Danville Dashers (FHL)

Danville Dashers
City Danville, Illinois
League Federal Hockey League
Founded 2011
Home arena David S. Palmer Arena
Colors Black, orange, white
              
Owner(s) Barry Soskin
General manager Diane Short[1]
Head coach Paul MacLean
Franchise history
2011–present Danville Dashers
Championships
Regular season titles 1 (2016–17)
Playoff championships 1 (2017)

The Danville Dashers are a hockey team from Danville, Illinois, in the Federal Hockey League. The Dashers were named in honor of the original Danville Dashers.[2] The team will play their home games at David S. Palmer Arena, which was home to the original Dashers that played in the Continental Hockey League from 1981 to 1986.

History

On April 10, 2012, the Dashers announced an affiliation agreement with the Central Hockey League's Bloomington Blaze.[3]

On December 20, 2013, it was announced that the Dashers would play the Watertown Privateers in a neutral site game in Connellsville, Pennsylvania, on March 22, 2014. The goal of the game was to test local interest in hockey with the idea of an expansion team being awarded to Connellsville if successful.[4] The next season, the league awarded an expansion team in nearby Belle Vernon, but it was quickly folded.

After three seasons as head coach and winning the league championship, Steve Harrison left the Dashers to become head coach of the Dallas Blackhawks of the North American Prospects Hockey League, a U18 youth league. Former captain Brent Clarke was hired to replace Harrison for the 2017–18 season. Clarke had previously won coach of the year while with the Watertown Wolves when they won the FHL championship. Clarke left after one season to be closer to his family[5] and took the head coaching job with the 2018 expansion team, the Elmira Enforcers.[6] Clarke was replaced by Paul MacLean, a coach that had most recently been in the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League.[7]

Season-by-season record

SeasonGPWLOTLPts[lower-alpha 1]GFGAPIMFinishPlayoffs
2011–12436343201522389777th of 8, FHLDid not qualify
2012–1354212856522026811205th of 6, FHLLost Semifinals, 0–2 vs. Dayton Demonz
2013–1457163654718130013514th of 4, FHLDid not qualify
2014–155631205922381939593rd of 6, FHLLost Finals, 2–3 vs. Watertown Wolves
2015–1656331671032251858163rd of 6, FHLLost Semifinals, 1–2 vs. Port Huron Prowlers
2016–175640941292291215971st of 7, FHLWon Finals, 3–2 vs. Berlin River Drivers
2017–185622295681821938635 of 7, FHLLost Semifinals, 0–2 vs. Port Huron Prowlers
  1. ↑ 3 points for a Win, 2 points for an Overtime Win, and 1 point for an Overtime Loss

References

  1. ↑ "DASHERS APPOINT NEW GM". FHL. May 11, 2018.
  2. ↑ Danville's New Team Will Be The Dashers
  3. ↑ "Dashers Announce Affiliation with Blaze". Danville Dashers. April 10, 2012. Retrieved April 10, 2012.
  4. ↑ http://www.pointstreaksites.com/view/thefederalhockeyleague/news-739/news_110987
  5. ↑ "Clarke, Dashers Part Ways". OurSportsCentral.com. April 23, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Elmira hockey team chooses Enforcers as nickname, Brent Clarke as head coach". Star-Gazette. August 2, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Dashers Announce New Head Coach MacLean for 2018-19". Dashers. August 6, 2018.

Roster

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