Miami matadors

Miami matadors
founding	1998
resolution	1999
history	Louisville River Frogs 1995-1998 Miami Matadors 1998-1999
Stadion	Miami Arena Germain Arena
Location	Miami , Florida
Team colors	black, gold, white
league	East Coast Hockey League
Cooperations	Florida Panthers ( NHL )
Kelly Cups	no

The Miami Matadors were an American ice hockey team based in Miami , Florida . The team played in the East Coast Hockey League in the 1998/99 season .

history

The Louisville River Frogs from the East Coast Hockey League were three years after their formation following the 1997/98 season to Miami, Florida, relocated and renamed Miami Matadors. There was a franchise , a farm team of the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League . The Matadors played during their only season, the 1998/99 season, in which they were seventh in the Southeast Division and missed the playoffs for the Kelly Cup , in the oversized Miami Arena . Since this had a spectator capacity of 14,823, the management of the matadors decided to open only the lower tier at home games, which reduced the capacity to 6,351 spectators. But even with the reduced capacity, not a single home game of the entire season was sold out. Therefore, it was decided to play the last two home games in the Germain Arena in Estero , Florida.

After the franchise was inactive for two years, the former owners sold the ECHL license to the Cincinnati Cyclones from the disbanded International Hockey League .

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
1998/99	70	28	32	-	-	10	66	208	266	7th, Southeast	not qualified

Team records

Career records

Games: 70 Chris Rowland , Michael Flynn

Goals: 28 Greg Clancy

Assists: 50 Michael Flynn

Points: 70 Michael Flynn

Penalty minutes: 264 Chris Rowland

Known players

• Lance Ward

Web links

• The Internet Hockey Database Statistics Miami Matadors
• The Internet Hockey Database - Player List Miami Matadors