Columbus Chill

Columbus Chill
founding	1991
resolution	1999
history	Columbus Chill 1991–1999 Reading Royals since 2001
Stadion	Ohio Expo Center Coliseum
Location	Columbus , Ohio
Team colors	black-and-white
league	East Coast Hockey League
Kelly Cups	no

The Columbus Chill were an American ice hockey team based in Columbus , Ohio . The team played in the East Coast Hockey League from 1991 to 1999 .

history

The Columbus Chill was founded in 1991 as a franchise of the East Coast Hockey League . After they had missed him the playoffs for the Kelly Cup in their first two seasons , they reached the second playoff round in the 1993/94 season after a second place in the North Division and a first-round victory over the Johnstown Chiefs they succumbed to the later master Toledo Storm in the best-of-five series with a sweep . The team from Ohio also reached the second playoff round in the 1996/97 and 1998/99 seasons. The franchise then became inactive in order not to have to compete with the newly founded Columbus Blue Jackets from the National Hockey League , which started playing in the 2000/01 season .

In the summer of 2001, the team was relocated to Reading , Pennsylvania , where it has since participated in ECHL's gaming operations under the name Reading Royals .

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 against, PIM = penalty minutes

season	GP	W.	L.	T	OTL	SOL	Pts	GF	GA	space	Playoffs
1991/92	64	25th	30th	-	9	-	59	298	341	7th, west	not qualified
1992/93	64	30th	30th	-	4th	-	64	257	256	7th, west	not qualified
1993/94	68	41	20th	-	7th	-	89	344	285	2nd, North	Defeat in the second round
1994/95	68	31	32	-	5	-	67	282	315	4th, North	Defeat in the first round
1995/96	70	37	28	-	5	-	79	285	268	4th, North	Defeat in the first round
1996/97	70	44	21st	5	-	-	93	303	257	1st, North	Defeat in the second round
1997/98	70	33	30th	7th	-	-	73	221	220	5th, Northwest	not qualified
1998/99	70	39	24	7th	-	-	85	257	242	1st, Northwest	Defeat in the second round

Team records

Career records

Games: 266 Beau Bilek

Goals: 104 Keith Morris

Assists: 218 Derek Clancey

Points: 313 Derek Clancey

Penalty minutes: 663 Barry Dreger

Known players

• Pete Vandermeer
• Patryk Pysz
• Marty Wilford
• Clayton Young
• Len Soccio

Web links

• The Internet Hockey Database Statistics Columbus Chill
• The Internet Hockey Database - Player List Columbus Chill