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Starting lines for @PentictonVees vs. Wenatchee | @TheWHL | Regular Season Game 17 | 11/8/26 Alger-East | Norrie | Cunningham Petersen | Bergeson | Katz Jones | Naudins | Pakarinen Robertson | Pederson | Milford Stone | Burick Schneider | Pantelas Johnson Reyelts Backup: Smith Not Dressed: Deraney Liffiton Deakos DeMars Long Term Injured Reserve: Buckberger 🏒 Despite an 8-day break, the Vees return to action shorthanded and banged up on defence, dressing only 5 blueliners. Penticton is missing 2010 D Thor Liffiton (U17 World Challenge) and 2010 D Parker Deraney (day-to-day, upper body injury). In addition, 2009 D Whit Rewertz returned to Hibbing/Chisholm High School on Wednesday for the upcoming Minnesota high school hockey season. 🏒 2009 D Sean Burick moves to RD1 while 2008 D Eli Johnson will rotate partners as the 5th defenceman. 🏒 At forward, the Vees gain 1 player, but will be without 2 others. 2006 LW Tristan Petersen returns to the lineup after missing 3 games with a lower body injury. However, Penticton will be missing 2007 C Tyler Deakos (1 game suspension for goaltender interference) and 2009 LW Boomer DeMars (week-to-week, upper body injury). 🏒 With Deakos out of the lineup, 2007 RW Tyden Bergeson moves to C2 and Petersen returns to the lineup at LW2. 🏒 2008 C Nate Pederson moves from C4 to C3. 🏒 The 4th line sees changes at all 3 spots as 2008 C Roberts Naudins moves from C3 to C4, 2007 LW Tucker Robertson moves from RW4 to LW4 and 2008 C Noah Milford returns to the lineup at RW4. 🏒 2006 G AJ Reyelts gets the start in goal and he will be backed up by 2008 G Kaenan Smith. (Lineup graphic courtesy of @DJones9427-Vees Report on Instagram)

A friendly reminder that of the 113 WHL players born in 2009, only 2 play for the @PentictonVees as the WHL prohibited the Vees from taking any 2009s in the 2025 WHL Expansion Draft (and 2009s were drafted into the WHL the year before Penticton entered the WHL).

Notes from the @PentictonVees 3-0 win over Tri-City on 10/30/26: The Vees have played stingy defence all season and now the offence is heating up, leading to a 3-game winning streak heading into an 8-day break. Let's break things down. 🏒 2006 G AJ Reyelts (shown below) and 2008 G Kaenan Smith have combined to stop 69 of 72 shots (.958) during the team's 3-game winning streak. Red Deer | 31/33 | .939 Edmonton | 20/21 | .952 Tri-City | 18/18 | 1.000 Total | 69/72 | .958 🏒 Penticton scored 3 goals on 27 shots against Tri-City, an 11.1% shooting percentage. Over the past 3 games: Penticton | 11 goals | 77 shots | 14.3% Opponents | 3 goals | 72 shots | 4.2% The Vees have held opponents to an average of 1 goal per game during the winning streak. 🏒 Penticton held Tri-City to just 18 shots, the 3rd-lowest shots-against total for the Vees through 16 games. Game 6 | Tri-City | 14 shots Game 4 | Vancouver | 16 shots Game 16 | Tri-City | 18 shots The Vees are now 1st in the WHL in shots allowed per game. Penticton | 400 shots against | 16 GP | 25.00 shots/game 🏒 The Vees killed all 5 Tri-City power plays -- including 3 mintues of a major -- extending their streak to 12 consecutive successful penalty kills. Over the past 3 games: Red Deer | 4/4 | 100% Edmonton | 3/3 | 100% Tri-City | 5/5 | 100% Total | 12/12 | 100% On the season, Penticton's penalty kill is 49/62 (79.0%), ranked 15th in the WHL. 🏒 Penticton continues to win despite continued struggles on the power play. The were 0/3 on the man advantage against Tri-City, extending its drought to 15 straight. The Vees last scored a power-play goal on Oct. 17 against Vancouver, when 2007 RW Gavin Katz scored at 13:07 of the 2nd period. Since that goal: Vancouver | 0/2 Calgary | 0/5 Red Deer | 0/3 Edmonton | 0/2 Tri-City | 0/3 Total | 0/15 | 0.0% On the season, the Vees are 8/64 (12.5%) on the power play, ranking 21st in the WHL. 