Toronto Toros
The Toronto Toros were an ice hockey team from Toronto, Ontario, which was active from 1973 to 1976 in the North American World Hockey Association (WHA ). The franchise was originally from Ottawa and was called the Ottawa Nationals. Then the team moved to Birmingham in the U.S. state of Alabama, where he played as Birmingham Bulls.
History
Having been the previous team that had played Ottawa Nationals, the playoffs the previous season in Toronto and there a better attendances were as in Ottawa, the team for the season of 1973/74 had moved to Toronto, where he played as Toronto Toros. The new owner was there John F. Bassett.
Gladly we would have played in the CNE Coliseum, which took about 10,000 spectators, but the owner of Bill Ballard, son of Harold Ballard, who was both the owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Maple Leaf Gardens, knew this to be prevented. The team played in the first season at the Varsity Arena, which offered only 4,860 spectators. An average attendance of 4,291 showed that the stadium was too small. The star of the team was in the first year Wayne Carleton, who had come with the Nationals to Toronto.
In the season 1974/75 the team moved to the Maple Leaf Gardens and increased its average attendance there to a remarkable 10,436. This was ensured also spectacular signings as that of the Czechoslovaks Václav Nedomansky, Paul Henderson, the hero of the Summit Series in 1972, and especially of Frank Mahovlich, a former star of the Maple Leafs. The team reached the playoffs, but failed there to the San Diego Mariners in the first round. Although the stars were all held, was a disastrous 1975/76 season in which one was the weakest team in the league with only 53 points. Even the Minnesota Fighting Saints, who stopped the operation of gambling game 22 days left in the season, had collected more points significantly. The February, where you fought out seven of the twelve games on home ice, brought eleven defeats. The average attendance had fallen to 8,983. John F. Bassett pulled the ripcord and moved his team to Birmingham in Alabama, where it played with consistent logo and jerseys as the Birmingham Bulls.
Game times: 1972/73 | 1973/74 | 1974/75 | 1975/76 | 1976/77 | 1977/78 | 1978/79
Franchises: Alberta Oilers (1972-1973), Edmonton Oilers (1973-1979) | Chicago Cougars (1972-1975) | Cincinnati Stingers (1975-1979) | Cleveland Crusaders (1972-1976) | Denver Spurs (1975 ), Ottawa Civics (1976 ) | Houston Aeros (1972-1978) | Indianapolis Racers (1974-1979) | Los Angeles Sharks (1972-1974), Michigan Stags (1974-1975), Baltimore Blades ( 1975) | Minnesota Fighting Saints ( 1972-1977 ) | New England Whalers (1972-1979) | New York Raiders (1972-1973), New York Golden Blades ( 1973), Jersey Knights ( 1973-1974 ), San Diego Mariners ( 1974-1977 ) | Ottawa Nationals ( 1972-1973 ), Toronto Toros (1973-1976), Birmingham Bulls (1976-1979) | Philadelphia Blazers (1972-1973), Vancouver Blazers (1973-1975), Calgary Cowboys (1975-1977) | Phoenix Roadrunners (1974-1977) | Quebec Nordiques (1972-1979) | Winnipeg Jets (1972-1979)
- Hockey Association (World Hockey Association )
- Sports Club (Toronto)