Manchester Monarchs (ECHL)
Manchester monarchs | |
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founding | 2015 |
history |
Huntington Blizzard 1993–2000 Texas Wildcatters 2003–2008 Ontario Reign 2008–2015 Manchester Monarchs 2015–2019 |
Stadion | SNHU arena |
Location | Manchester , New Hampshire |
Team colors | Black , silver |
league | ECHL |
Conference | Eastern Conference |
division | North Division |
Cooperations |
Los Angeles Kings ( NHL ) Ontario Reign ( AHL ) |
Kelly Cups | no |
The Manchester Monarchs were an American ice hockey franchise based in Manchester , New Hampshire . The team played in the ECHL between the 2015/16 and 2018/19 seasons and served as the Los Angeles Kings farm team during this time .
history
In January 2015, the American Hockey League announced an extensive restructuring for the 2015/16 season , in the course of which a new Pacific Division was founded. As a result, all ECHL franchises based in California swapped places with their AHL cooperation partners. In the case of the Manchester Monarchs, both team names were retained, so that the AHL- Manchester Monarchs played as Ontario Reign in the AHL, while the ECHL- Ontario Reign henceforth participated in the ECHL game operations as Manchester Monarchs. The Los Angeles Kings remained cooperation partners of both teams . Richard Seeley was introduced as the Monarchs' first head coach .
After the Monarchs' first year at ECHL, the franchise was sold to PPI Sports by the Anschutz Entertainment Group , which also owns the Los Angeles Kings . The connection as the Kings farm team was retained. In January 2019 it was announced that the team is looking for a new owner again. When this could not be found by the end of the 2018/19 season , the team stopped playing.
Web links
- Profile on eliteprospects.com
Individual evidence
- ^ Reign Become the AHL Affiliate of LA Kings. ontarioreign.com, January 30, 2015, accessed July 9, 2015 .