Bill Coffey is a businessman and minor league sports entrepreneur. He is one of the founders of the ECHL (formerly known as the East Coast Hockey League).[1] Founded in 1988, the ECHL is a minor professional ice hockey league that serves as a development league for the NHL.[2] The ECHL iced 20 teams during the 2009-10 season.[3]
Coffee is also the founder of the Atlantic Coast Hockey League (ACHL)[4] - where he served as the league's president; and he is the director of hockey operations for the Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL).[5] Coffee has been the owner of several minor league ice hockey teams.
Teams owned by Bill Coffey[]
- Fayetteville Force (CHL)[6]
- Knoxville Cherokees (ECHL)[7]
- St. Petersburg Parrots (ACHL)[8]
- Tallahassee Tide (ACHL)
References[]
- ↑ Scott, Jon C. (2006). Hockey Night in Dixie: Minor Pro Hockey in the American South. Heritage House Publishing Company Ltd., 138-139. ISBN 1894974212.
- ↑ Honored Members. ECHL Hall Of Fame. Retrieved on 2010-06-05.
- ↑ 2009-10 East Coast Hockey League. Hockeydb.com. Retrieved on 2010-06-05.
- ↑ Scott, Jon C. (2006). Hockey Night in Dixie: Minor Pro Hockey in the American South. Heritage House Publishing Company Ltd., 185. ISBN 1894974212.
- ↑ Scott, Jon C. (2006). Hockey Night in Dixie: Minor Pro Hockey in the American South. Heritage House Publishing Company Ltd., 199. ISBN 1894974212.
- ↑ Scott, Jon C. (2006). Hockey Night in Dixie: Minor Pro Hockey in the American South. Heritage House Publishing Company Ltd., 103. ISBN 1894974212.
- ↑ Scott, Jon C. (2006). Hockey Night in Dixie: Minor Pro Hockey in the American South. Heritage House Publishing Company Ltd., 138. ISBN 1894974212.
- ↑ Scott, Jon C. (2006). Hockey Night in Dixie: Minor Pro Hockey in the American South. Heritage House Publishing Company Ltd., 186. ISBN 1894974212.