Manchester Monarchs (ECHL)
| Manchester Monarchs | |
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 2016–17 ECHL season
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| City | Manchester, New Hampshire |
| League | ECHL |
| Conference | Eastern |
| Division | North |
| Founded | 1993 |
| Home arena | SNHU Arena |
| Colors | |
| Owner(s) | PPI Sports, LLC |
| General manager | Matt Welch (president) |
| Head coach | Richard Seeley |
| Affiliates |
Los Angeles Kings (NHL) Ontario Reign (AHL) |
| Franchise history | |
| 1993–2000 | Huntington Blizzard |
| 2003–2008 | Texas Wildcatters |
| 2008–2015 | Ontario Reign |
| 2015–present | Manchester Monarchs |
| Championships | |
| Division Championships | 1 (2015–16) |
The Manchester Monarchs are a professional ice hockey team in the ECHL which began play in the 2015–16 season. Based in Manchester, New Hampshire and affiliated with the National Hockey League's Los Angeles Kings, the team plays its home games at the SNHU Arena.
The Monarchs replaced the American Hockey League team of the same name, which played from 2001 until 2015, after which they moved to Ontario, California and became the Ontario Reign.
On January 29, 2015, the Los Angeles Kings announced that they would be moving their AHL affiliate, the Manchester Monarchs, to Ontario, California, as one of five charter member's of the AHL's new Pacific Division. The next day, they announced that their ECHL affiliate, the current Ontario Reign, would move to Manchester and take on the Monarchs name in what is essentially a "franchise swap".
Prior to the their second season, the Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG) sold the Monarchs to PPI Sports, LLC on August 2, 2016. AEG also owns the AHL Ontario Reign and a stake in the Los Angeles Kings. Kings president Luc Robitaille stated that the Monarchs would continue to be affiliated with the Kings and Reign despite the team no longer being under the same ownership as the their NHL and AHL teams.
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