Baltimore Skipjacks

Baltimore Skipjacks
founding	1981
resolution	1993
history	Part I: Baltimore Skipjacks 1981–1982 Part II: Erie Blades 1978–1982 Baltimore Skipjacks 1982–1993 Portland Pirates 1993–2016 Springfield Thunderbirds since 2016
Stadion	Baltimore Arena
Location	Baltimore , Maryland
league	Atlantic Coast Hockey League (1981–1982) American Hockey League (1982–1993)
Cooperations	Boston Bruins Pittsburgh Penguins Washington Capitals

The Baltimore Skipjacks were an American ice hockey franchise of the American Hockey League based in Baltimore , Maryland . The venue for the Skipjacks was the Baltimore Arena .

history

The Baltimore Skipjacks, which were founded in 1981, played in their premiere season in the Atlantic Coast Hockey League , before they merged with the Erie Blades from the American Hockey League before the 1982/83 season , in which they played from then on. The coach of the Erie Blades, Lou Angotti , and 16 other players on the team switched to the skipjacks. As the only player from Baltimore's founding season, Tom Jacobs stayed with the team. The greatest success in the club's history was next to winning the regular 1983/84 season, reaching the final of the Calder Cup in the 1984/85 season . In the best-of-seven series, Baltimore lost to the Sherbrooke Canadiens 2: 4.

Prior to the 1993/94 season , the team was relocated to Portland , Maine , where it has since played as the Portland Pirates . The gap created in Baltimore was filled by the Baltimore Bandits , who were also active in the American Hockey League from 1995 to 1997 .

Team records

Career

record	number	player
Games	325	Phil Bourque
Gates	119	Mitch Lamoureux
Assists	133	Mitch Lamoureux
Points	252	Mitch Lamoureux
Penalty minutes	868	Gary Rissling
Wins as a goalkeeper	55	Jim Hrivnak
Shutouts	5	Jim Hrivnak Steve Guenette

season

record	number	player
Gates	57	Mitch Lamoureux , 1982-1983
Assists	81	Mike Gillis , 1982-1983
Scorer points	113	Mike Gillis, 1982-1983
Penalty minutes	353	Mitch Wilson , 1986-1987
Conceded goal	2.63	Jon Casey , 1984-1985
Catch quota	94.2%	Don Beaupre , 1990-1991

Well-known former players

Don Beaupre Phil Bourque Steve Carlson Byron Dafoe Keith Jones Claude Julien

Steve Konowalchuk Olaf Koelzig Mitch Lamoureux / Rob Leask Troy Loney Ted Nolan

John Purves Stéphane Richer Gary Rissling Reggie Savage John Slaney Michel Therrien Ian Turnbull

Web links

• The Internet Hockey Database Statistics Baltimore Skipjacks
• The Internet Hockey Database - Player List Baltimore Skipjacks