The Delaware Federals were a professional ice hockey team that played in the Federal Hockey League. Despite representing Delaware , the team did not have a home arena for games or practices. They were owned by Delaware Pro Hockey International, their head coach was Dan Farrell. They replaced the folded Vermont Wild on the league schedule and played their first competitive game on December 16, 2011, which ended with an 18–0 loss to the Cape Cod Bluefins .
6-707: The league would reuse the Federals' name to finish the 2017–18 season for the Northern Federals in games against the Watertown Wolves . Federal Hockey League This American ice hockey team-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a sports team in Delaware is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . 2017%E2%80%9318 FHL season The 2017–18 Federal Hockey League season
12-550: A tryout camp on June 15, 2017, for prospective players. However, on June 26, the IDHL then announced it would not play and instead purchased the Watertown Wolves when the team's local ownership group, said to be exhausted from the emotional investment in running a professional sports franchise, backed out. After making it to the championship in the 2016–17 season , the Berlin River Drivers ceased operations due to
18-482: The North Shore Knights . The North Shore Knights ended up rescheduling or forfeiting many home games after February 11, 2018. The Cornwall Nationals folded during the season due to lack of funds despite sitting in second place at the time. The Nationals had played 34 games with an 18–13–3 record by their cease of operation on February 20, 2018. The five Nationals' games that were to take place against
24-678: The FHL announced it was partnering with a developmental league called the International Developmental Hockey League (IDHL) for the 2017–18 season. It was originally intended to be focused on players between the ages of 20 to 23 who had aged out of junior leagues. At one point, the league website listed teams called the Baldwinsville Bandits, Elmira Express, Newark Diamonds, Palmyra Battalion, Syracuse Crush, and Watertown Whalers. The league held
30-691: The increased overhead costs of running the team and not selling enough season tickets for the following season. The Danbury Titans would also fold for citing overhead costs and specifically workers' compensation insurance in Connecticut. When the schedule was released for the season, the Fighting Saints were listed with home games in Gravenhurst, Ontario , Témiscaming, Quebec , South River, Ontario , and Kingsville, Ontario . They were eventually announced to have relocated to Kingsville as
36-697: Was the eighth season of the Federal Hockey League . The regular season ran from October 20, 2017, to April 7, 2018, originally scheduled for 52 games for each of the six teams. The Watertown Wolves won the playoff championship, their second championship in the league. The first expansion team of the 2017–18 season was announced in August 2016 as the Carolina Thunderbirds in Winston-Salem, North Carolina . In February 2017,
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