Joining The WCHL/merging With The ECHL
Following an experimental partnership with the Sunshine Hockey League in 1994-95, The Falcons became a charter member of the professional West Coast Hockey League to begin the 1995-96 season. The team was a member throughout the league's eight-year existence. During the 1997-98 season they were known as Fresno's Fighting Falcons. Fresno won the league's Taylor Cup championship for the 2001-02 season, defeating the San Diego Gulls in the finals.
Along with other active WCHL teams, the Falcons joined the ECHL after the West Coast Hockey League was absorbed by the larger league in 2003.
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