Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs

Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs

City	Roanoke, Virginia
League	Southern Professional Hockey League
Founded	2009
Home arena	Berglund Center
Colors	Blue, Gold, Red, White
Owner(s)	Bob McGinn
Head coach	Sam Ftorek
Media	The Roanoke Times
Franchise history
2009–2014	Mississippi Surge
2016–present	Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs
Championships
Playoff championships	1 (2010–11)

The Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs are a professional ice hockey team and a member of the Southern Professional Hockey League. Based in Roanoke, Virginia, the Rail Yard Dawgs plays their home games at Berglund Center.

The Rail Yard Dawgs are the fifth professional hockey team to call Roanoke home, following the Roanoke Valley Rebels of the Eastern Hockey League and later the Southern Hockey League (1970–1976), the Roanoke Valley Rebels/Rampage (1990–1993) and the Roanoke Express of the East Coast Hockey League (1993–2004), and the Roanoke Valley Vipers of the United Hockey League (2005–2006).

History

On October 20, 2015, it was announced that Bob McGinn had purchased the dormant Mississippi Surge franchise and would relocate the team to Roanoke for the 2016–17 season.^[1]^[2] On November 19, the Rail Yard Dawgs name, logo and colors were officially announced.^[3]^[4] On April 29, 2016, Sam Ftorek was announced the team's first head coach.

References

↑ Berman, Mark (October 20, 2015). "Roanoke, hockey are 'a good match,' mayor says". Roanoke.com. The Roanoke Times. Retrieved November 19, 2015.
↑ "SPHL expanding to Roanoke, VA for 2016-2017 season". Southern Professional Hockey League. October 20, 2015. Retrieved November 19, 2015.
↑ McFarling, Aaron (November 19, 2015). "New hockey team will be called the Rail Yard Dawgs". Roanoke.com. The Roanoke Times. Retrieved November 19, 2015.
↑ "New Roanoke SPHL team to be called Rail Yard Dawgs". Southern Professional Hockey League. November 19, 2015. Retrieved November 19, 2015.

External links

Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs official website

Southern Professional Hockey League

Teams	Columbus Cottonmouths Evansville Thunderbolts Fayetteville FireAntz Huntsville Havoc Knoxville Ice Bears Louisiana IceGators (suspended) Macon Mayhem Mississippi RiverKings Pensacola Ice Flyers Peoria Rivermen Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs

Arenas	Berglund Center (Rail Yard Dawgs) Cajundome (IceGators) Carver Arena (Rivermen) Columbus Civic Center (Cottonmouths) Cumberland County Crown Coliseum (FireAntz) Ford Center (Thunderbolts) Landers Center (RiverKings) Macon Coliseum (Mayhem) James White Civic Coliseum (Ice Bears) Pensacola Bay Center (Ice Flyers) Von Braun Center (Havoc)

Seasons	2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

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Basketball	ABA Richmond Elite

Football	WFA Richmond Black Widows

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