The Carolina Monarchs were a short-lived

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team in the

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. They played in Greensboro, North Carolina, at the Greensboro Coliseum. In the spring of 1997, the Hartford Whalers of the NHL announced that they would play in the Greensboro Coliseum for two seasons as the newly named

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. The NHL team purchased the dethroned Monarchs, moving the franchise to

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, where the team played as the

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History

The market was previously served by: * Carolina Thunderbirds/Winston-Salem Thunderbirds ( ACHL, AAHL,

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) (1981–1992) * Greensboro Monarchs (

) (1989–1995) The market was subsequently home to: *

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(

) (1999–2004) *

( NHL) (1997–1999)

Season-by-season results

* Carolina Monarchs 1995–1997 * Beast of New Haven 1997–1999

References

External links

Team History at HockeyDB.com
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