Toledo Storm
Founded	1991
Home ice	Toledo Sports Arena
Based in	Toledo, Ohio
Colors	Red, White
Championships	2
Division Titles	6
League	ECHL
Head coach	Nick Vitucci
Team President	Barry Soskin
General manager	Patrick Pylypuik
Owners
NHL Affiliates	Detroit Red Wings / Chicago Blackhawks
AHL Affiliates	Grand Rapids Griffins / Norfolk Admirals

The Toledo Storm was an ECHL ice hockey team located in Toledo, Ohio, USA. The team is in the North Division of the ECHL's American Conference and is affiliated with the Grand Rapids Griffins and Norfolk Admirals of the AHL and the Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Blackhawks of the NHL. Their final game was played April 19, 2007, at US Bank Arena against the Cincinnati Cyclones in the North Division Semifinals where the Cyclones won 4-0, sweeping the series in three games. Image File history File links Logo_Toledo_Storm_XV.jpg Summary Logo used by the Toledo Storm Hockey Club to celebrate their 15th anniversary, used during the 2005-06 season. ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... The Toledo Sports Arena is a 5,230-seat multi-purpose arena in Toledo, Ohio. ... Nickname: Location in the state of Ohio Coordinates: Country United States State Ohio County Lucas Founded 1833 Government  - Mayor Carty Finkbeiner (D) Area  - City 84. ... The Kelly Cup goes to play-off champion of the East Coast Hockey League. ... The ECHL (formerly the East Coast Hockey League) is a professional ice hockey league based in Princeton, New Jersey, with teams scattered across the United States and Canada, generally regarded as a tier below the American Hockey League. ... The Detroit Red Wings are a professional ice hockey team based in Detroit, Michigan. ... The Chicago Blackhawks are a professional ice hockey team based in Chicago, Illinois. ... The Grand Rapids Griffins are a hockey team in the American Hockey League. ... The Norfolk Admirals are an ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. ... The ECHL is a professional minor-league double-A hockey association based in the United States and Canada. ... Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ... Nickname: Location in the state of Ohio Coordinates: Country United States State Ohio County Lucas Founded 1833 Government  - Mayor Carty Finkbeiner (D) Area  - City 84. ... The Grand Rapids Griffins are a hockey team in the American Hockey League. ... The Norfolk Admirals are an ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. ... The American Hockey League (AHL) is regarded as the top professional hockey league in North America outside the National Hockey League (NHL) for which it serves as the primary developmental circuit. ... The Detroit Red Wings are a professional ice hockey team based in Detroit, Michigan. ... The Chicago Blackhawks are a professional ice hockey team based in Chicago, Illinois. ... “NHL” redirects here. ... U.S. Bank Arena (originally known as the Riverfront Coliseum and later known as The Crown and the Firstar Center) is an indoor arena located in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio near the Ohio River. ... The Cincinnati Cyclones are a professional hockey team based in Cincinnati, Ohio who have played in the ECHL and the International Hockey League. ...

The Storm played in the Toledo Sports Arena and their colors were red and white. Their jerseys were almost identical to those of the Red Wings, their NHL affiliate. The 2006-2007 was the final season for the Toledo Storm, their franchise was bought by the Toledo Mud Hens AAA Baseball team who will operate the team, under a new name, in a new arena expected to be completed in time for the start of the 2009 season. The Toledo Sports Arena is a 5,230-seat multi-purpose arena in Toledo, Ohio. ... League International League Division West Division Year founded 1897 Major League affiliation Pittsburg Pirates Home ballpark Fifth Third Field Previous home ballparks Ned Skeldon Stadium City Toledo, Ohio Current uniform colors navy blue, red, gold Previous uniform colors navy blue, red Logo design A white egg-shaped oval outlined in... The International League (IL) is a minor league baseball league which operates in the eastern United States and Canada. ...

In fact, the Red Wings' octopus tradition has made it on the Storm a few times, with one image of an octopus holding two Riley Cups making the rounds after their consecutive wins. The tradition of the octopus thrown onto the ice is also a large part of a game, it is rare to see a game where the squid isn't thrown on the ice, at least once.

The Storm have adopted many of their own, original, traditions. Before every game, during the national anthem after the line 'Oh say does that star-spangled banner yet wave' the crowd shouts HIT SOMEBODY!. When the starting line for the opposing team is announced the crowd shouts Who cares! after each of their names. It is common for the crowd to taunt members of the opposing team during the game, with the goalie the most common target. The crowd chants the person's name 3 times followed with a resounding You suck!

In 2005, the Storm unveiled a commemorative 15th-anniversary logo designed by Thread Information Design, a firm based in Maumee, Ohio. The logo features colors of light blue, dark blue, black and red, with a lightning bolt extending from the "R" in "STORM". The team had originally planned to use this logo from the beginning of the 2005-06 season, however because of ECHL rules regarding advances for logo changes, the new logo was not officially used until 2006, featuring a modified version of the logo with a red "XV" to the right of the lightning bolt. ‎ Maumee is a city in Lucas County, Ohio, United States. ...

