Pittsburgh Forge

Pittsburgh Forge
City	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
League	NAHL
Conference	Eastern
Founded	2001
Operated	2001–2003
Home arena	Island Sports Center
Colors	Red, gold, black, white
Franchise history
2001–2003	Pittsburgh Forge
2003–2005	Toledo IceDiggers
2005–2010	Alpena IceDiggers
2010–present	Corpus Christi IceRays
Championships
Regular season titles	2002–03
Division Championships	2002–03
Conference Championships	2001–02, 2002–03
Playoff championships	Robertson Cup 1 (2002–03)

The Pittsburgh Forge are a defunct Junior A Tier II ice hockey team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, which played in the North American Hockey League (NAHL). The team was founded in 2001 by Kevin Constantine, a former coach of the NHL's Pittsburgh Penguins. They played at the Island Sports Center. The team compiled an 80-24-8 record in the first and only two seasons. The Forge were finalists in the Robertson Cup Tournament, the NAHL championship, during their inaugural season and were the first expansion team to do so. During their second season, the Forge set a national Junior A record with 43 wins and won the NAHL's regular season championship as well as the Robertson Cup Tournament. In two seasons, the Forge advanced 18 players onto scholarships with Division I college hockey programs. In 2003, the franchise was sold to investors in Toledo, Ohio and was relocated as the Toledo IceDiggers.

Players

The final roster of the 2002–03 NAHL national champion Forge – the last Forge team – and their scholarship schools: Randy Bauer, Sean Berkstresser (Robert Morris), Tom Biondich (Robert Morris), Andy Brandt (Wisconsin), Jace Buzek (Robert Morris), Ben Camper (Colgate), Josh Coyle (Union), John Dingle (Ohio State), Devin Ekis (Pittsburgh), Joe Federoff (Alabama Huntsville), Josef Fotjik, Jim Gehring (Mercyhurst), Mike Handza (Denver), Denis Kirstien (Mercyhurst), Chris Lawrence (Michigan State), Mike Mannina, Peter Mannino (Denver), Matt McBride, Dylan Reese (Harvard), Gabe Rehak, Daniel Shildorfer, Erix Trax (Robert Morris), Brandon Warner (Michigan State), Ryan Webb, Matt Zeman,

Season-by-season records

Season	GP	W	L	OTL	Pts	GF	GA	PIM	Finish	Playoffs
2001–02	56	37	13	4	78	199	147	1,135	2nd, East	Lost Robertson Cup Finals
2002–03	56	43	9	4	90	208	111	1,227	1st, East	Robertson Cup Champions

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References

1. http://www.hockeydb.com/stte/pittsburgh-forge-7468.html