The Beauce Jaros hailed from the small Quebec city of Saint-Georges. Though the club would last just one-and-a-half seasons in 1975 and 1976, the Jaros made history when center Jocelyn Hardy recorded the first 200-point season in pro hockey history in 1976.
The Mohawk Valley Comets were a rough-and-tumble minor league hockey outfit based out of Utica, New York from 1973 to 1977. The team moved to the Utica Memorial Auditorium in 1973 after 19 seasons in nearby Clinton, New York as the Clinton Comets from 1954 to 1973.
North American Hockey League (1973-1975) Born: 1973 – NAHL founding franchise Moved: May 12, 1975 (Erie Blades) First Game: Last Game: April 13, 1975 (L
Cape Cod is one of the top seaside destinations in the Northeast, a summer home to actors, musicians, authors and Kennedys. During the winter offseason, though, it’s a sleepy place and tumbleweeds blow through the quiet Main Streets of Hyannis, Chatham and Provincetown. But for a brief stretch in the 1970’s and early 1980’s, a string of promoters tried to make a go of professional hockey on the Cape.
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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