Utica Blizzard

Utica Blizzard
founding	1993
resolution	1997
history	Flint Bulldogs 1991-1993 Utica Bulldogs 1993-1994 Utica Blizzard 1994-1997 Winston-Salem IceHawks 1997-1999 Adirondack IceHawks 1999-2004 Adirondack Frostbite 2004-2006
Location	Utica , New York
league	Colonial Hockey League

The Utica Blizzard were an American ice hockey team from Utica , New York . The team played in the Colonial Hockey League from 1993 to 1997 .

history

The franchise of Flint Bulldogs from the Colonial Hockey League in 1993 from Flint , Michigan , to Utica, New York, relocated and renamed Utica Bulldogs. There they replace the recently relocated Utica Devils from the American Hockey League . Their premiere season ended the team in fourth place in the East Division and missed the playoffs. The team was then renamed Utica Blizzard. Although they reached the playoffs in the 1994/95 and 1996/97 seasons, they were eliminated in the first round.

Following the 1996/97 season, the franchise was relocated to Winston-Salem , North Carolina , where it then took part in the game operations of the UHL under the name Winston-Salem IceHawks , as the league was called from 1997.

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
1993/94	64	21st	39	4th	-	-	46	226	330	4th, CoHLE	not qualified
1994/95	74	31	38	5	-	-	67	299	349	3rd, CoHLE	Defeat in the first round
1995/96	74	29	39	-	-	6th	64	285	339	5th, CoHLE	not qualified
1996/97	74	22nd	42	-	-	10	54	278	385	4th, CoHLE	Defeat in the first round

Team records

Career records

Games: 181 Gary Miller

Goals: 122 Mark Green

Assists: 100 John Vecchiarelli

Points: 213 Mark Green

Penalty Minutes: 408 Richie Walcott

Known players

• Garrett Burnett
• Oļegs Sorokins

Web links

• The Internet Hockey Database Statistics Utica Bulldogs
• The Internet Hockey Database - Player List Utica Bulldogs
• The Internet Hockey Database Statistics Utica Blizzard
• The Internet Hockey Database - Player List Utica Blizzard