The Port Huron Beacons were a

minor league Minor leagues are professional sports leagues which are not regarded as the premier leagues in those sports. Minor league teams tend to play in smaller, less elaborate venues, often competing in smaller cities/markets. This term is used in Nort ...

professional

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team in the

United Hockey League The United Hockey League (UHL), originally known as the Colonial Hockey League from 1991 to 1997 and last known as the International Hockey League from 2007 to 2010, was a low-level minor professional ice hockey league, with teams in the Unite ...

(UHL) that played from 2002 to 2005. The team was based in

Port Huron, Michigan Port Huron is a city in and seat of government of St. Clair County, Michigan, United States. The population was 28,983 at the 2020 census. The city is bordered on the west by Port Huron Township, but the two are administered autonomously. Po ...

, and played at the McMorran Arena. The team's first head coach was Brad Jones, a former

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player and head coach of the UHL's B.C. Icemen. The team's first general manager was Kevin J. Carr from 2001 to 2004. Jones resigned in February 2003 with a 24–24–5 record and was replaced by Bruce Ramsey for the remainder of the season. Ramsey returned as head coach for the 2003–04 season and led the team to the semifinals in the playoffs, but was fired in the following offseason. The Beacons then hired former NHL player Mark Kumpel, but he resigned without coaching a game and was replaced by Rick Adduono, the former head coach of the Greensboro Generals, for the 2004–05 season. Gino Giacumbo served as vice president in 2003–04 and as general manager in 2004–05. The Beacons departed in 2005 to become the

Roanoke Valley Vipers The Roanoke Valley Vipers were a minor professional ice hockey team located in Roanoke, Virginia. They were a member of the United Hockey League and played in the Roanoke Civic Center. The franchise was formed in 2002 as the Port Huron Beacons ...

Season-by-season results

References

External links

Port Huron Beacons at HockeyDB
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