Manchester Monarchs (ECHL)

For the former American Hockey League team that played from 2001 to 2015, see Manchester Monarchs (AHL).

Manchester Monarchs
2015–16 ECHL season
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City	Manchester, New Hampshire
League	ECHL
Conference	Eastern
Division	East
Founded	1993
Home arena	Verizon Wireless Arena
Colors
Owner(s)	Anschutz Entertainment Group
General manager	Justin Kemp
Head coach	Richard Seeley
Affiliates	Los Angeles Kings (NHL) Ontario Reign (AHL)
Franchise history
1993–2000	Huntington Blizzard
2003–2008	Texas Wildcatters
2008–2015	Ontario Reign
2015–present	Manchester Monarchs
Championships
Division Championships	1 (2015–16)

The Manchester Monarchs are a professional ice hockey team in the ECHL which began play in the 2015–16 season. Based in Manchester, New Hampshire and affiliated with the National Hockey League's Los Angeles Kings, the team plays its home games at the Verizon Wireless Arena.

The Monarchs replaced the American Hockey League team of the same name, which played from 2001 until 2015, after which they moved to Ontario, California and became the Ontario Reign.

History

On January 29, 2015, the Los Angeles Kings announced that they would be moving their AHL affiliate, the Manchester Monarchs, to Ontario, California as one of five charter member's of the AHL's new Pacific Division. The next day, they announced that their ECHL affiliate, the current Ontario Reign, would move to Manchester and take on the Monarchs name in what is essentially a "franchise swap."

Season-by-season records

Regular Season										Playoffs
Season	GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	Pts	GF	GA	Standing	Year	1st round	2nd round	3rd round	Kelly Cup
2015–16	72	39	24	4	5	87	222	213	1st, East Div.	2016	L, 1–4, ADK	—	—	—

Current roster

Updated October 27, 2015.

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace	Contract
10		Darik Angeli	C	R	33	2015	Lakewood, Colorado	Monarchs
14		Derek Arnold	C	R	34	2015	Norwood, Massachusetts	Monarchs
19		Austin Block	C	R	34	2015	Denver, Colorado	Monarchs
28		Michael Boivin	D	R	33	2015	Delta, British Columbia	Monarchs
3		Josh Brown	D	R	30	2015	London, Ontario	Panthers
32		Joey Diamond	LW	L	34	2015	Long Beach, New York	Monarchs
4		Robbie Donahoe	D	L	32	2015	Canton, Massachusetts	Monarchs
29		Michael Houser	G	L	31	2015	Youngstown, Ohio	Reign
48		Maxim Kitsyn	LW	R	32	2015	Novokuznetsk, Russia	Kings
5		David Kolomatis (C)	D	R	35	2015	Basking Ridge, New Jersey	Monarchs
13		Gašper Kopitar	W	R	31	2015	Jesenice, Slovenia	Monarchs
15		Zac Larraza	LW	L	31	2015	Scottsdale, Arizona	Monarchs
49		Stefan Legein (A)	RW	R	35	2015	Oakville, Ontario	Monarchs
17		Matt Leitner	C	L	33	2015	Los Alamitos, California	Monarchs
40		Alex Lintuniemi	D	L	28	2015	Helsinki, Finland	Kings
5		Matt MacKenzie (A)	D	R	32	2015	New Westminster, British Columbia	Monarchs
47		Danick Paquette	RW	R	33	2015	Montreal, Quebec	Monarchs
22		Troy Power	F	R	34	2015	Camarillo, California	Monarchs
41		Alex Roach	D	L	31	2015	Quesnel, British Columbia	Kings
30		Colin Stevens	G	L	30	2015	Niskayuna, New York	Panthers
42		Tony Turgeon	LW	L	34	2015	Grand Forks, North Dakota	Monarchs
20		Matt White	C	L	34	2015	Whittier, California	Monarchs

External links

• Manchester Monarchs Official Website