Friday, January 20, 2023

Savannah Ghost Pirates Claim Former Viper Swetlikoff Off Waivers:

The ECHL Savannah Ghost Pirates have claimed former Vernon Vipers

forward Alex Swetlikoff off waivers.

Here is the press release from eprinkside.com,


Savannah Ghost Pirates claim Alex Swetlikoff off waivers (eprinkside.com)


Swetlikoff will join former Vernon Vipers goaltender Darion Hanson & former Vernon Vipers forward Sahir Gill.


Swetlikoff spent the 2021-22 season with the Western Hockey League Everett Silvertips before signing his first professional contract with the American Hockey League Henderson Silver Knights August 19th 2022. Swetlikoff never played a single game with the Silver Knights.


Swetlikoff attended the Las Vegas Golden Knights Development Camp in July 2022.


Swetlikoff was drafted by the Lethbridge Hurricanes, played two and a half seasons with his hometown Kelowna Rockets before being traded to Everett August 25th 2021.

Swetlikoff played a season and a half in Vernon from 2017-2018. Swetlikoff left the Vipers December 18th 2018 for the Western Hockey League Kelowna Rockets. The Rockets acquired Swetlikoff's rights from the Lethbridge Hurricanes December 6th 2018. In 78 games with the Vipers, Swetlikoff collected (11-goals-23-assists-34-points).

Alex Swetlikoff's Player Profile:

1 comment:

Marty said...

Good to hear about Swetlikoff. I enjoyed watching him the one year he was in Vernon & looked forward to him lighting things up in his subsequent years. Unfortunately it was not the case as he opted for the WHL. One thing that strikes me is he has never had a problem putting points on the score sheet. Well done Alex, best of luck with your hockey career.