Hockey in the Capital District

Hockey in the Capital District chronicles professional hockey in the capital region of New York State: Albany, Schenectady, and Troy. A total of six professional teams have taken the ice in four different leagues, beginning in the 1952–1953 season with the Troy Uncle Sam's Trojans. The tradition continued with the Schenectady Chiefs (1981–1982), the Troy Slapshots (1986–1987), the Albany Choppers (1990–1991), the Troy-based Capital District Islanders (1990–1993), and the Albany River Rats (...