Portland Pirates
June 24, 2020
American Hockey League (1993-2016) Born: March 26, 1993 – The Baltimore Skipjacks announce they will move to Portland, ME Moved: May 23, 2016 (Springfield Thunderbirds) First
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Nashville Knights
September 20, 2019
The Knights were Nashville’s minor league hockey team for seven winters from 1989 to 1996. The Knights were members of the East Coast Hockey League (ECHL), a circuit generally considered two rungs below the NHL. The team played at the Nashville Municipal Auditorium and was co-founded by former pro wrestler Ron Fuller, AKA The Tennessee Stud.
New England Whalers / Hartford Whalers
January 16, 2016
World Hockey Association (1972-1979) National Hockey League (1979-1997) Born: November 21, 1971 – WHA founding franchise Moved: May 6, 1997 (Carolina Hurricanes) First Game: October
New England Stingers
April 27, 2011
This summer professional roller hockey franchise competed during the summer of 1994 at Portland’s Cumberland County Civic Center. The owners of Portland’s popular American Hockey League franchise, the Portland Pirates, also controlled the Stingers. They folded the Stingers after one season due to tepid corporate and fan support.