After a successful first year in the PHLNE the Vipers teams are in the league playoffs.  The 16U team won the regular season and tournament championships in the Premier American Division.  The 18U team took the  Central Mass Outlaws, the eventual Premier American Division Champs, to overtime in the semi-finals before losing an exciting game 3-2.  The 15U team enters the PHLNE Premier Playoffs Saturday Nov 16 as the third seed and the Vipers Midget Minor Team looks to lock down the Regular Season Select Division Championship as they head to the playoffs Nov 23.  14U is knocking on the playoff door as we enter the last week of the regular season.

In order to facilitate the collection of the 2019-2020 USA Hockey numbers and other required roster information, we have created a registration page.   Please complete this registration as soon as possible as we need to submit the rosters within the next week.  

Click here to submit your 2019-2020 USA Hockey Number.
 

All players must complete the NEPHL's Zero Tolerance Form by September 15th.  To complete the Zero Tolerance Form, please click on the following link: NEPHL Zero Tolerance Form.
You will be required to login in order to complete the form. The login credentials are the same as the ones you use for the Vipers website. 

It's time to get your legs back under you!  The Vipers will be holding a series of pre-season skates at Mullins to prepare for the upcoming season.  All Viper players not excused due to vacation or another commitment are expected to attend.  Session 1 each night will be for our 14U, 15U and 2004 birth year Midget Minor Players and Session 2 each night will be for our 16U, 18U and 2003 Midget Minor Players.  While we prefer players to skate with their group, attendance at the other session is ok if it avoids a conflict. The first three nights, the sessions will be led by Matt Bourdeaux, who as many of you know conducts independent high-level training for local players.  Expect the pre-season skates to be be intense, so get going on your aerobic preparation for the season.  The schedule is as follows:

Thursday  Aug.  8    Session 1@6:30,      Session 2@7:30
Sunday      Aug. 11   Session 1@6:30,      Session 2@7:30
Thursday  Aug. 15  Session 1@6:30,      Session 2@7:30
Sunday      Aug. 18   Session 1@6:30,      Session 2@7:30

Black Wins the Spring Cup 4-3 in Sudden Death OT

Black came back from an 0-3 deficit to win the Vipers Cup 4-3 over Red twelve minutes into sudden death overtime.  Congratulations to both teams on a well-played and exciting game.  Thanks to all of our players, families and coaches who made the Spring Cup a success.  Have a great summer and we'll see everyone in August.

The Vipers Spring Cup schedule is below,  Games start Saturday 4/20.  (The games are on Sundays except for Saturday 4/20 due to Easter on 4/21 and Saturday 5/11 due to Mother's Day on 5/12.  All games at Smead except for  the games on 5/11, which are at Mullins.  

Vipers Cup Playoff Seedings (see schedule below):
1. Black   3-2-1*
2. Red      3-2-1*
3. White 3-3-0
4. Gold    1-3-2
*tie break - head-to-head goal differential

Schedule:

Rosters:

Registration for try-outs for 2019 Viper teams and the try-out schedule is now available by clicking on the try-outs tab.  

Online registration (preferred): $60
Onsite registration (available): $80

Highlights of the Vipers program include:

• Teams at the 14U, 15U, 16U and 18U levels
• Split-Season Fall Teams Aug.-Nov., 25-30 games
• 2 Single-Team Full-Ice Practices per Week (Sept. – Nov. at Lossone Arena)
• Experienced Professional Coaching
• Spring Program includes the Vipers Cup: April-June (15U-18U) player favorite, highly competitive, spring hockey
• Vipers are not-for-profit – low costs, all ice fees are invested in our players
• Combined Record of our 3 Midget Teams in ‘18 was 66-21-3
• 18 Vipers are Captains or Alternate Captains of their ‘18-19 HS Teams
• 17 Vipers were First Team All-Western Mass Selections for ‘17-18 HS Season (43% of all D3 and D3A Selections)
   

2019 Coaches
18U: Mike Rousseau and Lou Vezina
16U: Dave Foster
15U: Rob Pattison (see bio below)
14U: Kevin Stefanik and Evan Sullivan

The try-out schedule is:

14U (2005)
Tuesday,    March 19,    8:00 PM, Fitzpatrick Arena
Saturday,   March 23,   3:45 PM, Fitzpatrick Arena
Sunday,      March 24,    2:20 PM, Fitzpatrick Arena

15U (2004)
Monday,    March 18,    8:00 PM, Fitzpatrick Arena
Saturday,   March 23,    2:30 PM, Fitzpatrick Arena
Sunday,       March 24,    1:00 PM, Fitzpatrick Arena

16U (2003)
Sunday,      March 17,    9:00 AM,     Smead Arena
Sunday,      March 24,    10:20 AM,   Smead Arena
Monday,     March 25,    8:00 PM,     Fitzpatrick Arena

18U (2001 and 2002)
Sunday,            March 17,    10:20 AM,    Smead Arena
Wednesday,  March 20,     7:30 PM,      Smead Arena
Sunday,             March 24,    9:00 AM,      Smead Arena

The Vipers congratulate Garren Fugiel (Easthampton High), Ben Watkins (South Hadley High), Bryan Baumann (Greenfield High) and CJ Tenczar (Easthampton) on reaching 100 career high school points.  Well done boys!