Manchester Monarchs (ECHL)

For the former American Hockey League team that played from 2001 to 2015, see Manchester Monarchs (AHL).

Manchester Monarchs
2015–16 ECHL season
City	Manchester, New Hampshire
League	ECHL
Conference	Eastern
Division	East
Founded	1993
Home arena	Verizon Wireless Arena
Colors
Owner(s)	Anschutz Entertainment Group
General manager	Justin Kemp
Head coach	Richard Seeley
Affiliates	Los Angeles Kings (NHL) Ontario Reign (AHL)
Franchise history
1993–2000	Huntington Blizzard
2003–2008	Texas Wildcatters
2008–2015	Ontario Reign
2015–present	Manchester Monarchs

The Manchester Monarchs are a professional ice hockey team in the ECHL which began play in the 2015–16 season. Based in Manchester, New Hampshire and affiliated with the National Hockey League's Los Angeles Kings, the team plays its home games at the Verizon Wireless Arena.

The Monarchs replaced the American Hockey League team of the same name, which played from 2001 until 2015, after which they moved to Ontario, California and became the Ontario Reign.

History

On January 29, 2015, the Los Angeles Kings announced that they would be moving their AHL affiliate, the Manchester Monarchs, to Ontario, California as one of five charter member's of the AHL's new Pacific Division. The next day, they announced that their ECHL affiliate, the current Ontario Reign, would move to Manchester and take on the Monarchs name in what is essentially a "franchise swap."

Current roster

Updated October 27, 2015.

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace	Contract
10	United States !	Angeli, DarikDarik Angeli	4.0 !C	R	25	2015	Lakewood, Colorado	Monarchs
14	United States !	Arnold, DerekDerek Arnold	4.0 !C	R	25	2015	Norwood, Massachusetts	Monarchs
19	United States !	Block, AustinAustin Block	4.0 !C	R	26	2015	Denver, Colorado	Monarchs
28	Canada !	Boivin, MichaelMichael Boivin	2.0 !D	R	25	2015	Delta, British Columbia	Monarchs
3	Canada !	Brown, JoshJosh Brown	2.0 !D	R	21	2015	London, Ontario	Panthers
32	United States !	Diamond, JoeyJoey Diamond	6.0 !LW	L	26	2015	Long Beach, New York	Monarchs
4	United States !	Donahoe, RobbieRobbie Donahoe	2.0 !D	L	24	2015	Canton, Massachusetts	Monarchs
29	United States !	Houser, MichaelMichael Houser	1.0 !G	L	23	2015	Youngstown, Ohio	Reign
48	Russia !	Kitsyn, MaximMaxim Kitsyn	6.0 !LW	R	23	2015	Novokuznetsk, Russia	Kings
5	United States !	Kolomatis, DavidDavid Kolomatis (C)	2.0 !D	R	26	2015	Basking Ridge, New Jersey	Monarchs
13	Slovenia !	Kopitar, GašperGašper Kopitar	5.0 !W	R	23	2015	Jesenice, Slovenia	Monarchs
15	United States !	Larraza, ZacZac Larraza	6.0 !LW	L	22	2015	Scottsdale, Arizona	Monarchs
49	Canada !	Legein, StefanStefan Legein (A)	7.0 !RW	R	27	2015	Oakville, Ontario	Monarchs
17	United States !	Leitner, MattMatt Leitner	4.0 !C	L	24	2015	Los Alamitos, California	Monarchs
40	Finland !	Lintuniemi, AlexAlex Lintuniemi	2.0 !D	L	20	2015	Helsinki, Finland	Kings
5	Canada !	MacKenzie, MattMatt MacKenzie (A)	2.0 !D	R	24	2015	New Westminster, British Columbia	Monarchs
47	CAN !	Paquette, DanickDanick Paquette	7.0 !RW	R	25	2015	Montreal, Quebec	Monarchs
22	United States !	Power, TroyTroy Power	3.0 !F	R	25	2015	Camarillo, California	Monarchs
41	Canada !	Roach, AlexAlex Roach	2.0 !D	L	22	2015	Quesnel, British Columbia	Kings
30	United States !	Stevens, ColinColin Stevens	1.0 !G	L	22	2015	Niskayuna, New York	Panthers
42	United States !	Turgeon, TonyTony Turgeon	6.0 !LW	L	26	2015	Grand Forks, North Dakota	Monarchs
20	United States !	White, MattMatt White	4.0 !C	L	26	2015	Whittier, California	Monarchs

External links

• Manchester Monarchs Official Website