Columbus Stars

The Columbus Stars were a minor league professional ice hockey team that folded before the midway point of 2003-04 Season, in the United Hockey League. The Stars had 21 home games, which drew an average of only 973 people per game[1], the lowest of all active minor-professional hockey teams, and was 2,000 less than the UHL average. They played their home games at the Ohio Expo Center Coliseum which had a capacity of 5,676. Despite leading the Eastern Conference of the UHL at the time of its demise, the team's final game had an attendance of only 732.[2]

For the minor league baseball team that played in 1885, see Columbus Stars (baseball).
Columbus Stars
CityColumbus, Ohio
LeagueUHL
DivisionEastern Division
Founded2003
Operated2003 - 2004
Home arenaOhio Expo Center Coliseum
ColorsNavy, Red, White
              
Owner(s)Joe Milano Jr
Franchise history
2003-2004Columbus Stars

The team was owned by Joe Milano Jr, a local Columbus restaurateur.[2] The stars gained attention after Rescue Me actor Denis Leary was offered a one-game contract to play with the team. He would have been paid the standard one-game salary for a UHL player ($300) and an undisclosed percentage of the ticket sales from the game would have been donated to his charity, Leary Firefighters Foundation.[3]

Notable Players

Notable Columbus Stars players included:

References
  1. http://www.hockeydb.com/stte/columbus-stars-5325.html
  2. "Columbus Stars cease operation". Portsmouth Daily Times. January 10, 2004. Retrieved January 18, 2011.
  3. "Comic relief : Denis Leary offered one-game minor league hockey deal". Sports Illustrated. December 15, 2003. Retrieved January 18, 2011.

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