Johnstown Chiefs

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Johnstown Chiefs
City: Johnstown, Pennsylvania
League: ECHL
Conference: American Conference
Division: North Division
Founded: 1988
Home arena: Cambria County War Memorial Arena
Colors: Black, gold, white               
Owner(s): Neil Smith and Ned Nakles
General manager: Bill Bredin
Head coach: Ian Herbers
Captain: Randy Rowe
Media: The Tribune-Democrat, WNTJ 1490 AM, WNTW 990 AM, WJAC
Affiliates: Colorado Avalanche(NHL) Columbus Blue Jackets(NHL) Lake Erie Monsters(AHL) Syracuse Crunch(AHL)
Franchise history
1988 to present: Johnstown Chiefs
Championships
Regular season titles: None
Division Championships: None
Conference Championships: None
Kelly Cups: None

The Johnstown Chiefs are a minor league ice hockey team located in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, playing in the ECHL. The team was founded in 1988 in the All-American Hockey League, and moved to the East Coast Hockey League (now just 'ECHL') when that league was formed. The Chiefs are the only original ECHL team still playing under its original name, and the only one still in its original city.

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[edit] Franchise history

The owners originally wanted to name the team the Jets in honor of a team that had played in Johnstown from 1950 to 1977, mostly in the Eastern Hockey League. However, the old Jets' former owners still held the trademark for the name and refused to allow the new team to use it. Fortunately, they had a second choice. A contest was held by the owners, allowing the people of Johnstown to vote for the new team name. The cult hockey movie Slap Shot had been filmed in Johnstown, and featured a minor league team called the Charlestown Chiefs. The fans readily jumped on the tie-in, and the Johnstown Chiefs were born.

The Chiefs play their home games in the historic 3,745 seat Cambria County War Memorial Arena in Johnstown, where most of the hockey scenes in the movie Slap Shot were filmed. The team colors are black, gold, and white (following an early affiliation with the Boston Bruins), and its uniforms were based on 1970s-era Bruins jerseys.

Among the franchise's notable players has been defenceman Brent Bilodeau; Dmitri Tarabrin (the career leader in games played with 427); Bruce Coles, who holds the career mark for points scored with 227, having played in only 132 games for the team; Scott Gordon, the team's goalie in 1988–89 who played for Team USA at the 1992 Winter Olympics, and became the first ECHL player to advance to the NHL when he suited up for the Quebec Nordiques in 1989–90; all-star defenceman Perry Florio, the franchise's career assist leader with 171; right wing Lukas Smital, the career goal scoring leader with 107; enforcer Jeff Sullivan, the career penalty minute leader with 1205; and goaltender Frederic Deschesnes, who leads the franchise in goaltending games with 152, wins with 69 and shutouts with 5. Goalie Arturs Irbe played for the Chiefs briefly in 2003–2004, going 10–3–1 with a GAA of 2.13 and a .927 save percentage.

Ian Herbers was named as the team's head coach on June 18, 2007.[1]

On August 17, 2007, the Chiefs announced that they entered into an affiliation agreement with the NHL's Colorado Avalanche. During the 2007–08 season, the Chiefs served as the Avalanche's secondary minor league affiliate. The Lake Erie Monsters of the AHL being Colorado's primary affiliate.[2] On September 18, 2007, the Chiefs announced they had also entered an affiliation agreement with the Boston Bruins for the 07–08 season.[3]

Prior to the 2008–09 season the Chiefs renewed their affiliation with the Avalanche[4] and entered into an affiliation agreement with the Columbus Blue Jackets who replaced the Bruins on August 22, 2008.[5]

The Chiefs along with the Wheeling Thunderbirds (now known as the Wheeling Nailers)played the role of the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 1995 film Sudden Death starring Jean Claude Van Damme. The premise was the Penguins playing the Chicago Blackhawks for the Stanley Cup when terrorists attempt to hold the Vice President hostage in the arena.

