Johnstown Chiefs

Johnstown Chiefs
founding	1987
resolution	2010
history	Johnstown Chiefs 1987–2010 Greenville Road Warriors 2010–2015 Greenville Swamp Rabbits since 2015
Stadion	Cambria County War Memorial Arena
Location	Johnstown , Pennsylvania
Team colors	black, gold, white
league	All-American Hockey League (1987–1988) ECHL (1988–2010)
Conference	American Conference
division	North Division
Head coach	Ian Herbers
General manager	Bill Bredin
owner	Neil Smith Ned Nakles
Cooperations	Colorado Avalanche ( NHL ) Columbus Blue Jackets ( NHL ) Lake Erie Monsters ( AHL ) Syracuse Crunch ( AHL )
Kelly Cups	no

The Johnstown Chiefs were an American ice hockey team from Johnstown , Pennsylvania that played in the ECHL , a North American minor league , from 1988 to 2010 .

history

Originally, the team owners wanted to build on the tradition of the Johnstown Jets , which were active in various leagues from 1950 to 1977, but the owners of the rights to the jets were not ready to cede them. For this reason, the team owners organized a vote among their own fans, who chose the name Johnstown Chiefs in reference to the fictional team of Charlestown Chiefs from the film " Slap Shot ", which was shot in Johnstown. Initially, the Johnstown Chiefs played in their premiere season in the All-American Hockey League , but moved to the East Coast Hockey League for the following season , in which they were one of five founding members.

During their time in the ECHL, the Johnstown Chiefs became a fixture and were ultimately the team that had been active in the same city for the longest under the same name before they moved to Greenville , South Carolina after the 2009/10 season , relocated and renamed Greenville Road Warriors .

Team records

Career records

	Surname	number
Most games	Dmitri Tarabrin	480 (in 9 seasons)
Most goals	Lukáš Smítal	107
Most templates	Perry Florio	171
Most of the points	Dmitri Tarabrin	234 (99 goals + 135 assists)
Most penalty minutes	Jeffrey Sullivan	1205

Well-known former players

Jakub Ficenec Artūrs Irbe Ivo Jan Rob Leask Brett McLean

Greg Parks Dimitri Pätzold Dany Sabourin Robby Sandrock Jody Shelley

Pēteris Skudra Grant Stevenson Billy Tibbetts John Tripp Derrick Walser

Web links

• The Internet Hockey Database Statistics Johnstown Chiefs
• The Internet Hockey Database - Player List Johnstown Chiefs