Thursday, June 29, 2023

Vernon-Langley Trade:

The Vernon Vipers have traded defenceman Luke Ashton & the playing rights to forward Copeland Fricker to the Langley Rivermen for forwards Owen Kim & Walker Gelbard.

Here is the press release from the Vernon Vipers website,

Vipers Complete Trade With Rivermen | Vernon Vipers

Here is the press release from the Langley Rivermen website,

Langley Rivermen Revamp Roster with Acquisition from Vernon Vipers | Langley Rivermen

Luke Ashton's Player Profile:

Luke Ashton - Elite Prospects

Copeland Fricker's Player Profile:

Copeland Fricker - Elite Prospects

Owen Kim's Player Profile:

Owen Kim - Elite Prospects

Walker Gelbard's Player Profile:

Walker Gelbard - Elite Prospects

5 comments:

vipersdiehardfan said...

The league website says,

28-Jun-23 The Langley Rivermen have acquired the playing rights to Copeland Fricker(03)(F) from the Vernon Vipers in exchange for the playing rights to Walker Gelbard(05)(F) and future considerations

28-Jun-23 The Langley Rivermen have acquired the playing rights to Luke Ashton(05)(D) in exchange for the playing rights to Owen Kim(05)(F) and future considerations

Bobby C said...

Heard Luke Pakulak is coming back, if so it's starting to get crowded in the dressing room.

Bob McInnes said...

Luke will only be 18 years old this coming season. I expect him to really be a dominating player in Langley. When he was a 16 year old in Vernon, he was they youngest guy on the team and even as a 17 year old, he was still trying to learn how his body works. I think at 18 he's going to have it figured out and moving back to the lower mainland won't hurt either.

Sadly, the Vipers play Langley only once this season and it's in Langley on October 6.

Anonymous said...

Aston “looking for a new opportunity”, reading between the lines, “get me outta here”.

vipersdiehardfan said...

Will Luke Ashton report to Langley? Ashton was recently drafted by the United States Hockey League Sioux City Musketeers.

Owen Kim's player profile says he has committed to College of the Holy Cross for the 2023-24 season.

Will Copeland Fricker report to Langley? Fricker played last season with the North American Hockey League Lone Star Brahmas.

Ethan Merner, Dylan Compton, Max Borovinskiy, Thomas Tien & Luke Ashton are out. Will we see anymore players from last season traded or leave?

The Vipers have 15 players that have committed to the team for the 2023-24 season

Defenceman Linden Burrett 06
Forward Bronson Ross 06
Defenceman Isaac Fecteau 05
Forward Jiri Duda 05
Forward Shea Busch 07
Goaltender Liam Hallett 05
Defenceman Maks Percic 04
Defenceman Nick Larkin 05
Forward Marcello Giorgi 05
Forward George Stavrianeas 05
Forward Erik Pastro 05
Forward Owen King 05
Defenceman Lukas McCloskey 05
Forward Liam Payne 06
Defenceman Jordin Palmer 04

The Vipers have 7 players eligible to return for the 2023-24 season.

Former Vipers forward Luke Buss is returning to the Vipers for the 2023-24 season.

Forwards

Ethan Sundar (03)
Hank Cleaves (03)
Julian Facchinelli (04)
Isaac Tremblay (04)

Defencemen

Connor Elliott (03)
Anthony Cliche (03)

Goaltenders

Ethan David (03)