 the minnesota fighting pike were an arena football team based in minneapolis, minnesota. they joined the arena football league in 1996 as an expansion team. the fighting pike were the first ever attempt at an arena/indoor football team in the state of minnesota. the owner of the fighting pike was tom scallen. the fighting pike played at the target center in minneapolis, minnesota. the team colors were green and gold. in a 2012 afl poll, the fighting pike were voted as the 8th greatest nickname in afl history. ==franchise history==  in november 1995, the announced that they would be nicknamed the "fighting pike" and that art haege was named the team's head coach. during the team's first tryout, haege walked out, stating he was going "back to iowa." the next day, haege faxed in his resignation to team owner tom scallen. the pike were 0-7 at home, and the average attendance for the 7 home games was 8,894. the roster was full of players t
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