Hockey Club Junior Milano Vipers was an Italian professional
ice hockey
Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...
team from
Milan
Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...
. Founded in 1998 as Hockey Club Junior Milano, was renamed Vipers in 2000.
In June 2008 the organization was disbanded and replaced with
Hockey Milano Rossoblu
Hockey Milano Rossoblu is an ice hockey team from Milan, Italy. It replaced Milano Vipers (league team 5 times Italian Champion) after that organization was disbanded in 2008. It is currently playing in Alps Hockey League, joining in 2018 after ...
, a new club that employs much of the same office staff, but does not benefit from the same fundings and operates on a significantly tighter budget.
During their short History, the Vipers won 5 ''
Scudetti
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'', 3 ''
Italy Cups'' and 3 ''
Italian Super Cups''.
External links
Official Site
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1998 establishments in Italy
2008 disestablishments in Italy
Defunct ice hockey teams in Italy
Ice hockey clubs established in 1998
Ice hockey clubs disestablished in 2008
Sport in Milan