Fayetteville FireAntz

Fayetteville FireAntz
2016–17 SPHL season
City	Fayetteville, North Carolina
League	Southern Professional Hockey League
Founded	2002
Home arena	Crown Coliseum
Colors	Black, red, white
Owner(s)	Cape Fear Pro Hockey
General manager	Jeffrey M. Longo
Head coach	Jeff Bes
Media	The Fayetteville Observer
Franchise history
2002–2004	Cape Fear FireAntz
2004–present	Fayetteville FireAntz
Championships
Regular season titles	1 (2012–13)
Playoff championships	1 (2007)

The Fayetteville FireAntz are a professional minor league ice hockey team based in Fayetteville, North Carolina, U.S. They currently play in the Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL). They 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 joined what would become the SPHL in 2005. 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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