Newcastle Vipers

Newcastle Vipers 	Newcastle Vipers
 	
ENIHL Affiliate 	Newcastle ENL Vipers
League 	Elite Ice Hockey League
Founded 	2002
History 	Newcastle Vipers2002-Present
Arena 	Metro Radio Arena
Whitley Bay Ice Rink
Capacity 	4,500
City 	Newcastle Upon Tyne, England
Team Colours 	White, Black & yellow
Head coach 	Rob Wilson
Owners 	Paul Ferone and Rob Wilson
Team Captain 	David Longstaff
General Manager 	Jamie Longmuir
Championships 	Championships
Playoff Championship	2005-06
The Newcastle Vipers are an ice hockey club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Members of the Elite Ice Hockey League, the club previously held membership in the British National League.
== History ==
The club was founded August 2002 after a season without a professional ice hockey team in Newcastle. Previously, the city was represented by the Newcastle Jesters, who were founded in 1999 by Finnish businessman Harry Harkimo who purchased the franchise from the Ice Hockey Superleague. 
The franchise had previously been owned by John Hall who had owned the club as part of his ambitious "Newcastle Sporting Club" project and known as the Newcastle Cobras and later the Newcastle Riverkings. The Cobras had previously played as the Durham Wasps who had moved to Newcastle Upon Tyne Arena following a season at the Crowtree Leisure Centre in Sunderland as a result of Hall purchasing them after a number of years of financial problems. The Durham ice rink closed shortly thereafter.
After playing its first three seasons in the British National League, the Vipers joined the Elite Ice Hockey League in the 2005-06 season. During their first season the Vipers finished as runners-up to the Belfast Giants in the league and won the EIHL Play-Off Championship at the National Ice Centre, defeating the Sheffield Steelers 2-1 in the Grand Final.
==Honours==
* EIHL Play-Off Champions 2005-06
* Findus Cup Winners 2002-03, 2003-04
* Elite League Runners Up 2005-06
* EIHL First Team All-Stars
** 2005-06 Trevor Koenig, Jan Krajicek
* EIHL Second Team All-Stars
** 2005-06 Jonathan Weaver
** 2006-07 Jonathan Weaver
** 2008-09 Andrew Verner
==Retired Jerseys==
8. Shaun Johnson
==External links==
*Mincoffs Vipers Official Website
*Mincoffs Vipers Blog
*Mincoffs Vipers News from ChronicleLive
Category:Established in 2002
Category:British ice hockey teams
Category:Elite Ice Hockey League team
Category:British National League team