Hampton Roads Gulls

Hampton Roads Gulls
founding	1982
resolution	1983
history	Hampton Roads Gulls 1982-1983
Stadion	Hampton Coliseum
Location	Hampton , Virginia
league	Atlantic Coast Hockey League

The Hampton Roads Gulls were an American ice hockey franchise of the Atlantic Coast Hockey League from Hampton , Virginia .

history

The Hampton Roads Gulls took on the 1982/83 season as an expansion team to play in the Atlantic Coast Hockey League . The team owners named the team based on the Hampton Gulls , who were active in the American Hockey League and Southern Hockey League from 1974 to 1978 . In their only season, the Hampton Roads Gulls were only moderately successful and had to stop playing prematurely on February 2, 1983 for financial reasons. Nevertheless, the team managed to stay in the table before the Nashville South Stars , who played a total of 16 more games this season, but scored seven points less. The only coach during the existence of the team was the American Pat Donnelly .

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	42	16	24	2	-	-	35	170	213	5th, ACHL

Team records

Career records

Games: 39 Mike Breen , Jerry Ingram

Goals: 25 Mark Fidler

Assists: 41 Mark Fidler

Points: 66 Mark Fidler

Penalty Minutes: 186 John Murphy

Known players

• Oren Koules (well-known film producer, including the Saw film series)
• John Tortorella (later became a coach in the NHL )

Web links

• The Internet Hockey Database Statistics Hampton Roads Gulls
• The Internet Hockey Database - Player List Hampton Roads Gulls
• The Hampton Roads Gulls on azhockey.com