The previous Storm logo, used from 1991-2005, was often voted as the worst in professional American athletics. After the 2005-2006 season closed, however, the original logo was commissioned again, putting an end to the rumor that the 15th anniversery logo would be adopted permanently. The team is currently in suspended operations and is expected to return to ECHL during the 2009-2010 season under a new name.

Season-by-season record

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, OTL = Overtime Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

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Current roster

As of December 31, 2006. Numbers taken from ECHL website. ^[1]

Goaltenders
#		Player	Catches	Date of birth	Place of birth
30		Ervins Mustokovs	R	April 7, 1984	Riga, Latvia
31		Dominic Vicari	R	October 30, 1984	Clinton Township, Michigan, USA

Defencemen
#		Player	Shoots	Date of birth	Place of birth
2		Brett Angel	L	Apr 29 1981	Kingston, Ontario, Canada
3		Tim Songin	L	May 22, 1981	Hamburg, New York, USA
4		Jason Maleyko	L	May 24, 1980	Windsor, Ontario, Canada
6		Dan Watson	L	March 12, 1979	Glencoe, Ontario, Canada
23		Gerry Burke	L	July 6, 1982	Milton, Massachusetts, USA
25		D. Clayton Kirstein	D	January 7, 1983	Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, USA

Forwards
#		Player	Position	Shoots	Date of birth	Place of birth
9		Matt Zultek	LW	L	March 12, 1979	Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
11		Chris Blight	RW	R	October 14, 1982	Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
14		Jeff Attard	C	R	November 27, 1978	London, Ontario, Canada
16		Mike Walsh	RW	L	January 12, 1982	Northville, Michigan, USA
17		Ken Magowan	LW	L	July 22, 1981	Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
18		Nick Parillo	LW	L	May 16, 1977	Schenectady, New York, USA
18		Bruce Mulherin	LW	L	February 3, 1982	Red Deer, Alberta, Canada
18		TJ Sakaluk	C	L	April 27, 1983	Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
18		Evan McGrath (from Grand Rapids, AHL)	C	L	Jan 14, 1986	Oakville, Ontario, Canada

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Women's hockey firsts

The Toledo Storm once featured a female goaltender, Erin Whitten, who on March 7, 1996 became the first woman ever to appear in a professional hockey game in a position other than goaltender; she played at forward for 18 seconds in a game against the Madison Monsters. She was the first U.S.-born woman to play professional hockey when she appeared for the East Coast Hockey League's Toledo Storm, and on October 30, 1993, became the first woman goaltender to record a professional victory. Erin was a goaltender for the United States National Women's Team for the 1992, 1994, and 1997 World Championships. She was cut from the American national women's hockey team shortly before the 1998 inaugural trip to the Olympics where the US Women's took home the first ever gold medal in women's ice hockey in Olympic history. Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... This article is about the goaltender in ice hockey. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar). ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The American national womens ice hockey team is controlled by USA Hockey. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... The five Olympic rings were designed in 1913, adopted in 1914 and debuted at the Games at Antwerp, 1920. ... Gold Medal is an album by American band The Donnas, released in 2004. ...

Miscellaneous

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Division Titles: 6 - 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 2003, 2006

Riley Cup Titles: 2 - 1993, 1994

Brabham Cup Titiles: 2 - 1992, 2003

Main Rivals

Cincinnati Cyclones

Dayton Bombers

Wheeling Nailers

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External links

• Toledo Storm official site
• Toledo Storm Hockey Boosters (fan club)
• Erin Whitten Pictures
• Women's Sports Foundation Erin Whitten Page
• Erin Whitten as Assistant Coach at UNH
• Women's Behind the Mask Profile on Erin Whitten
• PBS Story on Women's Olympic Team, Erin Whitten Commentator.
• 1999 Article on Erin Whitten

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Baseball	MLB: Cleveland Indians • Cincinnati Reds, IL: Columbus Clippers • Toledo Mud Hens, EL: Akron Aeros, NYPL: Mahoning Valley Scrappers, SAL: Lake County Captains, ML: Dayton Dragons, FL: Chillicothe Paints
Basketball	NBA: Cleveland Cavaliers, IBL: Marysville Meteors
Football	NFL: Cleveland Browns • Cincinnati Bengals, AFL: Columbus Destroyers, AF2: Cincinnati Jungle Kats • Mahoning Valley Thunder, CIFL: Marion Mayhem • Miami Valley Silverbacks, NIFL: The Marshals, AIFA: Canton Legends
Hockey	NHL: Columbus Blue Jackets, AHL: Lake Erie Monsters, CHL: Youngstown SteelHounds, ECHL: Cincinnati Cyclones • Dayton Bombers, USHL: Ohio Junior Blue Jackets, NAHL: Mahoning Valley Phantoms, MAHL: Wooster Warriors
Soccer	MLS: Columbus Crew, USL-2: Cincinnati Kings • Cleveland City Stars, PDL: Cleveland Internationals
Softball	NPF: Akron Racers
College athletics (NCAA Division I)	University of Akron • Bowling Green State University • University of Cincinnati • Cleveland State University • University of Dayton • Kent State University • Miami University • Ohio University • Ohio State University • University of Toledo • Youngstown State University • Xavier University