The Phoenix Roadrunners are a defunct minor professional
ice hockey
Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. Tw ...
team that was based in
Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of cities and towns in Arizona#List of cities and towns, most populous city of the U.S. state of Arizona. With over 1.6 million residents at the 2020 census, it is the ...
. Established in 1977, the team played the 1977–78 and 1978–79 seasons in the
Pacific Hockey League. Coached by
Sandy Hucul, the team played its home games out of the
Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
[''Ice Warriors: The Pacific Coast/Western Hockey League 1948–1974'' by Jon C. Stott]
References
Defunct ice hockey teams in the United States
Ice hockey clubs established in 1977
Ice hockey clubs disestablished in 1979
1977 establishments in Arizona
1979 disestablishments in Arizona
Defunct ice hockey teams in Arizona
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