Hawaiian Islanders

{{short description|Arena football team}}

{{for-multi|the aboriginal people of the Hawaiian Islands|Native Hawaiians|the AAA Baseball team|Hawaii Islanders}}

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{{Infobox indoor American football team

| name = Hawaiian Islanders

| logo =

| helmet = Hawaiian Islanders Helmet Logo 2003.png

| founded = 2001

| folded = 2004

| city = Neal S. Blaisdell Arena
in Honolulu, Hawaii

| misc =

| uniform =

| colors = Crimson, gold, black
{{color box|#E32636}} {{color box|#ffd800}} {{color box|#000000}}

| coach =

| owner =

| chairman =

| president =

| general manager =

| mascot =

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| league =

af2 ({{af2 Year|2002}}–{{af2 Year|2004}})

• Natnional Conference (2002–2004)
• Western Division (2002–2004)

| team_history =

• Hawaiian Islanders (2002–2004)

| no_league_champs = 0

| no_conf_champs = 0

| no_div_champs = 1

| league_champs =

| conf_champs =

| div_champs =

• {{af2 Year|2003}}

| playoff_appearances =

• {{af2 Year|2003}}

| no_playoff_appearances = 1

| arena_years =

• Neal S. Blaisdell Arena (2002–2004)

}}

The Hawaiian Islanders were a minor league team of the Arena Football League's developmental league, the AF2. Based in Honolulu, Hawaii, the Hawaiian Islanders home field was at the Neal S. Blaisdell Center Arena.{{cite web |url=http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/af2-bids-aloha-to-honolulu/n-2708430 |title=af2 bid "aloha" to Honolulu |date=September 7, 2001 |publisher=OurSports Central |work=www.oursportscentral.com |access-date=July 19, 2017}} It competed in the AF2 National Conference West. They were owned by Charles Wang, who also owned the New York Islanders and the AFL's New York Dragons. The Islanders were an affiliate of the Dragons, along with the short-lived New Haven Ninjas. The team existed from 2002 to 2004.

The Islanders were coached by Guy Benjamin and Chad Carlson in 2002. In 2003, they were coached by Cal Lee, who had been coaching high school football at Hawaii's St. Louis School for the past 20 seasons. Fullback Josh White played with the Islanders before playing in the AFL.

The team disbanded after the 2004 season.

During the team's inaugural 2002 season, Oceanic Time Warner Cable carried every home game live on a pay-per-view basis.{{cite web

| url = http://archives.starbulletin.com/2002/07/20/sports/index2.html

| title = Islanders get rematch against defending champs

| author = Nick Abramo

| date = 2002-07-20

| access-date = 2016-01-16

}} Kanoa Leahey and Robert Kekaula served as the television announcers.{{cite web

| url = http://archives.starbulletin.com/2002/04/03/sports/index6.html

| title = Klaneski almost tripped Islanders

| author = Nick Abramo

| date = 2002-04-03

| access-date = 2016-01-16

}}