Dayton Gems (Original)

Dayton Gems
founding	1964
resolution	1980
history	Dayton Gems 1964 - 1977 1979 - 1980
Stadion	Hara Arena
Location	Dayton , Ohio
league	International Hockey League
Turner Cups	1968/69 , 1969/70 , 1975/76

The Dayton Gems were an American ice hockey franchise of the International Hockey League based in Dayton , Ohio . The Gems' venue was the Hara Arena .

history

The Dayton Gems were founded in 1964 as a franchise of the International Hockey League . In their second season, the team reached the final of the Turner Cup for the first time in the 1965/66 season , which they lost to the Port Huron Flags . The same happened to them two years later against the Muskegon Mohawks . In 1970 and 1971 Dayton was able to retaliate with his first two Turner Cup victories against these two teams. The Gems achieved their third and last success in the IHL in the 1975/76 season when they again prevailed against the Port Huron Flags in the Turner Cup final. Despite the sporting success, the team from Ohio, which was the first North American professional team to require its own players to wear helmets on the ice, temporarily stopped playing from 1977 to 1979. Although the Gems played again in the IHL in the 1979/80 season, the franchise was subsequently dissolved.

Team records

Career records

Games: 503 Lorne Weighill

Goals: 204 Sid Garant

Assists: 291 Sid Garant

Points: 495 Sid Garant

Penalty minutes: 1398 Dave Simpson

Known players

• Les Jackson
• Jim Bedard
• Pat Rupp

Web links

• The Internet Hockey Database Statistics Dayton Gems
• The Internet Hockey Database - Player List Dayton Gems