The 1990’s East Coast Hockey League edition of the Birmingham Bulls was the most successful of several nostalgic revivals of the Magic City’s World Hockey Association franchise of the same name from the late 1970’s.
The Manchester Monarchs were a wildly popular minor league hockey attraction in southern New Hampshire during the early 2000’s. In their first four seasons of play, the Monarchs led the AHL in attendance three times, peaking at 9,141 fans per game during the 2003-04 season. The late 2000’s brought hard times, however, as the team’s fortunes never recovered from the Great Recession of 2008-09 or a 2015 decision by long-time NHL parent club the Los Angeles Kings to relegate the Monarchs to the lower-tier ECHL.
East Coast Hockey League (1999-2003) Born: July 7, 1999 – The Chesapeake Ice Breakers relocate to Jackson, MS Folded: April 4, 2003 First Game: October
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
The Knights were Nashville’s minor league hockey team for seven winters from 1989 to 1996. The Knights were members of the East Coast Hockey League (ECHL), a circuit generally considered two rungs below the NHL. The team played at the Nashville Municipal Auditorium and was co-founded by former pro wrestler Ron Fuller, AKA The Tennessee Stud.
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