Utah Vipers

The Utah Vipers were a RPHL team that competed in Season 2, Season 3, Season 4, Season 5, Season 6, Season 7, Season 8, and Season 9 of league operations. In every season they competed in the Western Conference. The Utah Vipers are known for being widely considered as the overall best franchise in league history. They are the only team to win the Premium Cup twice, as they won in Season 2 and again in Season 5. They made the Premium Cup Finals in Season 7 but were swept by the Quebec Predators. Regardless, this makes them the only team to make the Premium Cup Finals 3 different times. Utah qualified for the playoffs every season besides Season 6, Season 8, and Season 9. The Vipers won the Western Conference Champions Trophy 4 of the 8 times it was awarded: in Season 2, Season 3, Season 5, and Season 7. They won the King's Cup in Season 3 and Season 7. The Utah Vipers are the face of the RPHL, as well as one of the most popular teams for players to play for, because of their influence and deep rooted history.



History
'''Founding '''

The Utah Vipers were first created when team founder ARCA_Brakes brought up the idea of him owning the team to League Commissioner Zombie_x955. On June 29th, 2018, Zombie was first messaged by ARCA with an image of Utah's logo and alternate logo. They are the same logos that Utah uses to this very day. The Utah Vipers were added to the league following the RPHL S2 custom team expansion, and have been located in Salt Lake City, Utah since the founding.

'''Season 2 '''

Much, almost all, of the Vipers early and even later success is attributed to Legendary_Dominoz. The Utah Vipers held the first overall pick in Season 2, and ARCA drafted Legendary as his decision.

The Draft Hall burst with laughter, as Legendary was not known in the RPHL at the time. ARCA knew exactly what he was doing though, as his decision to draft Legendary_Dominoz was what Zombie quoted as being "the single most influential and best draft pick in RPHL history".

Legendary would go on to take the Vipers into her own hands soon after the season began. She transformed the roster into an early powerhouse, recruiting many of her experienced and talented ro-hockey friends to RPHL's Utah Vipers. Legendary ended up bringing a significant amount of publicity to the RPHL through her recruitment methods, as the RPHL was not an established league within the ro-hockey community during this time. The Utah Vipers were so dominant and over-powered that an early version of the RPHL's Tier System was created, dubbed the Star System. Players were assigned to different star counts based on their skill, and team's were restricted on certain star counts they could have on their rosters.

Regardless, the Utah Vipers would end up finishing with 22 points that season, with a record of 11-5-0, clinching the Western Conference Champions Trophy as the best team in the West, and finishing just 2 points behind the Tampa Bay Rhinos, the winners of the King's Cup.

Notable Contributors to the Franchise

 * ARCA_Brakes
 * Legendary_Dominoz
 * REYCAPONE
 * Project_Snipez
 * PokexCheck
 * Gh0stSvardo
 * MustSvardo
 * bobe_rt
 * ferland101
 * Provorox

Trivia

 * There were a total of 2 sweeps in the Premium Cup Finals. These happened in S1, when the Pittsburgh Penguins swept the San Jose Sharks, and in S7, when the Quebec Predators swept the Utah Vipers.