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Louisiana IceGators

Founded	1995
Home Ice	Cajundome Cajundome The Cajundome is a 13,500 seat multi-purpose arena in Lafayette, Louisiana. It is home to the Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns basketball teams of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette Wildcatters of the Southern Indoor Football League and the Louisiana high school basketball state...
Based in	Lafayette, LA Lafayette, Louisiana Lafayette is a city in and the parish seat of Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, United States, on the Vermilion River. The population was 120,623 at the 2010 census...
Colors	green and white
League	ECHL ECHL The ECHL is a mid-level professional ice hockey league based in Princeton, New Jersey with teams scattered across the United States...
Last Head coach	Todd Gordon
Last General manager	???

The original Louisiana IceGators were an ECHL

ECHL

The ECHL is a mid-level professional ice hockey league based in Princeton, New Jersey with teams scattered across the United States...

team based in Lafayette, Louisiana

Lafayette, Louisiana

Lafayette is a city in and the parish seat of Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, United States, on the Vermilion River. The population was 120,623 at the 2010 census...

from 1995 until the end of the 2005 season. The team played its home games at the Cajundome

Cajundome

The Cajundome is a 13,500 seat multi-purpose arena in Lafayette, Louisiana. It is home to the Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns basketball teams of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette Wildcatters of the Southern Indoor Football League and the Louisiana high school basketball state...

and were last an affiliate of the NHL Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild

The Minnesota Wild are a professional ice hockey team based in St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. They are members of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League ....

and the AHL

American Hockey League

The American Hockey League is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League...

Houston Aeros

The Houston Aeros are a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. The team plays in Houston, Texas, at the Toyota Center. They are the AHL affiliate of the NHL's Minnesota Wild.- History :...

History

The Gators were an instant success upon their debut in Lafayette, despite the city's unfamiliarity with hockey. The team holds the top four regular-season average attendance numbers in ECHL

ECHL

The ECHL is a mid-level professional ice hockey league based in Princeton, New Jersey with teams scattered across the United States...

history: 11,433 in 1996-97, 11,196 in 1997-98, 9,857 in 1998-99 and 9,776 in 1995-96. The IceGators also hosted the eight largest and nine of the 10 largest postseason crowds in ECHL

ECHL

The ECHL is a mid-level professional ice hockey league based in Princeton, New Jersey with teams scattered across the United States...

history, including four capacity crowds of 11,800 in 1997. The team won division titles in seven of its 10 seasons.

The team never won an ECHL championship, and toward the end of its existence, attendance dropped. The 2005 season was plagued with team financial issues; drops in attendance led the Cajundome

Cajundome

to no longer allow seating in the 300 level seats. The final game was not even a sellout, with an attendance of only 4,228. In January 2006, Cajundome

Cajundome

officials announced that no investors had responded to a request for proposals that would have returned a hockey team to the dome for the 2006-07 season.

Team records

Most Points, One Season – 116 (56-12-4, 2001–02)
Best Points Percentage, One Season – .806 (56-12-4, 2001–02)
Most Wins, One Season – 56 (2001–02)
Most Home Wins, One Season – 30 (2001–02)
Most Road Wins, One Season – 26 (2001–02)
Fewest Home Losses, One Season – 2 (2001–02)
Longest Winning Streak, One Season – 14 (November 23, 2001 - December 22, 2001)
Most Shorthand Goals, One Season – 24 (1998–99)
Most 30-Or-More Goal Scorers, One Season – 5 (1998–99)

(John Varga, 39; John Spoltore, 36; Don Parsons; 34, Mike Murray, 31; Louis Dumont, 30)

Fewest Goals Against, One Season – 156 (2001–02)
Lowest Goals Against Average, One Season – 2.17 (2001–02, 156 goals in 72 games)
Longest Overtime Playoff Games
- 121:24, Louisiana at Greenville, May 5, 2000 (Greenville won 3-2 at 1:24 of the fourth overtime)
- 115:19, Jackson at Louisiana, April 5, 2002 (Jackson won 5-4 at 15:19 of the third overtime)
Most Penalty Minutes, One Team, One Series (Since 91-92) – 355 (Louisiana IceGators vs. Pensacola, 1998)
Most Penalty Minutes, One Team, One Playoff Game – 168 (Louisiana IceGators vs. Pensacola, April 30, 1998)
Most Road Playoff Wins – 21

