List of Founders Cup champions
The Founders Cup is an inline hockey club trophy, awarded annually to the Professional Inline Hockey Association (PIHA) playoffs champion. It was created in 2002 by former PIHA Commissioner Charles Yoder, and is the oldest inline hockey trophy in the United States.
Since the 2002 season, the trophy has been won a combined nine times by two ACTIVE PIHA teams and three defunct teams. The Pennsylvania Typhoon, formerly known as the York Typhoon, have won the Founders Cup three times and made the finals an additional time.
Founders Cup champions
Season |
Winning Team |
Coach |
Runner-Up Team |
Coach |
Games |
Winning Goal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2002 |
York Typhoon (K) |
Kean Quinton |
Delaware Blue Diamond Blades (DV) |
Bob Kelly |
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2003 |
York Typhoon |
Kean Quinton |
Reading Nasty Boyz |
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2004 |
York Typhoon (MD) |
Kean Quinton |
Morristown Minutemen (DV) |
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2005 |
Philadelphia Growl (DV) |
Anthony Flynn |
York Typhoon (MD) |
Kean Quinton |
2–1 |
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2006 |
Philadelphia Growl (EC) |
Anthony Flynn |
Littleton Fire (WC) |
Jim Drapal |
3–1 |
Sean Sullivan (11:14, first) |
2007 |
Boston Roller Rats (EC) |
Ed Whitney |
Southside Snipers (WC) |
Rob Ferrara |
4–3 |
Jay McGeown (8:15, first) |
2008 |
Phoenix Dragons (WC) |
Dave Mamorstein |
Connecticut Blaze (EC) |
Bill DiNapoli |
4–2 |
Danny Marmorstein (9:57, second) |
2009 |
Colorado Springs Thunder (WC) |
Dave Needham |
Connecticut Blaze (EC) |
Bill DiNapoli |
4–2 |
Matt Pedersen (2:55, second) |
2010 |
Colorado Springs Thunder (WC) |
Dave Needham |
New Jersey Grizzlies (EC) |
Denis Jelcic |
4–0 |
CJ Yoder (3:38, second) |
Appearances
Active teams
Unless marked otherwise, teams played in the PIHA exclusively at the time they competed for the Founders Cup. A bolded year denotes a Founders Cup win.
Appearances |
Team |
Wins |
Losses |
Win % |
Years of Appearance |- align="center" | |
4 |
Pennsylvania Typhoon |
3 |
1 |
.750 |
2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 |- align="center" | |
2 |
Colorado Springs Thunder |
2 |
0 |
1.000 |
2009, 2010 |- align="center" | |
1 |
New Jersey Grizzlies |
0 |
1 |
.000 |
2010 |- align="center" | |
1 |
Southside Snipers |
0 |
1 |
.000 |
2007 |
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The following 12 active teams have never made an appearance: Chicago Sting (2010 expansion team), Detroit Revolution (2010 expansion team), Mile High Miners (2010 expansion team), Pennsylvania Team Blue (2010 expansion team), South Carolina Buccaneers (2 seasons as the South Carolina Pirates), Suffolk Sting (2 seasons), Midwest Tornados (3 seasons), River City Wheelers (1 season and 2 seasons as the River City Whalers), Denver Blizzard (3 seasons and 2 seasons as the Westminster Blizzard), Fort Collins Catz (4 seasons and 1 season as the Aurora Crimson Catz), Parker Prowlers (3 seasons and 2 seasons as the Pikes Peak Prowlers), and Harrisburg Lunatics (9 seasons).
Defunct teams
Unless marked otherwise, teams played in the PIHA exclusively at the time they competed for the Founders Cup. A bolded year denotes a Founders Cup win.
Appearances |
Team |
Wins |
Losses |
Win % |
Years of Appearance |- align="center" | |
2 |
Philadelphia Growl |
2 |
0 |
1.000 |
2005, 2006 |- align="center" | |
2 |
Connecticut Blaze |
0 |
2 |
.000 |
2008, 2009 |- align="center" | |
1 |
Boston Swamp Rats |
1 |
0 |
1.000 |
2007 |- align="center" | |
1 |
Phoenix Dragons |
1 |
0 |
1.000 |
2008 |- align="center" | |
1 |
Delaware Blue Diamond Blades |
0 |
1 |
.000 |
2002 |- align="center" | |
1 |
Lakewood Fire |
0 |
1 |
.000 |
2006 |- align="center" | |
1 |
New Jersey Stampede |
0 |
1 |
.000 |
2004 |- align="center" | |
1 |
Reading Nasty Boyz |
0 |
1 |
.000 |
2003 |
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- Notes
1. The Pennsylvania Typhoon totals include three wins and one loss as the York Typhoon.
2. The New Jersey Grizzlies were also competing in the American Inline Hockey League when they made a finals appearance in 2010.
3. The Boston Swamp Rats totals include one win as the Boston Roller Rats in 2007.
4. The Lakewood Fire totals include one loss as the Littleton Fire in 2006.
5. The New Jersey Stampede totals include one loss as the Morristown Minutemen in 2004.
See also
- PIHA Conference Finals
- List of PIHA franchise post-season droughts
- List of PIHA franchise post-season appearance streaks