Greensboro Monarchs
The Greensboro Monarchs were an American Hockey franchise from Greensboro, North Carolina. The venue for the Monarchs was the Greensboro Coliseum.
History
The franchise was founded in 1989 and took his game to operating in the East Coast Hockey League. Head coach was Jeff Brubaker, who was active in his career in the NHL. The Monarchs reached in their first season already the playoffs and also won the Riley Cup in the finals against the Winston -Salem Thunderbirds. Wade Flaherty, who later played in the NHL, was elected as the first player of the Monarchs for MVP. In the following years the team was not quite as successful. Although the Monarchs earned in the regular season usually significantly more victories, but in the play-offs succeeded not win the Cup Riley them. The best record reached the team in the season 1991/92, in which one was eliminated in the play-offs in the third round, but with 43 wins and only 17 defeats had played a convincing Regular Season. In the season 1994/95 Greensboro Monarchs reached again the final of the play-offs, but failed against the Richmond Renegades. Following the franchise was dissolved.
Team Records
Career Records
Known player
- United States Dan Bylsma
- Canada Daniel Doré
- Canada Wade Flaherty
- Canada Jean -François Jomphe
- Canada Mike McKee
- Canada Davis Payne
- Canada Sean Pronger
- Latvia Peteris Skudra
- United States Jeremy Stevenson
- Canada Edward Ward
- Canada Nick Vitucci