Tag: Myriad Convention Center

1978-79 Oklahoma City Stars Program from the Central Hockey League

Oklahoma City Stars

April 20, 2015

The Oklahoma City Stars hockey team was a minor league affiliate of the NHL’s Minnesota North Stars (1978-1981) and Calgary Flames (1981-1982) for four seasons.  The team replaced the once-popular Oklahoma City Blazers on the local hockey scene after the Blazers went dark a year earlier.  Both the Blazers and the Stars competed in the Central Hockey League. The Stars helped to launch the Hall of Fame career of unheralded teenager Dino Ciccarelli before he shot to NHL stardom with the North Stars.

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Oklahoma Coyotes Roller Hockey International

Oklahoma Coyotes

February 5, 2014

The Oklahoma Coyotes played two seasons of summer Roller Hockey at the Myriad Convention Center in 1995 and 1996. Coyotes investors hoped to capitalize on the massive popularity at the time of the Oklahoma City Blazers ice hockey team. During the mid-1990’s the Blazers were one of the biggest box office draws in all of minor league hockey. But the Blazers’ appeal failed to rub off and the Coyotes withdrew from Roller Hockey International after two seasons in 1997.

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