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14-794: The Federal Hockey League (FHL) held a regular season game at McMorran Arena on January 31, 2015 between the Danbury Whalers and the Danville Dashers . 1,709 fans saw the Dashers defeat the Whalers by a score of 4–1, leading the FHL to strongly consider Port Huron as a market and seek out ownership for a franchise there. Two months later, on April 2, it was announced that the FHL's newest franchise would be based in Port Huron, making it

28-710: A home standing-room only crowd of 3,116 fans. On April 3, 2015, the Danbury Ice Arena The Whalers led the FHL home attendance for the league's first five seasons. On June 3, 2015, due to city council’s obscenely overpriced security demanded of the Danbury Whalers, the Federal Hockey League announced the team would be sold or moved to Brewster, New York , to be called the Stateline Whalers , and would play at

42-630: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Danbury Titans The Danbury Titans were a professional ice hockey team based in Danbury, Connecticut . Replacing the Danbury Whalers , the team was founded as an expansion team in the Federal Hockey League . They played their home games at the Danbury Ice Arena . On April 3, 2015, the Danbury Ice Arena announced that it did not want to renew its contract with

56-587: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a sports team in Michigan is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Danbury Whalers The Danbury Whalers were a minor league professional ice hockey team in the Federal Hockey League that began play in the 2010–11 season. Based in Danbury, Connecticut , the Whalers played at the Danbury Ice Arena , located in CityCenter Danbury . Their name comes from

70-406: The Federal Hockey League 's Danbury Whalers and gave them a notice to evict by April 17, leaving the team homeless. Prior to their eviction, the Whalers led the FHL home attendance for the league's first five seasons. On June 3, 2015, due to the eviction of the Danbury Whalers, the FHL announced a new team based in nearby Brewster, New York , to be called the Stateline Whalers , and would play at

84-854: The Hartford Whalers , who were a professional ice hockey team based in Connecticut and played in Hartford from 1975 to 1997 before relocating to North Carolina as the Carolina Hurricanes . Until the 2014–15 season, the Danbury Whalers were an affiliate of the Evansville IceMen of the ECHL. On March 22, 2013, the Whalers won their first FHL Commissioner's Cup Title by sweeping the Dayton Demonz in front of

98-601: The Brewster Ice The team was announced as being owned by Alan Friedman and Herm Sorcher, with Barry Soskin as a minority owner. The Danbury Whalers were officially considered to be on hiatus for the season by the FHL but gave up their naming and territorial rights to Brewster. On June 27, it was reported that the FHL had approved of a new team in Danbury, Connecticut, to replace the departed Whalers. Local businessmen, Bruce Bennett and Edward Crowe were announced as

112-539: The Brewster Ice Arena under former Danbury Whalers CEO and managing partner, Herm Sorcher. The Danbury Whalers were then officially considered to be on hiatus for the season by the FHL, but gave up their naming and territorial rights to Brewster. However, on June 27, 2015, it was reported that the FHL had approved of a new team in Danbury, Connecticut, to replace the departed Whalers. Local Danbury businessmen, Bruce Bennett and Edward Crowe were announced as

126-613: The Dayton Demonz had been transferred to their team when Soskin folded his Dayton team. The Prowlers won their first FHL championship in their 2015–16 inaugural season, sweeping the Danbury Titans 3–0 in a best-of-five series concluding on April 22, 2016 at McMorran Arena. On January 7, 2017, the Prowlers surprisingly fired inaugural head coach Trevor Karasiewicz after leading the team a 8–10–1–5 record in 2016–17 and to

140-613: The championship the previous season. He was replaced by Joe Pace, Sr. as the interim head coach. Pace Sr. stayed on as head coach the for the 2017–18 season. He led the team to a regular season title and a berth in the Commissioner's Cup Finals where they lost to the Watertown Wolves . The following 2018–19 season , Pace Sr. was hired as the head coach of the Mentor Ice Breakers FHL expansion team. He

154-488: The ownership group. Bennett would announce the new team as the Danbury Titans and had signed a six-year lease to play at the Danbury Ice Arena. Unfortunately, they were not able to do what the Whalers had accomplished, and were forced to cease operations 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 Connecticut

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168-677: The ownership group. Bennett would announce the new team as the Danbury Titans and had signed a six-year lease to play at the Danbury Ice Arena. Bennett and Crowe would also take over the Brewster franchise and rename it the Brewster Bulldogs and end any connections to the former Whalers franchise. In the team's inaugural 2015–16 season , the Titans would finish first in the league after the regular season but would be swept in

182-482: The tenth hockey team to call Port Huron and the McMorran Arena home and the FHL's first Michigan team. Barry Soskin of Arlington Heights, Illinois, who also owned the Danville Dashers and Dayton Demonz FHL teams, serves as the team's owner. A name-the-team contest was held, with the Prowlers name, logo and colors being announced on June 5. On July 16, the Prowlers announced that the protected player list from

196-602: Was replaced as head coach and general manager of the Prowlers by his son, Joe Pace, Jr. who had previously been a Prowlers' player, assistant coach, and assistant general manager. In 2018, the FHL began calling itself the Federal Prospects Hockey League (FPHL) and fully rebranded before the 2019–20 season. Following the abbreviated 2020–21 season, Pace Jr. left the team and was replaced as head coach and general manager by former assistant Matt Graham. This American ice hockey team-related article

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