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==Sports== {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col" | Club ! scope="col" | League ! scope="col" | Venue ! scope="col" | Established ! scope="col" | Championships |- ! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal;" | [[Johnstown Mill Rats]] | [[Prospect League]] (baseball) | [[Point Stadium]] | 2021 | 0 |- ! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal;" | [[Johnstown Tomahawks]] | [[NAHL]] (ice hockey) | [[Cambria County War Memorial Arena]] | 2012 | 0 |} Johnstown has been home to a long succession of minor league [[ice hockey|hockey]] [[Sports franchising|franchises]] dating back to 1940. One of the more recent manifestations, the [[Johnstown Chiefs]], were named for their ''[[Slap Shot (movie)|Slap Shot]]'' counterparts. The team made their debut in January 1988 with the [[All-American Hockey League]], joining the league midway through the season. After one season in the AAHL, the Chiefs became one of five teams to join the newly founded [[East Coast Hockey League]] (now ECHL). The team announced in February 2010 that they would be leaving Johnstown for a location in [[South Carolina]]. In April 2010 it was announced that the [[Wheeling Nailers]] of the ECHL would call Johnstown home for 10 games during the regular season and for one of their preseason games. They returned once again for the 2011β12 season. After the 2011-2012 [[North American Hockey League|NAHL]] hockey season, the Alaska Avalanche relocated to Johnstown and became the [[Johnstown Tomahawks]] and have remained in Johnstown ever since. The city has history in amateur and professional baseball. Since 1944, Johnstown has been the host city for the AAABA Baseball Tournament held each summer. Several [[Major League Baseball]] players have played on AAABA teams over the years, including Hall-of Famers [[Al Kaline]] and [[Reggie Jackson]] and former Major League managers [[Joe Torre]] and [[Bruce Bochy]]. The organization also has its own Hall of Fame instituted in its 50th anniversary year of 1994. In addition, the city has hosted several incarnations of a minor-league baseball team, the [[Johnstown Johnnies]], beginning in 1884. The last team to play as the Johnnies, as a part of the [[Frontier League]], left the city in 2002. The [[Johnstown Mill Rats]], a member of the summer collegiate [[Prospect League]], have played at the Point Stadium since 2021. Johnstown also hosts the annual [[Sunnehanna Amateur]] golf tournament at its Sunnehanna Country Club. The invitational tournament hosts top amateur golfers from around the United States. Johnstown is home to the Flood City Water Polo team. Established in 2005 by Zachary Puhala, the team takes its name from the history of floods in the area. FCWP is part of the American Water Polo Organization. ===2015 Kraft Hockeyville USA contest=== [[File:Cambria County War Memorial - panoramio (14).jpg|thumb|Johnstown was named Kraft Hockeyville USA in 2015.]] On May 2, 2015, Johnstown was announced as the winner of the 2015 [[Kraft Hockeyville|Kraft Hockeyville USA contest]] and was awarded $150,000 toward improvements of the [[Cambria County War Memorial Arena]]. The contest was sponsored through a partnership between [[Kraft Foods]], the [[National Hockey League|National Hockey League (NHL)]], and [[National Hockey League Players' Association]] (NHLPA). In addition to the cash prize, the arena won the opportunity to host the September 29, 2015, NHL pre-season game between the [[Pittsburgh Penguins]] and [[Tampa Bay Lightning]]. The Penguins defeated the Lightning 4-2 with goals from [[Sergei Plotnikov]], [[Ian Cole]], [[Adam Clendening]], and a game winning goal from [[Evgeni Malkin]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nbcsports.com/nhl/news/penguins-beat-lightning-in-kraft-hockeyville-game | title=Penguins beat Lightning in Kraft Hockeyville game | date=September 29, 2015 }}</ref>
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