Louisville RiverFrogs
September 21, 2019
East Coast Hockey League (1995-1998) Born: March 21, 1995 – ECHL expansion franchise Move Announced: March 6, 1998 (Miami Matadors) First Game: October 13, 1995 (W
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Louisville Catbirds
November 26, 2015
The Louisville Catbirds were a minor league basketball outfit that played for two seasons in the Continental Basketball Association. The Catbirds identity was selected to try to appeal to both University of Kentucky fans (“Cats”) and University of Louisville (“Birds”) hoops fans. The team signed a pair of troubled former UK stars on radically different trajectories: Dirk Minniefield and Tom Payne. Read more…
Louisville IceHawks
April 15, 2014
The Louisville IceHawks were a minor league hockey outfit that played during the early years of the East Coast Hockey League (ECHL). The IceHawks, formed in 1990, were Louisville’s first pro hockey entry since the Rebels of the International Hockey League left town in 1960.
Louisville Thunder
August 18, 2013
The Louisville Thunder were a pro indoor soccer club that played three seasons at Broadbent Arena in the mid-1980’s. The Thunder were one of six founding clubs in the Midwest-based American Indoor Soccer Association when the league formed in early 1984. The Thunder had a rivalry with the AISA’s Canton Invaders franchise, whom they faced in the AISA championship series in all three years of their existence.