Hampton Gulls

Hampton Gulls
founding	1974
resolution	1978
history	Hampton Gulls 1974-1978
Stadion	Hampton Coliseum
Location	Hampton , Virginia
league	Southern Hockey League (1974–1977) American Hockey League (1977–1978)
Calder cups	no

The Hampton Gulls were an American ice hockey franchise of the American Hockey League based in Hampton , Virginia . The Gulls' venue was the Hampton Coliseum .

history

The Hampton Gulls were founded in 1974 as a franchise for the Southern Hockey League . There they served as the farm team for the Cincinnati Stingers from the World Hockey Association . After the SHL was dissolved in 1977, the Hampton Gulls were given the opportunity to join the American Hockey League as an expansion team . During the 1977/78 season, however, the team had to stop playing due to financial difficulties in the higher league and the franchise was dissolved.

Before that, the Virginia Wings from the AHL (1972–1975) played in the region . The void left by the breakup of the Hampton Gulls in the region was the Hampton Road Gulls from the Atlantic Coast Hockey League (1982-1983), the Hampton Roads Admirals from the East Coast Hockey League (1989-2000) and finally the Norfolk Admirals from the American Hockey League (since 2000) filled.

Season statistics (AHL)

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
1977-78	46	15th	28	3	-	-	33	142	171	5th, South	not qualified

Team records

Career records

Games: 46 Pat Russell , Francois Ouimet , Pat Donnelly

Goals: 20 Danny Arndt

Assists: 27 Paul O'Neil

Points: 44 Paul O'Neil

Penalty minutes: 87 Floyd Lahache

Web links

• The Internet Hockey Database Statistics Hampton Gulls
• The Internet Hockey Database - Player List Hampton Gulls