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Vernon Vipers Highlight Hall Of Fame – #35 Graeme Gordon:

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Vipers HHOF – #35 Graeme Gordon

April 10, 2017 HockeyTube

VIPERS HHOF – #35 Graeme Gordon – Former Vernon Viper goalie #35 Graeme Gordon becomes the 6th player to be inducted into the BCHL Vernon Vipers Highlight Hall Of Fame. Born and raised in North Vancouver, Gordon played with BCMML Vancouver Giants, before breaking into the BCHL with the now defunct Williams Lake Timberwolves in 2006-07. He would split the next season with the Salmon Arm Silverbacks and Merritt Centennials before being aquired by the Vernon Vipers in 2009.

2009 would be a special year for the 6’2″ goalie as he played back up to Andrew Hammond who went on to play with the Ottawa Senators and was also a Highlight Hall Of Fame inductee. That season Gordon would help the team win it’s 5th RBC Cup. The very next year he would win 30 games for the Snakes while leading them to their 6th National Championship in Dauphin, Manitoba.

Graeme Gordon was one of those goalies who could come up with a game changing save. Acrobatic, flexible and determined…you will see in these highlights that he never gave up on trying to stop a puck. When you see a six-foot plus goalie like Gordon do the splits its amazing the amount of real estate he would cover along the ice. Following his two years with the Snakes, he would go on to play with Simon Fraser University and now works in radio in Vancouver.

Congrats to the latest Vernon Viper alumnus who created a number of fantastic memories for Vernon fans eight years ago!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mL9tKMLVX8g

Gordon is the sixth former Viper to be inducted into the unofficial Vernon Vipers Highlight Hall Of Fame.

The first was long time captain #18 Chris Crowell was inducted July 19th 2014. Crowell played four season's in Vernon (2005-2009) winning the 2009 National Championship in his final year with the Vipers. Crowell holds the club record for most franchise penalty minutes. Crowell was the second Viper to have his jersey retired in team history.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TtMZUzT3Zc

The second former Viper to be inducted into the unofficial Vernon Vipers Highlight Hall Of Fame, is #1 Andrew Hammond was inducted April 4th 2015. Hammond has spent the past three season's with the American Hockey League Binghamton Senators & the Ottawa Senators, played two season's in Vernon (2007-2009) winning the 2009 Royal Bank Cup in his final year of Junior hockey.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBSmndb0G5o

The third former Viper to be inducted into the unofficial Vernon Vipers Highlight Hall Of Fame, is #21 Kevin Kraus was inducted September 18th 2015. Kraus is in his third season as Assistant Coach with the Vipers, played three seasons in Vernon (2007-2010), was captain of the 2010 Vipers Royal Bank Cup winning team.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=2&v=0yl8q8L7KE4

The fourth former Viper to be inducted into the unofficial Vernon Vipers Highlight Hall Of Fame, is #10 Connor Jones was inducted August 7th 2016. (Kellen's twin brother) is in his second season with the American Hockey League's Bridgeport Sound Tigers. The New York Islanders signed Jones to a one-year, two-way (NHL/AHL) contract for the remainder of the 2016-17 season. Jones made his NHL/Islanders debut April 2nd 2017 vs the Buffalo Sabres. Connor played four season's in Vernon (2006-2010) won back to back National Championships with the Vipers in 2009 & 2010.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-1BOa8SI18

The fifth former Viper to be inducted into the unofficial Vernon Vipers Highlight Hall Of Fame, is #15 Kellen Jones was inducted August 14th 2016. (Connor's twin brother) was drafted 202 overall by the Edmonton Oilers in Round 7 at the 2010 NHL Entry Draft. Kellen is in his first season with the American Hockey League's Bridgeport Sound Tigers. Kellen played four season's in Vernon (2006-2010) won back to back National Championships with the Vipers in 2009 & 2010.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=285Hep3efV8

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