Center City was unique in the sense that the arena was situated in an indoor open area of a sparsely used office building, had no PA system and had bleachers on only one side of the ice.
The Chiefs were admitted into the newly created seven team Atlantic Coast Hockey League in September 1981.
With the IMHL now indefinitely suspended, Critelli focused being the owner of the Chiefs and hired Pete Crawford as the team's coach and general manager.
The Chiefs would play the first game in ACHL history, defeating the Cape Cod Buccaneers 5-2 on October 24, 1981 in front of a small crowd of 650 fans.
After no local buyers were willing to take over the team, the league held a meeting on November 15, 1981 in which they voted to terminate the Chiefs effective on the 16th.