Shame On You Viper Fans!

After attending last night’s Game 7 of the Doyle Cup I was very disappointed with the attendance. The Vernon Vipers are the defending Royal Bank Cup Champions and had the second best record in team history and the so called hockey fan’s of Vernon can’t come out and support this team during this great playoff run. For the quality of hockey and great entertainment value you think more people would come out to watch some great playoff hockey. In Game 7 of the Fred Page Cup just over 3000 fan’s packed the Wesbild Centre to cheer on and watch the Vipers win back to back Fred Page Cup Championships with a very exciting 2-1 victory over the Powell River Kings. Now with the Vipers season coming to an end, the fan’s don’t come out and support this team in the Doyle Cup and it’s last few home games of the season. Where did over 1,300 people go from one Game 7 to the next? For Game 7 of last night’s Doyle Cup and the final home game of the season for the Vipers only 1,770 people come out to watch the Vipers defeat Spruce Grove 7-3 to win back to back Doyle Cup Championships for the first time since the 1991-1992 Vernon Lakers. Last night was the final home game Viper fans had the chance of watching, Connor Jones, Kellen Jones, Braden Pimm, Cory Kane, Jonathan Milhouse, Rob Short, Dan Nycholat, Kevin Kraus, Curtis Gedig, Sahir Gill, Mike Collins, Cole Ikkala and Graeme Gordon. All of these young men wont be back next year. Some of these kids have been in a Vipers jersey since the 2006 season and this is the thanks they get? The so called hockey fan’s of Vernon can’t even get close to a sellout in the Vipers final home game of the year, and not just any game, a Game 7 for the Doyle Cup. I couldn’t believe last night’s attendance. For the size of Vernon, there is no excuse why the Wesbild Centre can’t be close to full each and every night. Shame on you Vernon!