Individual records

Most Shorthand Goals, Season – 11 (Jay Murphy
Jay Murphy
Jay Dennis Murphy is a former American professional basketball player. He attended high school at Francis T Maloney High School in Meriden, Connecticut. A 6'9" and 220 lbs. power forward, Murphy attended Boston College, in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. He averaged 14.6 points per game in his four...

, 1998–99)
Most Power-Play Goals, Defenseman, Season – 16 (Chris Valicevic
Chris Valicevic
Chris Valicevic is a former professional ice hockey defenseman who spent the majority of his career with the ECHL Louisiana IceGators.-ECHL:...

, 1995–96)
Highest Assists-Per-Game Average, Career – 1.15 (John Spoltore, 1995-01)

(among players with 200 or more assists)

Most 100-Or-More Point Seasons – 4 (John Spoltore, 1995-01)
Most Consecutive 100-Or-More Point Seasons – 3 (John Spoltore, 1997-00)
Most Penalty Minutes, Season – 512 (Rob McCaig, 1995–96)
Most Shutouts By A Goaltender, Season – 7 (Frederic Cloutier
Frederic Cloutier
Frederic Cloutier is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who is currently playing in Italy.-Awards and honours:*Jacques Plante Memorial Trophy - QMJHL Best GAA *QMJHL First Team All-Star...

, 2001–02)
Lowest Goals-Against Average By A Goaltender, Season – 1.84 (Frederic Cloutier, 2001–02)
Highest Save Percentage By A Goaltender, Season – .945 (Frederic Cloutier, 2001–02)

Most Assists In Playoffs, Career – 69 (John Spoltore, 1996-01)
Most Assists, One Playoff Year – 26 (John Spoltore, 2000)
Most Points, One Playoff Year – 34 (John Spoltore, 2000)
Most All-Star Games Played – 7 (Chris Valicevic
Chris Valicevic
Chris Valicevic is a former professional ice hockey defenseman who spent the majority of his career with the ECHL Louisiana IceGators.-ECHL:...

, 1994, 1996–2001)

Attendance records

All-Time Regular Season Average Attendance
- 11,433 (1996–97)
- 11,196 (1997–98)
- 9,857 (1998–99)
- 9,776 (1995–96)
Regular Season Total Attendance
- 401,185 (1996–97)
- 391,826 (1997–98)
- 345,003 (1998–99)
- 342,154 (1995–96)
Highest Attendance, ECHL All-Star Game – 11,493 (January 20, 1998)
All-Time Attendance, Playoff Game
- 11,800 (South Carolina at Louisiana, Kelly Cup Finals, May 11, 1997)
- 11,800 (South Carolina at Louisiana, Kelly Cup Finals, May 9, 1997)
- 11,800 (South Carolina at Louisiana, Kelly Cup Finals, May 7, 1997)
- 11,800 (Peoria at Louisiana, Kelly Cup Semi-Finals, April 28, 1997)
- 11,754 (Mobile at Louisiana, Kelly Cup 1st Round, April 6, 1997)
- 11,042 (Jacksonville at Louisiana, Riley Cup 1st Round, April 5, 1996)
- 10,460 (Pensacola at Louisiana, Southern Conference Finals, April 25, 1998)
- 10,220 (Mobile at Louisiana, Kelly Cup 1st Round, April 2, 1996)

