Category: Central Hockey League 1963

Albuquerque Six Guns Hockey

Albuquerque Six Guns

Central Hockey League (1973-1974) Born: June 13, 1973 – CHL expansion franchise Folded: Summer 1974 First Game: October 12, 1973 (L 1-0 vs. Omaha Knights) Last Game:

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Salt Lake Golden Eagles International Hockey League

Salt Lake Golden Eagles

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.

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Illustration of a goaltender on the cover of a 1977-78 Kansas City Red Wings program from the Central Hockey League

Kansas City Red Wings

Central Hockey League (1977-1979) Born: 1977 Folded: April 25, 1979 First Game: October 13, 1977 (L 3-1 vs. Fort Worth Texans) Last Game: April 14, 1979

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1969-70 Omaha Knights Program from the Central Hockey League

Omaha Knights

International Hockey League (1959-1963) Central Professional Hockey League (1963-1965) Central Hockey League (1966-1975) Born: 1959 – IHL expansion franchise Moved: Re-Born: Moved: 1965 (Houston Apollos)

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1968 Fort Worth Wings program from the Central Hockey League

Fort Worth Wings

The Fort Worth Wings were a minor league hockey farm club of the NHL’s Detroit Red Wings from 1967 through 1973. The club played in the Central Hockey League, which covered a territory from Tennessee to New Mexico at the time. The Wings maintained a violent rivalry with the CHL’s Dallas Black Hawks, who also began play in 1967.

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