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{{Short description|Defunct professional ice hockey team}}
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{{Infobox Pro hockey team
| text_color  = #000000
| bg_color    = background:#c3c7c9; border-top:#010101 5px solid; border-bottom:#FFC72C 5px solid;
| team        = Louisville Icehawks
| logo = LouisvilleIcehawks.png
| city        = [[Louisville, Kentucky]]
| league      = [[ECHL]]
| division    = Southern Division
| founded     = 1990
| operated    = 1990–1994
| arena       = [[Broadbent Arena]] (6,600)
}}
The '''Louisville Icehawks''' were a professional [[ice hockey]] team competing in the [[East Coast Hockey League]]. The team, based in [[Louisville, Kentucky]], played from 1990 to 1994. Their home venue was [[Broadbent Arena]] at the [[Kentucky Exposition Center]]. The mascot was called Tommy Hawk, a play on [[Tomahawk (axe)|tomahawk]], and resembled [[The San Diego Chicken]], but with coloration and costume matching the team's. Tommy Hawk was "banned" from the inside portion of the arena for a period of time, due to an altercation with a visiting player who was in the [[penalty box]]. In the 1995–96 season, the team was renamed and moved to Florida to become the [[Jacksonville Lizard Kings]].

For a period of time the Louisville Icehawk's parent team/NHL Affiliate were the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Trevor Buchanan was a player for the Icehawks that spent a great deal of time in the penalty box, thus spawning his own fan club.

==Playoffs==
*1990–91: Defeated [[Knoxville Cherokees|Knoxville]] 3–0 in quarterfinals; lost to [[Greensboro Monarchs|Greensboro]] 4–0 in semifinals.
*1991–92: Defeated [[Toledo Storm|Toledo]] 4–1 in first round; received quarterfinals bye; defeated [[Cincinnati Cyclones|Cincinnati]] 3–1 in semifinals; lost to [[Hampton Roads Admirals|Hampton Roads]] 4–0 in finals.
*1992–93: Did not qualify.
*1993–94: Defeated [[Knoxville Cherokees|Knoxville]] 2–1 in first round; lost to [[Birmingham Bulls (ECHL)|Birmingham]] 3–0 in quarterfinals.

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File:Icehawksjersey.JPG|Icehawks replica jersey
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==See also==
* [[Sports in Louisville, Kentucky]]

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[[Category:Defunct ice hockey teams in Kentucky]]
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[[Category:Defunct ice hockey teams in the United States]]
[[Category:1990 establishments in Kentucky]]
[[Category:1994 disestablishments in Kentucky]]
[[Category:Tampa Bay Lightning minor league affiliates]]


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