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The '''San Jose Rhinos''' were an [[inline hockey]] team in [[Roller Hockey International]] from 1994-97. In its second year, the team won the [[Murphy Cup]] with a victory over the [[Montreal Roadrunners]] in the 1995 championship game. The team played its home games at the [[HP Pavilion at San Jose|San Jose Arena]] |
The '''San Jose Rhinos''' were an [[inline hockey]] team in [[Roller Hockey International]] from 1994-97. In its second year, the team won the [[Murphy Cup]] with a victory over the [[Montreal Roadrunners]] in the 1995 championship game. The team played its home games at the [[HP Pavilion at San Jose|San Jose Arena]] |
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[[My name is Michael L. Emerson, a resident of the San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California. I bought into the San Jose Rhinos Professional Roller Hocky team after the team's 1st year. I was one of the minority owners for its second season when the Rhinos beat the Montreal Roadrunners for the World Professional Roller Skating Murphy Cup Championship in 1995. The Rhinos were in the playoffs every season that the RHI league was in operation and I feel we would have won many more championships if the league would have survived. Although we had a very good turnout to our games, and a growing following with every game played, the other teams in the league did not get the fans in the stands they needed to keep the league solvent. In addition the League was not run by the owners as the NFL does and they did a very poor job in attracting TV, Radio and Sponsorship deals so after just 4-5 seasons the League actually went bankrupty taking the RHI teams under with them. I believe that if the owners had run the leeague it would have florished and we would be still a viable and strong league today. It is my hope that maybe one day the League will be restarted as the Arena Football League was restarted. GO RHINOS !! ]]. |
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[[Category:Roller Hockey International teams]] |
[[Category:Roller Hockey International teams]] |
Revision as of 07:52, 17 August 2011
San Jose Rhinos | |
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City | San Jose, California |
Founded | 1994 |
Home arena | San Jose Arena |
Franchise history | |
San Jose Rhinos (1994 - 1999) | |
Championships | |
Division titles | None |
Conference titles | 1995 |
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The San Jose Rhinos were an inline hockey team in Roller Hockey International from 1994-97. In its second year, the team won the Murphy Cup with a victory over the Montreal Roadrunners in the 1995 championship game. The team played its home games at the San Jose Arena
[[My name is Michael L. Emerson, a resident of the San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California. I bought into the San Jose Rhinos Professional Roller Hocky team after the team's 1st year. I was one of the minority owners for its second season when the Rhinos beat the Montreal Roadrunners for the World Professional Roller Skating Murphy Cup Championship in 1995. The Rhinos were in the playoffs every season that the RHI league was in operation and I feel we would have won many more championships if the league would have survived. Although we had a very good turnout to our games, and a growing following with every game played, the other teams in the league did not get the fans in the stands they needed to keep the league solvent. In addition the League was not run by the owners as the NFL does and they did a very poor job in attracting TV, Radio and Sponsorship deals so after just 4-5 seasons the League actually went bankrupty taking the RHI teams under with them. I believe that if the owners had run the leeague it would have florished and we would be still a viable and strong league today. It is my hope that maybe one day the League will be restarted as the Arena Football League was restarted. GO RHINOS !! ]].