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1949–50 IHL Season
The 1949–50 IHL season was the fifth season of the International Hockey League, a North American minor professional league. Five teams participated in the regular season, and the Chatham Maroons won the Turner Cup. Regular season Turner Cup-Playoffs External links Season 1949/50on hockeydb.com {{DEFAULTSORT:1949-50 IHL season IHL IHL International Hockey League (1945–2001) seasons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Hockey League (1945–2001)
The International Hockey League (IHL) was a minor professional ice hockey league in the United States and Canada that operated from 1945 to 2001. The IHL served as the National Hockey League (NHL)'s alternate farm system to the American Hockey League (AHL). After 56 years of operation, financial instability led to the league's demise. Six of the surviving seven teams merged into the AHL in 2001. History Early years The IHL was formed on December 5, 1945, in a three-hour meeting at the Norton Palmer Hotel in Windsor, Ontario. In attendance were Jack Adams (coach of the Detroit Red Wings), Fred Huber (Red Wings public relations), Frank Gallagher (amateur hockey organizer in Detroit and Windsor), Lloyd Pollock (Windsor hockey pioneer), Gerald McHugh (Windsor lawyer), Len Hebert, Len Loree and Bill Beckman. The league began operations in the 1945–46 IHL season with four teams in Windsor and Detroit, and operated as semi-professional league. In 1947, a team from Toledo, Ohio, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarnia Sailors
The Sarnia Sailors are a defunct Canadian semi-professional and amateur senior ice hockey team. The team played in the City of Sarnia Sarnia is a city in Lambton County, Ontario, Canada. It had a Canada 2021 Census, 2021 population of 72,047, and is the largest city on Lake Huron. Sarnia is located on the eastern bank of the junction between the Upper and Lower Great Lakes, ..., Ontario, Canada and participated in the International Hockey League and the OHA Senior A Hockey League afterwards. History The Sarnia Sailors began as an expansion team in 1949 with the Chatham Maroons in the International Hockey League. That year, the two upstarts dominated the league's playoffs and ended up in a one-on-one showdown for the Turner Cup. The Maroons came out on top, winning the series in seven games. From that point on, the Sailors demise began. They played one more season in the IHL before dropping to the amateur ranks in the OHA Senior A Hockey League. The Sailors were final ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Detroit Auto Club
The Detroit Auto Club was a minor league professional ice hockey team, and one of the four founding members of the International Hockey League in 1945, and operated until 1951. They played their home games at Olympia Stadium in Detroit, Michigan. The Detroit Auto Club won the inaugural Turner Cup, as playoff champions, beating the Detroit Bright's Goodyears The Detroit Bright's Goodyears were a minor league professional ice hockey team, and one of the four founding members of the International Hockey League in 1945, and operated until 1949. They played their home games at Olympia Stadium in Detroit, ... two game to one. Standings References External links standings and statistics International Hockey League (1945–2001) teams A Defunct ice hockey teams in Michigan Defunct ice hockey teams in the United States Ice hockey clubs established in 1945 Sports clubs and teams disestablished in 1951 {{Detroit-sport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chatham Maroons
The Chatham Maroons are a junior hockey, junior ice hockey team based in Chatham, Ontario, Chatham, Ontario, Canada. They play in the Western division of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League (GOJHL). The Maroons were the 1970 Western Ontario Junior A Champions and 1973 Southern Ontario Junior A Champions. The Maroons have won Twice won the Sutherland Cup as Ontario Hockey Association Junior B Champions in 1999 and 2025. In the 2021-2022 season, the Maroonwon the GOJHL Western Conference Championship4-2 over the Leamington Flyers, Leamington Flyers. The Maroons dedicated their Championship in honour of their longtime equipment manager and team volunteerRandy DeWael who died suddenly during the playoffs. History The Maroons originated in the Border Cities Junior B Hockey League in 1959. The team later moved to the stronger Western Junior "B" league in 1964 and continued with the league, even when it became the renegade Southern Ontario Junior A Hockey League in 1970. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Detroit Hettche
The Detroit Hettche were a minor league professional ice hockey team based in Detroit, Michigan, and played at the Detroit Olympia. The team originated in Windsor, Ontario Windsor ( ) is a city in southwestern Ontario, Canada. It is situated on the south bank of the Detroit River directly across from the U.S city of Detroit, Detroit, Michigan. Geographically located within but administratively independent of Esse ... as the Windsor Spitfires and were one of the four founding members of the International Hockey League in 1945. In 1947, the team was renamed Windsor Hettche Spitfires after its sponsor, Detroit auto dealer and Michigan state boxing commissioner John Hettche. The team moved across the river to Detroit in 1949. It played seven seasons total, folding in 1952. Season-by-season results References External links standings and results- Detroit Hettche standings and results- Windsor Hettche Spitfires standings and results- Windsor Spitfires International Hockey Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Windsor Gotfredsons
The Windsor Gotfredsons were a minor league professional ice hockey team and one of the four founding members of the International Hockey League in 1945. The team was based in Windsor, Ontario and played at the Windsor Arena. After one season, they became known as the Windsor Staffords, and two years later became Windsor Ryan Cretes. The team played five seasons total, folding in 1950. Season-by-season results See also *List of ice hockey teams in Ontario This is a list of men's ice hockey teams that compete in Ontario. This list includes active professional, university, and junior men's ice hockey teams. Alphabetical list of teams The leagues are correct for the 2024–25 season. __NOTOC__ A B ... * Wilfred "Boomer" Harding, first Black player in the International Hockey League, with the Windsor Staffords in 1946 References Defunct ice hockey teams in Ontario International Hockey League (1945–2001) teams Sport in Windsor, Ontario Ice hockey clubs established in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
