The Vernon Vipers return to action this weekend with a three-game road series.The Vipers open their 2024-25 BCHL season away from Kal Tire Place, with a game against the Smoke Eaters in Trail Friday, Sept. 20.The Vipers and Smoke Eaters faced off against each other five times last season, with Trail winning four of the...

The Vernon Vipers training camp has wrapped up, and the team is ready to hit the ice for preseason play.The local B.C. Hockey League team had their final training camp session Thursday, Sept. 5, and a representative of the Vipers said the players were looking good."We've been really happy. They've put in a lot of ...

The 2024 NHL Entry Draft wrapped up on Saturday and six BCHL players heard their names called, including four that played in the 2023-24 season, as well as another two committed to play in the league next year.Logan Sawyer (F, Brooks Bandits) - Round 3 (78th overall) - Montreal CanadiensSawyer was the first BCHL player...

The Vernon Vipers will open the 2024-25 BC Hockey League season with three straight road games.The Vipers, under head coach Lukas Lomicky and assistant Colton Sparrow, will open in Trail Friday, Sept. 20, against the Smoke Eaters, followed by a visit to the Cranbrook Bucks on Sept. 21, and then another road game agains...

The B.C. Hockey League held its 2024 Annual General Meeting recently in Richmond.The following are the noteworthy items that came out of it.2024-25 Alignment and Playoff FormatWith the five Alberta teams being fully integrated into the BCHL next season, the conference and divisional alignment will be as shown below.Ima...

The Vernon Vipers have chosen their coaching staff for the 2024-25 BC Hockey League season, deciding to retain the two men that ended last season behind the bench.Lukas Lomicky, who was the interim coach for the final 10 games of the regular season and then into two rounds of the playoffs, has been named head coach and...

They gave it everything they had. The Vernon Vipers saw their BC Hockey League season come to an end Friday night after losing 2-1 in overtime to the Penticton Vees at the South Okanagan Events Centre.The Vees won the second round BC Hockey League series 4 games to one.Thomas Pichette won it for the Vees, beating Ethan...

The Vernon Vipers kept their playoff hopes alive with a dramatic come from behind 3-2 win in overtime over the Penticton Vees on Wednesday night in Vernon.Vipers captain, and hometown product, Connor Elliott, scored 5:12 into the first OT for the win to cut the Vees series lead to 3 games to one.Winning goal in OT in g...

The Vernon Vipers are down to their last playoff life.The Penticton Vees shut out the Vipers 4-0 Tuesday night at Kal Tire Place to take a commanding 3-0 lead in their second round BC Hockey League series.Callum Arnott and Simon Meier each had a goal and one assist for the Vees while Will Ingemann had to make just 14 s...

The Vernon Vipers hope home ice can get them back into their BC Hockey League playoff series against the Penticton Vees.The Vees took a two games to none lead on Saturday with a 3-1 win over the Vipers before 2,261 fans at the South Okanagan Events Centre.Goals by the game's first star James Fisher and Simon Meier just...

The Vernon Vipers came within two minutes of pulling off a big upset in the opening game of their BC Hockey League series with the Penticton Vees.The Vipers were leading 3-2 when Callum Arnott scored for the Vees at 17:58 of the third period to force overtime. Anselmo Rego won it for Penticton, scoring 1:40 into the ex...

The Vernon Vipers will take on the Penticton Vees in the second round of the BC Hockey League playoffs starting this weekend in the South Okanagan.The matchup will feature the #1 seeded Vees against the #4 Vipers with the #2 West Kelowna Warriors taking on the #3 Salmon Arm Silverbacks in the other Interior Conference ...

The Vernon Vipers have officially snuffed-out the Trail Smoke Eaters.The Vipers defeated the Smokies 6-2 Friday night at Kal Tire Place to win their first round BC Hockey League series four games to one.Owen Kim and Hank Cleaves each had two goals for the Vipers in game 5 while first star Isaac Tremblay added a career-...

The Trail Smoke Eaters held off a late rally to defeat the Vernon Vipers 3-2 in game 4 of their BC Hockey League playoff Wednesday night in Trail.The Smokies built up a 3-0 lead midway through the second period, only to see the Vipers storm back with two goals in the final 8 minutes of the third period.Luke Bibby, a pr...

A strong third period propelled the Vernon Vipers to a 5-3 win over the Trail Smoke Eaters on Tuesday at the Comino Arena, giving the Vipers a commanding 3-0 series lead.Goals from Anthony Cliche, Adam Csabi and Isaac Tremblay in the final frame led the Vipers to victory in the penalty-filled game before a crowd of 1,1...

