The 1979-1981 Houston Apollos were a doomed minor league hockey entry in the Central Hockey League (CHL). The name was a tribute a previous CHL club named the Apollos that played from 1965 to 1969 as a Montreal Canadiens farm team. Both the versions of the Apollos played in the old Sam Houston Coliseum. The “new” Apollos folded in the middle of their second season in January 1981.
Albuquerque Six Guns played one season in the Central Hockey League, 1973-74. They were supposed to be the farm team of the Kansas City Scouts but didn’t survive long enough to see that NHL expansion team debut in the fall of 1974.
The Salt Lake Golden Eagles hockey team was a popular mainstay on the Utah pro sports scene for a quarter century. That Eagles endured despite the shocking and untimely deaths of two team owners, the collapse of two hockey leagues of which they were members, and several 11th hour rescues from financial calamity.
Central Hockey League (1977-1979) Kansas City Red Wings Born: 1977 Folded: April 25, 1979 First Game: October 13, 1977 (L 3-1 vs. Fort Worth Texans) Last
International Hockey League (1959-1963) Central Professional Hockey League (1963-1965) Central Hockey League (1966-1975) Born: 1959 – IHL expansion franchise Moved:1963 (Toledo Blades) Re-Born: 1963
