cranbrook.
