Former Vipers Bishop & Marino In ECHL Top Twenty Scoring:

Former Vernon Viper forwards Brandon Marino & Hunter Bishop are both in the ECHL's top twenty in scoring.  Marino is 4th in league scoring while Bishop is ranked 20th. 

Brandon Marino is in his first season in the ECHL after signing with the Fort Wayne Komets on July, 17th 2012.  In 31 games this season with the Komets Marino has (10-28-38).  Marino was invited to the AHL Norfolk Admirals training camp on September, 26th 2012 but was released on October, 4th 2012.  Marino spent the last three seasons with the CHL Quad City Mallards before signing with the Komets.  Marino was named the 2011-12 Central Hockey League Most Valuable Player, as well as took home MVP at last year's CHL all-star game. Marino had a breakout season during which he led the league with 41 goals and finished second with 90 points. The 5’ 9”, 185-pound Riverside, California native also led the league in power play goals (13), ranked fourth in assists (49) and finished tied for fourth in shorthanded goals (3) and game winning goals (7) while also posting a plus/minus rating of +9.  Marino played just two games with the 2002-2003 Vernon Vipers.

Brandon Marino's Player Profile:

http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=93732
   
Hunter Bishop is in his first season in the ECHL after signing with the South Carolina Stingrays on October, 1st 2012.  In 32 games this season Bishop has collected (15-16-31).  Bishop played parts of the last three years with the ECHL Wheeling Nailers & the AHL Hamilton Bulldogs, missing the entire 2011-12 season with an undisclosed injury. Bishop played parts of three seasons in Vernon (2005-2008). Bishop left Vernon after two seasons and played in just four games at the University of North Dakota during the 2006-07 season before returning to Vernon during the Christmas break playing the remainder of the 2006-07 season and playing his final season with the Vipers (2007-2008) before playing the next two years at Ohio State University. In 140 regular season games with the Vipers Bishop collected (93-84-177). On March. 18th 2010 the Montreal Canadiens signed Bishop as a free agent to a two year contract. Bishop attended the Habs training camp the last three seasons.

Hunter Bishop's Player Profile:

http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=80970
 
Here is a list of the top twenty ECHL scoring leaders wich is posted on the ECHL website:

1.  Chad Costello  Colorado Eagles  (14-35-49)
2.  Jack Combs  Colorado Eagles  (19-23-42)
3.  Justin Dowling  Idaho Steelheads  (11-31-42)
4.  Brandon Marino  Fort Wayne Komets  (10-28-38)
5.  Brandon Wong  Greenville Road Warriors  (15-22-37)
6.  Casey Pierro-Zabotel  Gwinnett Gladiators  (9-28-37)
7.  Dan DaSilva  Ontario Reign  (13-23-36)
8.  Toni Rajala  Stockton Thunder  (17-18-35)
9.  Michael Forney  Colorado Eagles  (17-18-35)
10.  Marc-Olivier Vallerand  Greenville Road Warriors  (12-23-35)
11.  Colton Yellow Horn  Ontario Reign  (19-15-34)
12.  Nick Mazzolini  Alaska Aces  (19-15-34)
13.  C.J. Stretch  Ontario Reign  (18-16-34)
14.  Joey Crabb  Alaska Aces  (14-20-34)
15.  Mitch Wahl  Utah Grizzlies  (7-27-34)
16.  Mathieu Roy  Florida Everblades  (12-21-33)
17.  Tyler McNeely  South Carolina Stingrays  (9-24-33)
18.  Yannick Riendeau  Stockton Thunder  (8-25-33)
19.  Brad Mills  Utah Grizzlies  (15-16-31)
20.  Hunter Bishop  South Carolina Stingrays  (15-16-31)