Allen Americans
| Allen Americans | |
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 2016–17 ECHL season
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| City | Allen, Texas |
| League | ECHL |
| Conference | Western |
| Division | Mountain |
| Founded | 2009 (In the CHL) |
| Home arena | Allen Event Center |
| Colors | Red, White, Navy |
| Owner(s) | Allen Hockey Team, LLC. |
| General manager | Steve Martinson |
| Head coach | Steve Martinson |
| Media | Allen American-Star |
| Affiliates |
San Jose Sharks (NHL) San Jose Barracuda (AHL) |
| Franchise history | |
| 2009–present | Allen Americans |
| Championships | |
| Regular season titles | 2 (2010–11, 2012–13) |
| Division Championships | 3 (2009–10, 2010–11, 2014–15) |
| Conference Championships | 5 (2009–10, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16) |
| Ray Miron President's Cup | 2 (2012–13, 2013–14) |
| Kelly Cups | 2 (2014–15, 2015–16) |
The Allen Americans are an ice hockey team headquartered at the Allen Event Center in Allen, Texas, which currently plays in the ECHL. The team was founded in 2009 in the Central Hockey League (CHL) where they played for five seasons, winning the Ray Miron President's Cup twice. The CHL folded in 2014 and the ECHL accepted the remaining CHL teams as members for the 2014–15 season. In their first two seasons in the ECHL, Allen advanced to the Kelly Cup finals, winning the championship in both years.
Currently, the Americans are affiliated with the National Hockey League's San Jose Sharks and the American Hockey League's San Jose Barracuda.
On April 15, 2009, the Central Hockey League announced an expansion team for Allen, to begin play in the 2009–10 season. The new team was owned by Top Shelf, LLC, a group consisting of EXCO Resources chairman Douglas H. Miller and former NHL defenseman Steve Duchesne. That same day, the team announced an affiliation with the NHL's Dallas Stars. Through this affiliation, they also affiliated with the Austin-based AHL Texas Stars.
On April 27, 2009, the ownership group unveiled the team's name, logo, and colors. On May 12, 2009, the Americans announced Dwight Mullins as their inaugural head coach, along with Bill MacDonald as assistant coach and head of hockey operations.
As construction on the Allen Event Center would not be completed in time for the beginning of the CHL season, Allen began the season with a seven-game road streak, winning five, including their first ever game against the Arizona Sundogs 1–0, on a first period Christian Gaudet power play goal. The first game on home ice was not until November 7, 2009, a 4–1 loss to the Corpus Christi IceRays in front of a sellout crowd of 5808 people.
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