Mohawk Valley Prowlers

{{Use American English|date=March 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox ice hockey team | text_color = black | bg_color = background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0496cc 5px solid; border-bottom:#0496cc 5px solid; | team = Mowhawk Valley Prowlers | logo = Mohawkvalleyprowlers.png | logo_size = 150px | city = Utica, New York | league = United Hockey League | conference = | division = | founded = 1991 | folded = 2001 | arena = Utica Memorial Auditorium | colors = Blue, black, white <br />{{color box|#0496cc}} {{color box|black}} {{color box|white}} | owner = | gm = | coach = | captain = | media = | affiliates =  | name1 = St. Thomas Wildcats | dates1 = 1991–1994 | name2 = London Wildcats | dates2 = 1994–1995 ceased operations Jan 11, 1996. | name3 = Dayton Ice Bandits | dates3 = 1996–1997 | name4 = '''Mohawk Valley Prowlers''' | dates4 = 1998–2001  | reg_season_titles = | division_titles = | conf_titles = }}

The '''Mohawk Valley Prowlers''' were a minor professional ice hockey based in Utica, New York, as a member of the United Hockey League (UHL) that played from 1998 to 2001. The Dayton Ice Bandits' franchise was purchased and relocated following the relocation of the Utica Blizzard in 1997.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/289255552/ |title=Dayton May Lose its Hockey Team |newspaper=The Advocate |date=June 27, 1997}}</ref> In February 2001, the team were forced to fold by the league in the middle of the 2000–01 season as the team was $2 million in debt, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, and could not pay the players' wages leading to a player strike on February 11, 2001.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/258195297/ |title=Icemen schedule gets tougher as UHL forces Prowlers to fold |newspaper=Press & Sun-Bulletin |date=February 22, 2001}}</ref>

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Category:Defunct United Hockey League teams Category:Ice hockey clubs established in 1998 Category:Ice hockey clubs disestablished in 2001 Category:Defunct ice hockey teams in New York (state) Category:1998 establishments in New York (state) Category:2001 disestablishments in New York (state)