Friday, July 23, 2010

One Month Till Vipers Season!

One month today until the Vernon Vipers open up their 2010-11 season with the teams training camp getting underway August 23rd. The Vipers will open the regular season with a home and home series vs the Salmon Arm Silverbacks starting Friday, September 10th in Vernon and Saturday, September 11th in Salmon Arm.

Let's take a look at what the Vipers have done so far in the off season,

Thursday, May 27th- Vipers defenseman Garrett Noonan announced he will not be returning to Vernon this season, after heading to Boston University.

http://vipersdiehardfan.blogspot.com/2010/05/this-is-posted-on-vipers-website-noonan.html

Friday, May 28th- The Vipers signed 18 yr old forward, Todd Skirving for the 2010-11 season.

http://vipersdiehardfan.blogspot.com/2010/05/skirving-committs-to-vipers.html

Tuesday, June 8th- The Vipers signed 17 year old forward, Marcus Basara for the 2010-11 season.

http://vipersdiehardfan.blogspot.com/2010/06/basara-commits-to-vipers.html

Monday, June 14th- The Vipers announced they traded defenseman, Darrin Robak to the Cowichan Capitals. Robak was the future's part of the Curtis Gedig trade last season.

http://vipersdiehardfan.blogspot.com/2010/06/vernon-cowichan-trade.html

Tuesday, June 15th- The Vipers signed 17 yr old forward, Darren Nowick & 18 yr old defenseman, Brett Corkey for the 2010-11 season.

http://vipersdiehardfan.blogspot.com/2010/06/nowick-corkey-commit-to-vipers.html

Sunday, June 27th- The Vipers announced 20 year old Vernon product, David Robinson was named the Vipers Captain for this coming season.

http://vipersdiehardfan.blogspot.com/2010/06/robinson-next-in-line.html


With five new recruits committed and a possible seven returning veterans back from last year’s championship team, let’s take a look at the Vipers updated roster.

Forward Bryce Kakoske 20 yrs old
Forward Patrick McGillis 19 yrs old
Forward David Robinson 20 yrs old
Forward Dylan Walchuk 18 yrs old
Forward Trevor Fitzgerald 17 yrs old
Forward Aaron Hadley 16 yrs old
Forward Todd Skirving 18 yrs old
Forward Marcus Basara 17 yrs old
Forward Darren Nowick 17 yrs old

Defence Steve Weinstein 20 yrs old
Defence Adam Thompson 20 yrs old
Defence Brett Corkey 18 yrs old

Goaltender Blake Voth 18 yrs old

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