City Port Huron, Michigan Home arena McMorran Arena Owner(s) Barry Soskin Founded 2 April 2015 | League Federal Hockey League Colors Red, white, black Arena/Stadium McMorran Place Color Red, white, black | |
Head coach Joe Pace, Sr. (interim) Location Port Huron, Michigan, United States | ||
The Port Huron Prowlers are a minor professional ice hockey team in the Federal Hockey League that began play in the 2015–16 season. Based in Port Huron, Michigan, the Prowlers play their home games at the McMorran Arena.
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History
The Federal Hockey League held a regular season game at McMorran Arena on January 31, 2015 between the Danbury Whalers and the Danville Dashers. 1,709 fans saw the Dashers defeat the Whalers by a score of 4-1, leading the FHL to strongly consider Port Huron as a market and seek out ownership for a franchise there.
Two months later, on April 2, it was announced that the FHL's newest franchise would be based in Port Huron, making it the tenth hockey team to call Port Huron and the McMorran Arena home and the FHL's first Michigan team. Barry Soskin of Arlington Heights, Illinois, who also owned the Danville Dashers and Dayton Demonz FHL teams, serves as the team's owner. A name-the-team contest was held, with the Prowlers name, logo and colors being announced on June 5. On July 16, the Prowlers announced that the protected player list from the Dayton Demonz had been transferred to their team when Soskin folded his Dayton team.
The Prowlers won their first FHL championship in their 2015–16 inaugural season, sweeping the Danbury Titans 3-0 in a best-of-five series concluding on April 22, 2016 at McMorran Arena.
On January 7, 2017, the Prowlers surprisingly fired inaugural head coach Trevor Karasiewicz after leading the team a 8–10–1–5 record in 2016–17 and to the championship the previous season. He was replaced by Joe Pace, Sr. as the interim head coach.