Category: East Coast Hockey League/ECHL

Louisville RiverFrogs East Coast Hockey League

Louisville RiverFrogs

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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Nashville Knights East Coast Hockey League

Nashville Knights

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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Matt Turek on the cover of a 1996-97 Knoxville Cherokees scorecard from the East Coast Hockey League

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

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1996-97 Long Beach Ice Dogs Media Guide from the International Hockey League

Long Beach Ice Dogs

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

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Illustration of head coach Steve Carlson on the cover of a 1988 Johnstown Chiefs program from the East Coast Hockey League

Johnstown Chiefs

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:

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