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1945–46 IHL Season
The 1945–46 IHL season was the first season of the International Hockey League, a North American minor professional league. Four teams participated in the regular season, and the Detroit Auto Club won the Turner Cup. Regular season Turner Cup-Playoffs External links Season 1945/46on hockeydb.com {{DEFAULTSORT:1945-46 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's alternate Farm team, 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 (later league commissioner), 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, joined the league, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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, Michigan Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and the .... Standings External links standings and statistics International Hockey League (1945–2001) teams Ice hockey teams in Detroit, B Professional ice hockey teams in Michigan Defunct ice hockey teams in the United States Ice hockey clubs established in 1945 Ice hockey clubs disestablished in 1949 1945 establishments in Michigan 1949 disestablishments in Michigan {{Detroit-sport-stub ... [...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 Windsor Arena (nicknamed The Barn, because of its age, wooden construction, and its appearance of a giant barn) is an indoor arena located in Windsor, Ontario. Its capacity is approximately 4,400 with standing room. The arena's ice is an asymme .... 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 * Wilfred "Boomer" Harding, first Black player in the International Hockey League, with the Windsor Staffords in 1946 Defunct ice hockey teams in Canada Ice hockey teams in Ontario International Hockey League (1945–2001) teams Sport in Windsor, Ontario Ice hockey club ... [...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 The Turner Cup was the championship trophy of the International Hockey League from 1945 to 2001 and the renamed United Hockey League from 2007 to 2010. The Cup was named for Joe Turner, a goaltender from Windsor, Ontario. Turner became professi ..., as playoff champions. Standings External links standings and statistics International Hockey League (1945–2001) teams A Professional ice hockey teams in Michigan Defunct ice hockey teams in the United States Ice hockey clubs established in 1945 Sports clubs disestablished in 1951 {{Detroit-sport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Windsor Hettche Spitfires
The Detroit Hettche were a minor league professional ice hockey team based in Detroit, Michigan, and played at the Detroit Olympia. The team was originally known as the Windsor Spitfires and were one of the four founding members of the International Hockey League in 1945. The team was renamed Windsor Hettche Spitfires in 1947, then moved across the river from Windsor, Ontario Windsor is a city in southwestern Ontario, Canada, on the south bank of the Detroit River directly across from Detroit, Michigan, United States. Geographically located within but administratively independent of Essex County, it is the southe ... in 1949. The team played seven seasons total, folding in 1952. Season-by-season results External links standings and results- Detroit Hettche standings and results- Windsor Hettche Spitfires standings and results- Windsor Spitfires International Hockey League (1945–2001) teams H Professional ice hockey teams in Michigan Defunct ice hockey teams in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
