Louisville Icehawks

Louisville Icehawks
founding	1990
resolution	1994
history	Louisville Icehawks 1990-1994 Jacksonville Lizard Kings 1995-2000
Stadion	Broadbent Arena
Location	Louisville , Kentucky
league	East Coast Hockey League
Kelly Cups	no

The Louisville Icehawks were an American ice hockey team based in Louisville , Kentucky . The team played in the East Coast Hockey League from 1990 to 1994 .

history

The Louisville Icehawks were founded in 1990 as a franchise of the East Coast Hockey League . Their most successful season completed the team in the 1991/92 season, in which they moved into the playoffs for the Kelly Cup with a sixth place as the last team of the West Division in the regular season , where they first beat Toledo Storm before they over a bye and a win against Cincinnati Cyclones only in the Kelly Cup final with a sweep in the best-of-seven series were defeated by the Hampton Roads Admirals . In their final season, the Icehawks were the farm team for the Pittsburgh Penguins from the National Hockey League .

After four seasons, the team was relocated to Jacksonville , Florida , where it took part in the game operations of the ECHL in the following years under the name Jacksonville Lizard Kings .

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
1990/91	64	31	29	-	4th	-	66	251	309	4th, west	Defeat in the second round
1991/92	64	31	25th	-	8th	-	70	315	306	6th, west	Defeat in the final
1992/93	64	30th	27	-	7th	-	67	302	293	5th, west	not qualified
1993/94	68	16	44	-	2	6th	40	236	356	5th, west	Defeat in the second round

Team records

Career records

Games: 221 Sheldon Gorski

Goals: 180 Sheldon Gorski

Assists: 182 Sheldon Gorski

Points: 362 Sheldon Gorski

Penalty Minutes: 951 Trevor Buchanan

Known players

• Martin Bergeron
• Chad Biafore
• Patrice Lefebvre

Web links

• The Internet Hockey Database Statistics Louisville Icehawks
• The Internet Hockey Database - Player List Louisville Icehawks