Dayton Falcons

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Dayton Falcons
City Centerville, Ohio
League NA3HL
DivisionMidwest
Founded2007
Home arenaSouth Metro Sports
Owner(s)Ryan Colville
Jim Colville (minority)
General managerRyan Colville (2015–16)
Head coachRyan Colville (2015–16)
Affiliate Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Knights [1]
Franchise history
2007–2013Queen City Steam
2013–2015Cincinnati Swords
2015–2017Cincinnati Thunder
2017Dayton Falcons

The Dayton Falcons were a USA Hockey-sanctioned Tier III junior ice hockey team that competed in the North American 3 Hockey League (NA3HL). The team was based in Centerville, Ohio, a suburb of Dayton, Ohio, and the team's home ice was South Metro Sports.

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Franchise history

The team was previously known as the Queen City Steam from 2007 to 2013 [2] after replacing the former Cincinnati Jr. Cyclones that had folded at the end of the previous season. In 2013, the Steam re-branded as the Cincinnati Swords after the merger of two youth hockey programs in the Cincinnati area. The Swords name is a homage to the former American Hockey League team of the same name. [3] On August 14, 2014, the NA3HL approved the sale of the Cincinnati Swords to the Miami Valley Hockey Association owned by Ryan and Jim Colville. [4]

On April 10, 2015, the Swords announced that it would be renamed and called the Cincinnati Thunder beginning with the 2015–16 season. [5] On June 2, 2015 the Thunder announced that they will be playing out of the historic Cincinnati Gardens for the 2015–16 season. With the sale and closing of the Cincinnati Gardens in the summer of 2016, the team began playing home games at South Metro Sports in Centerville, Ohio, near Dayton, Ohio, for the 2016–17 season. In 2017, the team stayed at South Metro and rebranded as the Dayton Falcons. After 11 games into the season with only one win using a team of about ten skaters, the team forfeited its twelfth game and was removed from the NA3HL schedule.

Season-by-season records

SeasonGPWLOTLSOLPtsGFGAPIMRegular Season FinishPlayoffs
Queen City Steam
2007–08482916036122019311916th of 13, CSHL0–3 in Hurster Cup Round Robin
(L, 1–3 vs. Jr. Generals; L, 4–6 vs. Cherokee; L, 0–4 vs. Mustangs)
2008–09452715125721215010266th of 12, CSHLLost Round 1, 1–2 vs. Dubuque Thunderbirds
2009–10482818115819115610356th of 13, CSHLLost Round 1, 1–2 vs. Cleveland Jr. Lumberjacks
2010–1145241821511521338937th of 12, NA3HLWon Round 1, 2–0 vs. Cleveland Jr. Lumberjacks
2–1 in Hurster Cup Round Robin
(W, 2–1 vs. Mustangs; W, 5–2 vs. Jr. Flames; OTL, 4–5 vs. Hitmen)
Lost Championship game, 0–4 vs. Chicago Hitmen
2011–124821252044157166877 2nd of 4, North Div.
13th of 16, NA3HL
Won Div. Semifinals, 2–0 vs. Michigan Mountain Cats
Lost Div. Finals, 0–2 vs. Flint Jr. Generals
2012–134817270438126175878 3rd of 5, Central Div.
13th of 17, NA3HL
Lost Div. Semifinals, 0–3 vs. Peoria Mustangs
Cincinnati Swords
2013–144825194541751646165th of 6, Central Div.
12th of 21, NA3HL
Did not qualify
2014–1547638315952486166th of 6, East Div.
31st of 31, NA3HL
Did not qualify
Cincinnati Thunder
2015–16471328632137219962 4th of 5, Midwest Div.
25th of 34, NA3HL
Lost Div. Semifinals, 0–2 vs. St. Louis Jr. Blues
2016–17471825224013119612034th of 5, Midwest Div.
33rd of 48, NA3HL
Lost Div. Semifinals, 0–2 vs. St. Louis Jr. Blues
Dayton Falcons
2017–18121101031573215Folded mid-season

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