Tag: Cape Cod Coliseum

1981-82 Cape Cod Buccaneers Program

Cape Cod Buccaneers

January 4, 2017

The Cape Cod Buccaneers were the first team sports venture for World Wrestling Entertainment impresario Vince McMahon back in the winter of 1981-82. McMahon held the lease on the Cape Cod Coliseum at the time, where he staged a number of wrestling promotions. He formed the Bucs in the summer of 1981 and entered the team in the newly formed Atlantic Coast Hockey League. McMahon folded the Buccaneers in midseason on February 1st, 1982 following a disagreement with league officials.

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Cape Codders North American Hockey League

Cape Codders

December 15, 2013

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.

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