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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.
| Adirondack Frostbite | |
|---|---|
 | |
| City | Glens Falls, New York |
| League | United Hockey League |
| Founded | 1994 |
| Home arena | Glens Falls Civic Center |
| Colors | Stratos, sundance, cornflower, white |
| Owner(s) | Steve Levy Barry Melrose |
| Franchise history | |
| 1994–1997 | Utica Blizzard |
| 1997–1999 | Winston-Salem IceHawks |
| 1999–2004 | Adirondack IceHawks |
| 2004–2006 | Adirondack Frostbite |
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
edit- ^ Dougherty, Pete (May 23, 2014). "Levy has fond memory of area". Times Union. Retrieved September 30, 2022.
- ^ "Former NHL player Marc Potvin dead at 38". CBC.ca. January 13, 2006. Retrieved September 30, 2022.
- ^ "Adirondack Frostbite and Danbury Trashers suspend operations". OurSports Central. June 12, 2006. Retrieved September 30, 2022.
- ^ "Phantoms move to Glens Falls, N.Y." The Philadelphia Inquirer. April 29, 2009. Retrieved September 30, 2022.
External links
edit- Scott, Jon C. (2006). Hockey Night in Dixie: Minor Pro Hockey in the American South. Heritage House Publishing Company Ltd. pp. 17–200. ISBN 1-894974-21-2.
- Adirondack Frostbite on HockeyDB
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