The Mechanics played two seasons from 2004 to 2006 at Great Lakes Sports City Superior Arena in Fraser, Michigan.

The Mechanics signed three Detroit Red Wings players: Chris Chelios, Derian Hatcher, and Kris Draper.

Following a league investigation concerning the February 2, 2005, game played against the Flint Generals, UHL commissioner Richard Brosal suspended Mechanics' coach Steve Shannon for the rest of the season for offering his players $200 to "take out" Generals forward Kevin Kerr.

[4] Shannon's contract was terminated by the team and hired Danton Cole on March 1, who had recently been fired by the Grand Rapids Griffins of the American Hockey League.

The franchise was sold to a new owner who planned to keep the team in the Detroit area with home games at the Michigan State Fairgrounds Coliseum starting in 2008,[citation needed] but it never came to fruition.