Indianapolis Capitals

This article covers the American Hockey League's Indianapolis Capitals franchise, for the Central Professional Hockey League's franchise called Indianapolis Capitols, see Cincinnati Wings .

Indianapolis Capitals
founding	1939
resolution	1952
history	Indianapolis Capitals 1939–1952
Stadion	Pepsi Coliseum
Location	Indianapolis , Indiana
league	American Hockey League
Cooperations	Detroit Red Wings
Calder cups	1941/42 , 1949/50

The Indianapolis Capitals were an American ice hockey franchise of the American Hockey League based in Indianapolis , Indiana . The venue for the Capitals was the Pepsi Coliseum .

history

The Indianapolis Capitals were founded in 1939 as a franchise of the American Hockey League and were a farm team of the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League . Already in their third season in the AHL Indianapolis reached the final of the Calder Cup , in which it prevailed with 3-2 victories against the Hershey Bears . A year later, the team moved into the finals again, but this time failed because of the Buffalo Bisons with a sweep in the best-of-five series. In the following six seasons, the Capitals either did not reach the playoffs or were eliminated in the first round before they beat the Cleveland Barons 4-0 in the 1949/50 season . After Indianapolis had missed the playoffs once in the following two years or was eliminated in the first round, the franchise was dissolved in 1952 after thirteen years in the AHL.

Team records

Career records

Games: 319 Rod Morrison

Goals: 136 Cliff Simpson

Assists: 186 Les Douglas

Points: 302 Les Douglas

Penalty minutes: 325 Nels Podolsky

Well-known former players

• Sid Abel
• Glenn Hall
• Syd Howe
• Joe Turner

Web links

• The Internet Hockey Database Statistics Indianapolis Capitals
• The Internet Hockey Database - Player List Indianapolis Capitals