Established 2005 Folded 2007 Played in Erie, Pennsylvania at the Louis J. Tullio Arena
League/conference affiliations
American Indoor Football Association (2005-2007)
Current uniform
Team colors
Ice blue, black, white
Personnel
President
David Hodas
Team history
Erie Freeze (2005–2007)
Championships
League championships (0)
Conference championships (0)
Division championships (0)
Home arena(s)
Louis J. Tullio Arena (2005–2007)
The Erie Freeze was an American indoor football team based in Erie, Pennsylvania.
They were an original member of the American Indoor Football League in 2005, and advanced to the first AIFL Championship Game. When the league was reorganized into the American Indoor Football Association in 2007, they continued league play until the end of the 2007. Negotiations between the team ownership and the league fell apart in late 2007, and thus put an end to the franchise. They were replaced in 2008 by the Erie RiverRats, who relocated from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Erie was the only market to have an AIFL and AIFA team from the time of its founding in 2005 until its breakup and eventual cessation of operations in 2010.
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because of its shallowness, it is the first to freeze in the winter. The shallowest section of Lake Erie is the western basin where depths average only...
season. The league champions were the Richmond Bandits, who defeated the ErieFreeze in American Bowl I. Green indicates clinched playoff berth Black indicates...
relocating to Erie in time for the 2008 season, rebranding themselves as the Erie RiverRats. They replaced the city's previous AIFA team, the ErieFreeze. In August...
round against the Rebels, but their season ended when they lost to the ErieFreeze in the semifinals. Philadelphia Eagles Head Coach Nick Sirianni played...
25, 2006, to the ErieFreeze. The Heroes got their revenge two weeks later by defeating the Freeze in Erie, 55–33, handing the Freeze their first regular...
field goal. On Friday, May 12, 2006, the Express managed to knock the ErieFreeze out of the #1 spot in the conference by getting revenge 59-48. At the...
in favor of Erie for the 2008 season, renaming themselves the Erie RiverRats. They replaced the city's previous AIFA team, the ErieFreeze. The RiverRats...
be played again in Erie until 2005 when the ErieFreeze of the Atlantic Indoor Football League would be formed and play at the Erie Civic Center Source:...
team struggled on and off the field, with only one win (against the ErieFreeze at home on March 29) Demolition owner, John Christner decided to shut...
Home Lost 24-35 February 23 Danville Demolition Away Won 39-16 March 4 ErieFreeze Away Won 44-42 March 17 Pittsburgh RiverRats Home Won 43-13 March 24...
Thunderbolts Away Lost 31–54 May 19 Florence Phantoms Away Lost 45–44 May 25 ErieFreeze Away Won 53–47 June 10 Tallahassee Titans (playoffs) Home Won 62–32 June...
League. The change reunited Erie with Andrew Haines, who founded the city's previous indoor football team, the ErieFreeze. (The Explosion's departure...
the Atlantic Indoor Football League. In 2005, the Bandits defeated the ErieFreeze to win the AIFL's first-ever American Bowl, completing the year with...
Loss 35–53 March 25 Miami Valley Silverbacks Home Loss 54–57 March 31 ErieFreeze Away Loss 6–62 April 8 Syracuse Soldiers Home Loss 31–43 April 15 Canton...
2006, the RiverRats signed quarterback David Dinkins, formerly of the ErieFreeze of the AIFA, and designated him as the team's franchise player for the...
Away Lost 36-64 February 26 Montgomery Bears Home Won 48-16 March 24 ErieFreeze Home Won 40-29 March 31 Baltimore Blackbirds Away Won 48-25 April 7 Mississippi...
water temperatures, or until a lake freezes over. In the United States, snowbelts are located southeast of Lake Erie from Cleveland, Ohio, to Buffalo, New...
Express Home Lost 44-61 April 8 Canton Legends Home Won 44-28 April 15 ErieFreeze Home Lost 28-58 April 22 Johnstown Riverhawks Away Lost 20-38 April 29...
was the last surviving remnant of the AIFL, tracing its history to the ErieFreeze in 2005.) On July 22, 2011, the UIFL named Jared Lorenzen the league's...
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