Vandervlis thriving in return to ice following ‘freak accident’
Last June, Ryan Vandervlis awoke from a medically-induced coma after suffering severe burns in a freak campfire incident in June involving other current and former members of the Lethbridge Hurricanes in southern Alberta.
Not only did he survive that incident, he is thriving.
Earlier this month, the 20-year-old Red Deer native returned to the ice for the first time in close to 14 months, lacing up the skates for the Red Deer Vipers of the Heritage Junior Hockey League.
In three games, he’s notched five goals and five assists, including four in one game last week.