City La Crosse, Wisconsin Division Central Colors Black, Ice Blue, White Arena Green Island Ice Arena Color Black, Ice Blue, White | League NA3HL Home arena Green Island Ice Arena Owner(s) Michelle Bryant Date founded 1998 Affiliate Coulee Region Chill | |
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Location La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States | ||
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The La Crosse Freeze is a Tier III junior ice hockey team that plays at the Green Island Ice Arena in La Crosse, Wisconsin. The team plays in the North American 3 Hockey League's Central Division.
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- Alexandria blizzard vs la crosse freeze highlights
- La crosse freeze put on the gloves
- Flint Junior Generals
- La Crosse Freeze
- References
The franchise was previously known as the Flint Jr. Generals based in Flint, Michigan.
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Flint Junior Generals
In 1998, Gale and Kelly Cronk, a father and son, purchased the team placing it in the Flint area. The team played at the Iceland Arena in Clayton Township.
Despite on-ice success and their age, the Jr. Generals attendance dwindled, causing long-time owners Kelly and Gale Gronk to pursue selling the team. In 2013, the Cronks declined to sell to a buyer in Ft. Wayne, Indiana as they wanted the team to stay in Michigan and handed over operations to Fairland Management, managing company of the Michigan Warriors and Perani Arena. That season, the Generals were the NA3HL playoffs runner-up and won the East Division. With no Michigan-based interest, the Gronks sold the franchise to the owners of the Coulee Region Chill of the North American Hockey League.
La Crosse Freeze
With the league's approval of the sale on May 6, 2014, the Flint Junior Generals became the La Crosse Freeze and relocated to the Green Island Ice Arena in La Crosse, Wisconsin.
