GOJHL LaSalle Vipers
Lecot and Molu Tabbed As Rookie All-Stars
Date:03/13/2020 Source:GOJHL LaSalle Vipers
Two LaSalle Vipers were named to the GOJHL Western Conference Rookie All-Star Team. Defenseman Spencer Lecot and goaltender Sami Molu were selected to the six-man team that recognizes the best first-year players at their respective positions. Lecot began the season with the Leamington Flyers where he played the first 18 games of his season before being dealt to LaSalle for his next 30 game...
Comeback Falls Short As Nationals Take Game 1
Date:03/12/2020 Source:GOJHL LaSalle Vipers
The LaSalle Vipers made a valiant comeback, but ultimately ran out of time and the London Nationals took Game 1 of the Western Conference Semifinals on Wednesday night in London. Trailing 4-0 after 40 minutes of play, LaSalle got goals from Ray Hamlin, Stephane Crevier, and Hayden Heinrich, with Heinrich’s goal coming at 13:52 of the third period. A penalty call on Hamlin allowed Lond...
Playoff Tested Vipers To Clash With Nationals
Date:03/10/2020 Source:GOJHL LaSalle Vipers
Opening as heavy underdogs heading into their Western Conference Semifinal series against the London Nationals, the LaSalle Vipers will be encouraged by the fact that they have gone through the rigours of playoff hockey. The Vipers overcame much adversity in their first-round series win over the Chatham Maroons, coming back from a 3-1 series deficit to set up the semifinal matchup with...
Adversity No Match For Vipers In Comeback Series Win
Date:03/08/2020 Source:GOJHL LaSalle Vipers
The LaSalle Vipers faced considerable adversity throughout their Western Conference Quarterfinal series against the Chatham Maroons which culminated in a Game 7 victory on Sunday afternoon in LaSalle. Playing the first four games of the series without all-star defenseman Abdul Abouzeeni and then losing veteran blueliner Brad Vincent for Game 3 and 4, the Vipers watched as the Maroons took&n...
Vipers Squeak Out Thriller To Force Game 7
Date:03/07/2020 Source:GOJHL LaSalle Vipers
Facing elimination for the second straight game, the LaSalle Vipers edged out the Chatham Maroons 5-3 on Saturday afternoon in Chatham and earned themselves a Game 7 on home ice on Sunday. LaSalle struck first early in the opening stanza when relentless forechecking by Spencer Paradis was followed up by him making a slick feed to Jack Bowler who then buried the pass for a shorthanded marker...
Reinforcements Help Vipers Stay Alive With Home Win
Date:03/05/2020 Source:GOJHL LaSalle Vipers
The LaSalle Vipers have lived to play another day in their Western Conference Quarterfinals series against the Chatham Maroons. Sparked by the return to the lineup of defencemen Abdul Abouzeeni and Brad Vincent, the Vipers played 60 minutes of desperation hockey that resulted in a 5-0 victory over the Chatham Maroons on Wednesday night in LaSalle. Playing in his first game of the series, Abouzee...
Maroons Push Vipers To Brink
Date:03/02/2020 Source:GOJHL LaSalle Vipers
The Chatham Maroons are one win away from taking the Western Conference Quarterfinal series against the LaSalle Vipers. The fifth-seeded Maroons followed up Saturday night’s blowout win in LaSalle with a narrow 4-3 victory on Sunday night in Chatham to take a commanding 3-1 series lead over the fourth-seeded Vipers. Having been without all-star defenseman Abdul Abouzeeni for the entire se...
Maroons Storm Back In Game 2 to Tie Series
Date:02/28/2020 Source:GOJHL LaSalle Vipers
On Thursday night in Chatham, the Chatham Maroons scored three unanswered goals in the third period to erase a 3-0 deficit and then scored early in overtime to take Game 2 and tie the Western Conference Quarterfinal series with the LaSalle Vipers. The Vipers scored three times in a dominant first period on goals by Matt Carvalho, Brad Vincent and Spencer Paradis to chase Maroons starter Bryc...
Vipers Step up To Take Physical Game 1
Date:02/27/2020 Source:GOJHL LaSalle Vipers
On Wednesday night in LaSalle, The LaSalle Vipers passed the test of playoff hockey and earned themselves a Game 1 victory and a 1-0 series lead on the Chatham Maroons in their Western Conference Quarterfinal series. The game almost immediately carried much more intensity and physical play than a regular-season game, and that physicality and pace never really let up right until the final buzzer....
