Jamestown Vikings

The Jamestown Vikings were an ice hockey team that played in the defunct Mid-Atlantic Hockey League. They were in Jamestown, New York at the Jamestown Savings Bank Ice Arena.
==Team history==
The league canceled the remainder of the 2007-08 season and suspended operations on February 12, 2008. The MAHL planned to return with teams in new locations in 2008-09. The Vikings and Valley Forge Freedom, the league's two most fiscally solvent franchises, were expected to remain in the league if and when the league returns.Fanelli, Patrick. Mid-Atlantic Hockey League Suspends Play 80 Games Into Initial Season The Post-Journal. 13 February 2008. After the season ended, several Vikings players went on a drunken rampage at a local lodge in Jamestown, believing that league owner Andrew Haines (who also owned the team at the time) owned the lodge (he did not) and causing tens of thousands of dollars in damage.Fanelli, Patrick. Vikings go on rampage at lodge. The Post-Journal. 15 February 2008. League officials originally said that they fully expected the Vikings to be a part of a renewed league in 2008-09.Fanelli, Patrick. Mid-Atlantic Hockey League Officials Say Hockey Will Return To City. The Post-Journal. 24 February 2008. However, on March 18, the league announced that the Jamestown team would move to Ohio, and play as the Lake Erie Vikings, citing the vandalism incident as the primary reason for the departure.Vikings relocate for 2008/2009 season It was later revealed that the Jamestown Savings Bank Ice Arena had revoked the Vikings' lease because of the league's financial problems.Fanelli, Patrick. Junior Hockey Coming To City. The Post-Journal. 20 March 2008. The team later announced its intentions to begin play at "The Pond" in Auburn Township, Geauga County, Ohio, but after the folding of the MAHL in September 2008, the Vikings never played again.
To replace the Vikings, the Jamestown area has secured a junior "A" hockey franchise, which has been named the Jamestown Jets.
==References==
==External links==
*Lake Erie Vikings
*Mid-Atlantic Hockey League
Category:Mid-Atlantic Hockey League teams
Category:Defunct Teams
Category:Established in 2007
Category:Disestablished in 2008