Topeka ScareCrows

Topeka ScareCrows
founding	1998
resolution	2004
history	Topeka ScareCrows 1998-2003 St. Louis Heartland Eagles 2003-2004
Stadion	Landon Arena
Location	Topeka , Kansas
league	CHL (1998-2001) USHL (2001-2003)
Miron Cups	no

The Topeka ScareCrows were an American ice hockey team from Topeka , Kansas . The team played in the Central Hockey League from 1998 to 2001 .

history

The Topeka ScareCrows were founded in 1998 as a franchise of the Central Hockey League . In their first season they finished the regular season in fourth place in the West Division. In the subsequent playoffs for the Miron Cup, they were defeated by the eventual finalist Oklahoma City Blazers in the first round in the best-of-three series with a sweep . In their second and last playoff participation, they lost in the 2002/03 season with 1: 3 wins to the San Antonio Iguanas . Then the team, whose head coach in the three years of its existence was the Canadian Paul Kelly, was sold and played among other things owner until 2003 in the junior league United States Hockey League . After the club started in the 2003/04 season as the St. Louis Heartland Eagles in the USHL, it was finally dissolved.

The void left in the city by the departure of the Topeka ScareCrows was filled by the Topeka Tarantulas , who competed in the Central Hockey League in the 2004/05 season.

Season statistics (CHL)

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	38	-	4th	-	60	189	251	4th, western	Defeat in the first round
1999/00	70	35	27	-	8th	-	78	245	243	5th, western	not qualified
2000/01	69	38	23	-	8th	-	84	256	245	3rd, western	Defeat in the first round

Team Records (CHL)

Career and season records

Games: 140 Brett Seguin

Goals: 52 Blair Manning

Assists: 131 Brett Seguin

Points: 177 Brett Seguin

Penalty minutes: 302 Sergei Deschevy

Web links

• The Internet Hockey Database - Statistics Topeka ScareCrows (CHL)
• The Internet Hockey Database - Player List Topeka ScareCrows (CHL)