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Johnstown Chiefs

Year of foundation: 1988
Colours: Black, gold, white
Club status: ceased (relocated to Greenville, South Carolina in 2010 to become Greenville Road Warriors )

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All time leagues: ECHL | WCHL

Season 1992-1993

This club in 1992-1993: ECHL

Pos	Player name	Born	Height	Weight	Shoots
G	Scott Bailey	02.05.1972	183 cm	88 kg	left	Show profile»
D	Mark Krys	29.05.1969	183 cm	91 kg	left	Show profile»
D	Christian Lariviere	25.04.1970	188 cm	88 kg	left	Show profile»
RD	Derry Menard	08.08.1970	180 cm	84 kg	right	Show profile»
D	Jeffrey Ricciardi	21.06.1971	180 cm	92 kg	left	Show profile»
D	Bob Woods	24.01.1968	185 cm	87 kg	left	Show profile»
D/F	Chris Crombie	02.03.1972	188 cm	100 kg	left	Show profile»
F	John Craighead	23.11.1971	184 cm	100 kg	right	Show profile»
LW	Phil Esposito	09.07.1970	185 cm	93 kg	left	Show profile»
F	Steve Gibson	10.10.1972	185 cm	90 kg	left	Show profile»
C	Mark Karpen	13.05.1969	179 cm	77 kg	left	Show profile»
RW	Evgeny Pavlov	22.01.1971	188 cm	87 kg	right	Show profile»
RW	Dennis Purdie	27.11.1972	180 cm	89 kg	right	Show profile»
C	Matthew Robbins	11.03.1970	189 cm	94 kg	right	Show profile»
LW	Brent Thurston	10.03.1971	183 cm	92 kg	left	Show profile»
F	Tommi Virkkunen	31.03.1971	182 cm	83 kg	N/A	Show profile»

* no longer in the club

History
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The owners originally wanted to name the team the Jets in honor of a team that had played in Johnstown from 1950 to 1977, mostly in the Eastern Hockey League. However, the old Jets' former owners still held the trademark for the name and refused to allow the new team to use it. Fortunately, they had a second choice. A contest was held by the owners, allowing the people of Johnstown to vote for the new team name. The cult hockey movie Slap Shot had been filmed in Johnstown, and featured a minor league team called the Charlestown Chiefs. The fans readily jumped on the tie-in, and the Johnstown Chiefs were born

In February 2010 the league announced that the Chiefs would be relocating to Greenville after the league's Board of Governors voted unanimously in favor of the move.

The team played their final game as the Johnstown Chiefs on Saturday April 3, 2010. The result was a 5-3 loss to the Elmira Jackals. According to a pre-game address by minority owner Ned Nakles to the fans in attendance, the Chiefs name, logo, team records and history will not follow the team to South Carolina, but will remain in Johnstown under ownership by a non-profit group to possibly be used again should a new team enter the ECHL in the city

from 1988 to present:

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Fast factsseason 1992-1993

Youngest player: Dennis Purdie (20 years)
Oldest player: Bob Woods (25 years)
Shortest player: Mark Karpen (179 cm)
Tallest player: Matthew Robbins (189 cm)
Nationalities: Canada (9), Finland (1), Russia (1), USA (4)

Leagues

Johnstown Chiefs participates in season 1992-1993: ECHL

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