City Roanoke, Virginia Home arena Berglund Center Owner(s) Bob McGinn Head coach Sam Ftorek | Founded 2009 Colors Blue, Gold, Red, White Arena Berglund Center | |
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League Southern Professional Hockey League Location Roanoke, Virginia, United States | ||
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The Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs are a professional ice hockey team and a member of the Southern Professional Hockey League. Based in Roanoke, Virginia, the Rail Yard Dawgs plays their home games at Berglund Center.
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The Rail Yard Dawgs are the sixth professional hockey team to call the Roanoke Valley home, following the Salem Rebels 1967 to 1970 and then the Roanoke Valley Rebels of the Eastern Hockey League and later the Southern Hockey League (1970–1976), the Roanoke Valley Rebels/Rampage (1990–1993) and the Roanoke Express of the East Coast Hockey League (1993–2004), and the Roanoke Valley Vipers of the United Hockey League (2005–2006).
Roanoke rail yard dawgs first goal in history of the franchise
History
On October 20, 2015, it was announced that Bob McGinn had purchased the dormant Mississippi Surge franchise and would relocate the team to Roanoke for the 2016–17 season. On November 19, the Rail Yard Dawgs name, logo and colors were officially announced. On April 29, 2016, Sam Ftorek was announced the team's first head coach.
