The Syracuse Blazers were a minor league professional ice hockey team that played in the Onondaga County War Memorial and State Fair Coliseum in Syracuse, New York . The team played in the Eastern Hockey League from 1967 to 1973 and the North American Hockey League from 1973 to 1977.
13-614: The Blazers won the final Walker Cup championship of the Eastern Hockey League during the 1972–73 season, compiling a 63–9–4 regular season record and beating the Roanoke Valley Rebels 4 games to 2 in the Walker Cup finals. Ray Adduono was the leading scorer on the team (54 goals, 116 assists in 76 games) and five other players scored 100 points or more. Ron Ingram was the coach and general manager on
26-619: The Jacksonville Rockets . Most of the players lived in a mobile home park across, near the Lakeside Amusement Park . Dave Lucas was coach the team's first coach, but struggled for the first two seasons and missed the playoffs both years. Colin Kilburn was brought in to coach in 1969, and improved the team to second place in the southern division, but lost in the first round of the playoffs. Kilburn coached
39-624: The Mohawk Valley Stars in the Payne Trophy Finals. The Raiders were led by 1981–82 ACHL MVP Dave MacQueen , who had 43 goals and 73 points in 36 games, and Tom Mullen, who led the team with 35 assists. MacQueen's goals and points totals and Mullen's assists totals led the league in their respective categories. The Salem Raiders were then sold to Henry Brabham and re-branded as the Virginia Raiders for
52-833: The Southern Hockey League . The team was originally known as the Salem Rebels from 1967 to 1970, playing at the Salem Civic Center in Salem, Virginia . In 1971, the Rebels began splitting home games between Salem at the newer and larger Roanoke Civic Center in Roanoke . The team name recalled Johnny Reb , a national personification of the Southern United States . The team logo
65-835: The Roanoke Valley Rebels (EHL 1970–1973), and the Roanoke Valley Rebels (SHL 1973–1977), who also played in either the National Hockey League or the World Hockey Association. As recorded in the Internet Hockey Database: Salem Raiders The Salem Raiders were a professional hockey team that played in the Eastern Hockey League (EHL) and Atlantic Coast Hockey League (ACHL). They were originally
78-779: The Utica Mohawks from 1978 to 1980 then became the Salem Raiders for the 1980–81 season before transferring to the Atlantic Coast Hockey League during the 1981–82 season. The Salem Raiders were coached by former Colorado Rockies coach Patrick Kelly , who led the Raiders to a league-best regular season record of 32–15–0. Salem defeated the Winston-Salem Thunderbirds in the first round of the playoffs, but eventually lost to
91-638: The multiple northern teams in the EHL for the 1973–74 season. Pilling stayed on as coach and the team roster featured eleven French Canadians , including the league's most valuable player, Claude Piche. The Rebels finished first place in the regular season, and won the James Crocket Cup in the playoffs. Pilling was named the SHL Coach of the Year for 1973–74. Bill Needham coached the 1974–75 season, and
104-570: The next two seasons to third place finishes, and first round playoff losses. The Rebels affiliated with the Philadelphia Blazers in 1972 and the parent club assigned Gregg Pilling to coach. The Rebels finished first place in the southern division, won two playoff series, and finished runners-up in the 1973 EHL finals. In 1973, the Rebels became a charter team in the Southern Hockey League due to travel costs to
117-742: The season. Salem eventually got another team in the Salem Raiders of the restarted Eastern Hockey League in 1980 and the Rebels branding was revived for an East Coast Hockey League team from 1990 to 1992. The Rebels were affiliated with the National Hockey League in the 1971–72 season, and with the World Hockey Association from 1972 to 1976. Notable players for the Salem Rebels (EHL 1967–1970),
130-413: The team dropped to fourth place and a first round playoff loss. Team operator and league commissioner, Gene Hawthorne, filed for bankruptcy protection for the team July 14, 1975, and the Rebels were obtained by local oil distributor, Henry Brabham . Player-coach Jack Chipchase led the Rebels in the 1975–76 season, finishing fourth place, and a first round playoff loss. The Rebels ceased operations after
143-669: The team. The Blazers also won the first Lockhart Cup of the North American Hockey League, compiling a 54–16–4 record and sweeping the Long Island Cougars in the playoff finals. The Blazers won the NAHL championship again in 1976–77, sweeping the Maine Nordiques in the finals. The Blazers and the NAHL ceased operations before the start of the 1977–78 season. Paul Newman 's film Slap Shot
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#1732781118383156-733: Was filmed in part at the Onondaga County War Memorial during the Blazers' 1976 season. This article related to sports in New York is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Roanoke Valley Rebels The Roanoke Valley Rebels were a minor league professional ice hockey team based in the Roanoke Valley in Virginia. The team first played in the Eastern Hockey League and then joined
169-601: Was the Battle Flag of the Confederate States of America cut in the shape of a maple leaf. The Rebels were founding members of the Southern Hockey League in 1973 after the Eastern Hockey League ceased operations, and won the James Crockett Cup in 1974. After nine seasons of play, the team ceased operations in 1976. The first Salem Rebels game was played October 24, 1967, and Salem won 3–1 over
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