Toledo Cherokee
Encyclopedia
The Toledo Cherokee are a Tier III Junior A ice hockey
team in the North American 3 Hockey League (NA3HL). The team plays their home games at the Team Toledo Ice House in Toledo, Ohio
. The team is coached by Scott Syring, former collegiate hockey player at Ohio State and head coach of the Cherokee from 1992-1999.
hockey The Cherokee competed in Junior B hockey, the team won the Jr. B National Championship in 1998.
college programs, and professional hockey.
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
team in the North American 3 Hockey League (NA3HL). The team plays their home games at the Team Toledo Ice House in Toledo, Ohio
Toledo, Ohio
Toledo is the fourth most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Lucas County. Toledo is in northwest Ohio, on the western end of Lake Erie, and borders the State of Michigan...
. The team is coached by Scott Syring, former collegiate hockey player at Ohio State and head coach of the Cherokee from 1992-1999.
History
Before moving to Tier III junior AJunior ice hockey
Junior hockey is a catch-all term used to describe various levels of ice hockey competition for players generally between 16 and 20 years of age...
hockey The Cherokee competed in Junior B hockey, the team won the Jr. B National Championship in 1998.
Alumni
The Cherokee have produced a number of alumni playing in higher levels of junior hockey, NCAA and ACHAAcha
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college programs, and professional hockey.
- Adam Edinger 5th round draft pick by New York IslandersNew York IslandersThe New York Islanders are a professional ice hockey team based in Uniondale, New York. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...
, currently playing for Bloomington Prairie ThunderBloomington Prairie ThunderThe Bloomington PrairieThunder was a minor league professional ice hockey team based in Bloomington, Illinois. They were a member of the Central Hockey League in the Turner Conference. The team was originally a member of the International Hockey League before it merged into the CHL in 2010. They...
(IHL)