City Fresno, California Home arena Gateway Ice Center Arena/Stadium Selland Arena Date founded 2009 | Division Western Colors Black, green Color Black, green | |
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League Western States Hockey League Owner(s) Central Valley Community Sports Foundation
(Jeff Blair, owner) Location Fresno, California, United States Head coach Kevin Kaminski (2016–2017) | ||
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The Fresno Monsters are an Amateur Athletic Union-sanctioned Tier II junior ice hockey team based in Fresno, California. The team is a member of the Western States Hockey League and plays in the Western Division. The Monsters' home venue is Gateway Ice Center in Fresno, California, previously the practice facility to the now defunct Fresno Falcons of the ECHL.
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History
The Monsters were announced in spring 2009, filling a void for hockey in Fresno after the Fresno Falcons folded. The team began play in mid-September 2009, playing in the Tier III Jr. A Western States Hockey League. On December 15, 2009 the Monsters announced the organization was given expansion approval into the Tier II North American Hockey League for the 2010–11 season and Fresno would host two levels of junior hockey for the first time. On May 23, 2013, it was revealed the Monsters' North American Hockey League franchise would move to Wenatchee, Washington and become the second Wenatchee Wild. The Monsters would continue to field a team in the Western States Hockey League under the same ownership of David White and Shoot the Puck, Inc.
On March 22, 2016, after six seasons coaching the WSHL Monsters, head coach and general manager Bryce Dale stepped down from his positions with the organization. In June 2016, David White sold the Monsters to the Central Valley Community Sports Foundation, led by Jeff Blair. Former Monsters' assistant coach, Jason Rivera, was then named head coach but replaced by former NHL enforcer, Kevin "Killer" Kaminski prior to the season.
