Cincinnati Swords

Cincinnati Swords
founding	1971
resolution	1974
history	Cincinnati Swords 1971-1974
Stadion	Cincinnati Gardens
Location	Cincinnati , Ohio
Team colors	navy blue, yellow
league	American Hockey League
Cooperations	Buffalo Sabers
Calder cups	1972/73

The Cincinnati Swords were an American ice hockey franchise of the American Hockey League based in Cincinnati , Ohio . The Swords' venue was the Cincinnati Gardens .

history

In 1971, the Buffalo Sabers from the National Hockey League , founded a year earlier, were given the opportunity to found their own farm team in the American Hockey League . After the Sabers' plans to set up a franchise in Florida failed, Buffalo decided on Cincinnati , Ohio , as the location for the new AHL franchise and named the team based on its own name, Cincinnati Swords. Already in their first AHL season the Swords reached the playoffs, but failed in the second round with 2: 4 wins at the Baltimore Clippers . The following year, Cincinnati won the Calder Cup for the first and only time after beating the Nova Scotia Voyageurs 4-1 in the finals. The 1973/74 season, in which Cincinnati were eliminated in the first round of playoffs, was the last season for the Swords before the franchise was dissolved. The reason for the cessation of game operations was the establishment of a franchise for the World Hockey Association in Cincinnati, the Cincinnati Stingers .

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
1971-72	76	30th	28	18th	-	-	78	252	258	3rd, west	Defeat in the second round
1972-73	76	54	17th	5	-	-	113	351	206	1st, west	Calder Cup
1973-74	76	40	25th	11	-	-	91	273	233	3rd, South	Defeat in the first round

Team records

Career records

Games: 215 Jim Nichols

Goals: 75 Bill Inglis

Assists: 93 Bill Inglis

Points: 168 Bill Inglis

Penalty Minutes: 431 Rick Dudley

Web links

• The Internet Hockey Database Statistics Cincinnati Swords
• The Internet Hockey Database - Player List Cincinnati Swords