🏒 Penticton won 32 of 56 faceoffs (57.1%) against Tri-City, its best performance over the past 3 games. Red Deer | 17/59 | 28.8% Edmonton | 18/40 | 45.0% Tri-City | 32/56 | 57.1% Total | 67/155 | 43.2% Norrie | 14/20 | 70.0% Deakos | 9/20 | 45.0% Naudins | 5/8 | 62.5% Total | 32/56 | 57.1% 🏒 Unofficial observed regular-strength shifts at forward: 1️⃣ Alger-East | Norrie | Cunningham -- 12 shifts Robertson | Norrie | Cunningham -- 1 shift 2️⃣ Bergeson | Deakos | Katz -- 13 shifts Bergeson | Katz | Jones -- 2 shifts Pederson | Deakos | Katz -- 1 shift 3️⃣ Jones | Naudins | Pakarinen -- 12 shifts Jones | Naudins | Robertson -- 1 shift 4️⃣ DeMars | Pederson | Robertson -- 3 shifts Robertson | Pederson | Cunningham -- 2 shifts Alger-East | Pederson | Robertson -- 1 shift DeMars | Pederson | Naudins -- 1 shift Bergeson | Pederson | Robertson -- 1 shift 🏒 Unofficial observed regular-strength shifts on defence: 1️⃣ Stone | Johnson -- 12 shifts Stone | Burick -- 1 shift 2️⃣ Schneider | Pantelas -- 17 shifts 3️⃣ Deraney | Burick -- 13 shifts Johnson | Burick -- 1 shift 🏒 2010 D Thor Liffiton (U17 World Challenge) and 2009 D Whit Rewertz were not in the lineup. 🏒 2006 LW Tristan Petersen (lower body injury) and 2008 C Noah Milford were not in the lineup. 🏒 Penticton finished the game with only 10 forwards after losing 2009 LW Boomer DeMars and 2007 C Tyler Deakos. DeMars did not return after his 2nd period fight with Tri-City's Lukasz McIsaac and his status is unknown. Deakos received a 5-minute major and game misconduct for goaltender interference with 6:04 left in the 3rd period.

A pair of former @PentictonVees players meet as Ethan Weber starts at RD2 for @PennStateMHKY vs. @GopherHockey & Jacob Kvasnick, who starts at RW2. Former Vees D Charlie Michaud is not in the lineup for Penn State. Michaud dressed at forward earlier in the season.

Former @PentictonVees C Matteo Danis scores his first NCAA goal for @BrownU_MHockey

Starting lines for @PentictonVees vs. Tri-City | @TheWHL | Regular Season Game 16 | 10/30/26 Alger-East | Norrie | Cunningham Bergeson | Deakos | Katz Jones | Naudins | Pakarinen DeMars | Pederson | Robertson Stone | Johnson Schneider | Pantelas Deraney | Burick Reyelts Backup: Smith Not Dressed: Liffiton Rewertz Milford Petersen Long Term Injured Reserve: Buckberger 🏒 With 2010 D Thor Liffiton at the U17 World Challenge, 2008 D Eli Johnson returns to the lineup at RD1. Besides Liffiton, 2009 D Whit Rewertz is not in the lineup. 🏒 At forward, 2006 LW Tristan Petersen remains out of the lineup. Petersen last played early in the 2nd period on Oct. 21 at Calgary and he is listed as day-to-day with a lower body injury. 2007 LW Tucker Robertson returns to the RW4 in place of 2008 C Noah Milford, who is not in the lineup. 🏒 2006 G AJ Reyelts gets the start in goal and he will be backed up by 2008 G Kaenan Smith. 🏒 Penticton and Tri-City enter tonight's game tied with 13 points in the Western Conference standings, although the Americans have played 2 fewer games. Penticton | 6-8-0-1 | 15 GP | 13 points | .400 Tri-City | 6-6-0-1 | 13 GP | 13 points | .462 🏒 If you believe the numbers, tonight's game should be a low-scoring affair, although Penticton's scoring drought during their 7-game winless streak has probably skewed their low offensive numbers a bit. Penticton | 382 shots against | 25.47/game | 1st Tri-City | 32 goals against | 2.46/game | 2nd Despite their defensive numbers, both teams have struggled offensively. Penticton | 38 goals | 2.53/game | 18th Tri-City | 34 goals | 2.62/game | 17th 🏒 Penticton has outshot its opponents by 73 shots this season, while Tri-City has been outshot by 58. Penticton | 455 SF | 382 SA | +73 Tri-City | 326 SF | 384 SA | -58 Despite that shot difference, the Americans have a positive goal differential (+2), while Penticton has a negative goal differential (-7). 🏒 2007 C Tyler Deakos was named WHL Player of the Week after recording 7 points (2 goals, 5 assists) over Penticton's past 3 games. Calgary | 1G, 1A | 2 points Red Deer | 2A | 2 points Edmonton | 1G, 2A | 3 points Total | 2G, 5A | 7 points Deakos contributed to 7 of Penticton's 11 goals during that stretch and earned first-star honours against Edmonton. He shares the team scoring lead with 2007 RW Gavin Katz. Deakos | 5 goals, 10 assists | 15 points Katz | 8 goals, 7 assists | 15 points 🏒 2008 RW Noel Pakarinen has scored a goal in 3 straight games, the longest active goal-scoring streak by a Vees player. Noel Pakarinen | 12 GP | 5G | 5A | 10 PTS (Lineup graphic courtesy of @DJones9427-Vees Report on Instagram)

