The Vancouver VooDoo were one of the original 12 teams to join Roller Hockey International (RHI) in 1993. Founded and owned by Tiger Williams and Bill McMenamon, the team played in the PNE Agrodome in 1993 and 1994, the Pacific Coliseum in 1995 and in General Motors Place in 1996 after being sold to Orca Bay Sports and Entertainment. The Voodoo experienced consistent success in the regular season throughout their four-year history, winning their division all four years. Despite their regular season success, however, the Voodoo never made it out of the second round of the playoffs.
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The Detroit Motor City Mustangs were a professional roller hockey team based in Detroit, Michigan, United States that played in Roller Hockey International. Their only season was in 1995, first game played against the Buffalo Stampede at The Aud in Buffalo, NY on June 12. First home game was against the Minnesota Blue Ox on June 16.
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The San Diego Barracudas were a southern Californian professional inline hockey team which existed from 1993 through 1996. The Barracudas were a part of Roller Hockey International. The team's home games were played at the San Diego Sports Arena. They relocated to Ontario, California in the 1998 and 1999 seasons, known as the Ontario Barracudas to replace the Palm Desert/Ontario Silvercats (to also represented Palm Springs, California).
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The New Jersey Rockin' Rollers were a professional roller hockeyteam based in East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States that played in Roller Hockey International. In 1997 they were coached by Bob Antolos. Despite efforts by the New Jersey Devils to prevent the team from playing in the Brendan Byrne Arena as part of a lease signed with the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority, New Jersey Superior Court Judge Reginald Stanton ruled in April 1994 that the essential difference between ice hockey and roller hockey meant that the tenancy by what ended up becoming the Rockin Rollers did not violate the terms of the Devils' lease at the facility.Nick Fotiu, a former player with the New York Rangers and coach of the Nashville Knights of the East Coast Hockey League, was chosen as the team's coach and general manager Fotiu wound up playing two games in the team's inaugural season. At the league's second player draft, held in February 1994, the Rockin' Rollers selected identical twins Chris Ferraro and Peter Ferraro, and signed female goaltender Manon Rhéaume. More than one thousand people were expected to participate in open tryouts that were to be held at the South Mountain Arena in West Orange, New Jersey. The inaugural team included starting goalie Daniel Berthiaume and Iain Duncan, who both had experience playing in the NHL, as well as minor league star Trevor Jobe, who led the team in scoring their first season. The team played in the first professional hockey game which included two professional women's players as goaltenders; in July 1994, Erin Whitten for the Pittsburgh Phantoms faced off against the Rockin Rollers led by goaltender Manon Rhéaume, who won the game by a 10–7 score.Their mascot was an Elvis impersonator known as "The King". The team lost to the Anaheim Bullfrogs by a score of 9–5 in the second game of the 1997 RHI Murphy Cup finals held at Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, dropping the series in a two-game sweep. Rockin' Rollers staff member Rich Belhmer called it the saddest day in New Jersey roller hockey history. The team suspended operations for the 1997 season.RHI did not operate during 1998, but returned in 1999. The Rockin' Rollers renamed themselves the New York/New Jersey Rockin' Rollers and planned to move to Morristown, New Jersey and New York City,but folded before the 1999 season began.
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The Sacramento River Rats played at New Haven Memorial Coliseum from 1994 to 1997 before eventually folding in 1997. Even though the Sacramento River Rats were a strong team in the 1997 season, it wasn't enough to keep the purple and silver in Sacramento. With players like Martin Bakula & Andre Bashkirov donning the purple and silver in Sacramento, the Sacramento River Rats should have been able to fill seats. The reality however was much different and with low attendance, the Sacramento River Rats soon folded and became no more.
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The Phoenix Cobras played at Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum from 1994 to 1995 before eventually folding in 1995. Even though the Phoenix Cobras were a strong team in the 1995 season, it wasn't enough to keep the Red, Black, and Yellow in Phoenix. With players like Ralph Barahona & Steve Beadle donning the Red, Black, and Yellow in Phoenix, the Phoenix Cobras should have been able to fill seats. The reality however was much different and with low attendance, the Phoenix Cobras soon folded and became no more.
