St. Louis Vipers

St. Louis Vipers
City St. Louis, Missouri
Founded 1993
Home arena St. Louis Arena
(1993 - 1994)
Kiel Center
(1995 - 1997; 1999)
Colors

Red, Black, Gold, White
                   

Murphy Cups 1999Won final year of league.
Conference Championships 1999
Division Championships 1995
Franchise history
St. Louis Vipers (1993–1997;1999)

The St. Louis Vipers (1993–1997;1999) were a team of professional roller hockey players based in St. Louis, Missouri. The team was a part of the now-defunct Roller Hockey International League. They played their home games in the former St. Louis Arena but then moved to the Kiel Center (now called the Scottrade Center) in 1995. They were the champions of the Murphy Cup Championship in 1999, the final year of the RHI's existence.

Attendance

Over their six year existence, the St. Louis Vipers had a total home attendance of 332,412 in 71 home games, an average of 4,682 per game.

Largest Vipers crowd

The largest home crowd in Vipers history was the final regular season home game in 1997 with an announced attendance of over 14,000 against the New Jersey Rockin Rollers. The St. Louis Blues gave their season ticket holders vouchers for free tickets to the St. Louis Vipers regular season games, this game was the final game of the season and there was an estimated 7,000 walk up ticket purchases at the gate. Kiel Center only sold Vipers tickets in the lower bowl, this caused Kiel Center staff to open the upper bowl for this one time.

Yearly records

YearGPWLOTLPTSPCTGFGAPIM
199926178135.673221168297
199724120226.542174169339
1996281512131.554207209520
199522137228.636166157520
199422812218.409154173495
19931494119.679104115292

Vipers scoring record holders

Frank Cirone (1994–97) 106 (single season team goal record 37, 1996),
Christian Skoryna (95-97,99)118 (single season team point record 80, 1996)(single season team assist record 44, 1996),
Wayne Anchikoski (94-97) 74
Kevin Plager (96,97,99) 74

Vipers host RHI All Star Game

The St. Louis Vipers hosted the 1995 RHI All-Star Game on July 15, 1995 in front of 9,166 at Kiel Center in St. Louis. The East beat the West with a score of 14-12. Ed Anderson of the East was the games MVP.

Last game at St. Louis Arena

The last official sporting event played at the St. Louis Arena was on August 16, 1994 versus the Tampa Bay Tritons in front of 11,146, the second largest Vipers home crowd.


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