Grand Rapids Owls Explained

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Team:	Grand Rapids Owls
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City:	Byron Center, Michigan
League:	CSHL
Arena:	Southside Community Ice Center
Colors:	Red, Black, White
Gm:	Jeff Laing
Coach:	Greg Geldart
Name1:	Grand Rapids Owls
Dates1:	1993–2010

The Grand Rapids Owls was a USA Hockey-sanctioned Tier III Junior A ice hockey team in the Central States Hockey League. The team played their home games at the Southside Community Ice Center in Byron Center, Michigan.^[1] The players, ages 16–20, carried amateur status under Junior A guidelines and hoped to earn a spot on higher levels of junior ice hockey in the United States and Canada, Canadian Major Junior, Collegiate, and eventually professional teams. The team suspended operations prior to the 2010-2011 season.

Alumni

The Grand Rapids Owls had many alumni move on to higher levels of junior ice hockey, NCAA Division I, Division III, ACHA College, at professional levels.^[2] ^[3]

Web site: Southside Community Ice Center. https://web.archive.org/web/20080725103059/http://www.arenamaps.com/arenas/3.htm. July 25, 2008. Arena Maps.
Web site: Archived copy. June 13, 2010. July 11, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110711130532/http://www.grjraowls.com/team_news.htm. dead.
Web site: Vedder. Steve. January 15, 2010. Ferris State hockey fever running high ahead of CCHA showdown with Miami (Ohio). January 15, 2010. The Grand Rapids Press.