The Chicago Freeze was a Tier II junior A

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team in the

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's West Division. The team was originally the Detroit Freeze until it relocated to a

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suburb of Geneva. The Chicago Freeze played out of the

Fox Valley Ice Arena Fox Valley Ice Arena is a public skating facility offering basic to advanced skating lessons for both figure skating and hockey. In addition, it is home to the Chicago Steel of the United States Hockey League. It contains two rinks: one measures ...

, which later became home to the

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of the NAHL.

Regular season

Notable alumni

* Craig Anderson , goaltender: 1998–99 season *

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, goaltender: - 1999–2000 and 2000–01 seasons * Chris Conner, right wing: 2000–01 and 2001–02 seasons *

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, right wing: 1998–99 season * John Scott, defenseman: 2001–02 season

References

External links

Official website of the NAHLOfficial website of Fox Valley Ice Arena
Defunct North American Hockey League teams Freeze Ice hockey clubs established in 1997 Ice hockey clubs disestablished in 2003 {{Illinois-sport-team-stub