The Adirondack Frostbite were a professional ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 team in the United Hockey League

United Hockey League

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. They played their home games at the Glens Falls Civic Center

Glens Falls Civic Center

Glens Falls Civic Center is a 4,806-seat multi-purpose arena, located in downtown Glens Falls, New York, that currently serves as the home of the Adirondack Phantoms, of the AHL. Built in 1979, it was originally the home of the Adirondack Red Wings, AHL affiliate of the Detroit Red Wings.On June...

 in Glens Falls, New York

Glens Falls, New York

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.

UHL action came to Glens Falls in 1999, when the American Hockey League

American Hockey League

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's Adirondack Red Wings

Adirondack Red Wings

The Adirondack Red Wings were a minor professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. They played in Glens Falls, New York, USA at the Glens Falls Civic Center. The team was affiliated with the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League...

 disbanded. In 2000 hockey returned to the area with the UHL Adirondack "IceHawks." In 2004, ESPN

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 SportsCenter

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anchor Steve Levy

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 and NHL analyst Barry Melrose

Barry Melrose

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 became the team's owners and the team changed its name to the Frostbite.

On January 13, 2006, head coach Marc Potvin

Marc Potvin

Marc Potvin was a Canadian professional ice hockey player in the National Hockey League. He was the cousin of Denis Potvin and Jean Potvin.- Playing career :...

 was found dead in his hotel room in Kalamazoo, Michigan

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 hours before his team was to play the Kalamazoo Wings

Kalamazoo Wings

The Kalamazoo Wings, nicknamed the K-Wings, are a mid-level professional ice hockey team in Kalamazoo, Michigan. A member of the ECHL's Eastern Conference, North Division, they play in the 5,113-seat Wings Stadium....

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The Frostbite suspended operations on June 12, 2006 after the team could not come to a lease agreement with the Glens Falls Civic Center. Professional hockey would not return to the Adirondack region until 2009, when the Adirondack Phantoms

Adirondack Phantoms

The Adirondack Phantoms are a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League , who began play in the 2009–10 AHL season. The Phantoms are based in Glens Falls, New York, playing home games at the Glens Falls Civic Center. The Phantoms are the AHL affiliate of the NHL's Philadelphia Flyers...

 (formerly the Philadelphia Phantoms

Philadelphia Phantoms

The Philadelphia Phantoms were a professional ice hockey team that played in the American Hockey League from 1996 to 2009. The club was based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and played most of its home games at the Spectrum. During schedule conflicts or some Calder Cup playoff games, games were...

) of the AHL relocated to the arena.