The Long Beach Ice Dogs are an ice hockey team in the ECHL, a "AA" hockey league that operates in North America. The Ice Dogs have come a long way, the franchise was originally based in San Diego. Known as the San Diego Gulls, the team played in the now defunct International Hockey League from 1990 - 1995 when the team moved north to become the Los Angeles Ice Dogs. After two seasons and horrible attendance, the team was on the move again, this time to Long Beach, California where they retained the "Ice Dogs" name. In 1999 the teams owner seeing that the end was near for the IHL withdrew the team from the league and moved it to the West Coast Hockey League (WCHL), where it stayed until the league's 2003 merger with the East Coast Hockey League ECHL. Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ... The ECHL is a professional hockey minor league based in the United States and Canada, generally regarded as being a tier below the American Hockey League. ... City nickname: Americas Finest City Location of San Diego within San Diego County County San Diego Mayor vacant Area –Land –Water 372. ... The International Hockey League (IHL) was a minor league professional ice hockey league of the triple-A level in the United States and Canada from 1945 to 2001. ... County Los Angeles County, California Area - Total - Water 170. ... West Coast Hockey League was a minor league in ice hockey in United States from 1995 to 2003. ... The ECHL is a professional hockey minor league based in the United States and Canada, generally regarded as being a tier below the American Hockey League. ...
The team plays at the Long Beach Sports Arena but in 2005 was forced to play first-round ECHL playoff games in the HealthSouth Training Center owned by the Los Angeles Kings, which own the ECHL's Reading Royals, when the Long Beach facilities were being used as garage space for the Champ Car Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach around the time of the ECHL playoffs. The Long Beach Sports Arena is a 11,200-seat multi-purpose arena in Long Beach, California. ... The Los Angeles Kings are a National Hockey League team based in Los Angeles, California, USA. Founded: 1967 Arena: Staples Center Uniform colors: Purple, Black, and Silver Logo design: A silver crown outlined in purple Stanley Cups won: 0 // Franchise History: The Forum Blue and Gold Years LA Kings logo... The Reading Royals is an ECHL ice hockey team located in Reading, Pennsylvania, USA. The team in the North Division of the ECHLs National Conference and is affiliated with the Manchester Monarchs and Hershey Bears of the AHL and the Los Angeles Kings of the NHL. The Royals were...
LONGBEACH, Calif. - The LongBeachIceDogs might have been swept out of the ECHL Kelly Cup Playoffs by the Alaska Aces, but, for a change, things are looking up.
Much of the credit for the IceDogs' on-ice accomplishments this season has to go to coach and general manager Malcolm Cameron, who assembled a competitive team from scratch after taking over for Kevin Kaminski.
The IceDogs have one year left on their lease at the LongBeach Arena, the second-oldest facility in the ECHL, and they are already in negotiations with the city for an extension.
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