Johnstown Tomahawks

	Johnstown Tomahawks
City:	Johnstown, Pennsylvania
League:	NAHL
Division:	North
Founded:	1996
Home Arena:	Cambria County War Memorial Arena
Colors:	Navy, Red, and White ;
Owner(s):	JOHNSTOWN SPORTS PARTNERS, LLC (James P. Boucher - Maj. Owner)
General Manager:	Rick Boyd
Head Coach:	Mike Letizia (2014-2015)
Media:	The Tribune-Democrat, FastHockeyTheTomablog
Franchise history
1990–1991:	Dearborn Magic
1991–1994:	Michigan Nationals
1994–1996:	Dearborn Heights Nationals
1996–2001:	St Louis Sting
2001–2004:	Springfield Spirit
2005–2006:	Wasilla Spirit
2006–2012:	Alaska Avalanche
2012–present:	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.^[1]^[2]

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 ^[3] ^[4]

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.

Season records[]

Season	GP	W	L	T	OL	SL	PTS	GF	GA	Finish	Playoffs
Dearborn Magic
1990-91	40	6	31	3	-	-	15	n/a	n/a	4th of 4 Western	n/a
Season	GP	W	L	T	OTL	SL	PTS	GF	GA	Finish	Playoffs
Michigan Nationals
1991-92	42	11	24	5	2	-	29	149	202	4th of 4 Western	n/a
1992-93	40	15	19	5	1	-	36	178	216	3rd of 4 Western	n/a
1993-94	46	18	22	4	2	-	42	155	189	3rd of 5 Western	n/a
Season	GP	W	L	T	OL	SL	PTS	GF	GA	Finish	Playoffs
Dearborn Heights Nationals
1994-95	44	5	32	5	2	-	17	121	235	9th of 9	n/a
1995-96	46	4	36	2	4	-	14	133	283	8th of 8	n/a
St. Louis Sting
Season	GP	W	L	OL	SL	PTS	GF	GA	PIM	Finish	Playoffs
1996-97	46	8	38	0	-	16	123	248	n/a	8th, League	N/A
1997-98	56	23	32	1	-	47	188	237	1,718	7th, League	N/A
1998-99	56	34	16	6	-	74	211	180	1,611	3rd, League	N/A
1999-00	56	18	35	3	-	39	164	230	1,605	5th, West	N/A
2000-01	56	15	36	5	-	35	170	263	2,034	5th, West	N/A
Springfield Spirit
2001-02	56	23	29	4	-	50	182	222	1,533	3rd, West	N/A
2002-03	56	15	36	5	-	35	129	240	1,689	5th, West	N/A
2003-04	56	13	39	4	-	30	153	259	1,803	7th, South	N/A
2004-05	56	20	29	7	-	47	144	188	1,027	6th, South	did not qualify
Wasilla Spirit
2005-06	56	23	33	2	-	48	133	187	1,307	4th, West	lost in 1st Round
Alaska Avalanche
2006-07	62	16	39	7	-	39	148	242	1,699	6th, South	did not qualify
2007-08	58	16	38	4	-	36	158	270	1,251	5th, South	did not qualify
2008-09	58	23	30	5	-	51	172	224	1,505	3rd, West	lost in 1st Round
2009-10	58	32	19	7	-	71	198	178	1,393	2nd, West	lost in 1st Round
2010-11	58	32	22	4	-	68	193	173	1,479	3rd, West	lost in 1st Round
2011-12	60	35	19	6	-	76	192	173	1,161	3rd, West	lost in 1st Round
Johnstown Tomahawks
Season	GP	W	L	T	OL	SL	PTS	GF	GA	Finish	Playoffs
2012-13	60	27	21	12	-	-	66	179	171	5th, North	Lost in Play-In Round
2013-14	60	28	27	5	-	-	61	167	181	4th, North	Lost in 1st Round
2014-15	60	25	27	8	-	-	58	166	191	5th, North	Did not qualify
2015–16	60	31	24	5	-	-	67	197	200	3rd East	Won Div. Semifinals, 3-0 vs. New Jersey Titans Lost Div. Finals, 0-3 vs. Aston Rebels
2016–17	60	40	16	-	3	1	84	209	148	2nd, East	Lost Div. Semifinals, 0-3 vs. NJ Titans
2017–18	60	23	33	-	2	2	50	142	195	5th, East	Did not qualify
2018-19	60	47	9	-	3	1	98	245	150	1st, East	Won Div Semifinals 3-2 vs Northeast Generals W Div. Final 3-2 vs New Jersey Junior Titans Lost SF 1-2 vs Fairbanks Ice Dogs
2019-20	51	34	13	-	2	2	72	185	140	2nd, East	Playoffs cancelled
2020-21	54	39	10	-	2	3	83	220	144	1st, East	Lost DSF 2-3 (Maryland Black Bears)
2021–22	60	34	20	-	6	2	74	225	148	2nd of 6, East 9th of 29, NAHL	Lost Div. Semifinals, 2–3 vs. Jamestown Rebels
2022–23	60	29	26	-	4	1	63	189	211	5th of 7, East 21st of 29, NAHL	Did not qualify
2023-24	60	36	21	-	1	2	75	208	178	4th of 9th Eastern Division, 11th of 32 NAHL	Lost Div. Play-In, 0-2 vs. New Jersey Junior Titans

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

References[]

External links[]

TheTomablog- #1 Fan Blog of the Johnstown Tomahawks

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[3] ttp://tribune-democrat.com/latestnews/x1521922382/Alaska-hockey-team-relocates-to-Johnstown

[4] ttp://www.warmemorialarena.com/

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