San Diego Mariners

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San Diego Mariners
New York Golden Blades/Jersey Knights
1974–77San Diego Mariners

The San Diego Mariners were a professional

San Diego Sports Arena.[1] Previous to being in San Diego, the team was known as the New York Raiders, New York Golden Blades, and the Jersey Knights. After folding in 1977, San Diego Mariners' name was adopted by an unrelated franchise in the low-level, minor professional Pacific Hockey League
(PHL).

Notable alumni

Star players for the Mariners included defenseman Harry Howell, center Andre Lacroix, and goaltender Ernie Wakely. The Mariners were coached by Howell (as player-coach) during their first season and Ron Ingram the succeeding two seasons, qualifying for the WHA playoffs each year.

Demise

During the Mariners' final WHA season, the team was owned by

1982-83 NHL season. Ron Plumb was the last active player who retired in 1986 after playing in England. Mariners' draft pick Don Edwards
played in the NHL until 1986, but never played in the WHA.

Team colors

Team colors for the Mariners were orange and blue. The uniforms were the same design as the team wore as the New York Raiders and Jersey Knights, albeit with the jersey logo replaced with San Diego spelled out diagonally across the front. The color scheme was the same as it was for the San Diego Gulls of the old Western Hockey League. The color scheme was later adopted in the form of throwback jerseys for the now-defunct WCHL/ECHL San Diego Gulls.

Season-by-season record

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes

Season GP W L T Pts GF GA PIM Finish Playoffs
1974–75 78 43 31 4 90 326 268 1058 2nd, Western Won quarterfinals (Toros)
Lost Semifinals (Aeros)
1975–76 80 36 38 6 78 303 290 716 3rd, Western Won preliminaries (Roadrunners)
Lost Quarterfinals (Aeros)
1976–77 81 40 37 4 84 284 283 834 3rd, Western Lost quarterfinals (
Jets
)
Totals 239 119 106 14 252 913 841 2608

Name reused in new league

After the WHA Mariners folded, San Diego Arena operator Peter Graham joined the idea for a new low-level minor professional hockey league on the West Coast, the Pacific Hockey League (PHL). Graham used the name of the defunct WHA team, founding an unrelated San Diego Mariners in the PHL in 1977. Those Mariners were sold in 1978 to Pittsburgh businessman Elmer Jonnet, and played in the PHL's second and final season as the "San Diego Hawks".[7]

See also

References

  1. San Diego, CA
    : MLIM Holdings. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
  2. ^ History page at WHAHockey.com
  3. ^ "Florida Breakers Press Conference". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-13.
  4. ^ "Breakers go looking for new team to buy". The Miami News. July 26, 1976. p. 2C. Retrieved 2010-05-07.
  5. Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
    . Retrieved 2010-10-07.
  6. ^ Seiden, Henry (May 2, 1977). "Pro hockey coming this way". The Miami News. p. 1A. Retrieved 2010-05-07.
  7. ^ The Story of the Pacific Hockey League

External links

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