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The Philadelphia Bulldogs were members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of Roller Hockey International(RHI). They were part of the 1994 RHI Expansion. The Bulldogs were owned by NHL player agent Ron Salcer and actor Tony Danza. During the Bulldogs first season in 1994, the team's Head Coach and General Manager was former Philadelphia Flyers star Dave Schultz. The team was one of 12 added for the 1994, doubling the league in size to 24 after its inaugural season. In the February 1994 draft, the Bulldogs selected Dave Brown of the Philadelphia Flyers, along with Mitch Lamoureux and Tim Tookey, who would both go on to NHL careers, but were then playing for the Flyers' minor league farm team, the Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League. The Bulldogs worked with the promotional staff at The Spectrum, their home arena, and took advantage of the celebrity owners to make local appearances and star in advertisements as part of their efforts to draw ticket sales.
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The Chicago Bluesmen of the RHI played at the Fox Valley Ice Arena in 1999 before eventually folding in that same year. Even though the Bluesmen saw a strong roster in ‘99 with players like Tony Bergeron & Frank Cirone, the team couldn’t stay upright in the Windy City and ended the season with a losing record of 7-17 and with it dashing any hopes of being the next great Chicago sports dynasty.
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The Long Island Jawz were a professional roller hockey team based in Uniondale, New York, United States that played in Roller Hockey International. They played only one year until a dispute with the New York Islanders caused the team to cease operations. The team was coached by Phil DeGaetano who played professionally for the Detroit Red Wings minor league affiliate.
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The Denver Daredevils were a professional roller hockey team based in Denver, Colorado, United States that played in Roller Hockey International. The Daredevils played in the Roller Hockey International in 1996. Coached by Kevin Cheveldayoff in their only season, they played 28 games: eight of which they won, 17 of which they lost, and three of which they lost in overtime.
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The Las Vegas Flash were an inline hockey team which existed for one season in 1994. The Flash were a part of Roller Hockey International. The team's home games were played at the Thomas & Mack Center. Forward Richie Chernomaz led the team in points with 25 goals and 30 assists in the ‘94 season but it wasn’t enough for a playoff run as the team finished 6th in the Pacific Division and folded before becoming the Las Vegas Coyotes in 1999.
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The Tampa Bay Tritons were a professional roller hockey team based in Tampa, Florida, United States that played in Roller Hockey International for one season. Mark Messier was the owner of the club during its short existence. His older brother Paul Messier served as the team's head coach and general manager. The club played its home games at Expo Hall in Tampa where the NHL's Tampa Bay Lightning had previously played one season.
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The Orlando Rollergators joined Roller Hockey International (RHI) as a hastily organized expansion franchise in April 1995 just two months before the start of the league’s third season. Primary owner Dr. Richard Commentucci was the team orthopedist for the NHL’s New Jersey Devils and partner Slava Fetisov was one of the Devil’s top stars. Both men were consumed with the 1995 NHL playoffs while the Rollergators scrambled to get organized 1,000 miles away.
In ten home games in 1995, the Rollergators never cracked 2,000 fans in the 13,000-seat building. The ‘Gators averaged 1,355 fans per game and finished last place in their division at 7-16.
1996 brought a new owner to the club (a real-estate mogul who also owned 25% of RHI) named Norton Herrick. Herrick re-branded the Rollergators as the Orlando Jackals in March 1996 and the Rollergators were no more.
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The Orlando Jackals played at Orlando Arena from 1996 to 1997 before eventually folding in 1997. Even though the Orlando Jackals were a strong team in the 1997 season, it wasn't enough to keep the Black and Purple in Orlando. With players like Sylvain Beauchamp & Rick Bennett donning the Black and Purple in Orlando, the Orlando Jackals should have been able to fill seats. The reality however was much different and with low attendance, the Orlando Jackals soon folded and became no more.