Notes from the @PentictonVees 4-1 win over Edmonton on 10/25/26: When the Penticton Vees play Penticton Vees-style hockey the winning team is usually the Penticton Vees. On Sunday afternoon, the Vees hit everything in sight, dumped and chased, forechecked and played really good hockey. Let's take a look: 🏒 Penticton scored 4 goals on 23 shots against Edmonton, a 17.4% shooting percentage. Over the past 2 games: Penticton | 8 goals | 50 shots | 16.0% Opponents | 3 goals | 54 shots | 5.6% 🏒 The Vees held Edmonton to just 21 shots, their 4th-lowest shots-against total through 15 games and their lowest in the past 5 games. Game 6 | Tri-City | 14 shots Game 4 | Vancouver | 16 shots Game 10 | Portland | 20 shots Game 11 | Wenatchee | 21 shots Game 15 | Edmonton | 21 shots Penticton has allowed 54 shots over its past 2 games, while surrendering just 3 goals. 🏒 2008 G Kaenan Smith stopped 20 of 21 shots to record his 2nd straight win. Over the past 2 games: Red Deer | 31/33 | .939 Edmonton | 20/21 | .952 Total | 51/54 | .944 Smith allowed just 3 goals in 120 minutes during the 2 wins and his 1.91 goals against average is 2nd in the WHL, while his .917 save percentage is 10th in the league. 🏒 2009 LW Boomer DeMars (shown below) has goals in both of Penticton's last 2 wins. DeMars had a slow start after missing all of training camp with an upper body injury and it is fitting that DeMars and the Vees are both heating up at the same time. 🏒 The Vees have killed 7 straight successful penalties during their 2-game winning streak. Penticton's penalty kill was 3/3 against Edmonton after going 4/4 against Red Deer on Friday. On the season, the PK is 47/60 (78.3%), which is 15th in the WHL. 🏒 The power play numbers for the Vees do not tell the entire story as Penticton went 0/2 with the man advantage, but the 3rd period goal by Boomer DeMars might as well have been a PP goal as he scored :01 after the penalty expired. Officially, the Vees are now 0/10 on the power play over its past 3 games and 21st in the WHL at 8/61 (13.1%). 🏒 Penticton won 18 of 40 faceoffs (45.0%) against Edmonton. Over the past 2 games: Red Deer | 17/59 | 28.8% Edmonton | 18/40 | 45.0% Total | 35/99 | 35.4% 🏒 Penticton won 18 of 40 draws (45.0%) against Edmonton. Over the past 2 games, the Vees have won only 35 of 99 faceoffs (35.4%), including a 28.8% performance against Red Deer. Red Deer | 17/59 | 28.8% Edmonton | 18/40 | 45.0% Total | 35/99 | 35.4% Norrie | 6/14 | 42.9% Deakos | 5/8 | 62.5% Naudins | 3/8 | 37.5% Katz | 1/3 | 33.3% Pederson | 0/3 | 0.0% Total | 18/40 | 45.0% 🏒 Unofficial observed regular-strength shifts at forward: 1️⃣ Alger-East | Norrie | Cunningham -- 12 shifts Alger-East | Norrie | Milford -- 1 shift Alger-East | Deakos | Cunningham -- 1 shift Milford | Norrie | Cunningham -- 1 shift Jones | Norrie | Cunningham -- 1 shift Alger-East | Norrie | DeMars -- 1 shift 2️⃣ Bergeson | Deakos | Katz -- 17 shifts 3️⃣ Jones | Naudins | Pakarinen -- 12 shifts Jones | Naudins | Pederson -- 1 shift Bergeson | Norrie | Naudins -- 1 shift Katz | Naudins | Pakarinen -- 1 shift Bergeson | Naudins | Pakarinen -- 1 shift 4️⃣ DeMars | Pederson | Milford -- 11 shifts 🏒 Unofficial observed regular-strength shifts on defence: 1️⃣ Stone | Liffiton -- 15 shifts Stone | Burick -- 2 shifts Stone | Deraney -- 1 shift 2️⃣ Schneider | Pantelas -- 19 shifts 3️⃣ Deraney | Burick -- 14 shifts 🏒 2008 D Eli Johnson, 2009 D Whit Rewertz, 2006 LW Tristan Petersen and 2007 LW Tucker Robertson were not in the lineup. Petersen last played Wednesday vs. Calgary. 🏒 And finally, the instigator strikes again as 2006 RW Carter Cunningham fought Edmonton's Kanjyu Gojsic after Gojsic retaliated to a clean check on a teammate with a cross check to the side of Cunningham's head. Unsportsmanlike conduct penalties go to @TheWHL referees Josh Albinati & Jackson Kozari for calling a silly instigator instead of a far more dangerous stick foul.

