Chicago Hitmen

Chicago Hitmen
City	Geneva, Illinois
League	NAHL
Division	Midwest
Founded	2010
Home arena	Fox Valley Ice Arena
Colors	Black, Red, Gray
Owner(s)	Mark Hammersmith & Dick Glass
Head coach	Steve Pronger (NAHL)
Franchise history
2010-2012	Chicago Hitmen

The Chicago Hitmen were a Junior A Tier II ice hockey team based out of Rolling Meadows, Illinois. The Hitmen played in the North American Hockey League's Midwest Division from 2010-2012. The team first played in the 1,000 seat West Meadows Ice Arena. But they finished in the Fox Valley Ice Arena On June 4th, 2010 the team announced that Steve Pronger was signed as head coach, Pronger comes to the Hitmen after serving as the head coach of the Chicago Blaze of the AAHL.^[1] The Hitmen will not compete in the NAHL in the 2012-2013 season ^[2]

Regular Season Records

Season	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	GF	GA	PIM	Finish
2010-2011	58	9	45	4	22	132	286	883	7th in North
2011-2012	60	13	42	5	31	166	310	1,106	5th in MidWest

Playoff Records

Season	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	PIM	Finish
2011								Did Not Qualify
2012								Did Not Qualify

NA3HL Jr. A Tier III

The Hitmen began as the Chicago Force of the Central States Hockey League. That team will continue to operate alongside the NAHL's Hitmen, and will also take on the Hitmen name for 2010-11. In November 2010 the CSHL fell under the direction of the NAHL and changed its name to the North American 3 Hockey League (NA3HL).

GLJHL Jr. B Tier III

The Hitmen will also field a team in the Great Lakes Junior Hockey League (GLJHL). The team previously played at the Tier III Jr. C level as the Chicago Huskies and plays at the International Ice Center in Romeoville, Illinois. The league advanced to the Tier III Jr. B level beginning in the 2010-11 season.^[3]

References

1. http://www.nahl.com/news/story.cfm?id=1633
2. http://nahl.com/news/story.cfm?id=5599
3. http://jrhuskies.stats.pointstreak.com/teamschedule.html?teamid=128318&seasonid=6033 Game Schedule

External links

• Chicago Hitmen official website