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Vees Assistant Coach Aaron Wilbur

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Vees Assistant Coach David Small on the Vees hump-day practice.

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The only mid-week action in the BCHL is set for tonight as the All-Star Game is in Victoria.

The Vees are well represented with Austin Smith, Zac Dalpe, Zack Josepher, Alex Evin and Coach Fred Harbinson named to the Interior Conference team. Denver Manderson was also named to the team, but will miss the game due to injury.

Game Video and Audio will be available online in the ‘Fanzone’.

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Here is Monday’s Show in it’s entirety. Enjoy!

Each week the Vees Blog will have the hour-long program posted. It’s great news for you out-of-town Vees fans that can’t dial in EZ Rock.

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Head Coach Fred Harbinson following Monday’s Practice.

(this time the interview should work… apologies!)

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Here’s how practice sounds when a first place club loses to the worst club in the BCHL.

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Bad News: The Vees fall out of top spot in the BCHL following an ugly loss to the cellar dweller Alberni Valley Bulldogs 3-2.

Good News: 6 Vees were named to the BCHL All-Star game in Victoria. Denver Manderson won’t attend due to an injury. Here are their thoughts. (Dalpe, Harbinson, Smith, Manderson, Josepher, Evin)

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Vees Assistant Coach David Small

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Vees Schedule

Tomorrow’s home game against the Alberni Valley Bulldogs is the only action over a span of 9 days for the top team in the BCHL. The lull in the Vees schedule could be considered the proverbial ‘calm before the storm’ as the final 10 games of the regular season occur in just 23 days.

While the Vees have a busy finish to the 60 game season, the scheduling gods have left 2 Trail, 3 Merritt and 2 Alberni Valley matches in the final 13 games, meaning the Vees will have to suffer a serious lapse in their play to lose top spot in the Interior Conference.

Scoreboard Watching

Some great jockeying for position in the Coastal Conference this weekend as Nanaimo, Surrey, Langley and Burnaby are all vying for top spot. Burnaby is in Nanaimo tonight while Langley visits Surrey to kick off a busy weekend for the top guns out west.

In the Interior, the ‘Big Four’ all have weaker opponents this weekend as Salmon Arm, Vernon and the Vees each see Alberni Valley in 3 consecutive days. Also, Quesnel hosts Vernon and Salmon Arm this weekend, the Westside Warrrios will battle the Centennials for the dozens of fans in Merritt and Sunday features the most intriguing Interior pairing of the weekend as the much improved Prince George Spruce Kings host a Salmon Arm club that hasn’t looked the same since losing Evan Pighin to the Chilliwack Bruins.