Columbus Chill Hockey Vertical Logo

Before major league hockey arrived in Columbus, the city had many minor league teams. None were more popular than the Columbus Chill. In 1991, the team debuted as an expansion franchise in the East Coast Hockey League (now just the ECHL, thank you). Their home ice was the Ohio Expo Center Coliseum. With the impending arrival of major league hockey for the 2000-01 season, the Chill relocated to Reading, PA in 1999 and became the Royals. They remain as popular as they were in Ohio's capital, regularly drawing some of the biggest crowds in the league. *Apparel is officially licensed