Erie Panthers

Erie Panthers
founding	1988
resolution	1996
history	Erie Panthers 1988–1996 Baton Rouge Kingfish 1996–2003 Victoria Salmon Kings 2004–2011
Stadion	Louis J. Tullio Arena
Location	Erie , Pennsylvania
Team colors	black, gray, white
league	East Coast Hockey League
Kelly Cups	no

The Erie Panthers were an American ice hockey team from Erie , Pennsylvania . The team played in the East Coast Hockey League from 1988 to 1996 .

history

The Erie Panthers was founded in 1988 as a franchise of the East Coast Hockey League , in which they were one of a total of five founding members. The team replaced the Erie Golden Blades , who had played in the Atlantic Coast Hockey League from 1982 to 1987 . In their first two seasons, the team ended the regular season in first place in the ECHL, when it was not yet divided into divisions. In the playoffs for the Kelly Cup , however, they did not get beyond the second round. After they had always reached the playoffs in the first five years of their existence, they missed this three times in a row after their division into the North Division. As a result, the franchise was moved by its owners to Baton Rouge , Louisiana , where it subsequently took part in the gaming operations of ECHL under the name Baton Rouge Kingfish .

The void left by the Panthers' resettlement in the city was filled in 1996 by the Erie Otters , who have since competed in the Canadian Junior Ontario 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
1988/89	60	37	20th	-	3	-	77	327	256	1., ECHL	Defeat in the first round
1989/90	60	38	16	-	6th	-	82	357	251	1., ECHL	Defeat in the second round
1990/91	64	31	30th	-	3	-	65	302	302	3rd, East	Defeat in the first round
1991/92	64	33	27	-	4th	-	70	284	309	5th, west	Defeat in the first round
1992/93	64	35	25th	-	4th	-	74	305	307	4th, west	Defeat in the second round
1993/94	68	27	36	-	5	-	59	264	334	6th, North	not qualified
1994/95	68	18th	46	-	4th	-	40	256	356	6th, North	not qualified
1995/96	70	25th	40	-	5	-	55	227	293	6th, North	not qualified

Team records

Career records

Games: 175 Peter Buckeridge

Goals: 115 Peter Buckeridge

Assists: 160 Peter Buckeridge

Points: 275 Peter Buckeridge

Penalty minutes: 845 Grant Ottenbreit

Known players

• Martin Bergeron
• Glen Goodall
• Anthony Iob
• Bill McDougall
• Sjarhej Stas

Web links

• The Internet Hockey Database Statistics Erie Panthers
• The Internet Hockey Database - Player List Erie Panthers