Norfolk Admirals (ECHL)
| Norfolk Admirals | |
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 2016–17 ECHL season
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| City | Norfolk, Virginia |
| League | ECHL |
| Conference | Eastern |
| Division | South |
| Founded | 1995 (Originally in the WCHL) |
| Home arena | Norfolk Scope |
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| Owner(s) | Mango Media Group |
| General manager | Sami Hamad |
| Head coach | Robbie Ftorek |
| Media | The Virginian-Pilot; WGNT CW Norfolk |
| Affiliates |
Nashville Predators (NHL) Milwaukee Admirals (AHL) |
| Franchise history | |
| 1995–1998 | Bakersfield Fog |
| 1998–2015 | Bakersfield Condors |
| 2015–present | Norfolk Admirals |
The Norfolk Admirals are a professional ice hockey team in the ECHL which began play in the 2015–16 season. Based in Norfolk, Virginia and affiliated with the National Hockey League's Nashville Predators, the team plays its home games at the Norfolk Scope.
The Admirals replaced the American Hockey League team of the same name, which played from 2000 until 2015, after which they moved to San Diego, California and became the current incarnation of the San Diego Gulls.
On January 29, 2015, the Anaheim Ducks announced that they would be moving their AHL affiliate, the Norfolk Admirals, to San Diego as one of five charter members of the AHL's new Pacific Division. The next day, the Edmonton Oilers announced that their outgoing ECHL team, the Bakersfield Condors (who would also be supplanted by a new Bakersfield Condors in the AHL), would move to Norfolk and take on the Admirals name and logo. The Oilers Entertainment Group had originally purchased the ECHL Condors in January 2014, one year prior to the announcement of the relocation.
Admirals hockey in Norfolk actually began in the ECHL, where the Hampton Roads Admirals played from 1989 until 2000, when the ownership group purchased an AHL franchise license, changed the name to the Norfolk Admirals, and began play as an AHL expansion team starting with the 2000–01 season. The original ECHL Admirals' run was very successful, winning three titles – the Riley Cup in 1991 and 1992 and the Kelly Cup in 1998, an ECHL record which has since been tied by the Alaska Aces and the South Carolina Stingrays.
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