Junior Hockey started in Vernon in 1961 as the Vernon Jr. Canadians and went on to having several different team names over the years, from the Blades, Essos, Vikings, Rockets, Lakers and Vipers. The Vipers have had the name the longest out of any of the previous six Junior hockey teams in Vernon, going on twenty five years. In the mid 90's the Vernon Lakers changed there name to the Vipers in 1995 and continued to use the same name over the last twenty five years. With several different jersey's, colors and alternate logo's the name "Vipers" and the Vipers main logo have been the same since 1995. For fans who don't know, in behind the Snake on the Vipers logo, is the Okanagan sun along with two V's that stand for "Vernon Vipers" and of course the two hockey sticks.
Here is a list of Vernon's Junior hockey team's since 1961,
1961-1962 Vernon Jr. Canadians
1962-1967 Vernon Blades
1967-73 Vernon Essos
1973-1979 Vernon Vikings
1979-1980 No team
1980-1983 Vernon Lakers
1983-1984 Vernon Rockets
1984-1995 Vernon Lakers
1995-Present Vernon Vipers
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