Ex Viper Hannoun In The BCHL Final Is An Annual Event:

Here is an article that was in the Province newspaper last week, featuring former Vernon Vipers forward Demico Hannoun.

Hannoun played one season in Vernon (2013-14) before being traded to Surrey along with Ben Butcher on June 9th 2014 as the Future Considerations in the Brett Mulcahy trade from January 2014. The Vipers sent forward Chase McMurphy & Future Considerations to Surrey for Brett Mulcahy & Future Considerations on January 6th 2014.

Hannoun played two seasons in Surrey before joining the Vipers. Hannoun was part of the future considerations in the Vipers-Eagles trade at the 2012 BCHL trade deadline that saw Vernon send Adam Tambellini & Michael Roberts to Surrey for future considerations wich at the end of that season were named (Mason Blacklock and Demico Hannoun). In 47 games with the Vipers last season Hannoun collected (15-goals-29-assists-44-points). Hannoun was committed to Michigan Tech for this season was traded from the Eagles to Penticton on August 13th 2014.

Demico Hannoun's Player Profile:

http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?statsleague=WC&player=98683&team=&year=&status=&leagueid=&season

Thanks to Fraser Rogers for posting this article on his Penticton Vees Blog.

This was in the Vancouver Province Newspaper:

Hannoun in the BCHL final is an annual event

Right-winger from North Delta has been in the last three finals, with different teams

By Steve Ewen, The Province April 23, 2015

You have to like the Penticton Vees’ chances of winning the BCHL title next season. It sounds like they’re getting Demico Hannoun back.

Hannoun, 19, has played in the past three BCHL finals, albeit with three different clubs. He helped the Vees capture the banner earlier this month and this weekend Penticton is at the Western Canada Cup tournament in Fort McMurray, Alta.

The top two clubs from the five-team event advance to the RBC national championships, which run May 9-17 in Portage la Prairie, Man.

Hannoun, a right-winger from North Delta, was originally slated to suit up for Michigan Tech in 2015-16, but he said earlier this week that they’ve asked him to spend one more season in Junior A. NCAA teams occasionally mix and match start dates for incoming freshmen according to roster needs.

“You can’t really control those things,” the 6-foot, 195-pound Hannoun explained.

There’s an argument to be made that he has some sort of control of the BCHL post-season.

Penticton beat the Nanaimo Clippers in six games in this most recent league finale. Hannoun has been Penticton’s leading scorer throughout this post-season so far, producing 21 points, including eight goals, in 22 games.

On their way to the final, Penticton needed seven games to beat the Vernon Vipers. Hannoun played 2013-14 for the Vipers, and helped them make league final, where they lost in four straight to the Coquitlam Express. Vernon was hosting the RBC, so they advanced automatically.

They ended up losing in the national tournament semifinals.

Vernon had picked up Hannoun in the off-season, as future considerations in a deal the season before with the Surrey Eagles for sniper Adam Tambellini. In that 2012-13 post-season, Surrey beat Penticton in six games in the BCHL championship. They, too, lost in the RBC semifinals.

Vernon sent Hannoun back to Surrey this past off-season as part of another future-considerations deal, this time for Brett Mulcahy.

Hannoun admits that this time he “asked for the trade a little bit,” out of Surrey.

Vees general manager and coach Fred Harbinson landed Hannoun from the Eagles for the rights to defenceman Alex Coulombe and future considerations. Coulombe, 20, played this season in the QMJHL with the Shawinigan Cataractes.

“I didn’t know where I was going to go,” admits Hannoun, “but, yeah, I was pleased when it was Penticton.

“Penticton has been at the top of the league ever since I’ve been in the league. It’s a little different being on this side of it now.”

He’s quick to credit Harbinson, who’s in his eighth season with Penticton after a five-year run as an assistant at St. Cloud State of the NCAA.

“He’s coached at higher levels. He knows what’s expected there. And he’s an unreal recruiter,” said Hannoun.

As for the playoffs, Hannoun admits that he feels “more comfortable,” every season. He’s had quite a run. He’s played 66 BCHL playoff games over his four years in the league, along with 10 RBC games and five Western Canada Cup games so far.

“It’s the best time of the year,” he said.