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The Motor City Rockers are a professional minor league ice hockey team based in Fraser, Michigan. [1] The team is the tenth to join the Federal Prospects Hockey League (FPHL). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] After experiencing delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the Rockers played their first game on October 13, 2022.
The city's current Junior A hockey team, the Jamestown Jets, unsuccessfully filed a lawsuit over the move, alleging a conspiracy to remove the Jets in favor of the Ironmen. [ 1 ] In February 2013, Ironmen owner Kenji Yamada indicated he may put the team up for sale due to falling attendance.
At this time, the Chiefs also dropped its junior ice hockey team and focused on the roller hockey team. The GLJHL changed its name to Great Lakes Inline Hockey League in 2014. As of 2015, the GLIHL appears to have ceased operations. The Chiefs played the 2014–15 season in the American Inline Hockey League but have since been quiet. [3]
The minor leagues listed below also include teams outside the United States, with seven in Canada (one in the NBA G League and six in the American Hockey League) and one in Mexico (NBA G League). Triple-A minor league baseball has two leagues, the International League and Pacific Coast League, both affiliated with Major League Baseball.
Their home rink was Great Lakes Sports City in Fraser. [1] Originally known as the Motor City Gamblers, the team was initially formed as a franchise of the Midwest Hockey League. [2] On December 20, 2008, the Detroit Dragons played their final game under Coach Steve Shannon at Battle Creek, with a league-best 10–3–0–0 record. [1]
Big Boy Arena (formerly Fraser Hockeyland and Great Lakes Sports City) in Fraser, Michigan, is a 20,000-square-foot (1,900 m 2) ice center and entertainment venue offering five rinks for hockey, figure skating, inline skating, camps, clinics, private lessons, leagues, and special events. Its largest ice rink is a stadium arena with a 3,400-seat ...
The Rail Yard Dawgs are the sixth professional hockey franchise to call the Roanoke Valley home, following the Salem/Roanoke Valley Rebels of the Eastern Hockey League and later the Southern Hockey League (1967–1976), the Salem/Virginia Raiders of the second Eastern Hockey League and Atlantic Coast Hockey League (1980–1983), the Virginia Lancers/Roanoke Valley Rebels/Rampage (1983–1993 ...
The Danbury Hat Tricks were announced as a member of the Federal Prospects Hockey League on May 7, 2019. Former FHL player Billy McCreary was announced as general manager and head coach. [ 1 ] The team is owned by DP 110 LLC, the same group that recently purchased the Danbury Ice Arena. [ 1 ]