Detroit Olympics

Detroit Olympics
founding	1927
resolution	1936
history	Detroit Olympics 1927–1936 Pittsburgh Hornets 1936–1956 Rochester Americans since 1956 Pittsburgh Hornets 1961–1967
Stadion	Detroit Olympia
Location	Detroit , Michigan
league	Canadian Professional Hockey League (1927–1929) International Hockey League (1929–1936)
Cooperations	Detroit Red Wings
Calder cups	1934/35, 1935/36

The Detroit Olympics were an American ice hockey franchise of the Canadian Professional Hockey League and later the International Hockey League from Detroit , Michigan . The venue for the Olympics was the Detroit Olympia .

history

The team played in the Canadian Professional Hockey League from 1927 to 1929 and in the International Hockey League from 1929 to 1936 . In 1928, the team finished second in the Canadian Professional Hockey League, a year later they completed the regular season in first place, but the play-offs won the Windsor Bulldogs . After that, the franchise joined the newly founded International Hockey League. The first few years in the IHL were disappointing for the team, the Olympics mostly occupied midfield, the 1932/33 season ended the franchise last. The following season Detroit won the regular season, but failed in the play-offs. In the 1934/35 season, the Detroit team was able to complete both the regular season and the play-offs as winners and won the Calder Cup for the first time . In the following season, the team succeeded in winning the Calder Cups again before the Olympics were relocated to Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , and renamed Pittsburgh Hornets at the end of the season .

Team records

Career records

Games: 146 Frank Steele

Goals: 49 Fern Gillie

Assists: 31 Gene Carrigan

Points: 76 Fern Gillie

Penalty Minutes: 407 Harvey Rockburn

Former players

• Harvey Rockburn
• Normie Smith
• Jack Arbor
• Pete Bellefeuille
• Turk Broda
• Bobby Connors
• Bill Brydge
• Cliff Barton
• Frank Foyston
• Lorne Duguid
• Wilfie Starr

Web links

• The Internet Hockey Database Statistics Detroit Olympics
• The Internet Hockey Database - Detroit Olympics Player List

Individual evidence

1. ↑ azhockey.com ( Memento of the original from December 1, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ The Story of the Pittsburgh Hornets ( January 6, 2009 memento in the Internet Archive )