Starting lines for @PentictonVees at Edmonton | @TheWHL | Regular Season Game 15 | 10/25/26 Alger-East | Norrie | Cunningham Bergeson | Deakos | Katz Jones | Naudins | Pakarinen DeMars | Pederson | Milford Stone | Liffiton Schneider | Pantelas Deraney | Burick Smith Backup: Reyelts Not Dressed: Johnson Rewertz Petersen Robertson Long Term Injured Reserve: Buckberger 🏒 After ending their 7-game winless streak, the Vees will go with their hot hand as the lineup is identical to Friday night in Red Deer. 🏒 2008 G Kaenan Smith gets his 2nd straight start in goal and he will be backed up by 2006 G AJ Reyelts. 🏒 2008 D Eli Johnson, 2009 D Whit Rewertz, 2006 LW Tristan Petersen and 2007 LW Tucker Robertson are not in the lineup. Petersen last played early in the 2nd period on Wednesday vs. Calgary and his status remains unknown. 🏒 Edmonton is 3-1-1-0 at home, while Penticton is 2-5-0-0 on the road. 🏒 Edmonton has won 3 straight games, including a 9-goal performance against Medicine Hat on Oct. 17 where they tied the second-highest single-game goal total in the WHL this season. The Oil Kings scored 9 goals on just 29 shots in that game, converting 31.0% of their shots. 🏒Penticton is 11th in the WHL shots per game (30.86) and 20th in goals per game (2.43). Edmonton is 20th in shots per game (27.50) and 9th in goals per game (3.40). 🏒 This game will be a good opportunity for the Vees to win in the discipline department as the Oil Kings average 22.10 penalty minutes per game, second-highest in the WHL. Penticton's 12.64 PIMs per game is 19th. 🏒 2008 G Kaenan Smith is 4th in the WHL with a 2.08 goals against average and his .911 save percentage is 12th in the league. Smith had a season-high 31 saves in Friday's win vs. Red Deer. 🏒 2007 RW Gavin Katz is 15th in WHL scoring with 14 points (8 goals, 6 assists) in 14 games. Katz has scored 8 of Penticton’s 34 goals (23.5%), including 3 of 8 (37.5%) power play goals scored by the Vees. (Lineup graphic courtesy of @DJones9427-Vees Report on Instagram)

Notes from the @PentictonVees 4-2 win over Red Deer on 10/23/26: The Vees finally put their 7-game winless streak behind them, playing outstanding hockey for really all but 32 seconds of the 2nd period as they picked up their 1st victory since Oct. 3. The positives far outweiged the negatives in this one. Let's take a look. 🏒 After scoring just 4 goals on 144 shots (2.8%) in their previous 4 games, we can now retire this stat as the Vees exploded for 4 goals on 27 shots (14.8%) against Red Deer. Penticton scored as many goals against Red Deer (4) as they had in the previous 4 games combined. 🏒 During the 7-game winless streak, Penticton outshot its opponents 236-184 (+52) and won the shot count in 6 of 7 games, but was outscored 28–12. The Vees flipped the script vs. Red Deer, picking up the win despite being outshot 33-27, the 3rd-highest shot total allowed this season and the highest number of shots allowed in the past 7 games. Penticton is 2nd in the WHL in fewest shots allowed per game (25.79). 🏒2008 G Kaenan Smith (shown below) continues his strong play in goal, stopping 31 of 33 shots and lowering his goals against average to 2.08, which is 6th in the WHL. Smith has been in goal for 3 of Penticton's 5 victories this season, despite appearing in only 6 of the team's 14 games. 🏒 2007 RW Gavin Katz scored his team-leading 8th goal against Red Deer and is ranked 14th in WHL scoring with 14 points in 14 games. Katz has 8 of Penticton's 34 goals this season, which is 23.5% of the team's goal production. 🏒 While the Vees may have ended their winless drought and their scoring drought, the power play drought continues. The Vees went 0/3 with the man advantage and are now 0/8 in their last 2 games and 3/36 (8.3%) in their last 8 games. 🏒 Another area where the Vees struggled was in the faceoff circle. After winning a season-high 69.4% of their faceoffs against Wenatchee on Oct. 16, the Vees have seen their faceoff percentage decline in each of the last 3 games. Wenatchee | 43/62 | 69.4% Vancouver | 38/70 | 54.3% Calgary | 34/73 | 46.6% Red Deer | 17/59 | 28.8% Total | 132/264 | 50.0% Naudins | 5/10 | 50.0% Katz | 2/4 | 50.0% Deakos | 4/12 | 33.3% Norrie | 6/24 | 25.0% Total | 17/59 | 28.8% Against Red Deer, Penticton lost 42 of 59 faceoffs for a season-low 28.8%. 