Syracuse Blazers
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The Syracuse Blazers were a
The Blazers won the final Walker Cup championship of the Eastern Hockey League during the 1972–73 season,[1] 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 the team.
The Blazers also won the first Lockhart Cup of the North American Hockey League,[2] 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.
Season-by-season results[3][4]
Season | League | Games | Won | Lost | Tied | Points | Winning % | Goals for |
Goals against |
Result |
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1967–68 | EHL | 72 | 12 | 57 | 3 | 27 | 0.188 | 277 | 583 | Out of playoffs |
1968–69 | EHL | 72 | 9 | 59 | 4 | 22 | 0.153 | 178 | 401 | Out of playoffs |
1969–70 | EHL | 74 | 23 | 37 | 14 | 60 | 0.405 | 292 | 350 | Lost in round 1 |
1970–71 | EHL | 74 | 36 | 30 | 8 | 80 | 0.541 | 302 | 284 | Lost in round 1 |
1971–72 | EHL | 75 | 38 | 27 | 10 | 86 | 0.573 | 340 | 276 | Lost in finals |
1972–73 | EHL | 76 | 63 | 9 | 4 | 130 | 0.855 | 453 | 190 | Won championship |
1973–74 | NAHL | 74 | 54 | 16 | 4 | 112 | 0.757 | 359 | 219 | Won championship |
1974–75 | NAHL | 74 | 46 | 25 | 3 | 95 | 0.642 | 345 | 232 | Lost in round 2 |
1975–76 | NAHL | 74 | 38 | 33 | 3 | 79 | 0.534 | 284 | 278 | Lost in round 2 |
1976–77 | NAHL | 74 | 48 | 22 | 3 | 99 | 0.678 | 372 | 261 | Won championship |
References
- ^ http://www.wtvh.com/sports/16372086.html [dead link]
- ISBN 9780738538983. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
- ^ "Syracuse Blazers Statistics and History [EHL]". hockeydb.com.
- ^ "Syracuse Blazers Statistics and History [NAHL]". hockeydb.com.