Red Deer Vipers

Red Deer Vipers
City	Red Deer, Alberta, Canada
League	Heritage Junior B Hockey League
Division	North
Founded	1987 (1987)–88
Home arena	Red Deer Arena (1987-2016) Collicutt Centre (2016-2018) Servus Arena (2018-
Colors	Red, Silver, Black, White
General manager	Michelle Skilnick
Head coach	JD Morrical
Website www.reddeervipers.com/
Franchise history
1987-9x	Red Deer Cowboys
199x-Present	Red Deer Vipers

The Red Deer Vipers are a Junior "B" Ice Hockey team based in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada. They are members of the North Division of the Heritage Junior B Hockey League (HJHL). They played their home games at Red Deer Arena until 2016 when it was torn down to be rebuilt. They played their home games at Red Deer's Collicutt Centre on an interim basis until their new home was determined for the 2018-19 season, which will be the Servus Arena which was built on the site of the former Red Deer Arena

History

The Red Deer Vipers are an original Heritage Junior B Hockey League team, named as the Red Deer Cowboys beginning in the 1987-88 HJHL season. Shortly after, the Red Deer Cowboys were renamed as the Red Deer Vipers. The Vipers are the 1989, 1999, 2004 HJHL champions, the 2004 and 2006 Russ Barnes Trophy champions, and the 2006 Keystone Cup champions

Season-by-season record

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OL = Overtime Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Season	GP	W	L	T	OL	Pts	GF	GA	Finish	Playoffs
2003-04	36	24	12	0	0	48	225	96	2nd, Central	no data
2004-05	40	32	4	1	3	68	302	79	1st, North	no data
2005-06	38	37	0	0	1	75	281	67	1st, North	Lost in HJHL Semifinals, 0-2 (Bisons) Russ Barnes Trophy Champions Keystone Cup Champions
2006-07	36	24	7	3	2	53	192	88	2nd, North	Lost in Division Finals, 0-4 (Wranglers)
2007-08	36	20	9	6	1	47	151	111	4th, North	Lost in Division Finals, 1-3 (Wranglers)
2008-09	36	18	14	3	1	40	181	120	4th, North	Lost in Division Finals, 2-3 (Wranglers)
2009-10	36	24	9	1	2	51	216	114	2nd, North	Lost in Finals, 0-2 (Wranglers)
2010-11	36	25	9	2	0	52	220	111	2nd, North	Lost in HJHL Semifinals, 1-3 (Bisons)
2011-12	38	26	9	0	3	55	183	106	1st, North	Lost in HJHL Quarter Finals, 1-4 (Colts)
2012-13	38	24	5	6	3	57	203	134	2nd, North	Lost in HJHL Finals, 0-3 (Bisons)
2013-14	36	18	17	-	1	37	155	156	4th, North	Lost in Elimination Round, 1-2 (Thrashers)
2014-15	38	18	18	-	2	38	176	164	4th, North	Won Division Qualifier, 2-1 (Thrashers) Lost in Div. semi-finals, 0-4 (Wranglers)
2015-16	38	25	9	-	4	54	162	113	3rd, North	Won Division Qualifier, 2-0 (Stampeders) Lost Div. semi-finals, 3-4 (Thunder)
2016-17	38	25	12	-	1	51	171	123	3rd of 7, North 5 of 14, League	Won Division Qualifier, 2-0 (Stampeders) Won Div. Semi-finals, 4-2 (Thunder) Won Div. Finals, 4-3 (Colts) Won League Finals, 3-1 (Generals)
2017-18	38	30	5	-	0	61	198	96	1st of 7, North 1 of 13, League	Won Div. Semi-finals, 3-1 (Colts) Won Div. Finals 4-2 (Thunder) Won League Finals, 2-1(Copperheads) advance to RUSS BARNES TROPHY
2018-19	38	29	8	-	1	59	185	102	2nd, North	Lost Div. Semifinals, 3-4 (Colts)
2019-20	38	24	13	-	1	49	156	125	2nd, North	Lost Div. Semifinals, 3-4 (Wranglers)
2020-21	4	4	0	-	0	8	15	5	N/A	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021-22	36	25	8	-	3	53	157	100	2nd Northern	Lost Division Final
2022-23	38	12	24	-	2	26	108	171	5th Northern	Lost Divison Quarterfinals
2023-24	38	12	26	-	0	24	96	192	6th Northern	Did not qualify

Russ Barnes Trophy

Alberta Jr B Provincial Championships

Year	Round Robin	Record	Standing	SemiFinal	Bronze Medal Game	Gold Medal Game
2004	T, Edmonton Riv Kings 2-2 W, Calgary Stampederes 4-3 W, Vermilion 14-1	2-0-1	1st of 4 Pool	W, Okotos 3-2	n/a	W, Calgary Russ Barnes Champions
2006	T, Saddle Lake 5-5 L, Edmonton Royals 3-6 W, Ft. St John 5-4	1-1-1	2 of 4 Pool	W, Okotos 3-2	n/a	W, Edmonton Royals 3-2 Russ Barnes Champions
2010	T, North Peace 3-3 L, Lloydminster 2-5 ?, Beverly	?-?-?	? of 4 Pool	n/a	n/a	n/a
2013	W, Grand Prairie 6-4 L, Cold Lake 4-5 W, Wetaskiwin 5-3	2-1-0	2 of 4 Pool	L, Okotos 2-7	L, Cold Lake 3-5	n/a
2016*	L, North Peace 0-3 W, North Edmonton 4-2 W, Killam 2-1	2-1-0	2nd of 4 Pool	L, Wainwright 1-3	L, Wetaskiwin 2-3	n/a
2017	W, St. Paul, 4-2 L, Wetaskiwin, 1-2 L, CBHA Rangers, 2-3	1-2-0	4th of 4 Pool	did not qualify	n/a	n/a
2018	W, Calgary Royals Gold, 4-1 W, North Peace Navigators, 5-4 W, Beverly Warriors, 6.2	3-0-0	1st of 4 Pool A	W, 3-2 Wetaskiwin Icemen	n/a	Lost, 1-5 Wainwright Bisons Silver Medalists

• 2016 Hosts

Keystone Cup

Western Canadian Jr. B Championships(Northern Ontario to British Columbia)
Six teams in round robin play. 1st vs 2nd for gold/silver & 3rd vs. 4th for bronze.

Year	Round Robin	Record	Standing	Bronze Medal Game	Gold Medal Game
2004	L, Richmond 3-4 W, Regina 4-3 W, Norway House 5-4 W, Aguasabon 10-1 L, Thunder Bay 1-3	3-2-0	3 of 6	W, Thunder Bay 4-3 Bronze Medal	n/a
2006	W, Saskatoon 6-2 L, Campbell River 1-2 W, Delta 4-0 W, Thunder Bay 6-0 T, N Winnipeg 0-0	3-1-1	2 of 6	n/a	OTW, Campbell River 3-2 KEYSTONE CUP CHAMPIONS

NHL alumni

• Brad Leeb
• Paul Manning
• Derek Morris

Awards and trophies

Keystone Cup

• 2005–06

Russ Barnes Trophy

• 2003–04, 2005-06

HJHL Championship

• 1988–89, 1998-99, 2003-04

See also

• List of ice hockey teams in Alberta

External links

• Official website of the Red Deer Vipers
• Official website of the Heritage Junior B Hockey League
• Official website of the Keystone Cup