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In 1995 the Arctic Blast were replaced by the Minnesota Blue Ox before the Arctic Blast came out of hibernation to returned to the RHI in 1996.The Blue Ox had a lot of the Arctic Blast players on their Roster with some new faces. The Blue Ox played there 1995 season home games at Aldrich Arena in Maplewood, MN. After a 13-11-0 regular season (second in the Central), Minnesota was the fourth-seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs. The Blue Ox were quickly eliminated however in two games (best-of 3 series) by the fifth-seeded New Jersey Rockin' Rollers. Following the 1996 season the Arctic Blast would not return to the RHI and then in 1998 the RHI took a leave of absence and return in 1999 with the Minnesota Blue Ox returning, but RHI folded after the 1999 season. They attempted to come back in 2000 as Major League Hockey (MLH), but they couldn't get things together to start the season.
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The Connecticut Coasters were a Roller Hockey International franchise based in New Haven, Connecticut, that played only in the 1993 season before moving to California and becoming the Sacramento River Rats.Their team colors were teal, purple, and silver. They played at New Haven Memorial Coliseum under the joint ownership of the league and arenaThe Coasters finished 3rd in their division and 7th in the league with a 7-5-2 record, and faced the Anaheim Bullfrogs in the first round of the playoffs, a team that finished with the league's best record and went on to win the inaugural Murphy Cup. Despite four goals from Brian Horan, the Coasters lost the one-game playoff by a score of 15-8 to the Bullfrogs; Goalie Neil Walsh kept the Coasters in the game, despite being outshot by a 28-15 margin.
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After spending the 1997 season in dormancy and a failed attempt to move the team to Phoenix, Arizona, the Coyotes organization announced that the team would move to Las Vegas, Nevada, for the 1998 season and play at the Thomas & Mack Center, the former home of the RHI's Las Vegas Flash in 1994. The Coyotes were set to make their return to the RHI, when the league announced that it was going to suspend the 1998 season in order to make a public stock offering and raise money for a season in 1999. The Coyotes, who had planned to play at the Thomas & Mack Center, announced that they planned to play their games at a proposed 6,500-seat sports facility in North Las Vegas named The Millennium. The Coyotes and the RHI returned for a season in 1999. The Coyotes played in the four team Western Conference with RHI stalwarts Anaheim and the San Jose Rhinos, and the expansion Dallas Stallions. The RHI was an eight-team league for 1999, with the Eastern Conference hosting former RHI clubs Buffalo Wings, Minnesota Blue Ox and St. Louis Vipers, along with the expansion Chicago Bluesmen. Prior to their inaugural season in Las Vegas, the Coyotes switched venues again and played at the 1,500-seat Ice Arena at the Sante Fe Hotel in northwest Las Vegas. The team announced that it would be led by former Las Vegas Thunder head coach Chris McSorley After sweeping a four-game road trip to start the season, the Coyotes lost their home opener 4–3 in a shootout against San Jose in front of more than 1,200 spectators Though the Coyotes were impressive in the rink, posting a 9–0–1 record in their first ten games, the team was not drawing well and was one of five teams in the eight-team league that were unable to average attendance of at least 1,000 per game. As the season moved on, the Coyotes posted a 16–7–3 record, finishing in second place in the Western Conference and earning a berth in the Murphy Cup playoffs, all while the team suffered through lack of coverage from the local media. At the Murphy Cup playoffs in Anaheim, the Coyotes lost in the Division Semifinals to San Jose, 6–5. Following the season, the team looked to move from the Santa Fe Ice Arena, possibly to the All-American Sports Park off the south side of the Las Vegas Strip, but the plan never came to fruition.The Coyotes did not return to the rink as the league suspended the 2000 season and finally ceased operations in 2001.
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The San Jose Rhinos were a Roller Hockey International franchise that played out of the San Jose Arena during the mid-to-late 1990’s. During their second season in the summer of 1995, the Rhinos won the Murphy Cup championship of RHI by defeating the Montreal Roadrunners in the championship game. After years of declining membership, RHI collapsed in the fall of 1997 due to internal financial disputes between the remaining owners and league CEO Larry King. The 1998 season was cancelled and the league appeared to be dead. Improbably, the league returned for a comeback season in 1999 and the Rhinos came out of cold storage to play one final season. But nobody paid much attention and Roller Hockey International faded quietly into history before another season could be staged.
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The Edmonton Sled Dogs were established in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, joining Roller Hockey International in 1994 and finished the season with a lackluster record of 9-10-3. The franchise moved to Orlando, Florida and became the Orlando Rollergators in 1995. The Rollergators were purchased before the start of the 1996 and were renamed the Orlando Jackals.