Seasons

Season	League	Division	GP	W	L	T	OTL	SOL	PTS	PCT	GF	GA	PIM	Coach	Result
1995-96	ECHL ECHL The ECHL is a mid-level professional ice hockey league based in Princeton, New Jersey with teams scattered across the United States...	South	70	43	21	0	6	0	92	0.657	312	261	2930	Doug Shedden Doug Shedden Douglas Arthur Shedden is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player. He coached Team Finland to a bronze medal in 2008 World Championships...	Lost in Round 1
1996-97	ECHL ECHL The ECHL is a mid-level professional ice hockey league based in Princeton, New Jersey with teams scattered across the United States...	South	70	38	28	4	0	0	80	0.571	292	244	3099	Doug Shedden Doug Shedden Douglas Arthur Shedden is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player. He coached Team Finland to a bronze medal in 2008 World Championships...	Lost in Finals
1997-98	ECHL ECHL The ECHL is a mid-level professional ice hockey league based in Princeton, New Jersey with teams scattered across the United States...	Southwest	70	43	17	10	0	0	96	0.686	298	232	2726	Doug Shedden Doug Shedden Douglas Arthur Shedden is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player. He coached Team Finland to a bronze medal in 2008 World Championships...	Lost in Round 3
1998-99	ECHL ECHL The ECHL is a mid-level professional ice hockey league based in Princeton, New Jersey with teams scattered across the United States...	Southwest	70	46	18	6	0	0	98	0.700	297	205	2425	Doug Shedden Doug Shedden Douglas Arthur Shedden is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player. He coached Team Finland to a bronze medal in 2008 World Championships...	Lost in Round 2
1999-00	ECHL ECHL The ECHL is a mid-level professional ice hockey league based in Princeton, New Jersey with teams scattered across the United States...	Southwest	70	43	18	0	9	0	95	0.679	281	241	2177	Don Murdoch Don Murdoch Donald Walter Murdoch is a retired former professional ice hockey player. After a standout junior career with the Medicine Hat Tigers, Murdoch made the New York Rangers as a 20-year-old and had an impressive rookie scoring 56 points in 59 games his rookie season...	Lost in Finals
2000-01	ECHL ECHL The ECHL is a mid-level professional ice hockey league based in Princeton, New Jersey with teams scattered across the United States...	Southwest	72	42	24	6	0	0	90	0.625	237	209	1989	Dave Farrish Dave Farrish David Allan Farrish is a retired professional ice hockey defenceman who played 430 games in the National Hockey League. He played for the New York Rangers, Quebec Nordiques, and Toronto Maple Leafs...	Lost in Round 4
2001-02	ECHL ECHL The ECHL is a mid-level professional ice hockey league based in Princeton, New Jersey with teams scattered across the United States...	Southwest	72	56	12	4	0	0	116	0.806	261	156	1683	Dave Farrish Dave Farrish David Allan Farrish is a retired professional ice hockey defenceman who played 430 games in the National Hockey League. He played for the New York Rangers, Quebec Nordiques, and Toronto Maple Leafs...	Lost in Round 2
2002-03	ECHL ECHL The ECHL is a mid-level professional ice hockey league based in Princeton, New Jersey with teams scattered across the United States...	Southwest	72	40	20	12	0	0	92	0.639	249	210	2292	Dave Farrish Dave Farrish David Allan Farrish is a retired professional ice hockey defenceman who played 430 games in the National Hockey League. He played for the New York Rangers, Quebec Nordiques, and Toronto Maple Leafs...	Lost in Round 2
2003-04	ECHL ECHL The ECHL is a mid-level professional ice hockey league based in Princeton, New Jersey with teams scattered across the United States...	Central	72	48	22	2	0	0	98	0.681	235	167	1629	Dave Farrish Dave Farrish David Allan Farrish is a retired professional ice hockey defenceman who played 430 games in the National Hockey League. He played for the New York Rangers, Quebec Nordiques, and Toronto Maple Leafs...	Lost in Round 2
2004-05	ECHL ECHL The ECHL is a mid-level professional ice hockey league based in Princeton, New Jersey with teams scattered across the United States...	South	72	26	40	6	0	0	58	0.403	192	266	1549	Todd Gordon	Did Not Qualify

External links

The IceGators Official Website

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