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Vipers take down Winterhawks in overtime

By MorinvilleNews.com Staff

Legal – After a humiliating 7-1 home-ice defeat Oct. 28, the Legal Vipers took to the road Saturday night looking to settle the score with the Slave Lake Winterhawks. That score was settled by Ryan Martin with 1:36 left in overtime. The Viper’s 7-6 overtime victory elevated the club’s record to 3-2-1, pushing them above .500 hockey for the first time this season… […]

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Weekend hockey round up

By MorinvilleNews.com Staff

Jets dominate West Division
The Morinville Jets defeated the Wetaskiwin Icemen 7-3 Sunday. The road game victory extends the Junior B club’s winning streak to five consecutive games, and brought the Jets record to 10-2-1… […]

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Vipers douse Hinton Heat

By MorinvilleNews.com Staff

Legal – The Vipers rebounded from a hard-fought shoot out loss against the Athabasca Aces Friday night to deliver the visiting Hinton Heat with a 13-4 upset Saturday evening. The win and shootout loss bring the Vipers to 1-1-1 on the season… […]

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Vipers defeated in home opener

By Stephen Dafoe

Legal – The Vipers took to the ice Saturday night for their first game of the 2011 / 2012 North Central Hockey League Season. Although the club hoped to hit the showers with a victory under their belt, their maiden voyage into the season was a 9-4 defeat at the hands of the Athabasca Aces… […]

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Vipers fall in first game of playoffs

By MorinvilleNews.com Staff

Legal – The Legal Vipers did not have much time to rest between regular season and playoffs. The club travelled to Slave Lake Friday night to play a previously cancelled game against the Winter Hawks and returned to home ice Saturday night… […]

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Talk About The towns

Compiled by Étienne Thevou

Scrapping for a good cause
École Georges P. Vanier School in Morinville held a Fundraising Scrapfest Friday night to build up some funds for their playground equipment. Scrapbooking aficionados and dealers assembled from Sturgeon County and Edmonton to take part in the event. $700 had been raised from registrations prior… […]

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Vipers suffer another defeat to Ice Dogs

By MorinvilleNews.com Staff

Legal – Wednesday night’s make up game against the Onoway Ice Dogs originally scheduled for Jan. 9 ended in a 7-3 decision for the visiting Ice Dogs. The contest was the fifth time the Vipers took on Onoway this season and the fourth time they were defeated… […]

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Vipers experience mixed bag weekend

By MorinvilleNews.com Staff

Legal – It was a two-point weekend for the Legal Vipers Jan. 15 and 16. The club handily extinguished the flames of the struggling Hinton Heat with an 11-5 decision Saturday night but fell from a five-goal lead against the Slave Lake Winter Hawks Sunday afternoon to lose the contest 6-5… […]

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Vipers narrowly defeated by Aces

By MorinvilleNews.com Staff

Legal – The Vipers were dealt a couple of rough hands over the weekend. Saturday night’s home-ice rematch with the Onoway Ice Dogs was cancelled due to inclement weather and Sunday’s road game to Athabasca ended in a 7-6 loss to the Aces, largely due to the Vipers being deprived… […]

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Vipers defanged by Winterhawks

By Stephen Dafoe

Legal – Saturday night’s home-ice show down between the Legal Vipers and Slave Lake Winterhawks was a different outcome for the Vipers than the last time the two teams met. Instead of a tightly contested 9-8 victory for the Vipers, the snakes came away with an 8-5 loss, their second defeat against Slave Lake this season.

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Fourth time’s the charm for Vipers

By Stephen Dafoe

Legal – With just one second left in Saturday night’s road game against Onoway, the Legal Vipers brought the contest to a tie and gave themselves another five minutes to prove they could defeat the Ice Dogs … […]

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Ice Dogs put end to Vipers winning streak

By Stephen Dafoe

Legal – After five consecutive wins over the past three weeks, the North Central Hockey League schedule brought the Legal Vipers up against one of only two teams that have managed to beat them this season – the Onoway Ice Dogs. That meeting, as has been the case in the two … […]

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Legal Vipers Pull off four-point weekend

By Stephen Dafoe

Legal – The Vipers pulled off back-to-back victories Friday and Saturday night to give the club another four points in the North Central Hockey League standings and to extend their current winning streak to four consecutive games.

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Vipers pick up back-to-back victories

By Stephen Dafoe

Legal – After suffering a 7-4 loss to the Onoway Ice Dogs Wednesday night, the Legal Vipers picked up two points Saturday night for their 9-3 road victory over the Hinton Heat and followed it with another two points for their 6-5 victory over the Athabasca Aces Sunday afternoon.
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Vipers put down by Dogs

By MorinvilleNews.com Staff

Legal – If there is a silver lining in the dark cloud that descended upon the Vipers Wednesday night, it’s that their 7-4 defeat at the hands of the undefeated Onoway Ice Dogs was a closer margin than the 10-1 upset they suffered Oct. 27.

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