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The Montreal Roadrunnersplayed from 1994 to 1997 in the Roller Hockey International. Their home games were at the Montreal Forum (1994–1996) and the Molson Centre (1996–1997). They made to the Murphy Cup Finals only once in 1995.Former Montreal Canadiens Hall of Famer Yvan Cournoyer led the team and gave it his own nickname. Roller hockey playing style mashed with his former playing style.
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The Calgary Rad'z were a professional inline hockey team that played two seasons in the Roller Hockey International in 1993 and 1994 as a founding member. The Rad'z began play in the Olympic Saddledome, but moved to the much smaller Max Bell Arena midway through their first year. The team folded following the 1994 season despite two winning seasons with losses in the semis and quarterfinals respectively. Three former NHL players played for the Rad'z in 1993, including Doug Dadswell, Morris Lukowich and Bob Wilkie.
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The Florida Hammerheads were a professional inline hockey team based in Miami, Florida. The Hammerheads played in Roller Hockey International from 1993 to 1994 and played their home games at Miami Arena and West Palm Beach Auditorium. The Hammerheads were first owned by Julia Neal, who was the only female owner in Roller Hockey International. The General Manager Karen Keilt was the first female general manager of a men’s professional hockey team. The coach was Brad Buetow. The team played in RHI's Northeast division. The team's first game was July 10, 1993, on the road to the Connecticut Coasters, with their first home game on July 25 The Hammerheads drew an average of 1,000 fans per game in their first season which was played at the Miami Arena. Julia Neal sold the team to Arthur Barr and Sol Zuckerman and the team moved mid-season to West Palm Beach Auditorium in an effort to grow their fan base, which would be unsuccessful.
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The Pittsburgh Phantoms were a professional roller hockey team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States that played in Roller Hockey International. The team got its name from the "Steel Phantom" rollercoaster, located at Kennywood Park, a theme park located in the suburb of West Mifflin, Pennsylvania. At the time of the team's inception the Phantom was the tallest and fastest steel rollercoaster in the world. The logo was heavily inspired by the roller coaster's logo seen at the entrance to the ride.
The Phantoms played their first game on June 5, 1994. Their opponent was the New England Stingers whom they beat 10-5 in front of a crowd announced as 2,467 at the Cumberland County Civic Center; the first goal in franchise history was scored by Trevor Buchanan. Later that season they would move to the Civic Centre Arena to play, beating the Atlanta Fire Ants 10-9 in their first game in the arena.
The team also was part of the first professional hockey game that included two professional women's players. In July 1994, Erin Whitten for the Phantoms faced off against goaltender Manon Rhéaume who played for the New Jersey Rockin' Rollers.Whitten was also part of a game with the Toledo Storm when they beat Dayton, 6-5, on October 30, 1993 marking the first win by female professional player.
On August 25, 1994, the Civic Arena opened their roof when the Phantoms hosted the Minnesota Arctic Blast. It marked the first time the roof was opened for a professional hockey game. The team played the theme song from 2001: A Space Odyssey while the roof opened.The team later folded a few months later
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For the 1995 RHI season, the New England Stingers relocated to Ottawa, ON and changed their name to the Loggers. The team finished second in the Atlantic Division that season with a 14-9-1 record, which was third in the Eastern Conference. In the regular season, centreman Chris Palmer led the team in scoring with 35 goals and 33 assists in 22 games, which was ninth in the league. Goaltender Sylvain Rodrigue won the Outstanding Goaltender award for posting an .838 save percentage and a 6.06 goals-against average in seventeen regular-season matches. In the playoffs, the Loggers lost to the Philadelphia Bulldogs in a two-game sweep of the best-of-three series. The 1996 RHI season was not nearly as successful as the inaugural season for the Loggers. The team finished last in the Central Division and the Eastern Conference, and failed to qualify for the playoffs. One week before the start of the 1997 RHI season the league took over the team due to financial difficulties.
