The Northern Michigan Predators were a semi-professional
ice hockey
Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice h ...
team that played for one season in the
International Independent Hockey League {{Unreferenced, date=September 2012
The International Independent Hockey League (IIHL) was an independent semi-professional ice hockey league that played for less than one month in the Great Lakes Region of the United States in December 2003 and Ja ...
. The IIHL survived less than one month.
History
The first-ever league game was contested on December 7, 2003 when the Predators hosted the Lansing Ice Nuts. Lansing won the game 3-2.
The final game in league history was played on January 4, 2004 when the Predators defeated Lansing 5-2.
Of the original six IIHL teams, Northern Michigan played eight league games going 4-4 against Lansing and the Soo City Mavericks.
Team personnel
*G.M. Joseph Kolodziej
*Head Coach Craig Coxe
*Asst. Coach Rhett Dudley
*Captain Mike Wolf
*Asst. Captain Jacek Wilk
*Asst. Captain Frank Alfaro
References
Defunct ice hockey teams in the United States
Ice hockey teams in Michigan
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