Hockey

Hara Arena opened in 1964 in the Trotwood area of Dayton. In addition hosting concerts it was the home to many Dayton sports teams including hockey's Gems and Bombers, soccer's Dynamo, and football's Marshals.

The Chicago Cougars were members of the World Hockey Association from 1972 to 1975. They played their home games at the now demolished International Amphitheater on the South Side.

The Baltimore Bandits played in the American Hockey League from 1995 to 1997. They were a farm team of the National Hockey League's Anaheim Mighty Ducks. In 1997, the team moved to Cincinnati, where they adopted the parent club's nickname, Mighty Ducks.??

The original Cleveland Barons were members of the American Hockey League from 1937 until 1973 and were one of the league's most successful franchises. However, they were unable to compete with the major league Cleveland Crusaders of the World Hockey Association (owned my the...

The Pittsburgh Hornets started as the Detroit Olympics in the International Hockey League (IHL). In 1936 they moved to Pittsburgh and joined what would become the American Hockey League (AHL). In 1956 they suspended operations as their home arena, the??Duquesne??Garden, was razed as part...

The Flint Generals were members of the International Hockey League (IHL) from 1993 to 2010. OS7012

The Aces were founded in Quebec City in 1928 as an amateur hockey club. They joined the American Hockey League in 1959. In 1967, the became the minor league affiliate of the NHL's Philadelphia Flyers. In 1971, the Flyers decided to move the team...

The Baltimore Clippers played in the American Hockey League (AHL) from 1962 until 1976 and the Southern Hockey League for one season, 1976-77. Their home was the Baltimore Civic Center.

The Fresno Falcons were a minor league hockey team founded in 1946. The played in several leagues over the years but spent most of their existence in the played in the Pacific Southwest Hockey League (1972-1995). They joined the West Coast Hockey League (WCHL)...

The??Toledo Goaldiggers played in the International Hockey League from 1974 to 1986, replacing the city's previous team, the Blades (later Hornets). After 10 years in Toledo, that club moved to Lansing, Michigan at the end of the 1973/74 season. The Goaldiggers suspended operations in...

Cincinnati's third foray into the American Hockey League, following the Mohawks in the '50s and the Swords in the early '70s, the Mighty Ducks played at the Cincinnati Gardens from 1997 to 2005.

The Stingers were Cincinnati's only major league hockey team. The team played at Riverfront Coliseum (now U.S. Bank Arena) from 1975 to 1979, and they were members of the World Hockey Association (WHA). When the WHA merged with the National Hockey League in 1979,...

The Nashville Dixie Flyers??were a professional minor league ice hockey??team in Nashville, Tennessee, playing??in the Eastern Hockey League??from 1962 until 1971.

The Detroit Vipers played in the International Hockey League. The team moved to the Motor City from Salt Lake City in 1994, where they were known as the Salt Lake City Golden Eagles. The Vipers played at The Palace of Auburn Hills until they folded...

The original Louisiana IceGators played in the East Coast Hockey League (ECHL) from 1995 to 2005. Their home ice was the Cajundome in Lafayette, LA. A new IceGators franchise debuted in the Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL) in 2009 but moved in 2016 to...

Home to hockey's Penguins from 1967 to 2010, the Civic Arena was nicknamed "The Igloo." It was also home to the ABA's Pipers and Condors in the late '60s and early '70s, as well as the indoor soccer Spirit in the '80s and the...

The Raleigh IceCaps played in the East Coast Hockey League (now known as simply the ECHL) from 1991 to 1998. Their home ice was Dorton Arena in Raleigh. The team was forced to move to Augusta, GA, when the NHL's Hartford Whalers moved to...

The original Minnesota Fighting Saints were charter members of the World Hockey Association in 1972. The team played its home games in St. Paul, while the rival NHL Minnesota North Stars played in suburban Bloomington. The Fighting Saints folded halfway through the 1975-76 season....

The Minnesota Moose were members of the International Hockey League (IHL) and played for two seasons in the Twin Cities. The team was founded a year after the NHL North Stars moved to Dallas, leaving the area without professional hockey for the first time...

The New England Whalers were charter members of the World Hockey Association (WHA) and played 7 seasons in that league starting in 1972. The team made the playoffs in every season, won three straight Eastern Division Titles and won the Avco World Trophy defeating...

Hockey Night in Canada traces its roots back to 1931 and Saturday night radio broadcasts of NHL hockey. It came to television in 1952. It is one of the most iconic sports television sports events in the world, pre-dating Monday Night Football in the...

Remember Cleveland's only NHL team? The Barons began as the Oakland Seals in 1967, later becoming the California Golden Seals. In 1976, the team moved to Cleveland and took the name of the city's old beloved American Hockey League team, the Barons. They played...

The Atlanta Knights were members of the International Hockey League (IHL) from 1992 to 1996. They??played at the Omni Coliseum and were winners of the 1994 Turner Cup. In 1996, the team moved to Quebec to become the Rafales. The following year, the NHL...

The Kentucky Thoroughblades played in the American Hockey League (AHL) form 1996 to 2001. Their home ice was Rupp Arena. In 2001, they moved to Cleveland to become the new incarnation of the Barons.

The Providence Reds (also known as the Rhode Island Reds) started in the Canadian-American Hockey League in 1926. They continued with that circuit when it became the American Hockey League in 1936. In 1976, the became the Rhode Island Reds, before moving to Binghamton,...

The Columbus Checkers joined the International Hockey League (IHL) in 1966, and played four seasons before halting operations. In 1971, the teams territorial rights were acquired by the NHL's California Golden Seals. Renamed the Columbus Golden Seals, they became a farm team of the...

After the NHL's California Golden Seals sold their Columbus farm team of the same nickname??to local interests, it was renamed the Owls and played on until 1977 when it moved to Grand Rapids. The teams home ice in Columbus was the Fairgrounds Coliseum.

In 1971, Buffalo was granted an expansion franchise in the National Hockey League (NHL). Nicknamed the Sabres, the league???s newest member needed a farm team that would play in the American Hockey League (AHL). The AHL also needed to replace the Buffalo Bison what...

The Rafales played in the International Hockey League starting in 1996, the year following the departure of the beloved Quebec Nordiques. From 1992 to 1996, the team was the Atlanta Knights.??? However, fans never warmed to the Rafales and the team folded in 1998.

The San Francisco Spiders were members of the International Hockey League (IHL) for one season. They first hit the ice as an expansion team in 1995. They folded in May of 1996. They played their home games in historic Cow Palace, and while weekend...