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The Chicago Cheetahs were a professional roller hockey team based in Chicago, Illinois, United States that played in Roller Hockey International. The Cheetahs joined the league in 1994. The Cheetahs were part-owned by basketball legend George Mikan. Former Chicago Blackhawks star Al Secord was part of the Cheetahs in 1994, as were future Chicago Wolves players Bobby Nardella, Jeff Rohlicek, Ed Anderson and Tim Breslin. The Cheetahs played at the UIC Pavilion during the 1994 Regular Season, but moved their playoff home games to the Odeum in Villa Park to save money. Co-owner Mike Ryan then moved all Cheetahs home contests to the Odeum in 1995. Cheetahs games home and away in 1994 and their playoff games in 1995 were carried on WAUR (930-AM) Radio with Les Grobstein handling the play-by-play. The franchise folded after their second season as several checks made out by Ryan bounced.
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Relocated from Glen Falls, New York and renamed as the Buffalo Wings, the team played the 1997 season at the Marine Midland Arena. The arrival of the Wings marked the return of professional roller hockey to Buffalo, having been the home of the short-lived but successful Buffalo Stampede, which played at the Buffalo Memorial Auditorium from 1994-1995 and won the Murphy Cup in their inaugural season. From 1998-1999, the team played at the Buffalo State Sports Arena at Buffalo State College. Despite the demise of Roller Hockey International, the organization managed to stay in relevancy and continues to exist to this day as a youth hockey development organization and serves as a breeding ground for hard-nosed hockey talent in Western New York.
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The Buffalo Stampede were a Roller Hockey International team based in Buffalo, New York that was founded in the second season of the RHI in ‘94. The team played at the Buffalo Memorial Auditorium from ‘94 to ‘95. On September 2, 1994, Coach Chris McSorley led the Stampede to triumph in the Murphy Cup in their inaugural season with an 8-7 win against the Portland Rage in front of a record-setting 14,175 hometown fans at the Memorial Auditorium. Despite having star athletes Norm Bazin and Paul Beraldo leading the squad, the team was unable to stay afloat and folded after the 1995 season when the Phoenix Cobras moved to the Albany area and assumed all of the Stampede's player contracts. They then changed their name to the Empire State Cobras and split their games between Albany and Glens Falls, NY. The team was purchased and relocated to Buffalo where it played three more seasons as the Buffalo Wings.
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The New England Stingers were introduced to Portland at a news conference on March 2nd, 1994. Experienced hockey operators Tom Ebright and Godfrey Wood owned the club, which they envisioned as a summertime extension of their Portland Pirates American Hockey League franchise. The duo were riding a wave of enthusiasm in the city. Ebright and Wood first came together one year earlier, partnering to move Ebright’s struggling Baltimore Skipjacks AHL club to Portland’s Cumberland County Civic Center. When the Stingers were announced in early March, the Pirates were nearing the completion of a storybook first season in the city, one which saw the club win the Calder Cup championship.
Portland Pirates Head Coach Barry Trotz served as Head Coach and brought along his AHL assistant, Paul Gardner. The Stingers roster included several veterans with NHL experience, including Len Hachborn and Kevin Kaminski. University of Maine rookie Cal Ingraham signed on and would lead the Stingers in scoring with 30 goals and 32 assists.
The Stingers struggled to adapt to the hybrid game, dropping the first seven matches of RHI’s 22-game season. In the front office, the challenges were just as daunting. Stingers management faced severe pressures both on the revenue and expense sides of the business. The Stingers experience stood in stark contrast to RHI co-founder Larry King’s 1993 boast to Sports Illustrated that “In this league coaches need more skill than owners need money.” The Stingers announced several larger crowds at the Cumberland County Civic Center as the season wound down, including successive attendance highs of 4,677 and 4,691 at the club’s final two home games in August 1994. Nevertheless, the Stingers finished the season with an estimated $300,000 operating loss and with average announced attendance of 2,850, 5th worst in the 18-team league. Adding insult to injury, the Stingers finished in last place with a record of 5-17. Ebright and Wood formally withdrew from Roller Hockey International in March of 1995, under the guise of a one-year hiatus.
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The St. Louis Vipers (1993–1997, 1999, 2020-) are a team of professional roller hockey players based in St. Louis, Missouri. The team was a part of the now-defunct Roller Hockey International League. They played their home games in the former St. Louis Arenabut then moved to the Kiel Center (now called the Enterprise Center) in 1995. They were the champions of the Murphy Cup Championship in 1999, the final year of the RHI's existence.
