Grand Rapids Owls | |
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City | Byron Center, Michigan |
League | CSHL |
Home arena | Southside Community Ice Center |
Colors |
Red, Black, White |
General manager | Jeff Laing |
Head coach | Greg Geldart |
Franchise history | |
1993–present | Grand Rapids Owls |
The Grand Rapids Owls are a USA Hockey-sanctioned Tier III Junior A ice hockey team in the Central States Hockey League. The team plays their home games at the Southside Community Ice Center in Byron Center, Michigan.[1] The players, ages 16–20, carry amateur status under Junior A guidelines and hope 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 has suspended operations for the 2010-2011 season.
The Grand Rapids Owls have had many alumni move on to , higher levels of junior ice hockey, NCAA Division I, Division III, ACHA College, a profesional levels.[2][3]