Toledo Mercurys

Eastern Amateur Hockey League (1949-1950)

The Toledo Mercurys were an American ice hockey franchise of the International Hockey League from Toledo, Ohio. The venue of the Mercury was the Toledo Sports Arena.

History

The Toledo Mercurys were founded in 1947 and played until 1949 in the International Hockey League. At this time the club was 1947/48 the Turner Cup, the championship of the IHL win, and again reach 1948/49, the final, which was lost, however. In the season 1948/49, the Mercury were active both in the North and in the South Division, as the former team owner wanted to complete more league games. In the summer of 1949 the club played under the name Toledo Buckeyes in the Eastern Amateur Hockey League, but returned a year later under the old name back in the IHL.

There, the Mercury could win the Turner Cup in the subsequent period in the seasons 1950/51 and 1951/52, again, when the club each case the Grand Rapids Rockets defeated. For the season 1955/56, designated by the Toledo Mercurys in Toledo - Marion Mercurys and contributed a few of their home games at Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Marion, Ohio from. In this game, the year the Mercury reached for a fifth time in their history the play-off final. The team then ran from the season 1956/57, again under the name Toledo Mercurys in the International Hockey League on.

Between 1959 and 1960 the club wore their home games in the St. Louis Arena in St. Louis and at that time were as Toledo -St. Louis known Mercury. It was followed by two more seasons in the IHL before the club disbanded in 1962.

Season statistics

Note: GP = Games, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses by SOL = Shootout Losses by, Pts = Points, GF = Goals Scored, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalty minutes