LaSalle Vipers The LaSalle Vipers are a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in LaSalle , Ontario , Canada . They play in the Western division of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League . History . The Tecumseh Chiefs originated as the newly - formed Great Lakes Junior C Hockey League ' s Windsor Royals . The Royals in 1986 were renamed the Bulldogs and moved up to Junior " B " . The team was sold in 1995 and moved out of Windsor , Ontario into the Tecumseh area , and became known as the Chiefs . In one the franchise ' s last games in the city of Windsor , the Bulldogs set a league record for futility by suffering the worst loss in Western Ontario Hockey League history . On January 20 , 1995 , the Leamington Flyers defeated the Bulldogs by a score of 30 - 3 . On February 20 , 2008 , the Chiefs remembered their former " rookie of the year " Mickey Renaud . Renaud , alumnus and captain of the Windsor Spitfires , died two days earlier after collapsing in his parents home in Tecumseh . After a memorial , the Chiefs announced that Renaud ' s number , 44 , would be retired at the end of the season . The 2007 - 08 season marked the Chiefs ' best season since moving to Tecumseh . The Chiefs , members of the newly formed Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League became their first league regular season champions finishing first overall in their conference with 34 wins , 12 losses , and 2 losses in overtime . After defeating the London Nationals to win their first Western Ontario crown since 1980 , the Chiefs made it known to the press that they are considering a move to LaSalle , Ontario due to a lack of fan support . The Chiefs entered the 2008 Sutherland Cup against the Thorold Blackhawks and the Elmira Sugar Kings . They finished the round robin in first place with 3 wins and 1 loss . They then faced the Sugar Kings in a best - of - seven series to determine the champion , defeating them in 4 straight games to win their first ever provincial title . After 13 seasons in the town of Tecumseh and winning the 2008 Sutherland Cup Provincial Championship , the town of Tecumseh has announced that the franchise has elected not to return to their arena . The team is planning to relocate to LaSalle . This marks the third Greater Windsor Area location that the team has called home in 38 seasons . On July 9 , the ownership of the team held a press conference to enveil the LaSalle Vipers and their new logo . On September 10 , the Vipers played their first game in LaSalle , losing 4 - 2 to the Leamington Flyers . 2009 - 10 Championship Season . After a bit of a rebuilding year in 2008 - 09 to readjust after moving , the LaSalle Vipers showed themselves to be one of the top teams in the GOJHL during the first half of 2009 - 10 . A mid - season slump put the Vipers near the basement of the Western Conference , but by the end of the season the Vipers had come together and reached the 5th seed of the conference with 30 wins and just a few wins from the lead of the conference . In the Western quarter - final , the Vipers defeated the fourth seeded St . Marys Lincolns 4 - games - to - 1 . In the semi - final , the Vipers drew third seed and rival Chatham Maroons . A hard fought battle occurred , with the Vipers winning 4 - games - to - 2 . In an upset , the seventh seeded St . Thomas Stars defeated the first place London Nationals , setting up an unlikely final between the fifth and seventh seeds of the conference . The Vipers would defeat the Stars 4 - games - to - 2 to take their second Western Championship in three years . The Vipers then moved on to the Sutherland Cup round robin semi - final with the first seed of the Mid - Western Conference Brantford Eagles and the second seed of the Golden Horseshoe Conference Stoney Creek Warriors . All three teams had appeared in the Sutherland Cup finals in the previous two seasons . LaSalle took the round robin with a 3 - 1 record , second was Brantford with a 2 - 2 record , and third was Stoney Creek , 1 - 3 and eliminated . The final was the battle of the 2008 and 2009 Sutherland Cup champions . The Vipers took an early 3 - games - to - none lead in the series . Brantford took Game 4 . LaSalle played Game 5 at home and took it in double overtime on a goal by DJ Turner .