Bill Coffey

Bill Coffey is a businessman and minor league sports entrepreneur. He is one of the founders of the ECHL (formerly known as the East Coast Hockey League).[1] Founded in 1988, the ECHL is a minor professional ice hockey league that serves as a development league for the NHL.[2] The ECHL iced 20 teams during the 2009-10 season.[3]

For the Australian footballer, see Bill Coffey (footballer).

Coffey is also the founder of the Atlantic Coast Hockey League (ACHL)[4] - where he served as the league's president; and he is the director of hockey operations for the Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL).[5] Coffey has been the owner of several minor league ice hockey teams.

Teams owned by Bill Coffey
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References
  1. Scott, Jon C. (2006). Hockey Night in Dixie: Minor Pro Hockey in the American South. Heritage House Publishing Company Ltd. pp. 138–139. ISBN 1-894974-21-2.
  2. "Honored Members". ECHL Hall Of Fame. Archived from the original on 2010-08-06. Retrieved 2010-06-05.
  3. "2009-10 East Coast Hockey League". Hockeydb.com. Archived from the original on 24 May 2010. Retrieved 2010-06-05.
  4. Scott, Jon C. (2006). Hockey Night in Dixie: Minor Pro Hockey in the American South. Heritage House Publishing Company Ltd. p. 185. ISBN 1-894974-21-2.
  5. Scott, Jon C. (2006). Hockey Night in Dixie: Minor Pro Hockey in the American South. Heritage House Publishing Company Ltd. p. 199. ISBN 1-894974-21-2.
  6. Scott, Jon C. (2006). Hockey Night in Dixie: Minor Pro Hockey in the American South. Heritage House Publishing Company Ltd. p. 103. ISBN 1-894974-21-2.
  7. Scott, Jon C. (2006). Hockey Night in Dixie: Minor Pro Hockey in the American South. Heritage House Publishing Company Ltd. p. 138. ISBN 1-894974-21-2.
  8. Greensboro Monarchs Scott, Jon C. (2006). Hockey Night in Dixie: Minor Pro Hockey in the American South. Heritage House Publishing Company Ltd. p. 186. ISBN 1-894974-21-2.


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