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In the summer of 1994, a new RHI franchise was born, th Atlanta fire Ants. Billed as a summer alternative to ice hockey, the team played eleven games in the air conditioned Omni Coliseum from June to August. The team was coached by John Paris, Jr. and featured two players from the IHL Atlanta Knights: team captain Jeff Madill and Devin Edgerton. Averaging 3,388 fans per game, the Fire Ants outdrew franchises in Calgary, Chicago, Edmonton, Florida, New England, Las Vegas, Portland and San Diego. The team even went 10-10-2 and made the playoffs but were swept in the first round. With lower than expected attendance and the uncertainty of whether the team would have a place to play after Atlanta was awarded the 1996 Summer Olympic Games, the franchise was sold and moved to Oklahoma City for the 1995 season.
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The Utah Rollerbees played at the Thomas & Mack Center from 1993 to 1994 before eventually folding in 1994. Even though the Utah Rollerbees were a strong team in the 1993 season, it wasn't enough to keep the Orange and Black in Salt Lake City. With players like Mike Aust & Trent Bakken donning the Orange and Black in Salt Lake City, the Utah Rollerbees should have been able to fill seats. The reality however was much different and with low attendance, the Utah Rollerbees soon folded and became no more.
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The Toronto Planets were a team in the Roller Hockey International league. The Planets played their home games at Varsity Arena during the league's first season in 1993, but folded at the conclusion of the season.The Planets finished in first place in the Murphy Division during their only season of play, but lost in the Quarterfinals of the Murphy Cup Playoffs to the Los Angeles Blades. Manny Legace, who went on to play in the National Hockey League, played goal for the Planets.
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November 1993 Minnesota migrated to a new habitat in Hockey, going from the Cold climate of Professional ICE Hockey to the Warm Climate of Professional Roller Hockey, and joined the RHI (ROLLER HOCKEY INTERNATIONAL) League, and was part of the Central Division in the Eastern Conference. The MINNESOTA ARCTIC BLAST made their Roller Hockey International (RHI) debut on June 6th 1994 (Vs) Atlanta Fire Ants (Atlanta Fire Ants were also part of the RHI Expansion in 1994) at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. But after the 1994 season the franchise took a year of hibernation while planning to move into a new league. That never happened so the team rejoined the RHI in 1996. Because the league folded it forced the Arctic Blast to return to hibernation.
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In the Spring of 1999, the Dallas Stallions were announced as an expansion franchise for the struggling Roller Hockey International.The team was operated on a very small budget that allowed for almost no advertising. The head coach/general manager was former NHL player Alan May. The team was made up from minor league ice hockey players. Training camp was held in the spring/summer of 1999 at Slapshot Inline Hockey arena in Arlington, Texas. The team attempted to make a splash by drafting Central Hockey League legend Doug Lawrence. Lawrence reportedly refused to play unless he was paid additional money "under the table". A deal was finally worked out and Lawrence played in three games with the team.The season was largely unsuccessful on every front. The team struggled on the floor, and only a handful of fans attended each home game. The Stallions and the league both quietly folded at the end of the season.
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The Anaheim Bullfrogs were a professional inline hockey team based in Anaheim, California. The Bullfrogs played in Roller Hockey International (1993–1997) and Major League Roller Hockey (1998) before returning to Roller Hockey international (1999).The Bullfrogs played their home games in the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim. The team won two championships in 1993 and 1997, the only team in league history win more than one, making them the proverbial dynasty of the RHI. The team also won the Major League Roller Hockey championship in 1998. The team also went to the Murphy Cup finals two other times but lost to the Orlando Jackals in 1996 and the St. Louis Vipers in 1999. The team lasted the full length of the RHI and had the highest attendance figures in the league, thanks to electrifying players like Victor Gervais, Joe Cook and Hugo Belanger. The Bullfrogs made a brief comeback when they joined IHA, a pro roller hockey league held during the NHL Lockout at the Anaheim's Convention Center. They were one of the six teams participating but, due to poor management, the league folded halfway through the season, and the Bullfrogs were once again gone. They were undefeated when the league collapsed and robbed fans of another historic run.