Vipers and Maroons Set To Renew Playoff Acquaintances
Date:02/26/2020 Source:GOJHL LaSalle Vipers
Meeting in the GOJHL Western Conference Quarterfinals for the second time in three years, the LaSalle Vipers and Chatham Maroons will continue a rivalry that has much familiarity. The 4. vs. 5. matchup in this year's Western Conference playoffs, the two teams come in fully expecting a very tight set of games despite a lopsided regular-season series. The fourth-seeded Vipers won fi...
Vipers Drop Finale, Set Sights On Playoffs
Date:02/24/2020 Source:GOJHL LaSalle Vipers
The LaSalle Vipers were upended by the Komoka Kings on Sunday afternoon at the Vollmer Complex and now turn their attention to their first-round playoff matchup. With a big crowd, a lot going on around them, and already knowing their playoff fate, the Vipers seemed to lack some focus through much of he first two periods and left the ice after the second period trailing 3-1. They woke up in...
Vipers Down Sarnia, Clinch Home Ice In First Round
Date:02/21/2020 Source:GOJHL LaSalle Vipers
The LaSalle Vipers scored three late third period goals to pull away from the Sarnia Legionnaires on route to a 4-2 on Thursday night in Sarnia. Sarnia forward Josh Barraclough scored in the first period and Vipers defenseman Abdul Abouzeeni replied in the second and the score remained locked at 1-1 deep into the third. The big goal of the evening came when Jake Archer found some room coming ove...
Weekend Recap: Vipers Split Busy Week
Date:02/18/2020 Source:GOJHL LaSalle Vipers
Faced with a challenging schedule of four games in six days, three of which were on the road, the LaSalle Vipers came away with a 2-2 record. The team began the week with a win over Strathroy on Wednesday, fell in St. Marys on Friday, defeated the Kings in Komoka on Saturday, and then were upended by the London Nationals on Monday afternoon. LaSalle 1 at St. Marys 3 A tightly-contested game thro...
Vipers Wrap Up Season Series With Lincolns In St. Marys
Date:02/14/2020 Source:GOJHL LaSalle Vipers
The LaSalle Vipers will meet the St. Marys Lincolns for the final time in the regular-season Friday night in St. Marys. With five games remaining on their schedule, the Vipers (23-16-1-5) trail the third-place Lincolns (26-13-3-4) by seven points. A victory in tonight's game would put them five back with still a game in hand and would give them a glimmer of hope at catching them over th...
Late Goal Gives Vipers Win Over Strathroy
Date:02/13/2020 Source:GOJHL LaSalle Vipers
An exciting third period saw the LaSalle Vipers score late to skate away with a 4-3 victory over the Strathroy Rockets on Wednesday night at the Vollmer Complex in LaSalle. Trailing 2-1 heading into the third, Jack Bowler scored nine seconds into the period on a nice individual effort by taking the puck right off the faceoff, working his way past a couple defenders, and then beating the goa...
Vipers Host Rockets To Begin Busy Stretch
Date:02/12/2020 Source:GOJHL LaSalle Vipers
The LaSalle Vipers will play four games in a six-day span, beginning on Wednesday night at the Vollmer Complex when they take on the Strathroy Rockets for the final time in the regular-season. The two teams will meet for the second straight game after the Vipers went into Strathroy this past Saturday night and picked up a 5-2 victory to snap a three-game skid. The win helped LaSalle (22-16...
Vipers End Skid With Important Victory In Front Of Dads
Date:02/09/2020 Source:GOJHL LaSalle Vipers
On Saturday night in Strathroy, the LaSalle Vipers found some timely offense to pick up an important win over the Strathroy Rockets and bump a three-game losing-streak in the process. With many of the Vipers dads making the trip, the team got a boost from their special teams as well as the trio of Jack Bowler, Stephane Crevier and Spencer Paradis who all had three points in the game. ...
Third-Place Hopes Fade In Loss To Lincolns
Date:02/06/2020 Source:GOJHL LaSalle Vipers
The LaSalle Vipers hopes of moving towards third-place in the GOJHL's Western Conference took a hit last night as the team fell to the visiting St. Marys Lincolns by a score of 6-4. Evan Ferguson scored two outstanding solo rush goals less than a minute apart to give the Vipers a 2-1 lead mid way through the first period, but from that point on on their demise was met by far too much sloppy ...
Vipers Host Lincolns Again In Pivotal Game
Date:02/05/2020 Source:GOJHL LaSalle Vipers
For the second straight Wednesday, the LaSalle Vipers will play host to the St. Marys Lincolns as the two teams head towards their destined final position in the Western Conference standings. A week ago, the Vipers turned in what was arguably their best played game of the season in a 4-1 victory over the Lincolns to help them inch closer to the Lincolns hold on third-place. The Vipers ...
