Harrisburg Lunatics

Harrisburg Lunatics
League PIHA
Conference Eastern
Division Atlantic
Founded 2002
History Harrisburg Lunatics (2002-present)
Home Arena Susquehanna Sports Center
City Lemoyne, Pennsylvania
Colors Black, Red, White
Head Coach Todd Wiley
Minor League Affiliates Camp Hill Lunatics
Lemoyne Lunatics
Founders Cups None

The Harrisburg Lunatics is a professional inline hockey team based in Lemoyne, Pennsylvania, and competing in the PIHA. Harrisburg is one of two teams that were original members of PIHA that are currently competing in the PIHA, the other is the Pennsylvania Typhoon. The Lunatics have called the Susquehanna Sports Center home since their inception in during the 2002 season.

History

The Professional Inline Hockey Association was found in 2002 with eight original franchises. The founding franchises were the Cherry Hill Renegades, Delaware Blades, Harrisburg Lunatics, Line Lexington Law Dawz, Mount Laurel Generals, Pottstown Machine, Reading Nasty Boyz, and York Typhoon. Today, only two of the original franchises currently compete in the PIHA in the same city and under the same team name, the Harrisburg Lunatics and York Typhoon.

For the first four year in team history, the Lunatics struggled to remain a winning team. After finishing with a winning record in 2003 season, the Lunatics went on to post consecutive losing seasons, losing more than sixty percent of their games. Things started to change during the 2006 season when the Lunatics posted 20 wins, a franchise record on the way to a 3rd place finish in the Eastern Conference. The following season, the Lunatics posted a new franchise record of 23 wins on the way to their second consecutive 3rd place finish in the Eastern Conference. The Lunatics advance all the way to the conference finals by defeating the Marple Gladiators two games to none, and upsetting the Regular Season Champion Pittsburgh Bandits. In the conference finals, the Boston Roller Rats defeated the Lunatics three games to one ending their playoff run.

Current roster

As of May 24, 2010.

Goaltenders
# Player Catches Acquired Place of Birth
31 United States Bryan Henry R 2009 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
35 United States Jason Rohrbach R 2007 Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania
Defensemen
# Player Shoots Acquired Place of Birth
1 United States Jay Mazer R 2004 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
9 United States Scott Miller R 2007 Middletown, Pennsylvania
11 United States Kevin Hollenbush L 2007 Hershey, Pennsylvania
17 United States Josh Murphy R 2008 Grantville, Pennsylvania
18 United States Dennis Hufnagle R 2007 Boiling Springs, Pennsylvania
28 United States Nick Pappas L 2007 Allentown, Pennsylvania
Forwards
# Player Shoots Acquired Place of Birth
20 United States Scott Gartzke "C" R 2007 Camp Hill, Pennsylvania
44 United States David Sheppard R 2008 Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
86 United States Cory Volchko R 2008 Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania
92 United States Shawn Powell R 2007 Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania

Seasons and records

Season by season results

This is a list of the last five seasons completed by the Lunatics. For the full season-by-season history, see Harrisburg Lunatics seasons

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, OTL = Overtime Losses, PTS = Points, PCT = Winning percentage, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Records as of May 28, 2007.

Season GP W L OTL PTS PCT GF GA Finish Playoffs
2003 24 13 11 26 .542 239 189 3rd, PIHA Data Not Available
2004 19 7 12 14 .368 133 175 3rd, Keystone Data Not Available
2005 32 12 20 24 .375 130 169 3rd, Keystone Lost in Conference Semifinals, 2-0 (Philadelphia)
2006 32 20 12 40 .625 128 114 3rd, Eastern Lost in Conference Semifinals, 2-1 (Typhoon)
2007 32 23 7 2 48 .719 159 88 2nd, Mason Dixon Lost in Conference Finals, 3-1 (Boston)
2008 In progress (see 2007-08 PIHA season)

Honored members

See also: List of Harrisburg Lunatics players and Harrisburg Lunatics notable players and award winners

External links

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