Albany Choppers
Albany Choppers | |
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founding | 1990 |
resolution | 1991 |
history |
Fort Wayne Comets 1952–1990 Albany Choppers 1990–1991 |
Stadion | Knickerbocker Arena |
Location | Albany , New York |
Team colors | blue, red, white |
league | International Hockey League |
Turner Cups | no |
The Albany Choppers were an American ice hockey franchise of the International Hockey League based in Albany , New York . The venue for the Choppers was the Knickerbocker Arena .
history
The Albany Choppers emerged in 1990 from the Fort Wayne Komets , which had played in the International Hockey League since 1952 . Due to the great competition from other teams in the immediate vicinity, including the university team of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the traditional team of the Adirondack Red Wings , as well as the newly founded Capital District Islanders from the expanding American Hockey League , all competing teams got into financial difficulties. As a moderately successful team and without a cooperation partner in the National Hockey League, Albany was hit particularly hard by the competition. The games of the Albany Choppers were sometimes attended by less than 1000 spectators, so that the game operation could no longer be maintained due to a lack of the necessary financial resources and had to be stopped on February 14, 1991. The void the Choppers left in Albany was filled with the relocation of the Capital District Islanders from Troy to Albany in 1993 and their renaming to Albany River Rats .
Season statistics
Abbreviations: GP = games, W = wins, L = defeats, T = draws, OTL = defeats after overtime, SOL = defeats after shootout , Pts = points, GF = goals scored, GA = goals against, PIM = penalty minutes
season | GP | W. | L. | T | OTL | SOL | Pts | GF | GA | space | Playoffs |
1990-91 | 50 | 22nd | 30th | - | 3 | - | 47 | 191 | 232 | 5th, East | not qualified |
Team records
Career records
- Games: 55 Søren True , Dale Henry
- Goals: 22 Yves Héroux
- Assists: 36 Alain Lemieux
- Points: 41 Alain Lemieux
- Penalty minutes: 177 Byron Lomov