The Manchester Monarchs were a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League (AHL). They played in Manchester , New Hampshire , at the Verizon Wireless Arena . They were the AHL affiliate of the National Hockey League (NHL) Los Angeles Kings during the team's entire existence. The Monarchs won their only Calder Cup in their final AHL season.
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40-590: A scouting trip. The Monarchs played their first game on October 6, 2001, against the Lowell Lock Monsters , losing 6–3. Their first win was a week later, on October 13, against the Norfolk Admirals . The team has been competitive within the division every year of its existence. They won their first Atlantic Division title in 2004–05 , but lost in the first round to the Providence Bruins . This continued
60-627: A sold-out 7,230 fans in a shootout loss to the Portland Pirates . The Sharks qualified for the playoffs in their inaugural season, but were eliminated in six games by the Manchester Monarchs in the first round. The Sharks' main rivals were the Providence Bruins , the genesis of which dates back to IceCats' days. The Sharks were well represented in the 2010 Winter Olympics held in Vancouver , with former Sharks Joe Pavelski (played for
80-623: The 2009–10 season proved to be successful for the Monarchs squad. Several players were promoted to Los Angeles, including Richard Clune and Alec Martinez . The Monarchs won their home opener of the 2010–11 season , as David Meckler scored the game-winning goal in front of 9,035 fans at the Verizon Wireless Arena on October 16, 2010. The game was also noteworthy as left wing Brandon Kozun and center Justin Azevedo were awarded penalty shots,
100-849: The American Hockey League (AHL) that played from 2006 to 2015. Affiliated with the National Hockey League 's San Jose Sharks and located in Worcester , Massachusetts , the Sharks played their home games at the DCU Center . On November 9, 2004, the St. Louis Blues announced the sale of the Worcester IceCats to the owners of their ECHL affiliate, the Peoria Rivermen . The new owners moved
120-739: The Utica Comets 4–1 to win the Calder Cup in their final season in New Hampshire. They became the first team since the New Brunswick Hawks in 1982 to win the Calder Cup in their last game of existence, and fourth overall (along with the Pittsburgh Hornets in 1967 and the Buffalo Bisons in 1970). Worcester Sharks The Worcester Sharks were a professional ice hockey team in
140-647: The Kings' affiliate in the ECHL , the Ontario Reign . The AHL franchise moved to Ontario , California , and play at Citizens Business Bank Arena where they became the new Ontario Reign ; the ECHL team moved to New Hampshire retaining the Manchester Monarchs name. In 1999, Howard Baldwin founded Manchester Hockey Group LLC, while in the process of moving a dormant AHL franchise to New Hampshire to start play in 2001. On June 14, 2000,
160-477: The Kings, along with several other players. The 2007–08 season was an up-and-down one, which ended following a sweep by the Providence Bruins in the first round of the playoffs. The 2008–09 season was a landmark year for the franchise, but not in the way they would hope. Despite a late surge, the team finished fifth, five points out of the playoffs, for the first time in franchise history. The first half of
180-578: The Los Angeles Kings bought the team from Baldwin's group. Three months later, the Kings hired Jeff Eisenberg as team president. The team, to play in the still under construction Verizon Wireless Arena , was baptized Manchester Monarchs on November 13. Prior to the first game, two members of the Kings organization, Garnet Bailey and Mark Bavis , were killed in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks as they were going home back to Los Angeles after
200-511: The Providence Bruins, who put up as much, if not more, of a fight. The Monarchs found a way, however, and defeated the Bruins in six games. This brought the Monarchs to their first ever Eastern Conference Finals, but they were swept by the defending champions, the Hershey Bears , in four games. Following their run in 2007, the Monarchs looked to have holes to fill, as Jason LaBarbera was called up to
220-532: The United States), Douglas Murray (represented Sweden) along with the goaltending tandem from the franchise's first two years with Thomas Greiss and Dimitri Patzold played for Germany. On November 1, 2009, head coach Roy Sommer became only the fourth coach in AHL history to record 400 wins. On January 14, 2011, Sommer was behind the Sharks bench for his 1,000th regular-season game as an AHL head coach, becoming just
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#1732848746463240-430: The first time in franchise history that two players were awarded penalty shots in the same game. The Manchester Monarchs have made it to the playoffs all but one season since coming into existence, winning their first Calder Cup following the 2014–15 season. For the 2014–15 season, the Monarchs ditched their purple and gold (the former Los Angeles Kings' colors) that had been with the team since its inception, and adopted
260-566: The fourth man in AHL history to reach that milestone. On February 11, 2012, Sommer became the fourth coach in AHL history to record 500 wins with a 3–2 shootout win over the Hershey Bears. On January 26, 2015, it was reported that the Sharks would move to San Jose and share SAP Center at San Jose with their parent club, the San Jose Sharks . These reports were confirmed with the Sharks' official announcement on January 29. On April 2, 2015,
280-627: The franchise to Peoria, Illinois , for the 2005–06 season. Shocked by the loss of the IceCats, the people of Worcester bargained with several National Hockey League (NHL) franchises, trying to bring hockey back to the city. On January 6, 2006, the San Jose Sharks announced they were moving their AHL affiliate, the Cleveland Barons , to Worcester, Massachusetts , and the Worcester Sharks played their first home game on October 14, 2006, in front of
300-413: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Manchester_Monarchs&oldid=932978429 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Manchester Monarchs (AHL) For the 2015–16 season , the Monarchs traded places with
320-647: The regular season winning the Macgregor Kilpatrick Trophy with the best regular season record of the AHL and Brian O'Neill receiving the Les Cunningham Award as Most Valuable Player. The playoffs saw the Monarchs losing only three games among the Eastern teams, leading to the team's first Richard F. Canning Trophy as conference champions to qualify for the Calder Cup Final . The Monarchs beat
340-474: The same black and silver color scheme that the Kings have used since 2011. On January 29, 2015, it was confirmed by the AHL via press conference that the Monarchs would relocate from Manchester, New Hampshire, to Ontario, California. In return, the Ontario Reign of the ECHL would move to Manchester to become the new ECHL Manchester Monarchs , the first ECHL team to play in New England . The Monarchs finished
360-425: The streak of first round playoff exits, which the team had experienced in every year of existence, and would come to include the 2005–06 season . The 2006–07 campaign was the team's best season prior to 2014–15 , the season in which the team won its only Calder Cup championship. With rookie head coach Mark Morris , leading scorers Matt Moulson and Noah Clarke , and former League MVP Jason LaBarbera in goal,
380-676: The team had their best-ever finish, winning the Atlantic Division title with the second-best points total in the League. Heading into the playoffs, there were doubts within the team, as goaltender LaBarbera had ended the season injured. The team faced the Worcester Sharks in the first round. With LaBarbera coming back by Game 2, the Monarchs defeated the Sharks in six games, including double-overtime thrillers in Games 2 and 6. The second round brought
400-482: The team was announced as the San Jose Barracuda . Worcester did not initially receive an ECHL team to replace the relocated AHL team, unlike the other markets with relocated AHL teams in 2015, such as Manchester, New Hampshire , Norfolk, Virginia , and Glens Falls, New York . On February 8, 2016, the ECHL announced Worcester would be home to an expansion team, set to begin play for the 2017–18 season. The team
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