Hockey in the Capital District

Hockey in the Capital District chronicles professional hockey in the capital region of New York State: Albany, Schenectady, and Troy. A total of six professional teams have taken the ice in four different leagues, beginning in the 1952 1953 season with the Troy Uncle Sam s Trojans. The tradition continued with the Schenectady Chiefs (1981 1982), the Troy Slapshots (1986 1987), the Albany Choppers (1990 1991), the Troy-based Capital District Islanders (1990 1993), and the Albany River Rats (1993 present). The River Rats brought the area its fi rst championship by capturing the AHL s Calder Cup. Through historic images, this volume presents the rich hockey heritage of the Capital District."