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The are a professional
Arena Football team in the
Af2 (a farm league to the
Arena Football League ) from
Spokane, Washington ,
USA . They play at their home games at the
Spokane Arena .
For many years, there have been several proposals to bring an arena football team to
Spokane , however those proposals never got off the drawing board. In the summer of 2005, owner
Brady Nelson teamed up with two additional partners to bring a team to Spokane. On
August 26 ,
2005 , during
Af2 league meetings in Bossier City, Louisiana, league commissioner
Jerry Kurz accepted Nelson's proposal. Spokane had been awarded an
Af2 team, and the Spokane Shock were born. The Shock was one of three expansion teams to begin playing in 2006. The other two were the
Everett Hawks , and the
Stockton Lightning .
- On October 12 , 2005 , the Shock announced that Chris Siegfried would be the franchise's inaugural coach.
- By the end of 2005, 13 players had been signed.
- On February 28 , 2006 , the Spokane Shock sold their 2,000th season ticket.
- On March 22 , 2006 , 3,000 season tickets had been sold.
- On March 30 , 2006 , the Spokane Shock played their inaugural game against the Stockton Lighting and won 41-40.
The Shock put together a significant inaugural season, posting a 14-2 regular-season record and a first-place finish in the National Conference Western Division. During the af2 playoffs, the Shock defeated the
Bakersfield Blitz and the
Arkansas Twisters en route to winning the af2 National Conference championship and a berth in
ArenaCup VII against the
Green Bay Blizzard in
San Juan, Puerto Rico . On
August 26 , the Shock defeated the Blizzard by a score of 57-34 to win
ArenaCup VII . The Spokane Shock became the first expansion team in af2 history to advance to, and win, the
ArenaCup .
{Link without Title} . The Shock led the league in attendance with an average of around 10,000 fans per home game.
As a result of the team's excellent play, head coach
Chris Siegfried was named the af2 Head Coach of the Year for the 2006 season. Four Shock players also earned All-af2 National Conference honors as well. WR/LB
Charles Frederick , OLS
Ed Ta'amu and DS
Rob Keefe earned first-team honors while OL/DL
Jerome Stevens earned second-team accolades.
With the team being in a farm league, being good came at a hefty price.
- On Monday, September 4 , 2006 , Spokane Head Coach Chris Siegfried accepted the offensive coordinator position for the AFL 's Kansas City Brigade . {Link without Title}
- On Wednesday, September 20 , 2006 The Spokane Shock announced that former Louisville Fire Offensive Coordinator Adam Shackleford would become their new Head Coach.
- The Shock also lost players, who signed with AFL teams.
- ---On October 6 , 2006 , OS Antwone Savage signed with the Dallas Desperados , making him the first player in Shock history to sign with an AFL team.
- ---Just four days later, on October 10 , WR/LB Kevin Beard signed with the Chicago Rush .
- ---On October 23 , 2006 , WR/DB Charles Frederick reunited with former Shock coach Chris Siegfried after he signed with the Kansas City Brigade
The Spokane Shock's schedule for the 2007 season is as follows: (Home Games in bold)
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