🏒 Unofficial observed even-strength shifts at forward: 1️⃣ Alger-East | Norrie | Cunningham – 18 shifts Bergeson | Norrie | Cunningham – 1 shift 2️⃣ Bergeson | Deakos | Katz – 17 shifts Katz | Deakos | Pakarinen – 1 shift 3️⃣ Jones | Naudins | Pakarinen – 15 shifts Jones | Naudins | DeMars – 1 shift 4️⃣ DeMars | Pederson | Milford – 9 shifts DeMars | Milford | Cunningham – 1 shift 🏒 Unofficial observed even-strength shifts on defence: 1️⃣ Stone | Liffiton – 14 shifts Stone | Burick – 7 shifts Stone | Pantelas – 3 shifts Stone | Deraney – 1 shift 2️⃣ Schneider | Pantelas – 18 shifts Schneider | Liffiton – 2 shifts Schneider | Burick – 2 shifts Deraney | Pantelas – 2 shifts Liffiton | Pantelas – 2 shifts Burick | Pantelas – 1 shift 3️⃣ Deraney | Burick – 11 shifts Liffiton | Burick – 1 shift 🏒 2009 D Whit Rewertz, 2008 D Eli Johnson, 2007 LW Tucker Robertson and 2006 LW Tristan Petersen were not in the lineup. Petersen's playing status remains unknown. 🏒 2007 D Callum Stone fought Red Deer’s Patrick Sopiarz in the 1st period, while 2008 D Sean Burick *dropped the gloves* in the 2nd period with Cameron Kuzma. Which leads us to ask, why were Burick and Kuzma both given fighting majors when they simply held each other and neither threw a punch? And why was Kuzma given an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty when he very obviously started the *fight*? We can all agree that the instigator is a stupid penalty, but the only unsportsmanlike conduct penalties on this play should be given to @TheWHL refereees Kayden Knutson and Mason Stewart. This was either 2 fighting majors and an instigator or 2 roughing minors and an unsportsmanlike conduct.

Starting lines for @PentictonVees at Red Deer | @TheWHL | Regular Season Game 14 | 10/23/26 Alger-East | Norrie | Cunningham Bergeson | Deakos | Katz Jones | Naudins | Pakarinen DeMars | Pederson | Milford Stone | Liffiton Schneider | Pantelas Deraney | Burick Smith Backup: Reyelts Not Dressed: Johnson Rewertz Petersen Robertson Long Term Injured Reserve: Buckberger 🏒 With the winless streak reaching 7 games, the Vees have once again made changes on all 4 forward lines: 1️⃣ 2008 LW Kash Alger-East moves from LW3 to LW1 2️⃣ 2007 RW Tyden Bergeson moves from C3 to LW2 2007 RW Gavin Katz moves from RW3 to RW2 3️⃣ 2007 LW Graham Jones moves from LW2 to LW3 2008 C Roberts Naudins moves from LW to C3 2008 RW Noel Pakarinen moves from RW2 to RW3 4️⃣ 2009 LW Boomer Demars moves from RW4 to LW4. 2008 C Noah Milford returns to the lineup at RW4 🏒 The Vees make 1 change on defence as 2010 D Parker Deraney returns to the lineup at LD3. 🏒 2008 G Kaenan Smith gets the start and his back up is 2006 G AJ Reyelts. 🏒 2008 D Eli Johnson, 2009 D Whit Rewertz, 2006 LW Tristan Petersen, 2007 LW Tucker Robertson and 2008 C Noah Milford are not in the lineup. Petersen last played early in the 2nd period on Wednesday vs. Calgary and his status is unknown. 🏒 In the midst of a 7-game winless streak (0-6-0-1), the Vees desperately need a win, but it will be a tall order against Central Division leading Red Deer (7-3-0-1). 🏒 Red Deer is 4-1-0-0 at home, while Penticton is 1-5-0-0 on the road. 🏒 The struggling Penticton power play is 2/25 (8.0%) on the road, which is 20th in the WHL. Red Deer is 42/51 (82.4%) on the penalty kill at home, which is 9th in the WHL. (Lineup graphic courtesy of @DJones9427-Vees Report on Instagram)

