Indiana Ice Miners
| Indiana Ice Miners | |
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| City | Indiana, Pennsylvania |
| League | Mid-Atlantic Hockey League |
| Founded | 2007 |
| Home arena | S&T Bank Arena |
| Colors | Black, red, silver |
| Owner(s) | Fidel Jenkins |
| General manager | Bob Yusko |
| Head coach | Christian Panaia |
| Media | Indiana Gazette |
| Franchise history | |
| 2007-2008 | Indiana Ice Miners |
| Championships | |
| Regular season titles | 1 |
The Indiana Ice Miners is a dormant professional ice hockey team formerly in the Mid-Atlantic Hockey League. Based in Indiana, Pennsylvania, the team was a founding member of the MAHL, first playing in 2007. The team played at the S&T Bank Arena. When the league folded prior to the 2008 season, the team was unable to find a new league to play in, but owner Fidel Jenkins had expressed an interest in returning for the 2009–10 season.
A Mid-Atlantic Hockey League team was announced for Indiana, Pennsylvania, by the league president Andrew Haines in 2007. The league held a contest to name the team, and the "Ice Miners" nickname, a reference to the coal mining regions of Central and Western Pennsylvania, was picked in June.
On June 21, 2007, the team announced the hiring of Brian Gratz as head coach. Gratz previously played goaltender at Penn State University, where he won four ACHA National Championships. In the year before taking the position with the Ice Miners, Gratz served as a volunteer assistant for the Reading Royals of the ECHL. He later returned to play with the Wheeling Nailers. He was called up to the American Hockey League with the Grand Rapids Griffins, and finished the year in the ECHL playoffs with the Cincinnati Cyclones.
The league announced the ownership of the team would be acquired by Robert Eger in December. The team had been run by the league since starting play.
In February, the league announced that it would immediately suspend operations, citing financial reasons. Over the course of the season, the Ice Miners recorded a professional hockey record 26-game winning streak. The team was named champions of the league, with a 31-1-0 record, 18 games before the season was scheduled to end.
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