The Indianapolis Ice were a minor league professional
ice hockey
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team based in
Indianapolis, Indiana
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, that played in the
International Hockey League from 1988 to 1999 and in the
Central Hockey League
The Central Hockey League (CHL) was a North American mid-level minor professional ice hockey league which operated from 1992 until 2014. It was founded by Ray Miron and Bill Levins and later sold to Global Entertainment Corporation, which opera ...
from 1999 to 2004. Their original home arena was
Fairgrounds Coliseum
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(then known as the Pepsi Coliseum) at the Indiana State Fairgrounds, though they later moved to
Market Square Arena
Market Square Arena was an indoor arena in Indianapolis. Completed in 1974, at a cost of $23 million, it seated 16,530 for basketball and 15,993 for ice hockey. Seating capacity for concerts and other events was adjusted by the use of large cu ...
. After Market Square Arena closed, the Ice played some games at the
Conseco Fieldhouse
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in downtown Indianapolis. Their major rivals during the 1990s were the
Fort Wayne Komets
The Fort Wayne Komets are a minor league ice hockey team in the ECHL. They play their home games at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Indiana. This team was previously a member of the Central Hockey League, the original Inte ...
.
This team was replaced by a team in the
United States Hockey League
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called the
Indiana Ice
The Indiana Ice was a Tier I junior ice hockey team and member club of the United States Hockey League (USHL) that was formed in 2004 when the Danville Wings were purchased and moved from their location in Danville, Illinois, to Indianapolis, I ...
following the 2003–04 season, while they relocated to
Topeka, Kansas
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, to become the
Topeka Tarantulas.
The Ice won the 1990
Turner Cup
The Turner Cup was the championship trophy of the International Hockey League from 1945 to 2001 and the renamed United Hockey League from 2007 to 2010. The Cup was named for Joe Turner, a goaltender from Windsor, Ontario. Turner became professi ...
and the 2000
Ray Miron Cup
The Ray Miron President's Cup is a trophy that was awarded to the playoff champion of the Central Hockey League (CHL) from 2002 until 2014, when the remaining CHL teams joined the ECHL. The trophy was known as The William "Bill" Levins Memorial Cup ...
.
Players
Season-by-season records
''Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes''
IHL Ice
CHL Ice
References
External links
Ice hockey clubs established in 1988
Sports clubs disestablished in 2004
Hartford Whalers minor league affiliates
New York Islanders minor league affiliates
Chicago Blackhawks minor league affiliates
Ice hockey teams in Indiana
1988 establishments in Indiana
2004 disestablishments in Indiana
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