Manchester Monarchs
January 4, 2020
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.
