Detroit Bright's Goodyears

Detroit Bright's Goodyears
founding	1945
resolution	1949
history	Detroit Bright's Goodyears 1945-1949
Stadion	Olympia Stadium
Location	Detroit , Michigan
league	International Hockey League
Turner Cups	no

The Detroit Bright's Goodyears were an American ice hockey franchise of the International Hockey League from Detroit , Michigan . The venue for Bright's Goodyears was the Olympia Stadium .

history

The club was founded in 1945 as a franchise of the International Hockey League , of which they were one of four founding members. In their very first season, the team from the Autostadt Detroit was able to reach the final of the Turner Cup for the first time , but in which they lost 2-1 to their city rivals, the Detroit Auto Club , in the best-of-three series. Also in the following year, the Goodyears reached the final series, in which they lost 3-0 to the Windsor Spitfires . Then the team from Michigan could not build on these successes and missed the playoffs twice in a row before the franchise was dissolved in 1949.

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	9	3	3	-	-	21st	70	21st	1st, IHL	Defeat in the final
1946-47	28	13	9	6th	-	-	32	154	128	3rd, IHL	Defeat in the final
1947-48	30th	13	14th	3	-	-	27	157	149	4th, IHL
1948-49	31	8th	16	7th	-	-	39	135	154	5th, North	not qualified

Team records

Career records

• Games: 102 Lyle Dowell
• Goals: 86 Lyle Dowell
• Assists: 102 Lyle Dowell
• Points: 188 Lyle Dowell
• Penalty minutes: 109 Wally Renaud

Web links

• The Internet Hockey Database Statistics Detroit Bright's Goodyears
• The Internet Hockey Database - Player List Detroit Bright's Goodyears