
Knoxville Cherokees
East Coast Hockey League (1988-1997) Born: August 1988 – ECHL expansion franchise Moved Announced: March 17,1997 (Pee Dee Pride) First Game: Final Game: March 29, 1997
East Coast Hockey League (1988-1997) Born: August 1988 – ECHL expansion franchise Moved Announced: March 17,1997 (Pee Dee Pride) First Game: Final Game: March 29, 1997
International Hockey League (1996-2000) West Coast Hockey League (2000-2003) ECHL (2003-2007) Born: December 31, 1995 – The Los Angeles Ice Dogs announce they will relocate
All-American Hockey League (1988) East Coast Hockey League (1988-2010) Born: December 1987 – AAHL expansion franchise Moved: 2010 (Greenville Road Warriors) First Game: Last Game:
Of all the minor league hockey teams that plied their trade at the old Toledo Sports Arena – the Mercury, the Blades, the Hornets, the Goaldiggers – it was the Toledo Storm that lasted the longest. The Storm skated for sixteen seasons between 1991 and 2007, winning the Riley Cup as champions of the East Coast Hockey League in back-to-back years in 1993 and 1994.
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.
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