Notes from @PentictonVees 4-3 loss to Calgary | @TheWHL | Regular Season Game 13 | 10/21/26 Last season, the Vees were an expansion club that never played like an expansion club, setting a CHL record for wins and points by a first-year club. This season, the Vees have been playing like the expansion team that everyone expected last season, now winless in 7 games (0-6-0-1) with 6 straight losses. During the past 2 weeks, the Vees have stunk up the joint, showing poor discipline, poor special teams play and very little of the special sauce that made last season special. The numbers are not pretty, but let's dig in: 🏒After scoring 1 goal on 118 shots over a span of 210:27 in the past week, the Vees scored 3 goals on 34 shots against Calgary. The Vees have now scored 4 goals on 144 shots (2.8%) over their last 4 games and 12 goals on 236 shots (5.1%) during the 7-game winless streak. 🏒 Penticton went 0/5 on the power play and during the 7-game winless streak, the Vees are 3/33 (9.1%) on the man advantage. 🏒 The Vees finally found some offence in Calgary, but the game results still aren’t matching the shot totals. Last four games: Penticton shots: 144 Opponent shots: 98 Penticton goals: 4 Opponent goals: 13 🏒 After winning 61.4% of their faceoffs over Games 11–12, the Vees struggled in the faceoff circle against Calgary, winning just 34/73 (46.6%). Game 11 | 43/62 | 69.4% Game 12 | 38/70 | 54.3% Game 13 | 34/73 | 46.6% Total | 115/205 | 56.1% Faceoffs against Calgary: Bergeson | 10/19 | 52.6% Norrie | 9/22 | 40.9% Deakos | 8/22 | 36.4 🏒 Unofficial observed even-strength shifts at forward: 1️⃣ Petersen | Norrie | Cunningham – 8 shifts Alger-East | Norrie | Cunningham – 5 shifts DeMars | Norrie | Cunningham – 4 shifts 2️⃣ Jones | Deakos | Pakarinen – 18 shifts 3️⃣ Alger-East | Bergeson | Katz – 4 shifts Bergeson | Pederson | Katz – 4 shifts DeMars | Bergeson | Katz – 2 shifts Naudins | Bergeson | Katz – 2 shifts 4️⃣ Naudins | Pederson | DeMars – 4 shift Note: Does not include at least 4 different line combos that only skated for 1 shift. 🏒 Unofficial observed even-strength shifts on defence: 1️⃣ Stone | Liffiton – 15 shifts Stone | Burick – 3 shifts Stone | Johnson – 1 shift 2️⃣ Schneider | Pantelas – 9 shifts Schneider | Burick – 3 shifts Schneider | Johnson – 2 shifts Schneider | Liffiton – 1 shift 3️⃣ Johnson | Burick – 13 shifts Johnson | Liffiton – 2 shifts 🏒 The top line had several different combinations as 2006 LW Tristan Petersen was last observed on the ice early in the 2nd period. His status is unknown. 🏒 2009 D Whit Rewertz, 2010 D Parker Deraney, 2007 LW Tucker Robertson and 2008 C Noah Milford were not in the lineup. 🏒 And finally, as we continue to track goals and assists for @TheWHL officials, congratulations are in order for linesman Josh Meier, who set a new WHL record by earning 2 goals on 1 blown call. With 3:08 remaining in the 1st period, 2007 RW Tyden Bergeson appeared to score a shorthanded goal, but replays show that Meier missed the offsides call and the goal was overturned. On the very next play, Calgary scored. Goals: Meier (2)

Starting lines for @PentictonVees at Calgary | @TheWHL | Regular Season Game 13 | 10/21/26 Petersen | Norrie | Cunningham Jones | Deakos | Pakarinen Alger-East | Bergeson | Katz Naudins | Pederson | DeMars Stone | Liffiton Schneider | Pantelas Johnson | Burick Reyelts Backup: Smith Not Dressed: Deraney Rewertz Milford Robertson Long Term Injured Reserve: Buckberger 🏒 In the midst of a 6-game winless streak, the Vees have blown up their forward lines, changing 10 of 12 forward spots: 1️⃣ The Vees go old and experienced on their top line as: 2006 LW Tristan Petersen moves from RW3 to LW1 2007 C Cam Norrie moves to C1 from C4 2006 RW Carter Cunningham returns to the lineup at RW1 2️⃣ 2007 C Tyler Deakos moves from C1 to C2 3️⃣ 2008 LW Kash Alger-East moves from LW1 to LW3 2007 RW Tyden Bergeson moves from C2 to C3 2007 RW Gavin Katz moves from RW1 to RW3 4️⃣ 2008 C Roberts Naudins returns to the lineup at LW4 2008 C Nate Pederson moves from C3 to C4 2009 LW Boomer Demars moves from LW4 to RW4. 🏒 The Vees make 1 change on defence as 2008 D Eli Johnson returns to the lineup at LD3. 🏒 2006 G AJ Reyelts gets the start and his back up is 2008 G Kaenan Smith. 🏒 2009 D Whit Rewertz, 2010 D Parker Deraney, 2007 LW Tucker Robertson and 2008 C Noah Milford are not in the lineup. 🏒 The Vees are 0-5-0-1 in their last 6 games, including 5 straight regulation losses. Penticton has allowed the opening goal in all 6 games. For the Vees to win tonight, these 3 stats will need to drastically change: 🏒 The Vees have scored just 1 goal in their last 210:27 of play. During that span, Penticton has 118 shots on goal (0.8% shooting percentage). 🏒 The Vees are 3-for-28 (10.7%) on the power play during their 6-game winless streak. 🏒 The Vees have outshot opponents 110–71 over their last 3 games, but have been outscored 9–1. (Lineup graphic courtesy of @DJones9427-Vees Report on Instagram)

