Americans Add Vipers Alumni Finlay To Season-Opening Roster:

Former Vernon Vipers forward Liam Finlay is one of twenty three

players added to the ECHL Allen Americans Season-Opening Roster.

Here is the press release from the ECHL website,

Official Site of The ECHL | ECHL announces Season-Opening Rosters

Finlay was recently added to the Allen Americans training camp roster, is entering his second season with the Americans. The Americans re-signed Finlay July 13th 2023.

Finlay spent the 2022-23 season with ECHL Allen Americans. The Americans signed Finlay September 27th 2022. In 54 games last season, Finlay collected (33-goals-37-assists-70-points). On April 12th 2023 Finlay was named to the ECHL 2022-23 All-Rookie team.

Finlay played the previous two seasons in Europe playing with four different teams (KOVEE, HK Nitra, Tingsryds AIF & EHC Freiburg) from 2020-2022.

Finlay played four years at Denver University from 2016-2020 before signing his first professional contract with Koovee September 7th 2020. Koovee is a Finnish ice hockey team that plays in the Mestis, second-tier league where the team is based in Tampere, Finland. 

Finlay attended the Vancouver Canucks development camp in July 2019.

Finlay played parts of two seasons in Vernon (2014-2016) after coming over in a trade with the Penticton Vees. The Vipers traded the Junior A playing rights of Dakota Conroy & future considerations October 28th 2014 to the Penticton Vees for Liam Finlay. In 96 games with the Vipers, Finlay collected (39-goals-69-assists-109-points).

Liam Finlay's Player Profile:

Liam Finlay - Stats, Contract, Salary & More (eliteprospects.com)