Tag: WInston-Salem Memorial Coliseum

Winston-Salem Polar Twins Hockey

Winston-Salem Polar Twins

March 19, 2015

Southern Hockey League (1973-1977) Born: 1973 – SHL founding franchise Folded: January 7, 1977 First Game: October 12, 1973 (W 6-4 vs. Greensboro Generals) Last

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Mike Dunleavy Carolina Lightning

Carolina Lightning

October 19, 2011

The Carolina Lightning basketball team was a minor league outfit that lasted little more than a month in the all-but-forgotten All-American Basketball Alliance (AABA) in the winter of 1978.  Based out of the Winston-Salem Memorial Coliseum, the Lightning played ten games between January and early February 1978. Then the comically under-capitalized AABA imploded around them. Read more…

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