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  Johnstown, Pennsylvania -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Johnstown, settled in 1770, is perhaps most famous for its frequent (The rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land) floods.
Johnstown was founded in 1800 by the (The natives or inhabitants of Switzerland) Swiss (A person of German nationality) German settler Joseph Johns.
Johnstown's steelmaking facilities never really recovered from damage suffered in the 1977 flood and by the early (The decade from 1990 to 1999) 1990s, steel was no longer being produced.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/j/jo/johnstown,_pennsylvania.htm   (1338 words)

  
 Johnstown, Pennsylvania - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Johnstown was founded in 1800 by the Swiss German settler Joseph Johns.
Johnstown's steelmaking facilities never really recovered from damage suffered in the 1977 flood and by the early 1990s, steel was no longer being produced.
The Johnstown Fire Department has become a leader in developing intercommunication systems among first responders and is now a national model for ways to avoid the communications problems which faced many first responders on 9/11/2001.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Johnstown,_Pennsylvania   (1244 words)

  
 Johnstown hockey offers cheap thrills - PittsburghLIVE.com
Johnstown's legacy as a mill town might be rooted in the past, but some of that lives on it its blue collar, professional hockey.
The East Coast Hockey League Johnstown Chiefs - during a recent 3-1 victory over the Roanoke Express - exhibited a marked willingness to muck in the corners (as translated from the Canadian, "muckin' in the kerners") and to drop the gloves.
Johnstown is about the same distance away as Pittsburgh is from Citadel Abramowitz, and the 75-minute drive along Route 22 is much less troublesome than is navigation on the Parkway.
www.pittsburghlive.com /x/valleyindependent/artsmag/s_15185.html   (1268 words)

  
 Johnstown Chiefs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The owners readily jumped on the tie-in, and the Johnstown Chiefs were born.
The Chiefs play their home games in the historic 3,745 seat Cambria County War Memorial Arena in Johnstown, where most of the hockey scenes in Slap Shot were filmed.
The Chiefs are currently affiliated with the Tampa Bay Lightning, which recently purchased an interest in the team, of the NHL and the Springfield Falcons of the AHL.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Johnstown_Chiefs   (270 words)

  
 Johnstown Chiefs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
History:: Johnstown is the only one of the 5 original ECHL teams to still be playing in its original city.
Despite this proud heritage, the Chiefs' fortunes have steadily declined over the years as more teams in larger cities enter the league.
Johnstown is a hockey town (the movie "Slapshot" was filmed here and featured many players from a previous minor league team located here as well as the Chiefs' home arena.) but has never been a large metropolis and has a fading industrial base.
members.tripod.com /bamapepe/northeast/chiefs.html   (113 words)

  
 The Toledo Storm   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Johnstown Chiefs held a one-goal lead at the end of the second period and in the 3rd the Storm’s play would unravel and the penalties set in.
Toledo gave the Chiefs 9 PP opportunities and that is all they would need as they scored three PP goals including two in the final period to better the Storm’s two goals on the night.
The Chiefs goaltender, Frederic Deschense was impressive stopping some good chances for the Storm on their PP opportunities as they fired 24 shots, Deschenes of course stopping 22 of them.
www.toledostorm.com /pr/pressrelease.asp?PR_ID=90   (580 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Johnstown, Pennsylvania Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Johnstown perhaps is most famous for its frequent floods.
Johnstown remains a regional medical, educational, and communications center however.
Johnstown was home to a long succession of minor league hockey franchises going back to 1940.
www.ipedia.com /johnstown__pennsylvania.html   (776 words)

  
 Mount Aloysius College   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
All Chiefs home games are played at the historic Cambria County War Memorial Arena and is located on Napoleon Street, in downtown Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
Mount Aloysius alumni and guests were part of a standing-room-only crowd of 3,752 at Cambria County War Memorial Arena and a live television audience.
After the Johnstown Chiefs scored a pair of power-play goals in the first two periods of the game against the first-place Wheeling Nailers, the arena was ecstatic.
www.mtaloy.edu /chiefsgame2004.htm   (224 words)

