Johnstown Tomahawks

The Johnstown Tomahawks are a Tier II Junior A ice hockey team in the North American Hockey League's North Division. The team plays its home games at the Cambria County War Memorial Arena in Johnstown, Pennsylvania.

Franchise history
The franchise was originally called the St Louis Sting, and in 2001 moved to Springfield, Missouri as the Springfield Spirit. In 2005, they moved to Wasilla, Alaska as the Wasilla Spirit, only to re-brand themselves as the Alaska Avalanche the next season. The Avalanche played out of the Curtis D. Menard Memorial Sports Center in Wasilla until the end of the 2009-10 Season. The Avalanche moved to Palmer, Alaska beginning in the 2010-11 season and played at the Palmer Ice Arena.

The team relocated to Johnstown, Pennsylvania in 2012, taking the place of the ECHL's Johnstown Chiefs, who moved to Greenville, South Carolina in 2011. They became known as the Johnstown Tomahawks

The Tomahawks played their first game on September 8th, 2012 against the Port Huron Fighting Falcons. They would fall 4-3 in overtime. They would earn their first win, a 6-5 shootout victory on September 13th, 2012 over the Kenai River Brown Bears. Their first home game in Johnstown was played on September 29th, 2012 at the Cambria County War Memorial Arena in which the Tomahawks fell 3-2 in a Shootout to the Michigan Warriors.



Playoffs

 * 2006
 * First Round - Fairbanks Ice Dogs defeated Wasilla Spirit 3-games-to-2


 * 2009
 * First Round - Wenatchee Wild defeated Alaska Avalanche 3-games-to-1


 * 2010
 * First Round - Fairbanks Ice Dogs defeated Alaska Avalanche 3-games-to-0


 * 2011
 * Divisional Semi-Finals - Wenatchee Wild defeated Alaska Avalanche 3-games-to-0


 * 2012
 * Divisional Semi-Finals - Wenatchee Wild defeated Alaska Avalanche 3-games-to-2


 * 2013
 * Divisional Play In Round - Port Huron Fighting Falcons defeated Johnston Tomahawks 2-games-to-1


 * 2014
 * Divisional Semi-Finals - Port Huron Fighting Falcons defeated Johnston Tomahawks 3-games-to-0