Vipers Training Camp One Month Away:

Just 31 days until the Vernon Vipers open training camp. The Vipers 2018-19 season begins with training camp August 20th before opening the pre-season August 24th in Merritt. The Vipers will play four exhibition games before opening the 2018-19 regular season September 7th vs the defending league champion Wenatchee Wild. 

Almost every team has been busy this summer announcing trades or new player commitments for the 2018-19 season. The Vipers are once again one of if not the only team that has been quiet this summer. Mark Ferner likes to keep things very quiet over the summer. Since Mark Ferner has been with the Snakes he doesn't make any major announcements, regarding new commitments, new players or his up coming roster until just days before training camp. In years past the Morning Star gives a list of new recruits/player commitments and any new players in camp usually the day before or the day of training camp, other then that don't expect much news from Viper land over the summer.

The only news I know of to date is old news that was announced after the Vipers playoffs ended in March.

It looks like the Snakes have ten players returning from last years team and two new recruits/committed players, that makes 12 players on their current roster.

On June 5th 2018 the Wray family announced they will continue to run/own the team with Duncan Wrays wife Libby being the new owner.

Vernon Vipers Committed Players

Forwards:

Elan Bar-Lev-Wise 01 (Committed to the Vernon Vipers for 2018-19)

Will Dow-Kenny 00 (Committed to the Vernon Vipers for 2018-19)

Vernon Vipers Returning Players

Forwards:

Josh Prokop 00 (Committed to Ohio State University for 2019-20)

Connor Marritt 99

Alex Swetlikoff 01 (Committed to University of Denver for 2020-21)

Niko Karamanis 98

Coleton Bilodeau 00

Keyvan Mokhtari 98 (Committed to Colorado College for 2019-20)

Josh Latta 98

Defencemen:

Jack Judson 00 (Committed to Arizona State University for 2020-21)

Mitch Andres 98

Michael Young 98 (De-Committed to University of Connecticut)

*The Vipers/Morning Star newspaper reported in back late March, there are rumblings that Ariona State Sun Devils, who have 19 forwards recruited, may ask centre Jordan Sandhu to play one more year with the Vipers. Same goes for Williamson, a Western Michigan Wildcats’ commit. Keyvan Mokhtari will wait a year before playing for the Colorado College Tigers and trainer Tyrol Deeg will not return to the Vipers after his three-year contract expired.