The Vipers were founded in 2013 to provide our kids the opportunity to play highly competitive hockey across MA, CT, and NY with the objective of preparing them for their HS seasons and beyond. We are a player and family-focused not-for-profit organization committed to competitive hockey, strong professional coaching, the development of each player and transparency to our members. Our teams are run as financial collaboratives and we divide expenses equally among all players. The Vipers are proud members of the Premier Hockey League of New England (PHLNE). We complement our PHLNE league games with a strong independent schedule.
Tryouts for the Western Mass Vipers for each age group will take place on the dates and times below. Program details are listed below this post.
The tryout fee is $50 plus a $20 refundable deposit for a new, numbered Vipers practice jersey that will be used by the player throughout the tryouts. The player may keep the jersey at the end of the tryouts or may return it after the last tryout. Players returning the jerseys will receive the $20 refund on-the-spot. To register please see the green registration link below tryout schedule. Good luck to all.
2021 Western Mass Vipers Tryout Schedule
14U (2007)
Sat March 13 2:40 PM Fitzpatrick
Sun March 14 11:20 AM Fitzpatrick
Sat March 20 9:00 AM Fitzpatrick *if necessary
15U (2006)
Sat March 13 5:40 PM Fitzpatrick
Sun March 14 8:40 AM Fitzpatrick
Tues March 16 8:00 PM Fitzpatrick
16U (2005)
Sat March 13 10:30 AM Fitzpatrick
Sun March 14 10:00 AM Fitzpatrick
Mon March 15 8:40 PM Smead
18U (2004, 2003)
Sun March 14 4:30 PM Fitzpatrick
Mon March 15 7:30 PM Smead
Wed March 17 6:15 PM Greenfield
The Vipers look forward to our 8th season. Program details and coaching assignments are posted below.
Highlights of the Vipers program include:
2021 Team Head Coaches
14U Stefan Herter
15U Kevin Stefanik
16U Mike Rousseau
15/16 Matt Crutch
18U Rob Pattison
17/18 Chris Kuenzel
Congratulations to Coach Rob Pattison and our 16U team who finished the fall season atop the PHLNE 16U National Premiere standings, the top of four 16U divisions in the league. We further congratulate all of our Viper teams on their successful seasons in the PHLNE and look forward to another great year in '21.
Sun. 12/6 6:30 PM Green 3 Gold 2 8:00 PM Red 2 White 2
Thurs. 12/10 7:30 PM White 4 Green 0 8:30 PM Gold 2 Red 2
Sun. 12/13 6:30 PM Gold 4 White 2 8:00 PM Green 4 Red 2
Sun. 12/20 6:30 PM Gold 5 Red 3 8:00 PM White 2 Green 1
Sat. 12/26 (Fitz.) 4:30 PM Green 6 Gold 6 6:00 PM White 6 Red 1
Sun. 12/ 27 6:30 PM Red 5 Green 0 8:00 PM White 3 Gold 1
Sun. 1/3 6:30 PM Green 6 Red 3 8:00 PM White 2 Gold 9
Congratulations Gold - Winter Vipers Cup Champs
All games at Smead except 12/26, which is at Fitz
Teams listed first will wear green in the game.
White | Red | Green | Gold |
Beckwith Ca | Danek | Barnes | Arabik |
Beckwith Co | Delaney | Baumann | Bielecki |
Collette | Fijal | Bordeaux | Brunelle |
Cournoyer | Henderson | Darling | Cigal A |
Czarnecki | Higgins G | Duquette | Cigal J |
Dobek | Higgins S | Galpin | Deren |
Dwyer | Keenan | Growhoski | Farrell |
Ferro | Ladue | Knight | Hambley |
Freniere | Loudon | Kuchieski | Laramee |
Goeckel | McHugh | Kumpulanian | Loughman |
Goodhind | Monette | Lander | Meon |
Hosmer | Moreau | Lavoine | Pete |
Ishida | ONeil | Prusak | Seymour |
May | Rintoul | Roche | Sullivan |
Paul | Scott | Smith H | Tsilibocos |
Sarabaez | Walker | Smith J | Tucker |
Taupier | Wojnas | Terzi | Wykowski |
Wissmann |
Coaches and Volunteers will need to submit their 2020-2021 USA Hockey numbers to the Vipers by visiting https://westernmassvipers.sportngin.com/register/form/202302513
In order to facilitate the collection of the 2020-2021 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.
Please Note Time Changes in Red Below.
To register please click on the link below. You will need your player's 2020 USA Hockey number to complete the registration. To look-up the number, please visit https://membership.usahockey.com/duplicate-confirmation
Online registration (preferred): $60
Onsite registration (available): $80
Highlights of the Vipers program include:
The try-out schedule is:
14U (2006)
Sunday, March 8, 5:00 PM, Fitzpatrick Rink
Tuesday, March 10, 8:00 PM, Fitzpatrick Rink
Sunday, March 15, 4:30 PM, Fitzpatrick Rink
15U (2005)
Sunday, March 8, 6:10 PM, Fitzpatrick Rink
Monday, March 9, 8:00 PM, Fitzpatrick Rink
Sunday, March 15, 8:00 PM, Fitzpatrick Rink
16U (2004)
Sunday, March 8, 7:20 PM, Fitzpatrick Rink
Saturday, March 14, 1:30 PM, Smead Arena
Sunday, March 15, 6:50 PM, Fitzpatrick Rink
18U (2002 and 2003)
Saturday, March 14, 2:40 PM, Smead Arena
Sunday, March 15, 5:40 PM, Fitzpatrick Rink
Monday, March 16, 8:00 PM, Fitzpatrick Rink
We are pleased to announce that the Western Mass Vipers will partner with Stop It Goaltending to provide regular training for our goalies throughout the Fall 2020 season. The training will be provided at no additional cost to our goalies.
Vipers 16U are PHLNE Premier American Regular Season and Tourney Champions! Congrats Boys!
This season USA hockey is requiring all volunteers to obtain a USA Hockey number. All coaches, team managers, and board members must submit their USA hockey number via the registration link below.
The Registration "Home" is not currently available.