St. Louis Heartland Eagles

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The St. Louis Heartland Eagles was a Tier 1 junior ice hockey team playing in the West Division of the United States Hockey League (USHL). The USHL is a developmental league for 17- to 20-year-olds who will hopefully make college the next stop in their hockey careers. There are currently 11 teams in the USHL - St. Louis would make 12.

The Eagles's home ice was The Summit Center in Chesterfield, Missouri (about 30 minutes west of downtown St. Louis on I-64/40/61). The Summit Center is now the home for the NAHL's St. Louis Bandits.

The Heartland Eagles were granted a one-year voluntary suspension of operations and did not play during the 2004/2005 USHL season. As of July, 2005, it was unclear when they would resume operations.

For their last active season (2004/2005) the Eagle's head coach and general manager was Rick Zombo, an ex-Detroit Red Wings, ex-St. Louis Blues defenseman. Assistant coach was Joe Coombs.

Coombs went on to coach the Topeka Tarantulas of the CHL for the 2004-05 season, but the team folded after only one year.

Phil Giubileo was the team's broadcaster and he departed for the Danbury Trashers after the Eagles' collapse.

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