Bloomington Blaze

Bloomington Blaze
founding	2011
history	Bloomington Blaze since 2011
Stadion	US Cellular Coliseum
Location	Bloomington , Illinois
league	Central Hockey League (2011-2013) Southern Professional Hockey League (since 2013)
Head coach	Greg Pankewicz
General manager	David Holt
Miron Cups	no

The Bloomington Blaze are an American ice hockey team from Bloomington , Illinois . The team has played in the Southern Professional Hockey League since 2013 .

history

The Bloomington Prairie Thunders from the Central Hockey League stopped playing after the 2010/11 season . The void the team left in the city was then filled by the Bloomington Blaze, who started playing in the Central Hockey League as an expansion team for the 2011/12 season . The team plays like the Prairie Thunders in the US Cellular Coliseum . The name of the team was chosen by the fans themselves. The Canadian Jason Christie was introduced as the head coach of the new franchise , who led the PrairieThunder into the first playoff round last year. However, Christie was signed by the Ontario Reign from the ECHL before the start of the season and then replaced by Paul Gardner .

For the 2013/14 season the team was accepted into the Southern Professional Hockey League .

Web links

• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ usatoday.com, New Bloomington CHL team announces name, coach
2. ^ Central Hockey League (CHL), Welcome to the Central Hockey League: The Bloomington Blaze
3. ↑ pantagraph.com, Christie named coach of new Bloomington Blaze
4. ↑ echl.com, Christie named Reign's head coach ( Memento of the original from July 9, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.