[edit] Season-by-season record

Records as of 2007–08 season.[6]

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime losses, SOL = Shootout losses, Pts = Points, PCT = Winning percentage, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes

Season League Division GP W L T OTL SOL Pts PCT GF GA PIM Coach(es) Result
1988–89 ECHL 60 32 22 - 6 - 70 .583 295 251 Steve Carlson Lost in Finals
1989–90 ECHL 60 23 31 - 6 - 52 .433 233 291 2047 Steve Carlson Out of playoffs
1990–91 ECHL East 64 32 29 - 3 - 67 .523 324 287 1646 Steve Carlson Lost in round 2
1991–92 ECHL West 64 36 23 - 5 - 77 .601 294 248 1750 Steve Carlson Lost in round 2
1992–93 ECHL East 64 34 23 - 7 - 75 .585 281 264 1647 Ed Johnstone Lost in round 2
1993–94 ECHL North 68 37 27 - 4 - 78 .573 323 308 1978 Ed Johnstone Lost in round 1
1994–95 ECHL North 68 31 32 - 5 - 67 .492 256 297 1656 Ed Johnstone Lost in round 1
1995–96 ECHL North 70 21 38 - 11 - 53 .378 249 322 2481 Nick Fotiu Out of Playoffs
1996–97 ECHL North 70 24 39 7 - - 55 .392 253 354 2287 Nick Fotiu Out of Playoffs
1997–98 ECHL Northeast 70 23 41 6 - - 52 .371 219 297 2118 Nick Fotiu
Scott Allen		 Out of Playoffs
1998–99 ECHL Northeast 70 27 34 9 - - 63 .450 218 265 1734 Scott Allen Out of Playoffs
1999–00 ECHL Northwest 70 33 28 - 9 - 75 .535 235 234 1959 Scott Allen Lost in round 3
2000–01 ECHL Northwest 72 28 36 8 - - 64 .444 207 238 1865 Scott Allen Lost in round 2
2001–02 ECHL Northwest 72 39 31 2 - - 80 .555 220 232 1688 Scott Allen Lost in round 3
2002–03 ECHL Northwest 72 28 33 11 - - 67 .465 214 243 1700 Toby O'Brien Out of Playoffs
2003–04 ECHL Northern 72 45 20 7 - - 97 .673 223 195 1491 Toby O'Brien Lost in Q/R
2004–05 ECHL North 72 22 36 14 - - 58 .402 191 258 1421 Toby O'Brien Out of Playoffs
2005–06 ECHL North 72 30 26 16 - - 76 .527 223 243 1119 Frank Anzalone Lost in round 2
2006–07 ECHL North 72 33 33 - 3 3 72 .500 216 232 1179 Frank Anzalone Lost in round 1
2007–08 ECHL North 72 36 30 - 3 3 78 .541 235 234 1568 Ian Herbers Lost in round 2
2008–09 ECHL North 72 37 30 - 5 0 79 .549 228 232 1472 Ian Herbers Out of Playoffs

[edit] Current roster

As of March 30, 2009 [1]

Goaltenders
# Player Catches Acquired Place of birth Contract status
30 Flag of Denmark Sebastian Dahm L 2008 Copenhagen, Denmark Syracuse Crunch (AHL) Contract
31 Flag of the United States Kris Mayotte L 2008 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Chiefs Contract
35 Flag of the United States Ian Keserich L 2008 Parma, Ohio Lake Erie Monsters (AHL) Contract
Defensemen
# Player Shoots Acquired Place of birth Contract status
2 Flag of Canada David Schulz L 2008 Winkler, Manitoba Chiefs Contract
5 Flag of Canada Trevor Hendrikx L 2008 Russell, Ontario Syracuse Crunch (AHL) Contract
6 Flag of the United States Greg Gallagher L 2008 Framingham, Massachusetts Chiefs Contract
12 Flag of the United States Kyle Bushee L 2008 Otsego, Michigan Chiefs Contract
14 Flag of Canada Ryan Card L 2009 Bancroft, Ontario Chiefs Contract
20 Flag of the United States R.J. Anderson R 2007 Lino Lakes, Minnesota Chiefs Contract
21 Flag of Canada Mike Knight R 2007 Toronto, Ontario Chiefs Contract
Forwards
# Player Shoots Acquired Place of birth Contract status
3 Flag of Canada Alex Penner L 2008 Simcoe, Ontario Chiefs Contract
10 Flag of Canada Blair Yaworski L 2008 Calgary, Alberta Syracuse Crunch (AHL) Contract
13 Flag of Canada Todd Griffith L 2009 Welland, Ontario Chiefs Contract
16 Flag of Canada Ryan Del Monte R 2008 Mississauga, Ontario Chiefs Contract
18 Flag of Canada Randy Rowe L 2005 Burford, Ontario Chiefs Contract
23 Flag of the United States Mike Bartlett R 2008 Morton Grove, Illinois Chiefs Contract
24 Flag of Canada Andrew Sarauer L 2008 Outlook, Saskatchewan Chiefs Contract
25 Flag of the United States Sean Berkstresser L 2008 Apollo, Pennsylvania Chiefs Contract
26 Flag of the United States Andy Contois L 2008 Marquette, Michigan Chiefs Contract
33 Flag of the Czech Republic Petr Pohl R 2008 Prostejov, Czech Republic Syracuse Crunch (AHL) Contract
36 Flag of Canada Toby LaFrance R 2009 Granby, Quebec Springfield Falcons (AHL) Contract
3-Day Injured Reserve
# Player Position Shoots Acquired Place of birth Contract status
32 Flag of Canada Jason Spence LW R 2007 Windsor, Nova Scotia Chiefs Contract
30-Day Injured Reserve
# Player Position Shoots Acquired Place of birth Contract status
10 Flag of Canada Matt Robinson LW L 2008 South Surrey, British Columbia Chiefs Contract


