The Richmond Wildcats played just 38 games in the faltering Southern Hockey League during the winter of 1976-77. Richmond’s crippling financial problems forced its players to play nearly half the 1976-77 season without salaries or insurance and contributed to the eventual collapse of the SHL midway through its fourth season.
The Richmond Speed were an indoor football team that competed in Arena Football 2, a developmental league for small-to-mid sized cities, from 2000 to 2003. The Speed were one of the league’s top teams in AF2’s early years, appearing in the Arena Cup title game in 2001.
The Richmond Rhythm were a men’s minor league basketball team that competed for two seasons in the short-lived International Basketball League (IBL) from 1999 until 2001. Former University of Virginia star Ralph Sampson was the team’s general manager and head coach. Both the Rhythm and the IBL itself went out of business after the league’s second season concluded in 2001.
American Basketball Association (1970-1976) Born: 1970 – The Washington Caps relocate to Virginia Folded: May 10, 1976 First Game: October 17, 1970 (W 133-116 vs.
The Richmond Robins were the top farm club of the NHL’s Philadelphia Flyers during the early and mid-1970’s. The Robins endured five straight losing seasons, even as the Broad Street Bullies-era Flyers won back-to-back Stanley Cups.
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