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The Rage were a classic mom-and-pop operation. They competed in a rather goofy start-up league where ownership ranged from deep-pocketed Major Leaguers like the Buss family in L.A. to an unwanted, league-run club promoted by city employees at Connecticut’s New Haven Coliseum. Bill Conyard’s brother-in-law, a doctor in L.A., signed on as co-owner of the Rage. Tim, of course, would play for the Rage as planned. Bill Conyard’s other son Joe served as the team’s Assistant GM. As RHI’s July 1993 debut approached, the Conyards’ lack of sports management experience showed. With a roster drawn largely from local junior players from the amateur Portland Winter Hawks ice hockey team and fellow alumni from Tim Conyard’s alma mater of St. John’s (MN) University, the Rage found themselves outclassed against bigger, more experienced players in a pre-season tune-up against the Vancouver Voodoo. Off the court, the Rage sold only about 100 season tickets for the 10,000-seat Memorial Coliseum, according to the Portland Business Journal. By contrast, RHI’s Anaheim Bullfrogs club pre-sold 10,000 tickets for their inaugural game the same week. The Rage finished the 1993 season with a 4-10 record under Head Coach Blake Wesley, a former Winter Hawk and NHL vet. John Black took over the Head Coaching duties for the 1994 season. RHI expanded from 12 to 24 franchises and the season lengthened from 14 to 22 games. The 1994 Rage eeked into the playoffs with an 11-10-1 record and then went on an Cinderella run to the RHI Championship Series, where they lost in a two-game sweep to the Buffalo Stampede (15-3-4). Bill Conyard folded the Portland Rage after the 1994 season. Roller Hockey International suspended play after the 1997 season, returned for one last gasp in 1999 after taking a year off, and then disbanded for good.
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The Empire State Cobras were a One-Year Wonder franchise in Roller Hockey International during the summer of 1996. Based out of tiny Glens Falls, New York, the team seemed incompatible with the rest of Roller Hockey International, a 17-team cross-continental league that most played in huge NHL and NBA arenas. Sure enough finances turned out to be a problem, as the Cobras drew fewer than 1,000 per game at home and owner Jerry Shorthouse ran out of money before the end of the season. Most of the Cobras’ roster came over from the defunct Buffalo Stampede franchise (1994-1995), which won RHI’s Murphy Cup in 1994. Although the club was good and won the Atlantic Division with a 16-7-5 record, the Cobras reportedly had to sell their home court advantage in the playoffs to the lower-seeded Orlando Jackals. They lost to the eventual champion Jackals in the first round.
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The Blades were one of 12 original RHI teams and were owned by Jeanie Buss, daughter of then-Los Angeles Lakers owner Jerry Buss. They played a summer schedule at the Great Western Forum, which was then the home of the NBA's Lakers and the NHL's Los Angeles Kings. Despite being in the hotbed market of Southern California, RHI suspended operations after the 1997 season, and when it returned in 1999, with eight teams, the Blades were not among them. RHI folded, for good, after the 1999 season.
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The Oakland Skates were a professional roller hockey team and were a member team in Roller Hockey International (RHI) from 1993 through 1996. In 1993 the Skates were a finalist for the RHI league championship, named the Murphy Cup, for one of the league founders, Dennis Murphy, losing to the Anaheim Bullfrogs. After two mediocre seasons in 1994 and 1995 the Skates returned to the playoffs in 1996 losing to the Vancouver Voodoo. The Skates qualified for the playoffs for the Murphy Cup in 1993 making it to the finals by beating St. Louis and Calgary before being swept by Anaheim in a two-game series, losing the final by a 9-4 score. In 1994 they didn't make the playoffs in the expanded league of 24 teams. The 1995 season saw a contraction of the league to 18 teams with the Skates finishing 2nd in their division (with a record of 10-10-4 after a 1-6 start) and qualifying for the playoff again but losing in the first round to the Vancouver VooDoo by a score of 10-4. Their cross bay rivals the San Jose Rhino's ended up winning the title against Montreal. In 1996, the team made it to the playoffs, but were knocked off by Vancouver for a second consecutive season, losing by a score of 12-3.
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