Notes from the @PentictonVees 5-1 loss to Vancouver on 10/17/26: If the Vees were playing farm hockey and had a power play, not only would the shot miss the broad side of the barn, but the puck would hit the tractor, leading to a short-handed breakaway goal and an undisciplined penalty by the Vees for high-sticking a farm hand. 🏒 The scenario above is not so silly when you consider these mind-boggling statistics around the horrid Vees offence: 1️⃣ The Vees failed to score on 99 shots before the 2nd period goal by 2007 RW Gavin Katz. The Vees then failed to score on 17 shots after the goal by Katz and now have scored 1 goal on their last 118 shots which is an abysmal 0.8% shooting percentage. 2️⃣ The Vees have scored 1 goal in the last 210 minutes, 27 seconds -- or roughly 3 1/2 games. 3️⃣ The goal by Katz was on the power play, which also broke a 0/18 drought with man advantage. 4️⃣ The Vees PP is now 1/21 (4.8%) since 2008 RW Noel Pakarinen's goal at 6:32 of the 2nd period against Brandon on 10/9. 🏒 I usually poo-poo the 3 Stars of the Game as they are subjective and can favour the home team. But with the Vees in the midst of a 6-game winless streak -- the longest in the WHL this season -- stars are a pretty good barometer of the recent play of this entire team: 10/6 | Home vs. Swift Current | 3-2 SO loss | Andrew Reyelts, 2nd star 10/9 | Home vs. Brandon | 7-4 loss | Graham Jones, 3rd star 10/10 | Away at Tri-City | 5-2 loss | No Vees star 10/14 | Home vs. Portland | 2-0 loss | No Vees star 10/16 | Away at Wenatchee | 2-0 loss | No Vees star 10/17 | Home vs. Vancouver | 5-1 loss | No Vees star The Vees have had a total of 2 stars in the last 6 games or 2/18 (11.1%) -- which is nearly identical to the Penticton power play during the 6-game skid (3/28 10.7%). 🏒 Penticton recorded season highs in shots in consecutive games: Game 11 at Wenatchee | 40 shots Game 12 vs. Vancouver | 41 shots The Vees outshot their opponents 81-51 but were outscored 7-1. Over the last 3 games, Penticton has outshot its opponents 110-71, but has been outscored 9-1. 🏒 2008 G Kaenan Smith replaced 2006 G AJ Reyelts to start the 3rd period. Smith remains 5th in the WHL in goals against average (2.03). 🏒 Penticton won 38/70 faceoffs against Vancouver and has won 81/132 draws in its last 2 games. Game 11 | 43/62 | 69.4% Game 12 | 38/70 | 54.3% Total | 81/132 | 61.4% Katz | 3/3 | 100.0% Pederson | 10/16 | 62.5% Deakos | 9/15 | 60.0% Bergeson | 11/19 | 57.9% Norrie | 5/15 | 33.3% 🏒 Unofficial observed even-strength shifts at forward: 1️⃣ Alger-East | Deakos | Katz – 11 shifts 2️⃣ Jones | Bergeson | Pakarinen – 12 shifts 3️⃣ Robertson | Pederson | Petersen – 10 shifts 4️⃣ DeMars | Norrie | Milford – 7 shifts Note: Does not include at least 12 different line combos that only skated for 1 shift. 🏒 Unofficial observed even-strength shifts on defence: 1️⃣ Stone | Liffiton – 13 shifts Stone | Burick – 4 shifts Stone | Pantelas – 4 shifts 2️⃣ Schneider | Pantelas – 12 shifts Schneider | Burick – 5 shifts 3️⃣ Rewertz | Burick – 9 shifts Note: Does not include at least 4 different pairs that only skated for 1 shift. 🏒 2008 D Parker Deraney, 2008 D Eli Johnson, 2006 RW Carter Cunningham and 2008 C Robert Naudins were not in the lineup. 🏒 And finally, since @TheWHL officials routinely make errors that lead to scoring opportunities, let's start crediting them with goals and assists. 1️⃣ With Vancouver up 2–0 in the 2nd period, referee Mike Langin disallowed an obvious Vancouver goal. Not only did he fail to see the puck enter the net right in front of where he was standing, he blew his whistle after the puck had already entered the net. Goal: Mike Langin (1st) 2️⃣ With Vancouver up 1–0 in the 1st period, 2008 C Cam Norrie was tossed from the faceoff by linesman Dustin Minty for no apparent reason. Vancouver immediately scored on the next faceoff. Assist: Dustin Minty (1st) Minty later blew an offsides call but no points awarded.

