Harrisburg Lunatics

Harrisburg Lunatics
File:Harrisburg Lunatics.jpg
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		Bryan Henry	R	2009	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
35		Jason Rohrbach	R	2007	Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania

Defensemen
#		Player	Shoots	Acquired	Place of Birth
1		Jay Mazer	R	2004	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
9		Scott Miller	R	2007	Middletown, Pennsylvania
11		Kevin Hollenbush	L	2007	Hershey, Pennsylvania
17		Josh Murphy	R	2008	Grantville, Pennsylvania
18		Dennis Hufnagle	R	2007	Boiling Springs, Pennsylvania
28		Nick Pappas	L	2007	Allentown, Pennsylvania

Forwards
#		Player	Shoots	Acquired	Place of Birth
20		Scott Gartzke "C"	R	2007	Camp Hill, Pennsylvania
44		David Sheppard	R	2008	Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
86		Cory Volchko	R	2008	Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania
92		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

• Professional Inline Hockey Association
• Harrisburg Lunatics Web Site