North Carolina has quickly become a hotbed for the greatest sport on ice. Youth and collegiate hockey is thriving. NC State is the defending ACCHL champion. The Charlotte Checkers and Winston-Salem Thunderbirds both are coming off championship seasons in the AHL and FPHL respectively. But another city that is enjoying success on the ice is that of Fayetteville.
Fayettville may not have the long hockey history like that of say Winston-Salem or Charlotte but they are proving to be a force in the hockey world. The city can trace the birth of hockey back to the same year that the Hartford Whalers started calling North Carolina their new home as the Carolina Hurricanes.