Vipers Split Weekend Games
Date:02/03/2020 Source:GOJHL LaSalle Vipers
After beginning the week with a big home win over the St. Marys Lincolns, the LaSalle Vipers took to the road for two weekend games. On Saturday night, a back-and-forth affair with the Komoka Kings ended with Abdul Abouzeeni scoring into an empty net in double overtime. Wanting the two points to improve their position in the standings, the Kings rolled the dice and elected to pull thei...
Back-to-Back Road Games A Test For Vipers
Date:02/01/2020 Source:GOJHL LaSalle Vipers
Having had a light schedule over the past couple weeks, the LaSalle Vipers are about to be reminded what it is like to be busier with games. After picking up their second straight win on Wednesday night, the team hits the road this weekend for two road games, beginning with a trip to Komoka to take on the Kings on Saturday night. Despite their 8th place position in the standings, the Kings (14-21...
Abouzeeni Continues To Shine In Third Season
Date:01/30/2020 Source:GOJHL LaSalle Vipers
With his two points in last night's win over the St. Marys Lincolns and with 11 regular-season games still to play, Abdul Abouzeeni has already produced the second highest scoring season by a defenseman in LaSalle Vipers history. His 42 points through 38 games played are the most since David Sharpe's franchise-record 68 points established back in the 2009-2010 season. In his third s...
Vipers Begin Busy Week With Win Over Lincolns
Date:01/30/2020 Source:GOJHL LaSalle Vipers
The LaSalle Vipers turned in arguably their most complete game of the season in a 4–1 victory over the St. Marys Lincolns on Wednesday night at the Vollmer Complex. Controlling much of the game from start to finish, the Vipers outshot the Lincolns 37-27 and got goals from Spencer Paradis, Hayden Heinrich, Abdul Abouzeeni and Ray Hamlin, and if not for some dazzling saves by St. Marys netmi...
Vipers Set To Host Lincolns In Key Game
Date:01/29/2020 Source:GOJHL LaSalle Vipers
The LaSalle Vipers welcome the St. Marys Lincolns to the Vollmer Recreation Complex tonight for a key game in the standings. Coming into tonight's contest (scheduled for a 7:00 PM start), the Vipers (19-13-15) find themselves in fourth-place in the GOJHL's Western Conference and trail the Lincolns (22-10-3-4) by seven points for third. The three previous meetings between the two t...
Lasalle Tops Leamington 3-2 In Remembrance Day Game
Date:11/07/2019 Source:GOJHL LaSalle Vipers
By: Nick Welsh It was our annual Remembrance Day game on November 6th, with host Veteran and Town Councillor Mike Akpata. He reminded us all to take a moment of silence for our fallen soldiers. Some no older than the players playing in tonight's game fought for our country so that we could enjoy freedom. May all soldiers rest in peace, we the Vipers salute you. Game Flow: Leamington...
Lasalle Tops Chatham 9 -1
Date:10/03/2019 Source:GOJHL LaSalle Vipers
Lasalle dominated play and ended up on the right side of the scoreboard after a scoring onslaught. It started early as Crevier scored just 50 seconds into the game giving the Vipers an early lead. Some back and forth play with teams trading shots. Later in the first the Vipers were on the powerplay when Vincent ripped a shot that was tipped by Ferguson into the goal. Vipers lead 2-0 going into the...
Vipers' captain Brett Vorshuk ends Jr. B career
Date:04/17/2019 Source:GOJHL LaSalle Vipers
By Gary Rennie Time for LaSalle Vipers’ fans to say farewell to Brett Vorshuk. It’s been a long run from Tim Bits Hockey at age six to LaSalle Vipers’ captain at 20. A run that almost ended early. “I hated it at first,” recalls Vorshuk of his first few skates on a backyard rink at his aunt’s home. “I couldn’t stand up.” But he stuck with it...
LaSalle Vipers Awards Banquet Wednesday (April 3)
Date:04/04/2019 Source:GOJHL LaSalle Vipers
LaSalle Vipers’ 2018-19 Season Player Awards Regular Season MVP – A.J. Ryan Playoff MVP – Goalie Will Tragge Hardest Worker – Spencer Paradis Viper Pillar – Jack Bowler Rookie of the Year – Zane Dalpe Most Improved Player – Stephane Crevier Most Sportsmanlike – Gianluca Pizzuto Defence man of the Year – Stefan Dobrich Forward o...
Vipers' head coach John Nelson
Date:04/04/2019 Source:GOJHL LaSalle Vipers
LaSalle Vipers’ head coach John Nelson says the new season started with the signing of two players Thursday (April 4). Kyle Walker and Ethan Hamelin, both from the Windsor Major Midget AAA team, committed to the Vipers’ Thursday with form signings at the team’s office. Walker, 16, is a six-foot, one inch centre/left wing who was called up in the Vipers...