  
 Articles - Johnstown, Pennsylvania   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
In July of 1902, Johnstown's Rolling Mill Mine was the scene of a mining accident which killed 112 miners.
Johnstown has been home to a long succession of minor league hockey franchises going back to 1940.
Johnstown has also had a history of indoor football teams; the current team is the Riverhawks of the AIFL.
www.centralairconditioners.net /articles/Johnstown,_PA   (1202 words)

  
 ECHL - Premier 'AA' Hockey League
New team owner and president Jim Weber had barely introduced himself to the Johnstown media and a small group of Chiefs fans in the War Memorial lobby when he delivered some news that is certain to have a huge impact on his ECHL team's fortunes.
The Chiefs and Lightning were affiliated last season, but the NHL lockout prevented that working agreement from truly blossoming.
Now, with the Lightning as part owners, the Chiefs are hoping to see results similar to those produced in Florida, where the Kelly Cup runner-up Everblades last season were owned by the NHL Carolina Hurricanes, and Reading, where the successful Royals are owned by the Los Angeles Kings.
www.echl.com /cgi-bin/mpublic.cgi?action=show_news&cat=1&id=4839   (756 words)

  
 DUFFER NEWS
On Friday night in Johnstown over 50 Rivermen fans arrived in hopes of a sweep and were thrilled when ECHL playoff goal scoring leader J.F. Boutin knocked in the first score with just 2:59 left in the opening period.
The Chiefs cut the lead in half when Carl Fleury scored on a shot taken over the fallen Dan Hodge, who had lay on the ice for nearly a half minute in agony with no whistle blown to stop the play.
Johnstown would outshoot Peoria, 16-8 in the final period but failed to score as Derksen turned all but one away.
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 Johnstown Chiefs Weekly - OurSports Central
The Johnstown Chiefs three game winning streak was snapped Wednesday night as they fell to the Trenton Titans 5-2 at the Sovereign Bank Arena.
The Johnstown Chiefs came back from a three goal third period deficit to defeat the visiting Toledo Storm 6-5, in a shootout, Saturday night at the War Memorial Arena.
The Johnstown Chiefs won their third straight game Sunday afternoon when they defeated the Trenton Titans 3-2.Trenton jumped out to a 1-0 lead on a Matt Zultek power play goal 7:21 into the game.
www.oursportscentral.com /services/releases/?id=3007518&l_id=&t_id=   (1064 words)

  
 Greater Johnstown / Cambria County Chamber of Commerce
The Greater Johnstown / Cambria County Chamber of Commerce is the premier non-profit business organization in the Cambria County region of Western Pennsylvania.
Johnstown, PA is a national leader in technology.
At the Greater Johnstown / Cambria County Chamber of Commerce, one of our primary goals is to build a strong, revitalized community.
www.johnstownchamber.com   (225 words)

  
 Chiefs take a 'shot' at developing new Johnstown legacy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Conversely, the league in which Johnstown's current club competes has evolved into an important developmental league for the NHL, and echoes of the vicious old days of minor-league hockey are relatively rare.
There was, however, one late in the Chiefs' 5-1 victory against Dayton Nov. 19, when Tyler Kolarik of the Bombers speared Johnstown's Chad Cavanagh in the midsection.
The Chiefs have sold the equivalent of about 1,100 season tickets and were averaging 2,408 fans for nine home games before playing host to Toledo last night.
www.post-gazette.com /pg/04332/418011.stm   (895 words)

  
 Peoria Rivermen
Johnstown’s Joe Tallari wristed home his second goal of the game and 28th marker of the year from the left side of the face-off circle on a pass from Jean Desrochers.
Johnstown (20-29-14, 54 points) has dropped its last two straight and is 1-11-3 in its last 15 contests.
Chiefs defenseman Brett Peterson was unable to hold the puck in at the left point and went diving back toward the puck at center ice, swatting it to the Johnstown blue line.
rivermen.net /news?id=2545   (813 words)

  
 Pittsburgh Penguins - Team | Feature Story: BATTLE IN THE 'BURGH   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The second time the two teams faced off was on October 23rd at Johnstown, and the Chiefs won that game, 4-3.
History of the Wheeling/Johnstown Rivalry In November 1992 the Wheeling Thunderbirds hosted the Johnstown Chiefs at the Wheeling Civic Center.
The first and only meeting between Wheeling and Johnstown in the post season was in the 1993 Riley Cup Playoffs quarter finals.
www.pittsburghpenguins.com /team/features/arts/1011.0.php   (644 words)

