Manchester Monarchs (ECHL)

For the former American Hockey League team that played from 2001 to 2015, see Manchester Monarchs (AHL).
Manchester Monarchs
2015–16 ECHL season
City Manchester, New Hampshire
League ECHL
Conference Eastern
Division East
Founded 1993
Home arena Verizon Wireless Arena
Colors          
Owner(s) Anschutz Entertainment Group
General manager Justin Kemp
Head coach Richard Seeley
Affiliates Los Angeles Kings (NHL)
Ontario Reign (AHL)
Franchise history
1993–2000 Huntington Blizzard
2003–2008 Texas Wildcatters
2008–2015 Ontario Reign
2015–present Manchester Monarchs

The Manchester Monarchs are a professional ice hockey team in the ECHL which began play in the 2015–16 season. Based in Manchester, New Hampshire and affiliated with the National Hockey League's Los Angeles Kings, the team plays its home games at the Verizon Wireless Arena.

The Monarchs replaced the American Hockey League team of the same name, which played from 2001 until 2015, after which they moved to Ontario, California and became the Ontario Reign.

History

On January 29, 2015, the Los Angeles Kings announced that they would be moving their AHL affiliate, the Manchester Monarchs, to Ontario, California as one of five charter member's of the AHL's new Pacific Division.[1] The next day, they announced that their ECHL affiliate, the current Ontario Reign, would move to Manchester and take on the Monarchs name in what is essentially a "franchise swap."[2]

Current roster

Updated October 27, 2015.[3]
# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace Contract
10 United States Angeli, DarikDarik Angeli C R 25 2015 Lakewood, Colorado Monarchs
14 United States Arnold, DerekDerek Arnold C R 26 2015 Norwood, Massachusetts Monarchs
19 United States Block, AustinAustin Block C R 26 2015 Denver, Colorado Monarchs
28 Canada Boivin, MichaelMichael Boivin D R 25 2015 Delta, British Columbia Monarchs
3 Canada Brown, JoshJosh Brown D R 22 2015 London, Ontario Panthers
32 United States Diamond, JoeyJoey Diamond LW L 26 2015 Long Beach, New York Monarchs
4 United States Donahoe, RobbieRobbie Donahoe D L 24 2015 Canton, Massachusetts Monarchs
29 United States Houser, MichaelMichael Houser G L 23 2015 Youngstown, Ohio Reign
48 Russia Kitsyn, MaximMaxim Kitsyn LW R 24 2015 Novokuznetsk, Russia Kings
5 United States Kolomatis, DavidDavid Kolomatis (C) D R 26 2015 Basking Ridge, New Jersey Monarchs
13 Slovenia Kopitar, GašperGašper Kopitar W R 23 2015 Jesenice, Slovenia Monarchs
15 United States Larraza, ZacZac Larraza LW L 22 2015 Scottsdale, Arizona Monarchs
49 Canada Legein, StefanStefan Legein (A) RW R 27 2015 Oakville, Ontario Monarchs
17 United States Leitner, MattMatt Leitner C L 25 2015 Los Alamitos, California Monarchs
40 Finland Lintuniemi, AlexAlex Lintuniemi D L 20 2015 Helsinki, Finland Kings
5 Canada MacKenzie, MattMatt MacKenzie (A) D R 24 2015 New Westminster, British Columbia Monarchs
47 Canada Paquette, DanickDanick Paquette RW R 25 2015 Montreal, Quebec Monarchs
22 United States Power, TroyTroy Power F R 25 2015 Camarillo, California Monarchs
41 Canada Roach, AlexAlex Roach D L 22 2015 Quesnel, British Columbia Kings
30 United States Stevens, ColinColin Stevens G L 22 2015 Niskayuna, New York Panthers
42 United States Turgeon, TonyTony Turgeon LW L 26 2015 Grand Forks, North Dakota Monarchs
20 United States White, MattMatt White C L 26 2015 Whittier, California Monarchs

References

  1. ↑ "Reign Become the AHL Affiliate of LA Kings". Ontario Reign. January 30, 2015. Retrieved January 31, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Monarchs to Join ECHL in 2015-16". Manchester Monarchs. January 30, 2015. Retrieved January 31, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Team « Manchester Monarchs roster". Manchester Monarchs. Retrieved July 30, 2015.

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