Category: Eastern Hockey League 1979

1980-81 Salem Raiders Program

Salem Raiders / Virginia Raiders

Eastern Hockey League (1980-1981) Atlantic Coast Hockey League (1981-1983) Born: 1981 – The Utica Mohawks relocate to Salem, VA Re-Branded: 1982 (Virginia Raiders) Folded: August 1983 First

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1980-81 Hampton Aces Program

Hampton Aces

Northeastern Hockey League (1979) Eastern Hockey League (1979-1981) Born: January 1979 – The Jersey Aces relocate to Hampton, VA Folded: Postseason 1981 First Game: January 10, 1979

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1980 Syracuse Hornets

Eastern Hockey League (1980) Born: August 1980 – EHL expansion franchise Folded: November 11, 1980 John Mitchell Cup Championships: None  State Fairgrounds Coliseum Team Colors: Owner:

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Richmond Rifles Eastern Hockey League

Richmond Rifles

The Richmond Rifles were a low-level minor league hockey outfit that played for two seasons at the Richmond Coliseum between 1979 and 1981.  The team served as a farm club for both the New York Rangers (1979-1981) and Winnipeg Jets (1980-1981) of the NHL.

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Baltimore Clippers

Baltimore Clippers (1979-1981)

The Baltimore Clippers name was used by several minor league hockey clubs operating in various different leagues from 1944 until 1981.  The longest tenured and most successful of these teams were the Clippers of the American Hockey League (1962-1975).  But the Clips fell on hard times in the mid-1970’s, shifting leagues and folding several times amidst the market upheaval caused by the NHL-WHA competition and the overall hard times for the  minor league hockey business in the 1970’s. This 1979-1981 incarnation was the final attempt to restore the Clippers name. Read more…

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