Kenai River Brown Bears
| Kenai River Brown Bears | |
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| City | Soldotna, Alaska |
| League | North American Hockey League |
| Division | Midwest |
| Founded | 2007 |
| Home arena | Soldotna Sports Center |
| Colors | Green, Red, and Brown |
| Owner(s) | Kenai Peninsula Youth Foundation |
| General manager | Nate Kiel |
| Head coach | Jeff Worlton (2016) |
| Franchise history | |
| 2007–2017 | Kenai River Brown Bears |
The Kenai River Brown Bears were a Tier II junior ice hockey team in the North American Hockey League based in Soldotna, Alaska. The team joined the North American Hockey League (NAHL) as an expansion team for the 2007–08 season, and since then has upgraded and added team-specific facilities to the 2,000 plus capacity Soldotna Sports Center it called home. On February 28, 2017, during a major slump in the Alaskan economy, years of team futility and increased travel costs, the Brown Bears announced it would cease operations at the end of the 2016–17 season. However, after a fan fundraising effort, the Brown Bears applied to the NAHL for approval to reactivate in April 2017.
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