Salt Lake Golden Eagles

The Salt Lake Golden Eagles were an American ice hockey franchise in the International Hockey League from Salt Lake City, Utah. Their home stadium was the Delta Center.

History

The Salt Lake Golden Eagles were founded in 1969 as a franchise of the Western Hockey League. That same year, the leaders of the Eagles went into a cooperation agreement with the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League. This lasted until 1970. Subsequently, the Buffalo Sabres decided to cooperate with the IHL club. It consisted of two years and was disbanded in 1972. In the WHL, the club played until 1974 before he moved to the Central Hockey League. After the operation of the WHL game was discontinued after the 1973/74 season, the Eagles were consequently in the Central Hockey League. There was the Club 1975, 1980 and 1981, the Adams Cup, the championship of the CHL win.

In 1984, the CHL dissolved and the Salt Lake Golden Eagles were transferred to the International Hockey League. With the entry into the IHL also a collaboration with the Calgary Flames has been received. As a result of this cooperation contributed numerous players the Flames, such as the Canadian-born Patrick Lebeau, the shirt of the Eagles. Three years after their accession in the IHL, the Eagles were able to win the 1987 play-off final with 4-2 victories against the Muskegon Lumberjacks. Thus they secured for the first time in their history the Turner Cup.

In the following season 1987/88 the team was able to defend the title against the Flint Spirits. 1989 reached the Eagles for the third consecutive year the final of the Turner Cup. This time the team lost with 2:4 defeats against the Muskegon Lumberjacks. This was also the last part in a play-off final. The Salt Lake Golden Eagles existed until the summer of 1994 and then moved to Detroit, and thus occurred in the International Hockey League under the name Detroit Vipers.

Known player

  • Joe Mullen
  • Kevin Grant
  • Jason MUZZATTI
  • Rich Chernomaz
  • Steve Junker
  • Chris Taylor
  • Derek Armstrong
  • Tom Webster
  • Perry Anderson
  • Patrick Lebeau
  • Stéphane Matteau
  • Don Luce
  • Claude Julien
  • Don Ashby
  • Milan Hnilička
  • Bill Stewart
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