Keystone Ice Miners

The Keystone Ice Miners were a Junior A Tier II ice hockey team based out of The Ice Mine arena in Connellsville, Pennsylvania. The team moved to Connellsville in May 2014; prior to the move, the team was known as the Port Huron Fighting Falcons.
== History ==
The team began play during the 2010-11 season as the Port Huron Fighting Falcons are a Junior A Tier II ice hockey team based out of Port Huron, Michigan.http://www.thetimesherald.com/article/20100701/SPORTS/7010317/Port-Huron-lands-hockey-team A member of the North American Hockey League's North Division, the team plays their home games in the McMorran Arena.http://www.nahl.com/news/story.cfm?id=1654 On July 10, 2010 the team announced its name as the Fighting Falcons.http://www.nahl.com/news/story.cfm?id=1664 Despite losing their first 15 games, they won 4-1 against the Springfield Jr. Blues on November 7 landing the team's first victory in history.
In 2014, the team announced it would be moving to Connellsville, Pennsylvania, a city south of Pittsburgh. The team will play at the Ice Mine and change their team name to the Ice Miners. Hat Trick Hockey, the parent ownership of the Ice Miners, announced in mid-December 2014 that they were terminating its membership with the NAHL effective immediately. The league has indicated it plans to keep the team operational through the remainder of the 2014-15 season, including playoffs, if the Ice Miners should qualify.http://nahl.com/news/story.cfm?id=13226
== Season Records ==
Season 	GP 	W 	L 	OTL 	PTS 	GF 	GA 	PIM 	Finish 	Playoffs
Port Huron Fighting Falcons	Port Huron Fighting Falcons	Port Huron Fighting Falcons	Port Huron Fighting Falcons	Port Huron Fighting Falcons	Port Huron Fighting Falcons	Port Huron Fighting Falcons	Port Huron Fighting Falcons	Port Huron Fighting Falcons	Port Huron Fighting Falcons	Port Huron Fighting Falcons
2010–11 	58 	6 	46 	6 	18 	127 	312 	1,408 	8th, North 	did not qualify
2011–12 	60 	38 	19 	3 	79 	203 	159 	1,010 	1st, North 	lost in Round Robin
2012–13 	60 	32 	24 	4 	68 	178 	163 	1,004 	4th, North 	lost in 2nd round
2013–14 	60 	35 	15 	10 	80 	187 	151 	828 	1st, North 	lost in 3rd round
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2014–15 	60 	31 	24 	5 	67 	153 	140 	836 	2nd, North 	Lost First Round Series, 0-3, Soo Eagles
== Uniforms and logos ==
The team's colors are light blue, black and yellow. 
Home jerseys will feature the main Fighting Falcons logo with an alternate Falcon Head logo appearing on the road jerseys. 
Shoulder patches on both home and away uniforms will feature a circular logo with the Blue Water Bridge, that spans the St. Clair River separating Port Huron, Michigan and Sarnia, Ontario, Canada.http://nahl.com/news/story.cfm?id=1707
== Original Logo Controversy ==
Released on July 10, 2010, the Fighting Falcons first logo had a strong resemblance to a logo created by Mike Ivall of Ivall Design.http://www.puckdrawn.com/puckdrawn/2010/07/mike-ivall-the-most-ripped-off-man-in-the-hockey-concept-world.html
On July 15, 2010, the Fighting Falcons announced the team will create new logo to avoid any problems relating to any similarities with Mike Ivall's concept art after Ivall had contacted the team and noted similarities.http://www.thetimesherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=PluckPersona&U=13276e758a7e401780c61acb15596dbd&plckPersonaPage=BlogViewPost&plckUserId=13276e758a7e401780c61acb15596dbd&plckPostId=Blog%3a13276e758a7e401780c61acb15596dbdPost%3a9906af7d-d75f-4028-8b8b-977b3670dfaf&plckController=PersonaBlog&plckScript=personaScript&plckElementId=personaDest
==References==
==External links==
* Official Website
Category:North American Hockey League teams
Category:North American Hockey League
Category:Established in 2010
Category:Disestablished in 2015