New Haven Nighthawks

New Haven Nighthawks
founding	1972
resolution	1992
history	New Haven Nighthawks 1972–1992 New Haven Senators 1992–1993 Prince Edward Island Senators 1993–1996 Binghamton Senators 2002–2017 Belleville Senators since 2017
Stadion	New Haven Coliseum
Location	New Haven , Connecticut
Team colors	black, silver, white
league	American Hockey League
Cooperations	Minnesota North Stars New York Rangers Los Angeles Kings
Calder cups	no

The New Haven Nighthawks were an American ice hockey franchise of the American Hockey League based in New Haven , Connecticut . The Nighthawks' venue was the New Haven Coliseum .

history

The New Haven Nighthawks were founded in 1972 as a franchise of the American Hockey League . In their third AHL season, the Nighthawks reached the final of the Calder Cup for the first time in the 1974/75 season , in which they were defeated by the Springfield Indians with 1: 4 wins. After two years in which New Haven did not get beyond the first play-off round, they failed in 1977/78 and 1978/79 each in the final at the Maine Mariners . For the fourth and last time New Haven moved into the final of the Calder Cup in the 1988/89 season, but was again defeated by the opponent, in this case the Adirondack Red Wings .

After the 1991/92 season, the franchise entered into a cooperation with the newly founded Ottawa Senators from the National Hockey League and was renamed as Ottawa's farm team in New Haven Senators .

Team records

Career records

Games: 534 Tom Colley

Goals: 204 Tom Colley

Assists: 281 Tom Colley

Points: 485 Tom Colley

Penalty minutes: 688 Al Tuer

Well-known former players

• Todd Elik
• Stan Drulia
• Glenn Healy
• Pete LoPresti
• Willie O'Ree
• Glenn Resch
• Don Waddell

Web links

• The Internet Hockey Database Statistics New Haven Nighthawks
• The Internet Hockey Database - Player List New Haven Nighthawks