The Vernon Vipers scored four straight goals in the third period, including two in 23 seconds, to take down the Trail Smoke Eaters 5-2 in game 2 of their BC Hockey League first-round playoff series Saturday night.The Vipers got goals from five different players including Isaac Tremblay who added one assist and was name...

The Vernon Vipers scored two goals in the final 3 minutes of the third period to defeat the Trail Smoke Eaters 2-0 to open the BC Hockey League playoffs Friday night at Kal Tire Place. Owen Kim snapped a scoreless tie with a short-handed marker at 17:04 of the third period which was followed by a goal from Julian Facch...

The BC Hockey League has announced the finalists for its year-end awards.The nominees were decided in a vote by the league's 17 coaches.No Vernon Vipers made the list.Vern Dye Memorial Trophy (Most Valuable Player)Felix Caron (West Kelowna Warriors)Caden Cranston (Surrey Eagles)Aaron Schwartz (Surrey Eagles)Bruce Allis...

Update The Vernon Vipers closed out their regular season in the BC Hockey League with a 6-2 win over the Powell River Kings Saturday night before 2,547 fans at Kal Tire Place. Nick Mikan scored two goals for Vernon who finished with a 33-19-2-0 record and in fourth place in the Interior Conference. The Vipers will host...

The format for the first -- and likely last -- Rocky Mountain Challenge has been announced by the BC Hockey League.The event will see the Alberta and B.C. playoff champions playing in a best-of-three series from May 31 to June 2 with all three games hosted by the Alberta team.The series will mark the official end of th...

The 2024 NCAA Division 1 Men's Ice Hockey Championship starts Thursday, March 28, and two former Vernon Vipers will be among the dozens of former BCHL'ers competing in the tournament.Doug Scott, who played for the Vipers, along with the Cowichan Valley Bulldogs and the Merritt Centennials, will hit the ice with the Roc...

BC Hockey League teams will continue to use Bauer equipment.The league has extended its partnership with Bauer for the next four seasons. Under the deal, Bauer will remain the league's equipment provider until the end of the 2027-28 season."Bauer has been a great partner of our league for quite some time now and w...

The Vernon Vipers are down to the final two games of their regular season and still have a shot at finishing in third place in the BC Hockey League's Interior Conference.The Vipers, under interim head coach Lukas Lomicky, won both games over the Spruce Kings in Prince George this weekend, 1-0 on Friday and 3-1 on Satur...

The Vernon Vipers went two-for-two during their BC Hockey League games held at Kal Tire Place North, capping it off with a 3-2 win over the Alberni Valley Bulldogs Sunday night.Luke Pakulak powered the Vipers offence with a goal and one assist and was named the first star before a packed house of 756 fans (official att...

It was a packed house at Kal Tire Place North as the Vernon Vipers defeated the Nanaimo Clippers 3-2 in overtime before 615 fans on Saturday night.The Vipers were playing in the smaller arena for the first of two games due to ice chiller repairs and ice re-installation at their normal home, Kal Tire Place South, which ...

A surprise announcement from the Vernon Vipers.The BC Hockey League team issued a news release on its website Saturday, March 16, confirming the news that Jason McKee is no longer with the club."The Vernon Vipers Hockey Club and General Manager/Head Coach Jason McKee have mutually agreed to part ways effective imm...

Former Vernon Viper Christian Felton has a chance to make the jump from college hockey to the pros after signing a one year, entry-level deal with the Vancouver Canucks.The 24-year-old defenceman from Medina, Ohio recently completed his senior college season with the Merrimack College Warriors in Massachusetts, collect...

UPDATESeason ticket holders of the Vernon Vipers will get the first dibs on the limited number of tickets available for the team's two home games this weekend.In an update posted on social media, the BCHL team said they were "trying to determine the number of season ticket holders who will be attending these games...

Vernon Vipers forward Owen Kim is the BCHL's second star of the week after amassing five points in two games last week. The North Vancouver product earned his first career BCHL hat trick, and added one assist, in a 5-4 overtime win over the Merritt Centennials Friday. He was named the game's first star. On Saturday, Ki...

In what could have been a first round playoff preview, the Trail Smoke Eaters defeated the Vernon Vipers 6-2 Saturday night before 1,368 fans at the Comino Arena.Montreal native Mathieu Cobetto-Roy led the Smokies with two goals and one assist as they blitzed Vernon with 48 shots on net, giving Ethan David the loss in ...