Recalled/Loaned List
# Player Position Shoots Acquired Place of birth Contract status Recalled/loan team
14 Flag of the United States Mark McCutcheon C R 2008 Ithaca, New York Lake Erie Monsters (AHL) /Chiefs Contract Lake Erie Monsters (AHL)
19 Flag of Canada Ryan Garlock C L 2007 Iroquois Falls, Ontario Syracuse Crunch (AHL) /Chiefs Contract Syracuse Crunch (AHL
22 Flag of the United States Jon Landry D R 2008 Lexington, Massachusetts Syracuse Crunch (AHL) /Chiefs Contract Syracuse Crunch (AHL)
26 Flag of the United States Chris Mueller F R 2008 West Seneca, New York Lake Erie Monsters (AHL) /Chiefs Contract Lake Erie Monsters (AHL)
27 Flag of the United States Bryan Marshall F L 2008 Livonia, Michigan Lake Erie Monsters (AHL) /Chiefs Contract Lake Erie Monsters (AHL)
27 Flag of Canada Kyle Wharton D L 2008 Ottawa, Ontario Syracuse Crunch (AHL) /Chiefs Contract Syracuse Crunch (AHL)
27 Flag of the United States Russ Sinkewich D R 2009 Ottawa, Ontario Milwaukee Admirals (AHL) /Chiefs Contract Milwaukee Admirals (AHL)
55 Flag of the United States Raymond Macias D R 2008 Long Beach, California Lake Erie Monsters (AHL) /Chiefs Contract Lake Erie Monsters (AHL)
Staff
Title Staff member
Head coach Ian Herbers
Trainer Mic Medderhoff
Vice president Bill Bredin
Broadcaster Ray Schmitt
Equipment assistant Dave Dunkleberger
Equipment intern "John Michael Murphy

"Bus Driver" Charlie
Mascot Tom E. Hawk

[edit] Retired numbers

The Chiefs have retired four numbers: The numbers of Don Hall, Dick Roberge, Galen Head and Reg Kent. Hall and Roberge numbers were retired in 1990, Galen Head in 2003 and Reg Kent in 2009. None of these players ever played for the Chiefs, but for the Johnstown Jets. In their 22 seasons of existence, the Chiefs have yet to retire a numbers of a players who played for the team.

7 - Reg Kent 8 - Galen Head 9 - Don Hall 11 - Dick Roberge

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Chiefs name new head coach". johnstownchiefs.com. 2007-06-18. http://www.johnstownchiefs.com/news/index.html?article_id=139. Retrieved on 2008-12-01. 
  2. ^ "Chiefs join forces with the Avalanche". johnstownchiefs.com. 2007-08-17. http://www.johnstownchiefs.com/news/index.html?article_id=154. Retrieved on 2008-12-01. 
  3. ^ "Chiefs have something Bruin". johnstownchiefs.com. 2007-09-18. http://www.johnstownchiefs.com/news/index.html?article_id=161. Retrieved on 2007-09-17. 
  4. ^ "Chiefs renew affiliation with Avalanche". johnstownchiefs.com. 2008-08-18. http://www.johnstownchiefs.com/news/index.html?article_id=349. Retrieved on 2008-12-01. 
  5. ^ "Chiefs join forces with Blue Jackets, Crunch". johnstownchiefs.com. 2008-08-22. http://www.johnstownchiefs.com/news/index.html?article_id=350. Retrieved on 2008-12-01. 
  6. ^ "Season-by-season records". hockeydb.com. 2008-12-01. http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/display_standings.php?tmi=6248. Retrieved on 2008-12-01. 

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