1/12/11
Hello Viper Fans! I would like to take this chance to thank all of you who came out to the games this past weekend. It was especially great to have so many Viper fans make the trip down to Westside on Friday night. This week will be a relatively quiet one for our team until we leave for Quesnel on Thursday. With the Interior standings as tight as they are, every game from here on out will be really important for us. We play at Quesnel on Friday and at Prince George on Saturday, so we will definitely spend plenty of time together on the bus this weekend.
As some of you may already know, the BCHL trade deadline passed on Monday night. Coach Ferner was able to make a couple deals and bring two new players to Vernon. Every Monday night a large group of us have study hall here in the rink with our academic advisors Don Klepp and Rod Knopp. It was during study hall on Monday night that guys started to discover the rumors of the trades online. John Knisley decided to start his own rumor and shared with us that an anonymous team offered Coach Ferner $1 million for his rights, but that the Vipers turned the deal down. Coach Ferner would not comment on Knisley’s rumor. Also, when asked about how he felt on Monday around the trade deadline, Marcus Basara made it clear that he didn’t even know about it.
On a more serious note, it is hard to see someone like Todd Skirving leave Vernon, but we all wish him the best of luck in Prince George. At the same time, it is very exciting to welcome two new faces to the team with Dane Muench and Ryan Renz joining us today.
