Spokane Shock Arena Football

the spokane shock arena football team was founded in 2005 by spokane natives brady nelson and adam nebeker and began play on march 30th, 2006 as a member of the arena football 2 league. the shock play their home games in downtown spokane at spokane veterans memorial arena in front of the 9th man called deaf valley. the shock put together a cinderella inaugural season in 2006, 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. the shock led the league in attendance with an average of 10,313 fans per home game.