Halifax Citadels

Halifax Citadels
founding	1988
resolution	1993
history	Fredericton Express 1981–1988 Halifax Citadels 1988–1993 Cornwall Aces 1993–1996 Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins since 1999
Stadion	Halifax Metro Center
Location	Halifax , Nova Scotia
league	American Hockey League
Cooperations	Québec Nordiques ( NHL)
Calder cups	no

The Halifax Citadels were a Canadian ice hockey franchise of the American Hockey League from Halifax , Nova Scotia . The venue for the Citadels was the Halifax Metro Center .

history

1988 was the AHL - farm team of the Quebec Nordiques formed after this the Fredericton Express of Fredericton , New Brunswick to Halifax , Nova Scotia had resettled. The name of the franchise refers to a fort in the Halifax area. The move of the franchise closed the gap left by the Nova Scotia Oilers with their 1988 move.

In the first two seasons Halifax reached the playoffs, but was eliminated in the best-of-seven series. First they failed in 1988/89 with 0: 4 at the Moncton Hawks , a year later they were defeated by the Sherbrooke Canadiens with 2: 4. In the last three seasons of its existence, the team could not build on the initial success and missed the playoffs. The low point was the 1991/92 season, when the Citadels only got 67 points and were fifth in their division.

In 1993, the franchise was relocated to Cornwall , Ontario , where it continued to serve as the Cornwall Aces as the Nordiques farm team in the AHL. The void left by the departure of the Citadels was closed in 1994 by the Halifax Mooseheads from the QMJHL .

Team records

Career records

Games: 256 Mark Vermette

Goals: 121 Mark Vermette

Assists: 110 Mark Vermette

Points: 231 Mark Vermette

Penalty Minutes: 920 Greg Smyth

Former trainers

• Robbie Ftorek

Former players

Tommy Albelin Niklas Andersson Shawn Anderson Jamie Baker Don Barber Denis Chassé Daniel Doré Mario Doyon Stéphane Fiset Adam Foote Marc Fortier Mario Gosselin Jari Grönstrand Miroslav Ihnačák Iiro Järvi Claude Julien Dave Karpa Jon Klemm

Dan Lambert David Latta Curtis Leschyshyn Steve Maltais Ryan McGill Mike McKee Stéphane Morin Dwayne Norris Dave Pichette Martin Ručínský Brent Severyn Chris Simon Anton Šťastný Ron Tugnutt Mark Vermette

Web links

• The Internet Hockey Database Statistics Halifax Citadels
• The Internet Hockey Database - Player List Halifax Citadels