Vegreville Vipers Return

Rosanne Fortier - News Correspondent

After a hiatus for a year, Vegreville Vipers Jr. Hockey team will restart for the 2025/26 season. This brings a new owner, general manager, and coaches. Hence, on August 23, a barbecue and Meet-and-Greet were held at the Wally Fedun Arena parking lot.

At this time, Owner Dan Tabak and his wife, MJ, Head Coach and General Manager, Kevin Henry, Assistant General Manager, Brian Woroniuk, Executive member of the League, Gatlin Church, and Past General Manager Bryan Brown had friendly conversations with attendees.

Attendees were signing up to volunteer. Chris and Ashten Bryson, said Ashten was Venom for this one-time event, and they want to help out. They were there to watch the Vipers at every home game when they played before.

Pat Feser shared that he wanted to volunteer because they were a Billet family before for a player from Argentina. “I just really enjoy watching and helping with the hockey team.”

Tabak said they are hoping to gain exposure by hosting this, and for the community to know they are back. “It is an exciting time to bring hockey to Vegreville in a different league, as an Alberta Elite Junior Hockey League.

With our Head Coach and General Manager, I think he will definitely be able to bring in a champion team again!”

In closing, Tabak expressed that they were grateful to Adam’s No Frills for donating to the barbecue.