Claim: The Johnstown Chiefs which plays in the ECHL league in Pennsylvania has been operating since 1987.
Evidence: The team was founded in 1987 in the All-American Hockey League, and moved to the East Coast Hockey League (now "ECHL") when that league was formed. The Chiefs lasted for 22 years in Johnstown, and was the last of the founding ECHL teams playing under its original name and in its original city. 1987–2010