Cape Fear Fire Antz
| Fayetteville Marksmen | |
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 2017–18 SPHL season
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| City | Fayetteville, North Carolina |
| League | Southern Professional Hockey League |
| Founded | 2002 |
| Home arena | Crown Coliseum |
| Colors | Black, orange, olive, cream |
| Owner(s) | Jeffrey M. Longo Chuck Norris |
| General manager | Jeffrey M. Longo |
| Head coach | John Bierchen (interim) |
| Media | The Fayetteville Observer |
| Franchise history | |
| 2002–2004 | Cape Fear FireAntz |
| 2004–2017 | Fayetteville FireAntz |
| 2017–present | Fayetteville Marksmen |
| Championships | |
| Regular season titles | 1 (2012–13) |
| Playoff championships | 1 (2007) |
The Fayetteville Marksmen are a professional minor league ice hockey team based in Fayetteville, North Carolina. They currently play in the Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL) and play their home games in the Crown Coliseum.
The team, originally known as the Cape Fear FireAntz, began play in the Atlantic Coast Hockey League in the 2002–03 season. After the league's collapse, they joined the South East Hockey League for the 2003–04 season and then what would become the SPHL in 2004 as the Fayetteville FireAntz. Since their inception, they have won the 2007 SPHL championship and made a number of playoff appearances.
The team, then known as the Cape Fear FireAntz, joined the fledgling Atlantic Coast Hockey League for the 2002–03 season. Their first coach was Shawn Ulrich. After the season David Waronker announced he was withdrawing his four teams from the unstable league to form the World Hockey Association 2. The FireAntz and other remaining ACHL teams formed the South East Hockey League. They played the SEHL for the 2003–04 season, with Scott Rex serving as coach.
In 2004, teams from the SEHL and WHA2 joined together to form the league now known as the Southern Professional Hockey League. The FireAntz joined the new league, changing their name to Fayetteville FireAntz, abandoning the reference to the nearby Cape Fear River. Derek Booth took over as head coach in 2004 and after two seasons behind the bench, he left to coach the Bloomington Prairie Thunder of the United Hockey League.
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