Detroit Auto Club

Detroit Auto Club
founding	1945
resolution	1951
history	Detroit Auto Club 1945–1951
Stadion	Olympia Stadium
Location	Detroit , Michigan
league	International Hockey League
Turner Cups	1945/46

The Detroit Auto Club was an American ice hockey franchise of the International Hockey League based in Detroit , Michigan . The home of the Auto Club was the Olympia Stadium .

history

The club was founded in 1945 as a franchise of the International Hockey League , of which he was one of four founding members. The team from the Autostadt Detroit won the Turner Cup in their very first season after beating their city rivals Detroit Bright's Goodyears 2-1 in the best-of-three series in the final . Subsequently, the Auto Club could no longer build on this success. Although they finished second in the regular season in the 1949/50 season, the franchise was no longer in the final of the Turner Cup until it was dissolved in 1951.

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
1945-46	15th	8th	7th	0	-	-	82	81	16	3rd, IHL	Turner Cup
1946-47	28	7th	20th	1	-	-	15th	113	156	5th, IHL	not qualified
1947-48	30th	13	16	1	-	-	27	161	155	5th, IHL
1948-49	31	17th	11	3	-	-	39	146	130	3rd, IHL
1949-50	40	19th	14th	7th	-	-	45	170	139	2nd, IHL
1950-51	52	10	32	10	-	-	31	136	228	5th, IHL

Team records

Career records

Games: 158 Les Palmer , Jim Baudino

Goals: 51 Jim Baudino

Assists: 74 Dick Kowcinak

Points: 116 Dick Kowcinak

Penalty minutes: 119 Allan Renfrew

Known players

• Marcel Pronovost
• Willard Ikola

Web links

• The Internet Hockey Database Statistics Detroit Auto Club
• The Internet Hockey Database - Player List Detroit Auto Club