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Toledo Storm | |
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City | Toledo, Ohio |
League | ECHL |
Home arena | Toledo Sports Arena |
Colors | Red, White and Blue |
Media | Toledo Blade |
Affiliates | Detroit Red Wings (1991-1999, 2000-07) Nashville Predators (2002–04) San Jose Sharks (2005-07) |
Franchise history | |
1991–2007 | Toledo Storm |
2009–present | Toledo Walleye |
Championships | |
Regular season titles | 2 (1991–92, 2002–03) |
Division titles | 6 (1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1995–96, 2002–03, 2005–06) |
Kelly Cups | 2 (1992–93, 1993–94) |
The Toledo Storm were a minor league professional ice hockey team in the ECHL from 1991 to 2007. The Storm played their home games at the venerable Toledo Sports Arena along the eastern banks of the Maumee River in Toledo, Ohio. The team colors were red and white, similar to the Detroit Red Wings, their NHL affiliate for fourteen of their sixteen seasons.[1] The Storm would win six division titles, two Henry Brabham Cups and two Jack Riley Cups as champion of the East Coast Hockey League. The franchise suspended operations following the 2006–07 season after they were sold to Toledo Arena Sports, Inc. The Storm returned to the ECHL for the 2009–10 season as the Toledo Walleye.
The Storm's logo was notorious for poor appearance, and was voted "Worst Logo" in The Hockey News annual survey of minor league hockey logos several times.[2]