Hockey Club Junior Milano Vipers was an Italian professional ice hockey team from Milan . Founded in 1998 as Hockey Club Junior Milano , was renamed Vipers in 2000.
5-446: In June 2008 the organization was disbanded and replaced with Hockey Milano Rossoblu , 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 , 3 Italy Cups and 3 Italian Super Cups . This European ice hockey team-related article is
10-636: A stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to sports in Italy is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . 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 replacing HC Neumarkt-Egna , which withdrew due to financial difficulties. After
15-538: The disbandment of the Milano Vipers in 2008, former executives of the Vipers led by Ico Migliore and Tiziano Terragni , announced the foundation of a new team, Hockey Milano Rossoblu. In the first season in Serie A2, Adolf Insam , former coach of HCJ Milano Vipers , was appointed coach of the new franchise. He left to become technical director and was replaced by Murajca Pajic , his former deputy . On 28 April 2010,
20-473: The team announced that it has reached an agreement with Massimo Da Rin as new head coach for Hockey Milano for the 2010–11 season of Serie A2. On 7 April 2012 Milano won the Serie A2 championship and was promoted to Serie A for the following season. In 2011, Milano Rossoblu announced a partnership with the Kontinental Hockey League . According to a three-year plan, the aim for the 2011–12 season
25-583: Was to earn promotion to the Italian Serie A , which succeeded, while building up a team that would be able to play at KHL level. From the 2013–14 season on, one team was expected to join the KHL, while the other team would keep playing in Serie A (Elite.A). But the move was delayed due to a small arena, tight finances and the club being too underdeveloped. It is now unclear if and when the team will join KHL. In July 2018 it
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