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The Detroit Mechanix are an American professional
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team based in
Madison Heights, Michigan Madison Heights is a city in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, its population was 29,694. It is a northern suburb of Metro Detroit, about north of the Detroit city limits. History Originally part of Royal Oa ...
. The Mechanix compete in the
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(AUDL) as a member team of the league's Central Division. The Mechanix began play in 2012 as one of the eight charter teams of the
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(AUDL). The team is owned by Brent Steepe and was founded in 2010. The Mechanix have not won a game since April 29, 2017. Their all-time regular season record is 16–110 and the team has gone winless in consecutive seasons twice in 2014–15 and 2018–19, winning only one game in 2017. They have finished last in points per game in six of their nine seasons and last in the Midwest division in eight of their nine seasons. The Mechanix currently play their home games at
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in
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. Until 2015, The Mechanix played home games at
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in Madison Heights. The
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was home to the team in 2012, and in 2013 and 2014 the Mechanix played at
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. On February 29, 2020, three players died in a multi-car crash ''en route'' to a Mechanix practice.


Players and staff


2022 roster


International players


Player records

To the 2021 season.


Games played


Points played


Goals scored


Assists


Blocks


References


External links

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