The Greensboro Generals were a long-running minor league outfit that was one of the first pro hockey teams to establish a following in the American South. The Generals formed as an Eastern Hockey League expansion franchise in 1959, the same year that the city of Greensboro, North Carolina opened up the 7,000-seater Greensboro Coliseum. Read more…
The Philadelphia Ramblers were a minor league hockey outfit that played nine seasons in the Eastern Hockey League from 1955 until 1964. The “Ramblers” name was a revival of a previous Philly minor league club that competed in the American Hockey League from 1935 to 1941. Both incarnations of the Ramblers played at the old Philadelphia Arena at 4530 Market Street.
The Syracuse Blazers plied their rough-and-tumble brand of minor league hockey at the Onondaga County War Memorial for 10 chilly seasons between 1967 and 1977. The Blazers’ league provided the inspiration of the 1977 Hollywood hockey comedy Slap Shot and portions of that Paul Newman cult classic were shot on location at the War Memorial.
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