Adirondack Frostbite Explained

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Team:Adirondack Frostbite
Logosize:200px
City:Glens Falls, New York
League:United Hockey League
Founded:1994
Arena:Glens Falls Civic Center
Colors:Stratos, sundance, cornflower, white
Owner:Steve Levy
Barry Melrose
Name1:Utica Blizzard
Dates1:1994–1997
Name2:Winston-Salem IceHawks
Dates2:1997–1999
Name3:Adirondack IceHawks
Dates3:1999–2004
Name4:Adirondack Frostbite
Dates4:2004–2006

The Adirondack Frostbite were a minor professional ice hockey team based in Glens Falls, New York, and were a member of the United Hockey League (UHL). They played their home games at the Glens Falls Civic Center.

The Adirondack IceHawks UHL team came to Glens Falls in 1999, after the American Hockey League's (AHL) Adirondack Red Wings disbanded. The IceHawks were a relocation of the Winston-Salem IceHawks from Winston-Salem, North Carolina. In 2004, ESPN SportsCenter anchor Steve Levy and NHL analyst Barry Melrose became the team's owners and the team changed its name to the Frostbite.[1]

On January 13, 2006, head coach Marc Potvin was found dead in his hotel room in Kalamazoo, Michigan, hours before his team was to play the Kalamazoo Wings.[2]

The Frostbite suspended operations on June 12, 2006, after the team could not come to a lease agreement with the Glens Falls Civic Center.[3] Professional hockey would not return to the Adirondack region until 2009 when the AHL's Philadelphia Phantoms relocated to become the Adirondack Phantoms.[4]

References

  1. News: Dougherty . Pete . May 23, 2014 . Levy has fond memory of area . September 30, 2022 . . en-US.
  2. Web site: January 13, 2006 . Former NHL player Marc Potvin dead at 38 . September 30, 2022 . CBC.ca.
  3. Web site: June 12, 2006 . Adirondack Frostbite and Danbury Trashers suspend operations . September 30, 2022 . OurSports Central . en.
  4. Web site: April 29, 2009 . Phantoms move to Glens Falls, N.Y. . September 30, 2022 . . en.

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