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The FPHL began operations in November 2010 as the Federal Hockey League. Don Kirnan is the league's commissioner. [ 1 ] The league also occasionally branded itself as the Federal Professional Hockey League from 2015 to 2018 [ 2 ] until it began using the name Federal Prospects Hockey League and completing the rebrand in 2019.
In 2018, the FHL began calling itself the Federal Prospects Hockey League (FPHL) and fully rebranded before the 2019–20 season. Part way into the 2019–20 season, general manager Milliken resigned. [19]
The 2019–20 Federal Prospects Hockey League season was the tenth season of the Federal Prospects Hockey League (FPHL) and the first with "Prospects" in the league's name. The regular season was an unbalanced schedule with the ten teams in the league playing somewhere from 56 to 60 games per team.
Two new FPHL franchises were announced in the off-season. It was first revealed on April 11, 2023, that the city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana and the Raising Cane's River Center Arena had secured an agreement to bring a team to the city. [5] It was later announced on July 13 that the team would be named the Zydeco. [6]
The FPHL was then among the many leagues that had to prematurely end their seasons in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. During the shutdown, the Palmer Arena's operators looked to terminate the Dashers' contract with the venue, [ 17 ] but the arena's board upheld the contract in the Dashers' favor. [ 18 ]
The Moccasins were announced on June 5, 2024, during a press conference held at the Monroe Civic Center.The team is owned by Perkin Hockey Group, led by New Orleans–based businessman Nicolas Perkin and Managing Partner Parker Moskal.
On November 7, 2022, it was announced that the Appalachian Regional Exposition Center (APEX Center) was to host to an expansion Federal Prospects Hockey League team to start in the 2023–24 season and owned by APEX Drive Holdings LLC, which is led by Barry Soskin. [2]
The new team began play in the 2022–23 FPHL season. On April 27, 2022, the Sea Wolves announced that winningest FPHL head coach Phil Esposito would coach the team for their inaugural season. [ 4 ] Following a 2–9–2 start to the season, Esposito was fired on November 28, 2022, and team COO Joe Pace Jr. became the head coach and general ...