Vernon Vipers @VernonVipers
Aug 9 2017
With main camp right around the corner, the Vernon Vipers will be releasing player commitment news this week, and next!!! STAY TUNED!!!
COMMITMENT! the Vernon Vipers would like to welcome @YHA_U18 forward Alex Swetlikoff (@alexswetlikoff8) to the team! @CSSHL @YaleSportAcadmy
COMMITMENT! the Vernon Vipers are excited to have @CSSHL U18 top scorer @NAXHAPREP Josh Prokop (@joshprokop11) join the Snakes for 2017/18
"We feel like both of these players (Prokop/Swetlikoff) are major acquisitions for our Hockey Club and they will both be important pieces of the Vernon Vipers not just for next season, but for the future as well. We are really excited" - Head Coach Mark Ferner on new recruits
This is posted on Gregg Drinnan's Blog:
August 9th 2017
The BCHL’s Vernon Vipers announced on Wednesday that they have signed F Alex Swetlikoff, 16, and F Josh Prokop, 17. . . . Swetlikoff, from Kelowna, was grabbed by the Seattle Thunderbirds in the third round of the WHL’s 2016 bantam draft. He has committed to Denver U for 2020-21. Last season, he had 19 goals and 26 assists in 28 games with the Yale Hockey Academy prep team in the Canadian Sport School Hockey League. . . . Prokop, from Edmonton, was a fifth-round selection by the Swift Current Broncos in the fifth round of the WHL’s 2015 bantam draft. Last season, Prokop had 29 goals and 28 assists in 30 games with the CSSHL’s Northern Alberta X-Treme prep side. . . . “We feel like both of these players are major acquisitions for our hockey club,” Mark Vernon, the Vipers’ head coach, said, “and they will both be important pieces of the Vernon Vipers, not just for next season, but for the future as well. We are really excited.”
Finally the Vipers make some off season news-announcements regarding new recruits-new players for the upcoming season. Other then making two trades months ago, the Vipers have been very very quiet and the lone team to make any noise over the summer. Most teams have been very busy this off season, minus the Vipers.
ReplyDeleteJosh Prokop attended the Vipers training camp last season and spring camp in May.
Other then stats I don't really know much about either kid. Prokop was selected by the Swift Current Broncos in the fifth round of the WHL’s 2015 bantam draft, picked up 57 points last season, while Swetlikoff was selected by the Seattle Thunderbirds in the third round of the WHL’s 2016 bantam draft, picked up 45 points last year.
Looking forward to watching these two at training camp in elven days.