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Johnstown Chiefs

Year of foundation: 1988
Colours: Black, gold, white
Club status: ceased (relocated to Greenville, South Carolina in 2010 to become Greenville Road Warriors )

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All time leagues: ECHL | WCHL

Season 2001-2002

This club in 2001-2002: ECHL | WCHL

Pos	Player name	Born	Height	Weight	Shoots
G	Bill Ruggiero	25.02.1981	188 cm	95 kg	left	Show profile»
G	Dany Sabourin	02.09.1980	193 cm	91 kg	left	Show profile»
D	Kevin Clauson	13.10.1978	195 cm	99 kg	left	Show profile»
D	Phillipe Roy	16.01.1977	172 cm	90 kg	right	Show profile»
D	Robby Sandrock	10.03.1978	180 cm	81 kg	right	Show profile»
D	Sergei Skrobot	19.03.1980	190 cm	86 kg	N/A	Show profile»
D	David Vychodil	25.03.1980	185 cm	97 kg	left	Show profile»
D	Mark White	07.02.1978	183 cm	91 kg	N/A	Show profile»
RW	Kevin Baker	15.06.1979	180 cm	74 kg	left	Show profile»
LW	Jean-François Boutin	17.11.1976	180 cm	87 kg	left	Show profile»
LW	Dan Carlson	06.04.1979	175 cm	86 kg	left	Show profile»
F	Andrew Clark	03.12.1975	178 cm	90 kg	left	Show profile»
LW	Vladimir Nemec	03.11.1978	181 cm	91 kg	left	Show profile»
C	Eric Schneider	15.09.1977	183 cm	89 kg	left	Show profile»
RW	Jim Shepherd	13.05.1977	180 cm	90 kg	right	Show profile»
F	Ryan Shmyr	28.04.1977	195 cm	104 kg	left	Show profile»
RW	Lukas Smital	15.08.1974	182 cm	95 kg	right	Show profile»
LW	Jason Spence	07.07.1979	185 cm	93 kg	left	Show profile»
LW	Blair Stayzer	04.10.1980	191 cm	102 kg	left	Show profile»
RW	Shaun Sutter	02.06.1980	185 cm	82 kg	right	Show profile»

Coach name	State	Born	Coach position
Scott Allen		06.04.1966	Head Coach	Show profile»

* no longer in the club

History
Logos

The owners originally wanted to name the team the Jets in honor of a team that had played in Johnstown from 1950 to 1977, mostly in the Eastern Hockey League. However, the old Jets' former owners still held the trademark for the name and refused to allow the new team to use it. Fortunately, they had a second choice. A contest was held by the owners, allowing the people of Johnstown to vote for the new team name. The cult hockey movie Slap Shot had been filmed in Johnstown, and featured a minor league team called the Charlestown Chiefs. The fans readily jumped on the tie-in, and the Johnstown Chiefs were born

In February 2010 the league announced that the Chiefs would be relocating to Greenville after the league's Board of Governors voted unanimously in favor of the move.

The team played their final game as the Johnstown Chiefs on Saturday April 3, 2010. The result was a 5-3 loss to the Elmira Jackals. According to a pre-game address by minority owner Ned Nakles to the fans in attendance, the Chiefs name, logo, team records and history will not follow the team to South Carolina, but will remain in Johnstown under ownership by a non-profit group to possibly be used again should a new team enter the ECHL in the city

from 1988 to present:

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Fast factsseason 2001-2002

Youngest player: Bill Ruggiero (21 years)
Oldest player: Lukas Smital (27 years)
Shortest player: Phillipe Roy (172 cm)
Tallest player: Kevin Clauson (195 cm)
Nationalities: Canada (12), Czechia (2), Russia (1), Slovakia (1), USA (4)

Leagues

Johnstown Chiefs participates in season 2001-2002: ECHL, WCHL

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