The Elmira Jackals minor league professional hockey team plays in the ECHL as part of the East Division in the American Conference. The Jackals are coached by Steve Martinson and play their home games at First Arena in Elmira, New York. Elmira is affiliated with the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League and the Binghamton Senators of the American Hockey League.http://www.echl.com/cgi-bin/ppublic.cgi?action=show_team&team_id=44

Elmira had a productive 2009-20 season in which they won the American East Division with a 37-26-6-3 record.http://echl.leaguestat.com/stats/statdisplay.php?type=standings&season_id= They earned a third-overall seed in the American Conference, meeting the Florida Everblades in the first round of the 2010 Kelly Cup Playoffs.http://www.echl.com/cgi-bin/mpublic.cgi?action=show_news&cat=1&id=21898

During the season, the Jackals were led by brothers Tyler and Justin Donati, who each topped 100 points on the year. They both led the league in scoring, with Tyler getting 38 goals and 76 assists and Justin netting 42 goals and 62 assists.http://echl.leaguestat.com/stats/statdisplay.php?type=top_scorers&season_id=13 Both earned several honors during the season, including Tyler Donati being named the ECHL Player of the Month for February 2010.http://www.echl.com/cgi-bin/ppublic.cgi?action=show_of_the_week_news&cat=2&id=724 In goal, the Jackals used a total of seven players, perhaps most notably Julien Ellis, who tallied 16 wins in 32 games after coming to Elmira from the Kalamazoo Wings.http://echl.leaguestat.com/stats/statdisplay.php?type=goalies&subType=4&season_id=13&leagueId=1&lastActive=&singleSeason=&confId=0

In their first several years in operation, the Elmira Jackals played in the United Hockey League. They saw winning records in just two of their seven seasons in the UHL, reaching the playoff finals in 2002 and 2004.http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/display_standings.php?tmi=5652 In 2007, the Jackals left the UHL to join the ECHL. Their opening season in the ECHL however was marred by a tragic accident in November 2007 when the team bush crashed, injuring several players.http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/bluejackets/stories/2007/11/30/bjplug1130.ART_ART_11-30-07_C1_J58KKQP.html?sid=101 Elmira went on to see moderate success in recent years, reaching the first round of the Kelly Cup Playoffs in 2008 and the second round in 2009.