Elmira River Sharks

Share this with all the veterans you know. 🇺🇸 As a token of our appreciation for their service, veterans attend Venom games on Nov 8 & Nov 9 on us and will sit right along the glass in the Heritage Financial VIP section.

Although we won’t be operating out of Elmira this year, the coaching staff and players sure will miss our time in Elmira and the memories made.

Make sure to support your favorite Riversharks player and staff member by scooping up some of our sweet new merch while we transition into our rebrand!

If you haven’t liked & followed the new team page Hudson Valley Venom, make sure to do so now so you don’t miss out on all our new ventures in our brand new city!

We hope to see you all this season at some point!🦈 🫶🏻🐍

Pick up a piece of Venom hisssstory and get your inaugural fan jerseys now at hudsonvalleyvenom.bigcartel.com 🏒💥
Which one are you rocking on opening night? 🤔

If we had These made up who would buy them. They would be approximately $125

All name jersey's have been claimed still have sublimated jersey's available as well as Hoodies please email [email protected] with an email address and shipping address.

We still have River Sharks Hoodies and Jersey's. These would go cheap would anyone still be interested in these?
Hoodies Left:
Gray:
4XL-40
3XL-2
2XL-1
L-1
M-10
S-5
RED:
4XL-14
3XL-2
WHITE:
4XL-25
3XL-5
M-1

https://www.hudsonvalleyvenom.com/free-agent-camp

Free Agent Camp - Hudson Valley Venom The Hudson Valley Venom has been talked up as the team that will go all the way in the Federal Prospects Hockey League this season. With seasoned coaches and with management that just brought their other team to a League championship, the pieces have been put in place to go all the way this year. Th...

Couldn’t leave town without making one more birthday special! 🦈 ❤️

Fans,
You’ve made this year a memorable one for sure, and we appreciate each and every one of you that continuously showed up weekend after weekend!

These players and coaches will always remember their time in Elmira and we can’t thank you enough for the open arms most of you showed from the start!

This isn’t the end for our group, in fact “most” of the team will indeed be relocating and embracing the extremely talented ownership/ management group of the Hudson Valley Vipers! So please hop over to their page and follow this group and continue to show your support for these amazingly talented athletes! 🐍

I would like to give a brief history of Pro Hockey in Elmira. When the arena was built over 20 years ago it was for Pro hockey and possibly college hockey. The ice system installed had an economic life of 16 to 20 years. The ice system crashed last year. There were also no working Zambonis.

The original owner, who also owns the arena in Frazier where Motor City plays had a consultant from Michigan talk to me just before he walked away from the building. Our League was only 2 years old at the time. Another group took over and operated in the ECHL; the losses were too much, so they walked away. By that time the ice plant was in its last stages. Then Robbie Nichols operated in the only League that can support Pro Hockey. He operated until the virus and then the lease was terminated. A year later Steve Donner operated the building under the same terms as Nichols.

Based on the resume of Donner he should have been able to operate and I don't blame anyone for that failure including the CIDA. I operate throughout the entire East Coast and meet all of the arena representatives and I can tell you Joe Roman and his staff, the Chamber are all as professional as anyone I have been involved with.

Last year when I approached the CIDA we had talked about a similar agreement as Donner but was different than many places I have operated for over 30 years. The reason the deal was different was because a salesman told CIDA them that he could raise a fortune through his efforts. He was fired by Donner and was not successful and eventually was fired by the CIDA 5 months into the process. I warned the CIDA that this salesman was not going to work 4 different times.

Some history on Pro Hockey - The NHL started in 1917. Currently, the other 4 Professional Hockey Leagues are the AHL, ECHL, SPHL, and FPHL. In the history of Professional Hockey in North America, only 8 Leagues have lasted more than 10 years of which the FPHL is one of these.

The consultant from Michigan was used again to advise the Port Huron management from the city and he told them to join our League. They had a NAHL team that relocated to Connellsville, PA then folded with 100 fans going to the game. Port Huron has been successful for 8 years. Danbury has a NAHL team and draws far less than the Federal League. Elmira fans are knowledgeable fans. Whoever is trying to bring in an NAHL team is in the background and is assuming our fans are stupid. The Elmira fans are wonderful, loyal, and understand hockey. In Juniors, players are minors and have to live with billet parents. We already have an excellent well operated Junior program - The Impact. Should the large advertisers that spent big money to save Pro Hockey still spend the same for youth hockey?

If Pro Hockey fans fall for this we will never have Pro Hockey again. There are many stupid statements made like “knock it down”, which is crazy. It is a nice asset for the community. The turf field may be a great addition. The arena has new boards and will have a new ice system those are all positives. And, although I was not a paid consultant, I found the current Zamboni at half price, told them were to buy boards, and how to install them. I also helped in all phases of the rental skates. I would like to also clarify I was never given a proposal to run the First Arena.

I have an ice crew from Syracuse in Texas today for a future team I will be involved in. In Binghamton and all other places in the League rent is paid and teams get ad money, ticket money, luxury box income and a share of concession money.
I have offered the same rent as Binghamton ($ 3,000 a game), although they have 25% more seats which I will guarantee for 5 years. I will also have several other projects going so I won't be at every game like this season.

I also don't want anyone from the CIDA harassed for any reason. I believe they are being misled like the salesman they hired did to them, and in turn the new team plans on misleading advertisers and fans.

Save PRO Hockey in Elmira NY Please help us save PRO Hockey in Elmira. It's more than just hockey it's a community a family. It's kids hopes and dreams. It's where people come together and forget the outside world and cheer on players that come from all over the world to play.

🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨
ANYONE WANT A GAME USED JERSEY?
TONIGHT AT THE COACHES SHOW IS YOUR CHANCE!!!

⚫️🔴$150 cash or card🔴⚫️

7pm at Outback steak house!

Tonight’s the night!

Show up for our boys! 🦈🦈 7 pm

Join us next Tuesday as we sign off for the summer with one of our sponsors! 🥩 💨

The boys will be grilling up some steaks, talking about the future of the program and telling us about all our riversharks summer plans!

We hope everyone can make it and look forward to seeing everyone at 7pm!

Each person in attendance will receive a team photo from our police appreciation night! 🚨 👮‍♂️

🦈🦈FANS!!! Dont forget to get your bids in!!🦈🦈

DASH