Albany River Rats

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Albany River Rats
founding 1990
resolution 2010
history Capital District Islanders
1990–1993
Albany River Rats
1993–2010
Charlotte Checkers
since 2010
Stadion Times Union Center
Location Albany , New York
Team colors Red Black
league American Hockey League
Conference Eastern Conference
division East Division
Head coach Jeff Daniels
owner Walter Robb
Cooperations Carolina Hurricanes ( NHL )
Florida Everblades ( ECHL )
Calder cups 1994/95

The Albany River Rats were an American ice hockey franchise of the American Hockey League based in Albany , New York . Their arena was the Times Union Center (previously Pepsi Arena ) with a capacity of 13,941 seats.

history

The Capital District Islanders were sold in 1993 to entrepreneur Albert Lawrence, who relocated them to Albany , New York , and ended cooperation with the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League to partner with the New Jersey Devils , which in turn formed the Cooperation with their previous farm team, which Utica Devils broke off. Associated with the relocation was a name change to Albany River Rats.

In their second season in the American Hockey League they won the Calder Cup , but they reached the playoffs again after the 1999/2000 season in the 2006/07 season .

As of the 2006/07 season, the River Rats were the Carolina Hurricanes ' farm team , and the Colorado Avalanche was also one of the cooperation partners at times .

In January 2010 it was announced that the franchise was about to be sold and that it would be relocated to Charlotte , North Carolina . On February 10th, the sale to MAK Hockey, LLC of Charlotte was completed. After the end of the 2009/10 season , the club was relocated to Charlotte and took over the name of the previous ECHL franchise, the Charlotte Checkers . The venue for the franchise is the Time Warner Cable Arena .

Team records

Career

Surname number
Most games Jiří Bicek 423 (in 7 seasons)
Most goals Steve Brulé 155
Most templates Steve Brulé 215
Most of the points Steve Brulé 370 (155 goals + 215 assists)
Most penalty minutes Rob Skrlac 1197
Most wins as a goalkeeper Peter Sidorkiewicz 77
Most shutouts Peter Sidorkiewicz 8th

season

Surname number season
Most goals Jeff Williams 46 1998/99
Most templates Keith Aucoin 72 2006/07
Most of the points Keith Aucoin 99 (27 goals + 72 assists) 2006/07
Most penalty minutes Matt Ruchty 348 1994/95
Best conceded goal Michael Leighton 2.10 2007/08
Best catch quota 93.1% Michael Leighton 2007/08

Trainer

Abbreviations: GC = games, W = wins, L = defeats, T = draws, OTL = defeats after
overtime , Pts = points, Win% = win rate

Surname season Regular season Playoffs
GC W. L. T OTL / SOL Pts Win% GC W. L.
Robbie Ftorek 1993-1996 240 138 70 32 - 308 .575 23 14th 9
John Cunniff 1996-2001 400 187 154 39 20th 433 .467 39 21st 18th
Bobby Carpenter 2001/02 80 14th 42 12 12 52 .375 - - -
Dennis Gendron 2002-2004 * 132 39 61 19th 13 110 .475 - - -
Robbie Ftorek 2004-2006 188 61 101 3 23 148 .324 - - -
Tom Rowe 2006-2008 160 80 66 - 14th 174 .500 12 4th 8th
Jeff Daniels 2008-2010 160 76 69 - 15th 167 .475 8th 4th 4th

* Change during the current season; ** Interim trainer

Season statistics

Abbreviations: GP = games, W = wins, L = defeats, T = draws, OTL = defeats after overtime, SOL = defeats after shootout , Pts = points, GF = goals scored, GA = goals conceded

season GP W. L. T OTL SOL GF GA Pts space Playoffs
2009-10 80 43 29 - 3 5 244 231 94 2nd East Division Division finals
2008-09 80 33 40 - 3 4th 219 258 73 7th East Division Missed the playoffs
2007-08 80 43 30th - 3 4th 213 198 93 3rd East Division Division semi-finals
2006-07 80 37 36 - 4th 3 246 258 81 4th East Division Division semi-finals
2005-06 80 25th 48 - 4th 3 206 278 57 last in the east Missed the playoffs
2004-05 80 29 38 6th 7th - 198 248 71 last in the east Missed the playoffs
2003-04 80 21st 39 11 9 - 182 257 62 last in the east Missed the playoffs
2002-03 80 25th 37 11 7th - 197 235 68 last in the east Missed the playoffs
2001-02 80 14th 42 12 12 - 172 271 52 last in the east Missed the playoffs
2000-01 80 30th 40 6th 4th - 216 262 70 last in the Mid-Atlantic Division Missed the playoffs
1999-2000 80 30th 40 7th 3 - 225 250 70 4th in the Empire Division 1st round of the playoffs
1998-99 80 46 26th 6th 2 - 275 230 100 2nd in the Empire Division 1st round of the playoffs
1997-98 80 43 20th 11 6th - 290 223 103 1st in the Empire Division 3rd round of playoffs
1996-97 80 38 28 9 5 - 269 231 90 3rd in the Empire State Division 3rd round of playoffs
1995-96 80 54 19th 7th - - 322 218 115 1st in the Central Division 1st round of the playoffs
1994-95 80 46 17th 17th - - 293 219 109 1. in the north Calder Cup winner
1993-94 80 38 34 8th - - 312 315 84 3. in the north 1st round of the playoffs

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