The Atlanta Capitals are an American Tier III

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team in the

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's South Division. The team's home arena is the Atlanta IceForum in

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History

The franchise was established in 2013 as the Topeka Capitals and played two seasons out of the 7,777-seat Landon Arena. Led by GM/head coach Anthony Bohn, the Capitals captured the South Division title in their first season. After three seasons with the Capitals Bohn would move on to the

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) as an assistant. In 2018 Bohn was named assistant coach of the Maine Mariners of the

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. In 2020 Bohn was named head coach of the

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), but the Hat Tricks sat out the season due to COVID-19 restrictions. Bohn moved back to the NAHL in 2021 as the first head coach of the new

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. With stalled negotiations for a lease renewal, team owner, Don Stone moved to the Atlanta, Georgia, metro area in 2015 to meet the league deadline for a confirmed facility. The team began playing out of the Center Ice Arena in

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. In the 2018–19 season, the team played home games at the Atlanta IceForum in

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Season-by-season records

References

External links

Official websiteNA3HL website
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