Johnstown Tomahawks

Johnstown Tomahawks
City Johnstown, Pennsylvania
League NAHL
Division East
Founded 1990
Home arena Cambria County War Memorial Arena
Colors Navy, red, and white
              
Owner(s) Johnstown Hockey Group LLC.
(James P. Bouchard - majority owner)[1]
Head coach Mike Letizia (2014–present)
Media The Tribune-Democrat, FastHockeyTheTomablog
Franchise history
1990–1991 Dearborn Magic
1991–1994 Michigan Nationals
1994–1996 Dearborn Heights Nationals
1996–2001 St. Louis Sting
2001–2005 Springfield Spirit
2005–2006 Wasilla Spirit
2006–2012 Alaska Avalanche
2012–present Johnstown Tomahawks

The Johnstown Tomahawks are a Tier II junior ice hockey team in the North American Hockey League's East Division. The team plays its home games at the Cambria County War Memorial Arena in Johnstown, Pennsylvania.

History

Alaska Avalanche logo.

The franchise was originally called the Dearborn Magic, Michigan Nationals, and the Dearborn Heights Nationals when the team played in Dearborn, Michigan.[2] before moving and becoming St. Louis Sting in 1996. In 2001, the Sting moved to Springfield, Missouri as the Springfield Spirit. In 2005, they moved to Wasilla, Alaska as the Wasilla Spirit, only to re-brand themselves as the Alaska Avalanche the next season. The Avalanche played out of the Curtis D. Menard Memorial Sports Center in Wasilla until the end of the 2009–10 season. The Avalanche moved to Palmer, Alaska beginning in the 2010–11 season and played at the Palmer Ice Arena.[3][4]

The team relocated to Johnstown, Pennsylvania in 2012, taking the place of the ECHL's Johnstown Chiefs, who moved to Greenville, South Carolina in 2011. They became known as the Johnstown Tomahawks [5][6]

The Tomahawks played their first game on September 8, 2012 against the Port Huron Fighting Falcons. They would fall 4-3 in overtime. They would earn their first win, a 6-5 shootout victory on September 13, 2012 over the Kenai River Brown Bears. Their first home game in Johnstown was played on September 29, 2012 at the Cambria County War Memorial Arena in which the Tomahawks fell 3-2 in a shootout to the Michigan Warriors.

Season-by-season records

Note: as of conclusion of 2016–17 regular season[7][8]

SeasonGPWLOTLPTSGFGAPIMFinishPlayoffs
St. Louis Sting
1996–9746838016123248—8th, NAHL
1997–985623321471882371,7187th, NAHL
1998–995634166742111801,6113rd, NAHL
1999–005618353391642301,6055th, NAHL
2000–015615365351702632,0345th, NAHL
Springfield Spirit
2001–025623294501822221,5333rd, West
2002–035615365351292401,6895th, West
2003–045613394301532591,8037th, South
2004–055620297471441881,0276th, SouthDid not qualify
Wasilla Spirit
2005–065623332481331871,3074th, WestLost 1st Round, 2–3 vs. Fairbanks Ice Dogs
Alaska Avalanche
2006–076216397391482421,6996th, SouthDid not qualify
2007–085816384361582701,2515th, SouthDid not qualify
2008–095823305511722241,5053rd, WestLost 1st Round, 1–3 vs. Wenatchee Wild
2009–105832197711981781,3932nd, WestLost 1st Round, 0–3 vs. Fairbanks Ice Dogs
2010–115832224681931731,4793rd, WestLost Div. Semifinals, 0–3 vs. Wenatchee Wild
2011–126035196761921731,1613rd, WestLost Div. Semifinals, 2–3 vs. Wenatchee Wild
Johnstown Tomahawks
2012–13602721126617917113435th, NorthLost Play-In Series, 1–2 vs. Port Huron Fighting Falcons
2013–1460282756116718111304th, NorthLost Div. Semifinals, 0–3 vs. Port Huron Fighting Falcons
2014–1560252785816619111675th, NorthDid not qualify
2015–1660312456719720015023rd of 4, East Div.
12th of 22, NAHL		Won Div. Semifinals, 3–0 vs. New Jersey Titans
Lost Div. Finals, 0–3 vs. Aston Rebels
2016–1760401648420914815022nd of 5, East Div.
4th of 24, NAHL		Lost Div. Semifinals, 0–3 vs. New Jersey Titans
2017–1860233345014219511365th of 5, East Div.
20th of 23, NAHL		Did not qualify

References

  1. ↑ "Tomahawks Welcome Craig Saylor as New Member of Ownership Group". OurSportsCentral.com. June 21, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Dearborn Heights Nationals Statistics and History". HockeyDB. Retrieved June 3, 2015.
  3. ↑ http://www.frontiersman.com/articles/2010/08/27/sports/doc4c776b9087414753189129.txt
  4. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-08-03. Retrieved 2010-09-10.
  5. ↑ http://tribune-democrat.com/latestnews/x1521922382/Alaska-hockey-team-relocates-to-Johnstown
  6. ↑ http://www.warmemorialarena.com/
  7. ↑ http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/149.html
  8. ↑ http://www.pointstreak.com/prostats/standings.html?leagueid=164&seasonid=2025


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