Adirondack Frostbite

The Adirondack Frostbite were a minor professional ice hockey team based in Glens Falls, New York, and were a member of the United Hockey League (UHL). They played their home games at the Glens Falls Civic Center.

Adirondack Frostbite
City	Glens Falls, New York
League	United Hockey League
Founded	1994
Home arena	Glens Falls Civic Center
Colors	Stratos, sundance, cornflower, white
Owner(s)	Steve Levy Barry Melrose
Franchise history
1994–1997	Utica Blizzard
1997–1999	Winston-Salem IceHawks
1999–2004	Adirondack IceHawks
2004–2006	Adirondack Frostbite

The Adirondack IceHawks UHL team came to Glens Falls in 1999, after the American Hockey League's (AHL) Adirondack Red Wings disbanded. The IceHawks were a relocation of the Winston-Salem IceHawks from Winston-Salem, North Carolina. In 2004, ESPN SportsCenter anchor Steve Levy and NHL analyst Barry Melrose became the team's owners and the team changed its name to the Frostbite.^[1]

On January 13, 2006, head coach Marc Potvin was found dead in his hotel room in Kalamazoo, Michigan, hours before his team was to play the Kalamazoo Wings.^[2]

The Frostbite suspended operations on June 12, 2006, after the team could not come to a lease agreement with the Glens Falls Civic Center.^[3] Professional hockey would not return to the Adirondack region until 2009 when the AHL's Philadelphia Phantoms relocated to become the Adirondack Phantoms.^[4]