  
 Richmond Renegades/Johnstown Chiefs East Coast Hockey recap on ESPN
JOHNSTOWN, Pennsylvania (Ticker) -- Brent Bilodeau scored the deciding shootout goal to lift the Johnstown Chiefs to a 4-3 victory over the Richmond Renegades.
Bilodeau, who was the club's ninth skater in the shootout, gave Johnstown its fifth win in seven meetings with Richmond this season.
Andrew Dale scored twice and Frederic Deschenes stopped 26 shots in regulation and eight of the nine shootout attempts he faced for the Chiefs.
espn.go.com /minorlh/ech/2002/20010318/recap/ricjoh.html   (130 words)

  
 Mount Aloysius Magazine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Annual Alumni Night at the Johnstown Chiefs hockey game on Saturday, March 13, 2004 it was an exciting night of professional ice hockey at the newly-renovated Cambria County War Memorial Arena.
All Chiefs home games are played at the historic Cambria County War Memorial Arena, located on Napoleon Street in downtown Johnstown, Pa. This rink, which stood as the home of the Charlestown Chiefs in the 1977 film Slap Shot, offers some of the best and closest seats of any arena in professional ice hockey.
After the Johnstown Chiefs scored a pair of power-play goals in the first two periods of the game against the first-place Wheeling Nailers, the fans were ecstatic.
www.mtaloy.edu /Magazine/winter2005/Chiefs.htm   (238 words)

  
 Springfield Falcons - LIGHTNING ENTER INTO AFFILIATION AGREEMENT WITH ECHL'S JOHNSTOWN CHIEFS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
TAMPA BAY — The Stanley Cup Champion Tampa Bay Lightning have entered into a one-year affiliation agreement with the Johnstown Chiefs of the East Coast Hockey League, it was announced by Executive Vice President & General Manager Jay Feaster.
The Johnstown Chiefs were established in 1988, and at that time were one of five teams in the ECHL.
In 1976, the Johnstown Jets were immortalized on the motion picture screen as the Paul Newman film Slap Shot featured many of the Jet players and the city of Johnstown.
www.falconsahl.com /detpages/pressbox2508.shtml   (388 words)

  
 Hockey, dogs, and cake. - Johnstown Chiefs news and more
Hella cool friday night, Chiefs take it 3-1, Irbe in goal all night (I swear I'm going to have a male dog named Irbe some day...
My bud Missy is cheesed at the rumor that her Spence may be returning to the Chiefs.
Chiefs fan club welcome party on Sunday, a short but sweet event.
staynegative.blogspot.com /2003_11_01_staynegative_archive.html   (1604 words)

  
 Johnstown Chiefs Weekly Report - OurSports Central
The Johnstown Chiefs dropped their third straight game at home Friday night as they fell to the Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies 3-1 at the War Memorial Arena.
The Johnstown Chiefs surrendered a two goal lead in the third period Saturday night to the San Diego Gulls and would eventually fall in a shootout 3-2 at the War Memorial Arena.
Shawn Mather got the Chiefs on the board in the first period with his team leading 15th goal of the season at 13:51.
www.oursportscentral.com /services/releases/?id=3124692   (817 words)

  
 Johnstown Chiefs Tickets, Buy, Schedule, 2005, Sale, Cheap Johnstown Chiefs Tickets
This page also has the Johnstown Chiefs Schedule for the tour dates and venues that they will be at.
Johnstown Chiefs Tix are sometimes hard to find but we will have them for places like New York, NY, Los Angeles, LA, Boston, and Houston, TX.
Sometime we even have Cheap Johnstown Chiefs Tickets that are a real bargain for our customers that are Johnstown Chiefs fans that are in search for 2005 Johnstown Chiefs Tickets or even 2006 Johnstown Chiefs Tickets.
www.findticketz.com /event/Johnstown_Chiefs.htm   (262 words)

