Photo credit: Garrett James Photography Vernon Vipers forward Matt Kowalski has been named the Subway BCHL Player of the Week for the week ending Dec. 8. The 20-year-old had six goals and three assists for nine points in three games last week to lead all players over that stretch. On Friday, Kowalski notched his second-career […]
All summer we’ll be going team-by-team to profile new players coming in for the 2019-20 season with recaps of offseason commits and acquisitions. We will also have interviews and scouting reports from the coaches. Next up is the Vernon Vipers. Last season, after a fourth-place finish in the Interior Division, the Vipers rode incredible goaltending […]
Photo credit: Lisa Mazurek Vernon Vipers forward Connor Marritt grew up in Kelowna, B.C. and has played his entire hockey career in the Okanagan area. Having just completed his second BCHL season with the Vipers, he now knows that in a year’s time he will be moving out of the province and out of the […]
Photo credit: Lisa Mazurek After two separate stints in the BCHL which included two trips to the league finals, Vernon Vipers defenceman Carver Watson has secured a scholarship with the Mercyhurst University Lakers for the 2019-20 season. Watson played last season with the Vipers, getting in 26 games and contributing one goal and eight assists. […]
The Vernon Vipers have announced they have named Jason McKee as their next head coach and general manager. McKee, from Lloydminster, Alta., was most recently the head coach of the WHL’s Vancouver Giants from 2016 to 2018 and previously coached the Spruce Grove Saints of the AJHL for 10 years, including six seasons as head […]
The Prince George Spruce Kings capped off a dominant playoff run with a 3-1 victory over the Vernon Vipers in Game 4 of the league finals to complete the series sweep and win the franchise’s first ever Fred Page Cup championship. Nolan Welsh tipped in a slick pass from Layton Ahac on the power play […]
Logan Neaton stopped 27 of the 28 shots he faced and 15-year-old Finlay Williams scored his first BCHL goal, which ended up being the game-winner, as the Prince George Spruce Kings won 4-1 at home to take a 2-0 series lead in the Fred Page Cup Finals. Ben Brar started the scoring with a deflection […]
For the first time in league history, the Fred Page Cup Finals in the Chevrolet BCHL Playoffs will feature a matchup of the Vernon Vipers and the Prince George Spruce Kings. Vernon booked their ticket to the Finals with a 3-1 road win in Game 5 of the Interior finals Friday in Wenatchee that gave […]
Vernon Vipers goaltender Aidan Porter has been named the BCHL Player of the Week for the week ending Apr. 7, the league announced Monday. The 19-year-old from Boston, Mass. won all three of his games last week, making 67 saves on 70 shots and ending up with a .957 save percentage, a 1.00 goals-against average […]
The Vernon Vipers scored three times in the second period to build a two-goal lead and limited their opponents to just 10 shots over the final two frames as they held on for a 3-1 win over the Wenatchee Wild in Game 5 of the Interior Division Finals to advance to the league championship series. […]
