Vipers Rebuild

 

By Chelsea Lefler

Sports Editor

The LaSalle Vipers have lost about half of their team since last season and this could be a rebuilding year for them.

Bill Bowler, who has been the head coach of the Vipers for two seasons, said he thinks they lost 15 players, of the 23 on their roster.

Some of the Vipers who have left are now playing in the OHL.

The Vipers compete in the Greater Ontario Hockey League’s Western Conference at the Junior B level.

“The good thing about junior hockey, you’re always rebuilding or retooling,” said Bowler.

“We have a lot of young guys and the guys are pretty mature and know what they are doing,” said Korey Morgan.  This is his second season playing for the team and he agrees that this could be a rebuilding year.  He first played for the Vipers in 2012-2013 season, then played for the GOHLWC Top Prospects Game, and he is originally from Windsor.  “I’m pretty sure they went pretty far in the AAA year last year.  So they are pretty experienced.  They are all good guys too.”

Rio Anzolin, who is also from Windsor, has played for the Vipers for two years.  He also played for the Leamington Flyers, another Junior B team in the 2010-2011 year.  He said that this isn’t a rebuilding year for the team at all and that they didn’t even think about it as rebuilding.  He also said that the team knew coming into the year that they’d have a lot of good young guys.

“Like I’ve always talked about, there is always a lot of good talent in this area,” said Bowler.