Louisville Panthers

Louisville Panthers
founding	1999
resolution	2001
history	Louisville Panthers 1999–2001 Iowa Stars 2005–2008 Iowa Chops 2008–2009 Texas Stars since 2009
Stadion	Freedom Hall
Location	Louisville , Kentucky
Team colors	navy blue, red, gold
league	American Hockey League
Calder cups	no

The Louisville Panthers were an American ice hockey franchise in the American Hockey League based out of Louisville , Kentucky . The Panthers' venue was Freedom Hall .

history

The Louisville Panthers in 1999 as the farm team of the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League was founded. After the 2000/01 AHL season, the Panthers were inactive until the team resumed play in the AHL in 2005 as Iowa Stars - standing in cooperation with the Dallas Stars . In the 1999/2000 premiere season, the team reached the first round of the playoffs for the Calder Cup , in which, however, they lost 3-1 to the Kentucky Thoroughblades in four games . The following season the Panthers did not reach the playoffs and with 50 points in the regular season clearly missed the previous year's mark of 92 points.

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	PIM	space	Playoffs
1999/00	80	42	30th	7th	1	-	92	278	254	2228	4th, Mid-Atlantic	Conference Quarterfinal lost, 3-1 ( Kentucky )
2000/01	80	21st	51	5	3	-	50	200	285	1958	8th, South	not qualified
total	160	63	81	12	4th	-	142	478	539	4186		1 playoff participation 1 series: 0 wins, 1 loss 4 games: 1 wins, 3 losses

Team records

Career records

Goals: 48 Paul Brousseau (1999-2001)

Assists: 63 Paul Brousseau (1999-2001)

Points: 111 Paul Brousseau (1999-2001)

Penalty minutes: 481 Brent Thompson (1999-2001)

Well-known former players

• Roberto Luongo
• Kyle Rossiter

Web links

• The Internet Hockey Database - Louisville Panthers