Manchester Monarchs (AHL)
| Manchester Monarchs | |
|---|---|
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| City | Manchester, New Hampshire |
| League | American Hockey League |
| Conference | Eastern Conference |
| Division | Atlantic Division |
| Founded | 2001 |
| Operated | 2001–2015 |
| Home arena | Verizon Wireless Arena |
| Colors | |
| Media |
New Hampshire Union Leader WGIR (610 AM) WMUR-TV (channel 9) |
| Affiliates |
Los Angeles Kings (NHL) Ontario Reign (ECHL) |
| Franchise history | |
| 2001–2015 | Manchester Monarchs |
| 2015–present | Ontario Reign |
| Championships | |
| Regular season titles | 1 (2014–15) |
| Division Championships | 4 (2004–05, 2006–07, 2013–14, 2014–15) |
| Conference Championships | 1 (2014–15) |
| Calder Cups | 1 (2014–15) |
The Manchester Monarchs were a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League (AHL). They played in Manchester, New Hampshire, at the Verizon Wireless Arena. They have been the AHL affiliate of the National Hockey League (NHL) Los Angeles Kings since 2001. For the 2015–16 season, the Monarchs traded places with the Kings' affiliate in the ECHL, the Ontario Reign; the AHL franchise moved to Ontario, California, and play at Citizens Business Bank Arena where they became the new Ontario Reign, while the ECHL team moved to New Hampshire retaining the Manchester Monarchs name.
The Monarchs won their only Calder Cup in their final AHL season.
In 1999,Howard Baldwin founded Manchester Hockey Group LLC, while in the process of moving a dormant AHL franchise to New Hampshire to start play in 2001. On June 14, 2000, the Los Angeles Kings bought the team from Baldwin's group. Three months later, the Kings hired Jeff Eisenberg as team president. The team, to play in the still under construction Verizon Wireless Arena, was baptized Manchester Monarchs on November 13.
Prior to the first game, two people with the Kings organization Garnet Bailey, and Mark Bavis were killed in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks as they were going home back to Los Angeles after a scouting trip. The Monarchs played their first game on October 6, 2001, against the Lowell Lock Monsters, losing 6–3. Their first win was a week later, on October 13, against the Norfolk Admirals. The team has been competitive within the division every year of its existence. They won their first Atlantic Division title in 2004–05, but lost in the first round to the Providence Bruins. This continued the streak of first round playoff exits, which the team had experienced in every year of existence, and would come to include the 2005–06 season.
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