Quad City Generals

The Quad City Generals is a hockey team in the AWL that was created in the second wave of teams it has been one of the most successful teams in the AWHL,

Affiliation
Dallas 01-03 Phoenix 04-07 Blackhawks 08-11 LA 11-13 Arizona 14-pres

Creation
The generals were created because of the lack of teams in the center of The United states

The Legace and Mcane Era (01-04)
When Quad City Started they got to pick two players from the AWHL roster and they drafted the rest from juniors and college They picked Tommy Legace from the Quebec Nordiques (now known as the ice fish) an Roger McCain came from Boston University

In 2001 there roster was stacked and they ended with a record of 5-5 they sadly got eliminated by the Wakefield Bruins in the first round of the playoffs. At the beginning of the 02,03 season the Quad City Generals had a breakout player and his name was Martin Langlois he had the record for goals at the end of the season and at the end of the season he was named assistant captain  Another player that had a breakthrough was the starting goalie manny legace.

During the 2002 season the QC Generals were Doubted even to make it to the playoffs. What people didnt know was late in the season, they traded for a legend going by the name of Jeff Carter. they finished the season with a 7-4 record making it to the playoffs. all the doubters hoped right on the bandwagon and QC was one of the AWHLs most popular teams. they Made it to the George Memorial Cup and it came down to a penalty shot and the shooter was nothing less than Jeff Carter. Although he missed and lost the George

e memorial cup it is one of the most known shots in AWHL history.

During the 2003 QC made it to the playoffs with almost exactly the same roster. They finished the season going 9-1 and making it to the George memoriQuebec Nordiques beating QC 3 to 1.

During 2004 QC was Crushed with Mcaine having a terrible injury in last years George Memorial Cup so they had to draft a D-man, it was not a particularly good draft so they drafted Johnny Bouchard. Bouchard was known to be one of the most bad mouthing, hard hitting, and scraping players in the WHL. Every AWHL fan no matter what team you like loved Bouchard. the Season went Good for QC going 8-2 and made it to the playoffs. It came down to a penalty shot again and with Carter taking it again and this time they got it beating the Hammerheads for there first George Memorial Cup.

The Carter Era (05-09)
Nolan Schaffer was drafted in 2005 as QCs first pick. he is known as one of the best goalies th AWHL has ever seen. 2005 was a slow year for QC they went 0-10 the worst they have ever done and didn't make it to the playoffs. with jeff carter getting old they didn't want to but they put him on QCs trade Block.

In 2006 Quad city got the first overall pick with this they drafted Jonas  Arlington Massachusetts, was one of the most talented players and was very gifted in grinding. Jonas made his debut against Pe and was outstanding. Carter wanted to win an cup and go out with a bang and he did exactly that they finished the season with a 10-0 record and won the Cup.

The Injury
QC has been in a slump for a long time now and it all started at this moment in time the wors injury in QC history. Jonas enroth was coming up to gethis rebound near the boards he did not see the goalie charging at him and bam! he went down unconscious taken off the ice in a Gurney ever since that day there is shivers running down my spine he was paralyzed for 2 weeks and then a miracle happened and he could walk again he took 2 years off after the injury.

The Slump (11-15)
The slump started when goalie Sebastion Lowery, was released, Quad City picked up Martin Vaskinov. Martin made a good effort, but he was not nearly as good as he was on the Sasquash and he was very old. so they drafted Ryan McDaniels. now they had 3 goalies Vaskinov, McDaniels, and Fox. they also had Bouchard (last year), Langlois, and captain Sergei Gutferson. they were considered "stacked", but they went 2-8.

the next year they drooped Vaskinov and started McDaniels. with Langlois getting traded to the red

wings,  the team did not do particularly good they went 4-6 and did not make it to the playoffs. the next year the team stayed with the same lineup and went 3-7.

The next year QC traded McDaniels to Norfolk because Jamie was doing better. The next years QC best record was 4-5 not making it since 2010

On Top Again 15-Pres
In the 2014- 15 season the generals hired Kevin Johnson as GM in the offseason. He did alot of reabuilding in the offseason he signed Sergei Guttferson to a 1 year contract he also signed Goalie John harding to another 1 year deal. There were trade rumors that the Gens wanted Jamie Fox back but that never happened. They ended the regular season with a 13-2 record and won the division. In the first round they sweeped the Kansas City Armor. In the second round they did the same only sweeping the Quebec Ice Fish. In the Confrence finals they lost game 2 against the Norfolk Bruins but won game 1 and 3. In the George Memorial Cup the gens lost game 1 to a shutout. but won game 2 and 3 to become champs again and end the slump.

In the offseason both Guttferson and John Harding retired and they signed former FHL goalie Kyle Razo to a 3 year contract.

Arena
The Quad City Generals played in the Burger King Collesium from 01-04 they shared the BK with the Quad City Crusaders basketball team an the Quad City State Basketball and Hockey teams. when the AWHL announced that it was "unsuitable" to play in they tore it down and made a new arena called espn arena which they share with the Quad City state teams and the crusaders basketball team. Espn Arena switched its name to the John Deere Center