Trenton Titans

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Trenton Titans
Founded 1999
Home ice Sovereign Bank Arena
Based in Trenton, New Jersey
Colors Black, Red
League ECHL
Head coach Rick Kowalsky
General manager Jim Leahy
Owner New Jersey Devils

The Trenton Titans is an ECHL (East Coast Hockey League) team in Trenton, New Jersey. They are owned by the NHL's New Jersey Devils and are affiliated with Philadelphia Flyers and Philadelphia Phantoms from the AHL (American Hockey League). They play their home games at the Sovereign Bank Arena. The Sovereign Bank Arena holds 8,500 people.

For 2005-06, the team signed a one-year temporary affiliation with the New York Islanders and the Bridgeport Sound Tigers, as the Islanders' ECHL affiliate in Biloxi, Mississippi, was forced to suspend operations because of Hurricane Katrina.

They played their first season in 1999 and were founded in 1996 when the ECHL decided to give Trenton, New Jersey an expansion team. In 2004 the Trenton Titans celebrated their 5th anniversary.

  • In 2001 the Titans reached the Kelly Cup Finals, but lost to the South Carolina Stingrays 4-1.
  • In 2005 the Trenton Titans won the Kelly Cup by defeating the Florida Everblades 4-2. 2005 was a historic Flyers system domination as both clubs in the Flyers system won their respective championships.

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[edit] 2004-2005 Kelly Cup Champions

In 2004-2005 season the Trenton Titans won the 2005 Kelly Cup by defeating the Florida Everblades 4 games to 2. Trenton won the first 2 games at Florida, Florida won the next 2 games at Trenton, Trenton won the last 2 games at Trenton then Florida. Leon Hayward won MVP of the Kelly Cup Finals. Rick Kowalsky led the Titans as captain.

  • The Trenton Titans beat the Alaska Aces in the National Conference finals, 4-3 in a seven-game series.
  • The Trenton Titans beat the Reading Royals in the Northern Division finals, 3-1, in a five game series.
  • The Trenton Titans beat the Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies in the Northern Division quarterfinals, 3-0, in a five game series.

The team's head and assistant coach left the team after the championship run, as other teams began to find the talent in Trenton. Assistant coach Ted Dent, who had joined the team following four years with the Washington Capitals in the video operations department before being laid off in expectation of the lockout, was signed by Columbia (SC), and head coach Mike Havilland, who had rejoined the team in 2004 after two years in Atlantic City, where he had won a Kelly Cup in 2003, was signed by the AHL's Norfolk Admirals. Doug McKay, who had coached Ritten Renon in the Italian `A' league, was named the Trenton head coach for 2005-06, but was later fired because he wanted to trade away star player Scott Bertoli.

[edit] Intrastate rivalry

Before moving to Stockton, California in 2005, the Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies were the Trenton Titans' archrivals. They played for the Garden State Cup, which awarded to the regular season series winner between New Jersey's two ECHL teams. The Garden State Cup was called the Grainger Cup for the 2001/2002 season when it was sponsored by Grainger, an industrial supply company with branches in both cities. The Bullies and Titans met 10 times during the 2001/2002 regular season with Trenton winning 6 of the games for the one and only Grainger Cup. The Titans and Bullies met 10 times during the 2002/2003 season, with Atlantic City winning 6 of the games for the Garden State Cup. The Titans and Bullies met 10 times in the 2003/2004 season with the Titans winning 6-4. The Titans and Bullies met 10 times in the 2004/2005 season with the Titans winning 5-3-2 against the Bullies 5-4-1, in the final Garden State Cup. The Titans and Bullies met for the last time in the first round of the 2005 ECHL Playoffs with the Titans sweeping the Bullies 3-0.

[edit] Titans in the NHL

Matt Henderson's NHL debut came before his Titans debut, but he later returned to become the first Titan to appear in the NHL before and after Trenton.

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ECHL
2006-07 teams: Alaska Aces | Augusta Lynx | Bakersfield Condors | Charlotte Checkers | Cincinnati Cyclones | Columbia Inferno | Dayton Bombers | Florida Everblades | Fresno Falcons | Gwinnett Gladiators | Idaho Steelheads | Johnstown Chiefs | Las Vegas Wranglers | Long Beach Ice Dogs | Pensacola Ice Pilots | Phoenix RoadRunners | Reading Royals | South Carolina Stingrays | Stockton Thunder | Texas Wildcatters | Toledo Storm | Trenton Titans | Utah Grizzlies | Victoria Salmon Kings | Wheeling Nailers
Planned 2007-08 teams: Greensboro | Mississippi Sea Wolves | Myrtle Beach Thunderboltz
Trophies and Awards: Patrick J. Kelly Cup
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