World Hockey Association (1974-1978)
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Born: September 14, 1973 – WHA expansion franchise11975-76 World Hockey Association Media Guide
Folded: December 15, 1978
First Game: October 17, 1974 (L 4-2 vs. Michigan Stags)
Last Game: December 12, 1978 (L 7-4 vs. New England Whalers)
AVCO Cup Championships: None
Arena
Market Square Arena(16,500)21975-76 World Hockey Association Media Guide
Opened: 1974
Demolished: 2001
Marketing
Team Colors: Red, White & Blue31975-76 World Hockey Association Media Guide
Ownership
Owners:
- 1974: Indiana Pro Sports, Inc. (John Weissert, et al.)
- 1974-1976: Paul Deneau
- 1976-1977: Tom Berry, Harold Ducote, et al.
- 1977-1978: Nelson Skalbania
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The Rebel League
The Short and Unruly Life of the World Hockey Association
By Ed Willes
The Rebel League celebrates the good, the bad, and the ugly of the fabled WHA. It is filled with hilarious anecdotes, behind the scenes dealing, and simply great hockey. The upstart WHA introduced to the world 27 new hockey franchises, a trail of bounced cheques, fractious lawsuits, and folded teams. It introduced the crackpots, goons, and crazies that are so well remembered as the league’s bizarre legacy.
But the hit-and-miss league was much more than a travelling circus of the weird and wonderful. It was the vanguard that drove hockey into the modern age. It ended the NHL’s monopoly, freed players from the reserve clause, ushered in the 18-year-old draft, moved the game into the Sun Belt, and put European players on the ice in numbers previously unimagined..
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