  
 AllSports (tm) Chiefs Game Notes vs. Peoria   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Tonight the Johnstown Chiefs (7-9-1) and the Peoria Rivermen (9-4-2) meet for the fourth time this season.
The Chiefs are 1-2-0 against the Rivermen this season and 16-22-3 all-time.
The Chiefs are 6 for 23 (26%) on the power play in their last five games.
www.allsports.com /cgi-bin/showstory.cgi?story_id=36831   (614 words)

  
 TRENTON TITANS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
JOHNSTOWN, PA (February 20, 2005) - A short-staffed Trenton Titans squad could not complete the comeback in a 3-2 defeat at the hands of the Johnstown Chiefs in front of 1,746 at Cambria County War Memorial.
Shawn Mather drew first blood for Johnstown with he put Mike James' rebound past Andrew Allen at 11:43 of the opening period.
Tallari was able to put Johnstown up 3-1 with his second of the game at 17:19 of the third period.
www.trentontitans.com /display_story.asp?sid=8&nt=1   (294 words)

  
 ECHL - Premier 'AA' Hockey League
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - Brent Bilodeau (Pictured) and Jeff Sullivan joined the Johnstown Chiefs together in 1999 and were part of a nucleus that helped the struggling ECHL team emerge from a four-year postseason drought to pull off a stunning first-round playoff upset.
Bilodeau hoped for a fresh start with the Chiefs after spending nearly his entire career in the AHL or IHL.
Of course, the many great people that Cass and I have met in Johnstown and the friendships that we've made are special.
www.echl.com /cgi-bin/mpublic.cgi?action=show_news&cat=1&id=4442   (1169 words)

  
 Hockey's Future: The #1 Online Prospects Magazine - Covering the WHL, QMJHL, AHL, OHL, College, The NHL Entry Draft, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Johnstown, PA- On friday night Johnstown Chiefs defenseman Philippe Roy scored three goals and an assist to lead them to a 6-1 win over the Peoria Rivermen, and capture game #3 of the Kelly Cup Northwest division semi-finals.
Chiefs goaltender Frederic Deschenes made 15 saves for the win, while Rivermen goaltender Phil Osaer stopped 27 shots before being pulled 1:53 into the third period in favor of Cody Rudkowsky (4 saves).
Chiefs goaltender Frederic Deschenes made 22 saves for the victory, while Peoria goaltender Cody Rudkowsky made 33 saves in the defeat.
www.hockeysfuture.com /article.php?sid=4302   (314 words)

  
 Johnstown Chiefs Weekly Report - OurSports Central
The Johnstown Chiefs (27-16-5; 59 PTS; 5th Northern div.) fell to fifth place in the Northern division as they went 1-1-0 last week.
The Chiefs are 3-1-2 against the Rivermen this season and 20-27-5 all-time.
The Chiefs are 4-3-0 against the Bombers this season and 43-45-8 all-time.
www.oursportscentral.com /services/releases?l_id=18&t_id=234&id=3002984   (725 words)

  
 Tribune Democrat
All of those facts certainly justify the ECHL Johnstown Chiefs’ decision to retire Head’s No. 8 uniform, making Head, 56, only the third former Johnstown hockey player honored in such a manner and the first since both Don Hall and Dick Roberge had their No. 9 and No. 11 jerseys retired in the 1990-91 season.
His 67 regular-season goals and 69 goals including the playoffs were Johnstown franchise records that stood until the Chiefs’ Mark Green scored 68 and 70 in 1991-92.
Hall, Roberge and Head are among the six inductees to the Johnstown Hockey Hall of Fame.
www.fed-up.com /dad   (930 words)

  
 Chiefs Unite With Stanley Cup Champs Tampa Bay :: SportzDomain ::   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Chiefs were an affiliate of the Lightning during the 2000-2001 season.
The Chiefs are coming off one of their most successful seasons on the ice in team history.
It is a great opportunity for the Chiefs to work with the defending Stanley Cup champions along with Jay Feaster (Lightning General Manager), John Tortorella (Lightning Head Coach) and the rest of the Tampa Bay coaching staff.
www.sportzdomain.com /modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=28638&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0   (689 words)

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