Greenville Swamp Rabbits
| Greenville Swamp Rabbits | |
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 2016–17 ECHL season
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| City | Greenville, South Carolina |
| League | ECHL |
| Conference | Eastern |
| Division | South |
| Founded | 1987 (In the AAHL) |
| Home arena | Bon Secours Wellness Arena |
| Colors | Navy blue, orange, gold, silver, white |
| Owner(s) | Fred Festa |
| General manager | Chris Lewis |
| Head coach | Brian Gratz |
| Captain | Bretton Cameron |
| Affiliates |
New York Rangers (NHL) Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL) |
| Website | http://www.swamprabbits.com/ |
| Franchise history | |
| 1987–2010 | Johnstown Chiefs |
| 2010–2015 | Greenville Road Warriors |
| 2015–present | Greenville Swamp Rabbits |
The Greenville Swamp Rabbits are a professional ice hockey team located in Greenville, South Carolina. They play in the South Division of the ECHL's Eastern Conference and play their home games at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in downtown Greenville. The franchise had previously played as the Johnstown Chiefs from the ECHL's inception in 1988 until the team's relocation in 2010 and subsequently as the Greenville Road Warriors until being re-branded as the Swamp Rabbits in 2015. The Swamp Rabbits are the second ECHL franchise to play in Greenville, as the city hosted the Greenville Grrrowl from 1998 until 2006. The team is currently affiliated with the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League and the Hartford Wolf Pack of the American Hockey League.
Initially a midseason replacement team in the All-American Hockey League in the 1987–88 season, the Johnstown Chiefs were one of five franchises (including the Carolina Thunderbirds and the Virginia Lancers also of the AAHL) that founded the East Coast Hockey League in 1988. Johnstown's initial owners had wanted to name the team the Jets in reference of a previous franchise that had played in various leagues from 1950 until 1977. However, the original Johnstown Jets owners owned the name and refused to allow the ECHL franchise to use it. The owners of the ECHL franchise instead decided to name the team the Chiefs in reference to the Charlestown Chiefs from the ice hockey movie Slap Shot which was filmed in Johnstown.
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