Pensacola Ice Pilots

Staff Member

Head Coach

John Marks

Assistant Coach

Phil Russell

Trainer/Strength and Conditioning Coach

Chad Weprin, MS, ATC

Equipment Manager

Jason Schweinsberg

The Pensacola Ice Pilots are a minor league ice hockey team located in Pensacola, Florida. The team is owned by Henley Sports, Inc., headed by Mario Forgione, and was previously affiliated with the Tampa Bay Lightning, Toronto Maple Leafs, and the New York Islanders. They have also had a working agreement with the Houston Aeros of the AHL for the 04-05 season. On July 19, 2007, the team announced it's new affiliation with the Chicago Blackhawks and its AHL partner, the Rockford IceHogs.

The team's colors (navy blue and gold) and nickname are a tribute to the long history of Naval aviation in Pensacola (Naval Air Station Pensacola is home to the legendary Blue Angels and the National Museum of Naval Aviation).

The home of the Pensacola Ice Pilots is the Pensacola Civic Center, which is referred to as "The Hangar", and has a capacity of 8,150.

The Ice Pilots were formerly the Nashville Knights but moved to Pensacola following the 1995-1996 season.

The 1997-1998 Ice Pilots finished the season with a record of 36-24-10 and won the ECHL Southern Conference championship.
Forward Glen Metropolit went on to play in the National Hockey League for the Washington Capitals. He is currently with the Boston Bruins.
Forward Ryan Craig played 5 games with the Ice Pilots before going on to play for the NHL (Tampa Bay Lightning).
The 2004-2005 Pensacola Ice Pilots won the Brabham Cup for the most points overall in the league during the regular season.
Former Head Coach Dave Farrish is now the Assistant Coach of the Anaheim Ducks in the NHL.
The team announced on March 26, 2007 they would be let out of the final year of their lease in the Pensacola Civic Center and would not return for the 2007-08 season. Ten days later, the ownership reversed course and began negotiations with Escambia County officials to keep the team in Pensacola [1]
The Ice Pilots are now going to be allowed to complete their contract with Escambia County, and play their remaining season in Pensacola at "The Hangar".

The Pensacola Ice Pilots Hall of Fame was created in 2005 with two players, number 13 Chad Quenneville and number 22 Shane Calder.

^ - They coached four games while Clark was away tending to his ailing mother.

As of December 4, 2007. ^[1]

Fowards
#	Player	Position	Shoots	Date of birth	Place of birth
'	Bryan Esner	F	R	Jun. 12, 1983	Paradise Valley, Arizona, USA
'	Adam Hobson ~ ^	C	L	Jan. 9, 1987	Misson, British Columbia, Canada
6	Mike Sgroi V	LW	L	Aug. 14, 1978	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
9	Joel Stepp V	C	L	Feb. 11, 1983	Slyvan, Alberta, Canada
11	Mathieu Roy ~	LW	L	Nov. 14, 1986	Amos, Quebec, Canada
15	A.J. MacLean	LW	L	Aug. 31, 1983	Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada
17	Konstantin Kalmikov V	RW	R	Jun. 14, 1978	Kharkov, Ukraine
18	Erik Fabian	F	R	May 28, 1983	Roseau, Minnesota, USA
21	Luke Erickson	F	R	Dec. 24, 1982	Roseau, Minnesota, USA
42	Bryan McGregor ~	W	R	Jun. 27, 1984	Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
49	Chris Straube V	LW	L	May 27, 1974	Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Defensemen
#	Player	Position	Shoots	Date of birth	Place of birth
3	Tim Songin	D	L	May 22, 1981	Hamburg, New York, USA
5	Steve Marr ~	D	L	Jun. 6, 1984	Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
8	Phil Youngclaus	D	R	Jun. 29, 1983	Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA
12	Jean-Claude Sawyer ~	D	L	Aug. 12, 1986	Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
13	Greg Gallagher	D	L	Feb. 23, 1984	Framingham, Massachusetts, USA
14	Andrew Winnik	D	R	Dec. 14, 1982	Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Injured Reserve
#	Player	Position	Shoots	Date of birth	Place of birth
23	Preston Briggs (3-day)	D	L	Apr. 23, 1981	Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
28	Dan Sullivan (7-day)	RW	R	Mar. 20, 1981	Weston, Ontario, Canada

~ - assigned by Chicago/Rockford
^ - currently called up
V - Veteran