Starting lines for @PentictonVees vs. Vancouver | @TheWHL | Regular Season Game 12 | 10/17/26 Alger-East | Deakos | Katz Jones | Bergeson | Pakarinen Robertson | Pederson | Petersen DeMars | Norrie | Milford Stone | Liffiton Schneider | Pantelas Rewertz | Burick Reyelts Backup: Smith Not Dressed: Deraney Johnson Cunningham Naudins Long Term Injured Reserve: Buckberger 🏒 The Vees make changes to 3 of their 4 forward lines: 1️⃣ 2008 LW Kash Alger-East returns to the lineup and will skate on the top line at LW1. 2007 RW Gavin Katz moves from RW2 to RW1. 2️⃣ 2008 RW Noel Pakarinen moves from RW1 to RW2. 3️⃣ No changes. 4️⃣ 2008 C Noah Milford returns to the lineup at RW4. 🏒 The Vees make 1 change on defence as 2009 D Whit Rewertz returns to the lineup at LD3. 🏒 2006 G AJ Reyelts gets the start and his back up is 2008 G Kaenan Smith. 🏒 2008 D Parker Deraney, 2008 D Eli Johnson, 2006 RW Carter Cunningham and 2008 C Robert Naudins are not in the lineup. 🏒 Vancouver has won 3 straight games, while the Vees are winless their last 5 games. 🏒 The Vees are 0/12 on the power play in their last 3 games and 7/46 (15.2%) on the season, which is 17th in the WHL. Vancouver has the WHL’s 2nd-ranked penalty kill at 39/44 (88.6%). (Lineup graphic courtesy of @DJones9427-Vees Report on Instagram)

Notes from the @PentictonVees 2-0 loss to Wenatchee on 10/16/26: With the Vees in the midst of a 5-game losing streak which includes 2 straight shoutouts, today we are an investigator seeking clues from a crime scene. Let's pull out the microscope, examine the blood splatter and see what we can learn about the DNA of this squad. First the very obvious clues: 🏒 The Vees last won a game 2 weeks ago on Saturday, Oct. 3. 🏒 The Vees last scored a power play goal 8 days ago on Friday, Oct. 9. 🏒 The Vees last scored a goal 1 week ago on Saturday, Oct. 10 Now, let's zoom in the microscope a bit: 🏒 The Vees have played 150 minutes and 27 seconds without scoring a goal. 🏒 The Vees have taken 77 straight shots without scoring a goal. 🏒 The Vees have had 16 straight power plays without scoring a goal. Now that the stats from the anemic offensive and the impotent PP are out of the way, let's focus on the positives signs, of which there are several: 🏒 2008 G Kaenan Smith (shown below) stopped 19 of 20 shots for the Vees. His 2.03 goals against average is 5th in the WHL. 🏒 The Vees allowed only 21 shots, including 4 in the 3rd period. On the season, Penticton has allowed 24.64 shots per game, whch is the 2nd-lowest in the WHL. Over the last three games: Tri-City | 24 shots allowed Portland | 20 shots allowed Wenatchee | 21 shots allowed 🏒 Penticton won a season-high 43 of 62 faceoffs (for a season-best 69.4%). Norrie | 11/13 | 84.6% Bergeson | 17/23 | 73.9% Pederson | 9/15 | 60.0% Deakos | 3/8 | 37.5% 🏒 The Vees recorded a season-high 40 shots and outshot Wenatchee 19-4 in the 3rd period. Penticton’s forwards had 29 shots on goal after recording only 15 in each of the previous 2 games. Ten of the 12 forwards registered at least one shot. 🏒 Unofficial observed even-strength shifts at forward: 1️⃣ Naudins | Deakos | Pakarinen – 13 shifts Naudins | Pederson | Pakarinen – 1 shift 2️⃣ Jones | Bergeson | Katz – 16 shifts 3️⃣ Robertson | Pederson | Petersen – 14 shifts 4️⃣ DeMars | Norrie | Cunningham – 12 shifts Deakos | Norrie | Cunningham – 1 shift Robertson | Norrie | Petersen – 1 shift 🏒 Unofficial observed even-strength shifts on defence: 1️⃣ Stone | Liffiton – 19 shifts Stone | Deraney – 1 shift 2️⃣ Schneider | Pantelas – 17 shifts Burick | Pantelas – 1 shift 3️⃣ Deraney | Burick – 16 shifts Schneider | Burick – 1 shift 🏒 2009 D Whit Rewertz, 2008 D Eli Johnson, 2008 C Noah Milford and 2008 LW Kash Alger-East were not in the lineup. 🏒 In a nutshell, the Vees offence has wasted some very stingy play on both defence and in goal. On the opening goal, 2006 LW Tristan Petersen lost a battle in the corner, which is uncharacteristic of both him and this squad. There was one long, sustained possesion in the Wenatchee defensive zone, but there needs to be more cycling and more forechecking, which are hallmarks of Vees hockey. Whether it is a big hit or maybe even a fight, the Vees need an early spark tonight against Vancouver.