Manchester Monarchs | |
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City | Manchester, New Hampshire |
League | American Hockey League |
Conference | Eastern Conference |
Division | Atlantic Division |
Founded | 2001 |
Operated | 2001–2015 |
Home arena | Verizon Wireless Arena (now SNHU Arena) |
Colors | |
Media | New Hampshire Union Leader WGIR (610 AM) WMUR-TV (channel 9) |
Affiliates | Los Angeles Kings (NHL) Ontario Reign (ECHL) |
Franchise history | |
2001–2015 | Manchester Monarchs |
2015–present | Ontario Reign |
Championships | |
Regular season titles | 1 (2014–15) |
Division titles | 4 (2004–05, 2006–07, 2013–14, 2014–15) |
Conference titles | 1 (2014–15) |
Calder Cups | 1 (2014–15) |
The Manchester Monarchs were a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League (AHL). They played in Manchester, New Hampshire, at the Verizon Wireless Arena. They were the AHL affiliate of the National Hockey League (NHL) Los Angeles Kings during the team's entire existence. The Monarchs won their only Calder Cup in their final AHL season.
For the 2015–16 season, the Monarchs traded places with the Kings' affiliate in the ECHL, the Ontario Reign. The AHL franchise moved to Ontario, California, and play at Citizens Business Bank Arena where they became the new Ontario Reign; the ECHL team moved to New Hampshire retaining the Manchester Monarchs name.