Atlanta Knights

Atlanta Knights
founding	1992
resolution	1996
history	Atlanta Knights 1992-1996 Rafales de Québec 1996-1998
Stadion	Omni Coliseum
Location	Atlanta , Georgia
Team colors	black, blue
league	International Hockey League
Cooperations	Tampa Bay Lightning
Turner Cups	1993/94

The Atlanta Knights were an American ice hockey franchise of the International Hockey League based in Atlanta , Georgia . The venue for the Knights was the Omni Coliseum .

history

The Atlanta Knights were founded in 1992 as a franchise of the International Hockey League . Already in their first season, the team reached the playoff semi-finals before winning the Turner Cup in the 1993/94 season . In the final, the team from beating Georgia , the Fort Wayne Komets series best-of-seven-in with 2: 4. The Knights coach was John Paris Jr. , who was the first African American to ever coach a top North American team. Subsequently, Atlanta, which among other things in the 1992/93 season with Manon Rhéaume used the first woman in the position of goalkeeper in professional senior ice hockey, could not build on this success and were eliminated between two times in the first playoff round. After negotiations began on the return of a National Hockey League team to Atlanta and the Omni Coliseum was to be demolished the following year, those responsible decided to relocate the franchise to the city of Quebec , where it was renamed Rafales de Québec took part in the IHL game operations.

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
1992-93	82	52	23	-	7th	-	111	333	291	1st, Atlantic	Round 2 defeat
1993-94	81	45	22nd	-	14th	-	104	321	282	2nd, mid-west	Turner Cup
1994-95	81	39	37	-	5	-	83	279	296	3rd, Central	Loss in round 1
1995-96	82	32	41	-	9	-	73	282	348	4th, Central	Loss in round 1

Team records

Career records

Games: 282 Christian Campeau

Goals: 161 Stan Drulia

Assists: 191 Stan Drulia

Points: 352 Stan Drulia

Penalty minutes: 970 Chris LiPuma

Web links

• The Internet Hockey Database Statistics Atlanta Knights
• The Internet Hockey Database - Player List Atlanta Knights