The Cleveland Lumberjacks were an International Hockey League (IHL) team based in

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:Owner: Larry Gordon :Logo design: "Buzz"- A

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framed by a

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blade :Division titles won: none :Regular season titles won: none :League championships won: none :Mascot: Buzz :Local media:

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(1992–94),

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(1994–95),

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(1995-2001)

History

Originally formed in 1960 in

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, the team was renamed the Mohawks in 1965 and the

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in 1984. It moved to

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in 1992 as part of the IHL's move upmarket, bringing professional hockey back to Cleveland for the first time in 14 years. It later folded along with the IHL at the end of the 2000–01 season. In the 1995 hockey action movie '' Sudden Death'' starring

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, Lumberjacks players impersonated the

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of the

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(1976–78) :Franchise replaced by:

of the AHL (2001–06) On December 16, 2011, before a

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game former Lumberjack

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had his number 15 retired in honor of his career as a member of the Lumberjacks, as well as his involvement in hockey initiatives in the Cleveland area.

Season-by-season record

Note: ''GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime losses/Shootout losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes''

Playoffs

Team records

:Goals: 48 Tom Rodgers (1993–94) :Assists: 70

(1993–94) :Points: 112 Dave Michayluk (1992–93) :Points, Defenseman: 68 Dale DeGray (1994–95) :Penalty Minutes: 427

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(1992–93) :Wins: 26 Rob Dopson (1992–93) :Shutouts: 6

Zac Bierk Zachary Bierk (born September 17, 1976) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played in 47 NHL games with the Tampa Bay Lightning, Minnesota Wild, and Phoenix Coyotes between 1997 and 2004. On April 6, 2021, he was hired as the ...

(2000–01) :GAA: 2.68

Evgeni Nabokov Yevgeni Viktorovich Nabokov (russian: Евге́ний Ви́кторович Набо́ков; born July 25, 1975) is a Kazakhstani-Russian former professional ice hockey goaltender who played for the San Jose Sharks, New York Islanders, and Ta ...

(1999–2000) :SV%: .920 Evgeni Nabokov (1999–2000) :Career Goals: 181

:Career Assists: 279 Jock Callander :Career Points: 460 Jock Callander :Career Penalty Minutes: 948

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:Career Goaltending Wins: 43

Philippe DeRouville Philippe DeRouville (born August 7, 1974) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender. Playing career DeRouville was a top prospect in junior hockey but his NHL tenure lasted all of three games in the 1990s. He bounced around the mi ...

:Career Shutouts: 6 Zac Bierk :Career Games: 501 Jock Callander

References

External links

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