Birmingham Bulls (ECHL)

Birmingham Bulls
founding	1992
resolution	2001
history	Cincinnati Cyclones 1990–1992 Birmingham Bulls 1992–2001 Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies 2001–2005 Stockton Thunder 2005–2015 Adirondack Thunder since 2015
Stadion	Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex
Location	Birmingham , Alabama
league	East Coast Hockey League
Kelly Cups	no

The Birmingham Bulls were an American ice hockey team from Birmingham , Alabama . The team played in the East Coast Hockey League from 1992 to 2001 .

history

The Cincinnati Cyclones were founded in 1990 as a franchise of the East Coast Hockey League . Two years later, its then owner Doug Kirchoffer received the rights to a franchise for the International Hockey League , whereupon he used the IHL license for the Cyclones and relocated the ECHL license to Birmingham, Alabama. The team based there was then named Birmingham Bulls in reference to several former ice hockey franchises from the city. The Birmingham Bulls completed their most successful season in the 1993/94 season. After they had initially finished the regular season in second place in the West Division, they failed in the playoffs for the Kelly Cup after victories over the Huntsville Blast and Louisville Icehawks only in the third round with 1: 3 wins in the best-of- Five series on the Raleigh IceCaps . In the following years , the team from Alabama never got beyond the second playoff round, before it was relocated to Atlantic City , New Jersey , following the 2000/01 season , where it was named Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies in the following years participated in the ECHL 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	64	30th	29	-	5	-	65	290	313	6th, west	not qualified
1993/94	68	44	20th	-	4th	-	92	340	268	2nd, west	Defeat in the third round
1994/95	68	26th	38	-	4th	-	56	273	325	6th, west	Defeat in the second round
1995/96	70	26th	39	-	5	-	57	258	360	6th, South	not qualified
1996/97	70	36	25th	9	-	-	81	291	296	2nd, South	Defeat in the second round
1997/98	70	39	23	8th	-	-	86	293	257	2nd, Southwest	Defeat in the first round
1998/99	70	37	29	4th	-	-	78	251	267	3rd, Southwest	Defeat in the second round
1999/00	70	29	37	-	4th	-	62	255	297	8th, Southwest	not qualified
2000/01	72	28	40	4th	-	-	60	224	296	8th, Southwest	not qualified

Team records

Career records

Games: 371 Craig Lutes

Goals: 159 Jamey Hicks

Assists: 314 Jamey Hicks

Points: 473 Jamey Hicks

Penalty minutes: 1361 Jerome Bechard

Known players

• Dany Bousquet
• Josh MacNevin
• Brad Smyth

Web links

• The Internet Hockey Database Statistics Birmingham Bulls
• The Internet Hockey Database - Player List Birmingham Bulls