1960-61 Portland Buckaroos Program from the Western Hockey League

Portland Buckaroos (1960-1976)

February 11, 2023

The Portland Buckaroos were a popular, powerhouse minor league hockey club of the 1960’s and early 1970’s. The club formed as a Western Hockey League expansion team in the fall of 1960, set to play in the brand new Portland Memorial Coliseum that would open its doors to the public that November. The Buckaroos were consistently terrific on the ice. In fourteen seasons of action, the Bucks suffered only one losing campaign and appeared in the Lester Patrick Cup Finals an amazing nine times.

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2001-02 Quebec Citadelles Media Guide from the American Hockey League

Quebec Citadelles

February 8, 2023

The Quebec Citadelles were the top farm club of the NHL’s Montreal Canadiens in the American Hockey League for three seasons from 1999 through 2002. The team played at the old Colisee de Quebec, former home of the Quebec Nordiques of the NHL and the World Hockey Association. The Citadelles moved to Hamilton, Ontario ahead of the 2002-03 AHL season.

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2005 Georgia Force program from the Arena Football League

Georgia Force (2002-2008)

January 26, 2023

The original Georgia Force Arena Football League team played for seven seasons between 2002 and 2008, ping-ponging back-and-forth over the years between Philips Arena in downtown Atlanta and the suburban Arena at Gwinnett Center. Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank owned the team for its final four seasons from 2005 to 2008. The Force’s best season was in 2005, when the team appeared in the Arena Bowl XIX championship game, losing 51-48 to the Colorado Crush. The team disbanded in 2009 as part of the original Arena Football League’s bankruptcy and closure. A revived and much lower-budget edition of the Georgia Force played briefly in 2011-2012 in a re-booted version of the Arena Football League.

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1972 West Allis Spartans program from the Central States Football League

West Allis Spartans

January 26, 2023

The West Allis Spartans were a suburban Milwaukee semi-pro football team of the late 1960’s and early 1970’s. The Spartans played in the Central States Football League and held their games at Nathan Hale High School Stadium. The team is best remembered for helping to further the football career of future NFL Pro Bowler and Super Bowl champion Otis Sistrunk.

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2009 Boston Blazers program from the National Lacrosse League

Boston Blazers (2009-2011)

January 21, 2023

The National Lacrosse League’s Boston Blazers of 2009-2011 were a brand revival of the league’s earlier New England/Boston Blazers that played from 1989 until 1997 in Worcester and Boston. The team was consistently competitive on the carpet and featured top indoor stars such as Dan Dawson, Casey Powell and Anthony Cosmo. But the Blazers were hapless in the playoffs and the team’s on-field exploiuts were eventually overshadowed in popular culture by the NSFW shenanigans of the team’s mascot, Scorch.

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