The Danbury Titans were a professional ice hockey team based in Danbury, Connecticut . Replacing the Danbury Whalers , the team was founded as an expansion team in the Federal Hockey League . They played their home games at the Danbury Ice Arena .
8-676: On April 3, 2015, the Danbury Ice Arena announced that it did not want to renew its contract with the Federal Hockey League 's Danbury Whalers and gave them a notice to evict by April 17, leaving the team homeless. Prior to their eviction, the Whalers led the FHL home attendance for the league's first five seasons. On June 3, 2015, due to the eviction of the Danbury Whalers, the FHL announced
16-522: A new team based in nearby Brewster, New York , to be called the Stateline Whalers , and would play at the Brewster Ice Arena under former Danbury Whalers CEO and managing partner, Herm Sorcher. The Danbury Whalers were then officially considered to be on hiatus for the season by the FHL, but gave up their naming and territorial rights to Brewster. However, on June 27, 2015, it was reported that
24-641: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Danbury Ice Arena The Danbury Ice Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Danbury, Connecticut . It was built in 1999 with renovation and expansion in 2004, and has a seating capacity of about 3,000. The Danbury Arena was the home of the Danbury Trashers of the United Hockey League from 2004 to 2006, and the New England Stars of
32-694: The Hall family , who had owned the arena for 18 years, sold the arena to Diamond Properties. The new management, with Herm Sorcher from the previous FHL organizations acting as managing director, brought in three new tenants for the 2019–20 season: the Connecticut Whale of the Premier Hockey Federation , the Danbury Colonials of the junior North American 3 Hockey League , and another FHL (since rebranded as Federal Prospects Hockey League ) team in
40-809: The North Eastern Hockey League in 2006–07. In 2008, the Danbury Mad Hatters of the Eastern Professional Hockey League signed a lease with the arena and played one season before the league folded. On December 27, 2009, the newly formed Federal Hockey League (FHL) announced that the Danbury Arena would be home to the Danbury Whalers . On April 3, 2015, the Danbury Ice Arena did not want to renew their contract with
48-528: The Danbury Whalers and gave them a notice to evict by April 17, leaving the last remaining team from the inaugural FHL season homeless. After initially announcing the Stateline Whalers to begin playing in nearby Brewster, New York , the Whalers organization was dissolved and a new group started the Danbury Titans in the FHL to play the 2015–16 season. The Titans also ceased operations in 2017. In 2019,
56-657: The FHL had approved of a new team in Danbury, Connecticut, to replace the departed Whalers. Local Danbury businessmen, Bruce Bennett and Edward Crowe were announced as the ownership group. Bennett would announce the new team as the Danbury Titans and had signed a six-year lease to play at the Danbury Ice Arena. Bennett and Crowe would also take over the Brewster franchise and rename it the Brewster Bulldogs and end any connections to
64-595: The former Whalers franchise. In the team's inaugural 2015–16 season , the Titans would finish first in the league after the regular season but would be swept in the league championships by the Port Huron Prowlers . After two seasons, the Titans ceased operations. This article about a sports team in Connecticut is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This American ice hockey team-related article
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