Long Beach Ice Dogs — RIP

Sharkspage – San Jose Sharks, Hockey, NHL sports blog:

Long Beach Ice Dogs owner Ted Foxman informed the Board that the Ice Dogs would not play in the Long Beach Arena in 2007-08.

According to the LB Press Telegram, all of the Ice Dogs employees were laid off on Tuesday. The Long Beach franchise has struggled to bring fans in for several seasons, often drawing less than 1000 for a game. The ECHL team had been based in Long Beach for 9 years.

it’s sad to see the Ice Dogs go. We used to host their web site, and a friend of ours was their webmaster for a number of years, and Laurie did some photography for them back when they were still in the IHL. In reality, the Long Beach Arena wasn’t a bad place to watch minor league hockey, either.

Unfortunately, it’s hard for the minors to survive in major metro areas where major league sports exist. We admit to being amazed the San Jose Giants still playin San jose after all these years…

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