Danbury Trashers

Danbury Trashers
founding	2004
resolution	2006
history	Danbury Trashers 2004-2006
Stadion	Danbury Ice Arena
Location	Danbury , Connecticut
league	United Hockey League

The Danbury Trashers were an American ice hockey team from Danbury , Connecticut . The team played in the United Hockey League from 2004 to 2006 .

history

The team was over 2004 franchise of the United Hockey League was founded. After the team had failed in their premiere season in the second playoff round for the Colonial Cup, they first reached first place in the Eastern Division in the 2005/06 season, before they then in the playoff final after victories over the Quad City Mallards and Muskegon Fury lost to the Kalamazoo Wings with 1: 4 wins in the best-of-seven series.

Following the 2005/06 season, the franchise was dissolved. This was preceded by a fraud scandal in which 29 members of the franchise were involved. Those responsible had illegally expanded the salary cap by three times what was allowed. The void the team left in the city was filled in 2008 by the Danbury Mad Hatters of the Eastern Professional Hockey League .

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
2004/05	80	44	29	-	-	7th	95	265	243	2nd, Eastern	Defeat in the second round
2005/06	76	48	17th	-	-	11	107	308	227	1st, Eastern	Defeat in the final

Team records

Career records

Games: 136 Alex Goupil

Goals: 50 Alex Goupil

Assists: 102 Jeff Daw

Points: 148 Jeff Daw

Penalty Minutes: 496 Brad Wingfield

Known players

• Garrett Burnett
• Rumun Ndur
• Bruce Richardson
• Luke Sellars

Web links

• The Internet Hockey Database Statistics Danbury Trashers
• The Internet Hockey Database - Player List Danbury Trashers