Former Viper Mercer-Bandits Win National Championship:

Former Vernon Vipers forward Ethan Mercer and the Alberta Junior Hockey

League Brooks Bandits defeated the Ontario Junior Hockey League Pickering Panthers 4-1 on May 29th 2022 to win the 2022 Centennial Cup.

Here is the press release from the AJHL website,

https://ajhl.ca/media-centre/news-archives.html?nID=20548

Mercer is in his first season with the Alberta Junior Hockey League Brooks Bandits. In 34 regular season games, Mercer collected (5-goals-6-assists-11-points). In 6 playoff games, Mercer collected (0-goals-1-assist-1-point).

Mercer committed to the Vernon Vipers June 12th 2020 for the 2020-21 season. Mercer played one season in Vernon with the 2020-21 Vernon Vipers. Mercer started the 2021-22 season with the Vernon Vipers, was traded to the Alberta Junior Hockey League Brooks Bandits two games into the 2021-22 season. The Vipers traded Mercer to the Brooks Bandits October 19th 2021 for future considerations. In 18 games with the Vipers, Mercer collected (0-goals-2-assists-2-points).

Ethan Mercer’s Player Profile:

https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/507440/ethan-mercer