Tuesday, January 6, 2026

Vernon Lakers/Vipers Alumni Mick & Holland Named To Winterhawks Top 50 Players Of All Time:

Former Vernon Lakers/Vernon Vipers alumni Troy Mick & former Vernon Lakers forward Dennis Holland have been named

to the Portland Winterhawks Top 50 players of all time.

Source: www.pointstreaksite.com


Source: Portland Winterhawks X page


Mick played four seasons with the Western Hockey League Portland Winterhawks from 1985-1989. Mick holds two of the top 11 scoring seasons in Winterhawks history, and those 353 points still rank sixth on the club's all-time leaderboard - his 466 WHL points remains the league's 13th-highest total of all-time.

Mick is in his fourth season with the Wenatchee Wild/Wenatchee Wild Hockey Academy as Hockey Director/Head Coach of the 18UAAA Wenatchee Wolves, 16UAAA Wenatchee Wilderness and Scout of the Wenatchee Wild.

Mick has been involved in coaching with the Philadelphia Hockey Club 16U, Kootenay International Junior Hockey League & Western Hockey League with Revelstoke, Portland, Kamloops & Tri-Cities & in the BCHL with the Salmon Arm Silverbacks from 2012-2018 as General Manager, Head Coach and President and part owner.

Mick played three seasons of semi pro hockey in the IHL & ECHL from 1990-1993 before retiring from professional hockey due to injury. Mick was drafted in Round 7 130th overall by the Pittsburgh Penguins at the 1988 NHL Entry Draft. 

Mick played two seasons in Vernon from 1984-1986 with the Vernon Lakers before being traded to the Merritt Warriors during the 1985-86 season. In 17 games with the Lakers, Mick collected (4-goals-8-assists-12-points). Mick was an Assistant Coach and in charge of marketing with the Vernon Lakers from 1993-1995 & an Assistant Coach with the 1995-96 Vernon Vipers before being named Head Coach/GM for the 1996-97 season & was Head Coach/GM of the Vernon Vipers from 1996-2000 before returning to Vernon as GM from 2005-2007.

The Vernon Lakers were one of seven different team names Vernon's junior hockey team has had since 1961. The Vernon Lakers were around from 1980-1995 before changing their name to the Vernon Vipers in 1995.

Troy Mick's Player/Coaching Profile:


Holland has spent the past twenty three seasons as an Amateur Scout with the Dallas Stars.

Holland played three seasons with the Western Hockey League Portland Winterhawks from 1986-1989 before signing his first professional contract with the American Hockey League Adirondack Red Wings in 1989. Holland played seven seasons in the American Hockey League and IHL with ten different teams, also played three seasons in Germany with two different teams before retiring from professional hockey in 1998.

Holland played one season with the 1985-86 Vernon Lakers. In 51 games, Holland collected (43-goals-62-assists-105-points).

Dennis Holland's Player Profile:

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