Tag: David Elmore

1995 Tallahassee Tiger Sharks program from the East Coast Hockey League

Tallahassee Tiger Sharks

April 13, 2013

The Tallahassee Tiger Sharks were a mid-level minor league hockey club that played seven seasons in the East Coast Hockey League from 1994 to 2001.  The team was affiliated with the New York Islanders of the NHL. The most impactful player to spend time in Tallahassee was Michael Ryder, who played five games for the Tiger Sharks during the team’s final season. Ryder broke into the NHL with the Montreal Canadiens in 2003 and recorded 30-goal seasons with Montreal and the Dallas Stars. He won a Stanley Cup with the Boston Bruins in 2011.

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1994 Denver Grizzlies program from the International Hockey League

Denver Grizzlies

March 1, 2012

The Denver Grizzlies hockey team is an anomaly in our One-Year Wonders category, a fraternity of defunct teams typically defined by chaos, dysfunction and insolvency.  But the Grizzlies, an International Hockey League club owned by veteran minor league baseball operator David Elmore and Donna Tuttle, were a roaring success both on the ice and at the box office.

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