International Hockey League (1985-1987)
Tombstone
Born: July 9, 1985 – The Flint Generals relocate to Saginaw, MI1ASSOCIATED PRESS. “Flint Generals making move to Saginaw”. The Times Herald (Port Huron, MI). July 10, 1985
Re-Branded: August 1987 (Saginaw Hawks)
First Game: October 16, 1985 (L 4-2 @ Indianapolis Checkers)
Last Game: May 6, 1987 (L 7-1 vs. Muskegon Lumberjacks)
Turner Cup Championships: None
Arena
Saginaw Civic Center (5,463)
Branding
Team Colors: Royal Blue & Gold
Ownership
Owners: Dr. Eugene Chardoul, et al.
Trophy Case
Leo P. Lamoureux Memorial Trophy (Regular Season Scoring Champion)
- 1986-87: Jeff Pyle (co-winner with Jock Callander of Muskegon)
Background
Saginaw, Michigan’s original minor league hockey team, the Saginaw Gears of the International Hockey League, closed up shop in June 1983 after eleven seasons. After two winters without hockey, the IHL returned to the Saginaw Civic Center in the form of the relocated Flint Generals, one of the Gears’ mainstay rivals of the 1970’s.
Left winger Jeff Pyle, who moved with the team from Flint, was far and away the Generals’ leading scorer during their two-year run in Saginaw with 88 goals and 157 assists.
Prior to the 1987-88 season, the team changed its name to the Saginaw Hawks to reflect the club’s affiliation with the NHL’s Chicago Black Hawks.
Saginaw Generals Shop
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