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Jim Salfi (born April 1, 1942) is a Canadian former ice hockey coach, player, general manager and team owner. He was the head coach of both the Pennsylvania and Rensselaer ice hockey programs early in his career.
The group also began publishing two monthly publications, Capital District Parent Pages and Capital District Senior Spotlight. On October 1, 2009, Spotlight Newspapers and its parent company Eagle Newspapers were sold to Community Media Group, LLC. Community Media Group is a New York-based company with local ownership.
This category contains articles about people who played for the Capital District Islanders when they were in the American Hockey League. Pages in category "Capital District Islanders players" The following 53 pages are in this category, out of 53 total.
The Capital District Islanders were a team in the American Hockey League based in Troy, New York, which is located within a region popularly called the Capital District.The Islanders were the principal minor league affiliate of the National Hockey League's New York Islanders during the 1990–91, 1991–92 and 1992–93 seasons.
Home ice for the ECAC RPI "Engineers" hockey team, the Field House seats 4,780 for hockey games, the largest capacity in the ECAC. Glens Falls Civic Center is a 4,794-seat multi-purpose arena, located in downtown Glens Falls, New York, that currently (2013) serves as the home of the Adirondack Phantoms, of the American Hockey League.
The franchise was founded as the Capital District Selects playing out of Troy, New York. After several seasons as an independent midget team, the CD Selects joined the Eastern Junior Hockey League (EJHL) in 1998 as a part-time member, joining full-time in 1999. The team was owned and coached by former RPI coach Jim Salfi.
Due to its modest winters, ice hockey was a relative unknown in D.C. until the opening of Riverside Stadium in 1938. While it was not primarily an ice rink the multi-purpose arena could be flooded for that purpose. That enabled Georgetown to found a varsity ice hockey team the following season.
Army and Penn State will meet in the inaugural Capital Hockey Classic in Washington, D.C., on December 12, two days ahead of Army-Navy football game.