Erie Golden Blades

Erie Golden Blades
founding	1982
resolution	1987
history	Erie Golden Blades 1982-1987
Stadion	Erie County Field House
Location	Erie , Pennsylvania
league	Atlantic Coast Hockey League

The Erie Golden Blades were an American ice hockey franchise of the Atlantic Coast Hockey League based in Erie , Pennsylvania .

history

The Erie Golden Blades began playing in the 1982/83 season in the Atlantic Coast Hockey League founded a year earlier . The Golden Blades replaced the Erie Blades from the American Hockey League , which merged with the Baltimore Skipjacks in 1982 and then played under their name in Baltimore , Maryland . The Erie Golden Blades took second place in the regular season each year for the five seasons of their existence, and they also won the Bob Payne Trophy as ACHL champions in the 1983/84 season . When the league was dissolved in 1987, the Golden Blades also stopped playing. The Golden Blades were eventually replaced by the Erie Panthers , who were active in the East Coast Hockey League from 1988 to 1996 .

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
1982-83	64	39	21st	4th	-	-	83	345	276	2., ACHL
1983-84	72	42	26th	4th	-	-	91	377	310	2., ACHL	master
1984-85	64	41	22nd	1	-	-	83	362	261	2., ACHL
1985-86	64	34	30th	0	-	-	76	369	321	2., ACHL
1986-87	57	28	27	2	-	-	58	250	246	2., ACHL

Team records

Career records

Games: 271 Jim Cowell

Goals: 234 Paul Mancini

Assists: 252 Paul Mancini

Points: 486 Paul Mancini

Penalty minutes: 726 Dave Herbst

Known players

• Duanne Moeser
• John Tortorella

Web links

• The Internet Hockey Database Statistics Erie Golden Blades
• The Internet Hockey Database - Player List Erie Golden Blades