The Baltimore Orioles are a defunct minor league

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team that operated out of Carlin's Iceland from 1932 until 1942. The team was Baltimore's first professional hockey club. The Orioles played in the Tri-State Hockey League during the 1932–33 season. In 1933, the Orioles joined the

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and remained there until 1942. The Orioles were coached by Billy Boyd (1933–35), Gord Fraser (1935–36), Bill Hines (1938–41), and

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(1941–42). The Orioles won the EAHL championship in the 1939–40 season. The team disbanded in 1942, when it lost players to enlistment for service in

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. The Orioles' EAHL replacement in Baltimore were the

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, a team made of enlisted sailors.

Players

Notable league executive Jack Riley played for the Orioles from 1938 to 1942. Eleven Orioles also played in the

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. * Clarence Behling *

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Jack Dyte John Leonard Douglas Haig Dyte (October 13, 1918 – April 9, 1974) was a Canadian ice hockey defenceman who played 27 games in the National Hockey League for the Chicago Black Hawks during the 1943–44 season. The rest of his career, which las ...

George Grigor George Edward Grigor (September 3, 1916 — October 7, 1979) was a Scottish-born Canadian ice hockey centre who played 2 games in the National Hockey League for the Chicago Black Hawks during the 1943–44 season. The rest of his career, which las ...

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Chick Webster John Robert "Chick" Webster (November 3, 1920 – January 18, 2018) was a professional ice hockey player who played 14 games in the National Hockey League. Prior to this, he was a soldier in World War II. Biography Born in Toronto, Ontario, W ...

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References

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