Lake Erie Vikings

Lake Erie Vikings

Pro hockey team
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team = Lake Erie Vikings


logosize = 150px
city = Auburn Township, Ohio
league = Mid-Atlantic Hockey League
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founded = 2007
arena = The Pond
colors = navy blue, light blue, gold
owner = Vikings Professional Hockey Club, LLC
coach = Brad Zangs
GM = David Hahn
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affiliates =
name1 = Jamestown Vikings
dates1 = 2007-2008
name2 = Lake Erie Vikings
dates2 = 2008
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reg_season_titles = 0

The Lake Erie Vikings were an ice hockey team that played in the defunct Mid-Atlantic Hockey League. The team was originally named the Jamestown Vikings, located in Jamestown, New York at the Jamestown Savings Bank Ice Arena.

Team History

The league canceled the remainder of the 2007-08 season and suspended operations on February 12, 2008. The MAHL hopes to return with teams in new locations in 2008-09. The Vikings and Valley Forge Freedom, the league's two most fiscally solvent franchises, were expected to remain in the league if and when the league returns. [Fanelli, Patrick. [http://www.post-journal.com/articles.asp?articleID=24833 Mid-Atlantic Hockey League Suspends Play 80 Games Into Initial Season] The Post-Journal. 13 February 2008.] After the season ended, several Vikings players went on a drunken rampage at a local lodge in Jamestown, believing that league owner Andrew Haines (who also owned the team at the time) owned the lodge (he did not) and causing tens of thousands of dollars in damage. [Fanelli, Patrick. [http://www.post-journal.com/articles.asp?articleID=24881 Vikings go on rampage at lodge] . The Post-Journal. 15 February 2008.] League officials originally said that they fully expected the Vikings to be a part of a renewed league in 2008-09. [Fanelli, Patrick. [http://www.post-journal.com/news/articles.asp?articleID=25179 Mid-Atlantic Hockey League Officials Say Hockey Will Return To City] . The Post-Journal. 24 February 2008.] However, on March 18, the league announced that the Jamestown team would move to Ohio, and play as the Lake Erie Vikings, citing the vandalism incident as the primary reason for the departure. [ [http://mahlhockey.com/ Vikings relocate for 2008/2009 season] ] It was later revealed that the Jamestown Savings Bank Ice Arena had revoked the Vikings' lease because of the league's financial problems.Fanelli, Patrick. [http://www.post-journal.com/articles.asp?articleID=25976 Junior Hockey Coming To City] . The Post-Journal. 20 March 2008.]

To replace the Vikings, the Jamestown area has secured a junior "A" hockey franchise, which has been named the Jamestown Jets.

The MAHL folded in late September 2008, ending hopes of a second season.

References

External links

* [http://www.lakeerievikings.com Lake Erie Vikings]
* [http://www.mahlhockey.com Mid-Atlantic Hockey League]


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