LOUISVILLE ICE CARDS
Washed up College Hockey Player OSU18 Uofl 2021
Well I’ve been a proud citizen of the Louisville area for all 23 years of my life. Ever since I was a little kid I’ve always been drawn by the great sport of hockey,mainly thanks to my Dad who grew up in an area where hockey was the sport. Early on in my life, the city had its first taste of Pro hockey when the Louisville Icehawk (later Louisville Riverfrog) of the ECHL. The team gained a lot of support over the 8 years being here. Thanks to that support they then got the Louisville Panthers of the American Hockey League. We all got to witness the first taste of players like Roberto Luongo and Dan Boyle. Playing in a bigger arena and a lot of support around the city. Even with the support after 2 seasons they ultimately decided to move the team.
They felt that there was bigger markets out there that they should explore. And that’s the last we’ve had of Pro hockey.
17 years have now gone by and the growth of hockey has taken a great turn again. We now have multiple high schools with Hockey teams, we have adult leagues, club teams playing in big national tournaments all over the country and we even now have youth Clients put on by the Nashville Predators. The University of Louisville’s ACHA DII has also gained a lot of popularity through out the city by filling up there stands and having people piled around the glass and even having to turn fans away every night because of how crammed it gets. It’s amazing to see how much it’s grown.
Now on to the possibility of Louisville getting Pro hockey back. Or bring a D1 hockey team to Louisville
Population wise:
Louisville is ranked 27th in US in population with about 767,355 people in the city, with about 1,284,848 in the metro area. Add roughly another million with the southern Indiana area, and another 500,000 to 1 million by the surrounding Kentucky counties. There is defiantly the population to support it.
Arena wise:
In Louisville with have the KFC Yum! Center which they built in 2010.
This arena is listed at a max capacity of 22006 and roughly 21000 for ice hockey so it’s bigger than some NHL teams now arena’s.
Economically wise:
Louisville is currently a city on the rise. More and more business move to Louisville every year. Only issue is the current arena not being book more than on average 3 night out of the week. The city desperately needs something new to occupy the arena other than just the University of Louisville basketball teams.
Fan base wise:
With more and more business moving to the area that bring in multiple other fan bases. This city is filled with current NHL fans of teams like the Blues, Blackhawks, Predators, Blue Jackets, and Penguins. I feel with the right marketing of the team you could see more hockey fans arise. I feel with the right marketing like the current Soccer team has received, a hockey team could have the same success.
All in all I hope one day we will get to see a hockey team in this great city. But until then I’ll be routing on my Predators. Let me know what you all think. Thanks
UPDATE:
Ice hockey on campus? University of Louisville has 'preliminary' chat
Sounds like first real push toward D1 hockey at UofL
They felt that there was bigger markets out there that they should explore. And that’s the last we’ve had of Pro hockey.
17 years have now gone by and the growth of hockey has taken a great turn again. We now have multiple high schools with Hockey teams, we have adult leagues, club teams playing in big national tournaments all over the country and we even now have youth Clients put on by the Nashville Predators. The University of Louisville’s ACHA DII has also gained a lot of popularity through out the city by filling up there stands and having people piled around the glass and even having to turn fans away every night because of how crammed it gets. It’s amazing to see how much it’s grown.
Now on to the possibility of Louisville getting Pro hockey back. Or bring a D1 hockey team to Louisville
Population wise:
Louisville is ranked 27th in US in population with about 767,355 people in the city, with about 1,284,848 in the metro area. Add roughly another million with the southern Indiana area, and another 500,000 to 1 million by the surrounding Kentucky counties. There is defiantly the population to support it.
Arena wise:
In Louisville with have the KFC Yum! Center which they built in 2010.
This arena is listed at a max capacity of 22006 and roughly 21000 for ice hockey so it’s bigger than some NHL teams now arena’s.
Economically wise:
Louisville is currently a city on the rise. More and more business move to Louisville every year. Only issue is the current arena not being book more than on average 3 night out of the week. The city desperately needs something new to occupy the arena other than just the University of Louisville basketball teams.
Fan base wise:
With more and more business moving to the area that bring in multiple other fan bases. This city is filled with current NHL fans of teams like the Blues, Blackhawks, Predators, Blue Jackets, and Penguins. I feel with the right marketing of the team you could see more hockey fans arise. I feel with the right marketing like the current Soccer team has received, a hockey team could have the same success.
All in all I hope one day we will get to see a hockey team in this great city. But until then I’ll be routing on my Predators. Let me know what you all think. Thanks
UPDATE:
Ice hockey on campus? University of Louisville has 'preliminary' chat
Sounds like first real push toward D1 hockey at UofL
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