Kansas City Blades

Kansas City Blades
founding	1990
resolution	2001
history	Toledo Goaldiggers 1974–1986 Kansas City Blades 1990–2001
Stadion	Kemper Arena
Location	Kansas City , Missouri
Team colors	Red, gray, white, black
Turner Cups	1991/92

The Kansas City Blades were an ice hockey team in the International Hockey League . They played at the Kemper Arena in Kansas City , Missouri , USA from 1990 to 2001 . From 1991 to 1996 the Blades were a farm team of the San Jose Sharks from the NHL , from the 1999/2000 season that of the Vancouver Canucks .

history

Logo of the Kansas City Blades from 1990 to 1998

The Blades began playing in the International Hockey League at the beginning of the 1990/91 season . After missing the playoffs in the first year, the team finished its second season in first place in the division. Before the 1991/92 season had been a farm team -Vertrag with the newly founded NHL - Franchise of the San Jose Sharks completed. Under the later Sharks coach Kevin Constantine , the team reached the final of the Turner Cup , where the Muskegon Lumberjacks were beaten 4-0 in the series. The following year they failed in the second playoff round. The 1993/94 season ended despite a positive season balance already after the regular season, before Jim Wiley , another later coach of the Sharks, led the team again to the Turner Cup final, where they lost to the Denver Grizzlies . Due to the contract with San Jose, Artūrs Irbe , Wiktor Koslow , Patrick Lalime , Sandis Ozoliņš , Ville Peltonen , Mike Rathje and Ray Whitney , all later NHL professionals, played in Kansas City. At the end of the 1995/96 season , the cooperation ended when the Sharks took over a new farm team with the Kentucky Thoroughblades .

After the Sharks left, the Blades could not build on their previous successes. At the beginning of the 1999/2000 season , the Blades entered into a cooperation with the Vancouver Canucks . In the last two seasons of the IHL one missed the entry into the playoffs clearly. After the dissolution of the IHL at the end of the 2000/01 season , the franchise of the Kansas City Blades was dissolved, as you did not get a game license for the American Hockey League .

Season statistics

Abbreviations: GP = games, W = wins, L = defeats, T = draws, OTL = defeats after overtime , Pts = points, GF = goals scored, GA = goals conceded, PIM = penalty minutes

season	GP	W.	L.	OTL	Pts	GF	GA	PIM	space	Playoffs
1990/91	82	25th	53	4th	54	255	385		6th, west	not qualified
1991/92	82	56	22nd	4th	116	302	248		1st, west	Conference semi-final win, 4-1 ( Salt Lake ) conference final, 4-2 ( Peoria ) Turner Cup final , 4-0 ( Muskegon )
1992/93	82	46	26th	10	102	318	288	1822	2nd, mid-west	Conference semi-final win, 2-2 ( Milwaukee ) Conference final loss, 4-2 ( San Diego )
1993/94	81	40	31	10	90	326	327	1946	3rd, Mid-West	not qualified
1994/95	81	35	40	6th	76	277	300	1555	5th, Central	Victory in the Conference quarter-finals, 3-2 ( Detroit ) victory in the Conference semi-finals, 4-1 ( Peoria ) victory in the Conference final, 4: 3 ( Kalamazoo ) defeat in the Turner Cup final, 0: 4 ( Denver )
1995/96	82	39	38	5	83	288	326	2162	4th, Mid-West	Conference quarterfinals lost, 3-2 ( Utah )
1996/97	82	38	29	15th	91	271	270	1570	2nd, mid-west	Conference quarterfinals lost, 3-0 ( Utah )
1997/98	82	41	29	12	94	269	258	1967	2nd, mid-west	Victory in Conference quarter-finals, 3-1 ( Utah ) defeat in Conference semi-finals, 3: 4 ( Long Beach )
1998/99	82	44	31	7th	95	256	270	1776	3rd, Mid-West	Conference quarterfinals lost, 2-1 ( Long Beach )
1999/00	82	36	37	9	81	249	270	2192	6th, west	not qualified
2000/01	82	37	42	3	77	239	273	2191	5th, west	not qualified
total	900	437	378	85	959	3050	3215	17181		7 playoff appearances 14 series: 8 wins, 6 losses 70 games: 38 wins, 32 losses

Club records

Career Goals: 170, David Bruce Assists: 254, Gary Emmons Points: 401, Gary Emmons Penalty Minutes: 1695, Dody Wood Games won by a goalkeeper: 108, Wade Flaherty Shutouts: 5, Larry Dyck Games: 550, Claudio Scremin

season Goals: 45, David Bruce (1996/97) Assists: 54, Gary Emmons (1991/92), Kip Miller (1993/94) Points: 92, Kip Miller (1993/94) Penalty Minutes: 342, Kevin Evans (1991/92) Average conceded goals: 2.46, Artūrs Irbe (1991/92) Shots Saved (%): 92.0, Larry Dyck (1994/95)

Well-known former players

• Jean-Sébastien Aubin
• Mark Beaufait
• Shean Donovan
• Artūrs Irbe
• Claude Julien
• Viktor Kozlov
• Patrick Lalime
• Sandis Ozoliņš
• Ville Peltonen
• Michal Pivoňka
• Mike Rathje
• Jarkko Ruutu
• Ray Whitney

Blocked numbers

• 15 Gary Emmons (since February 21, 1998)

Champion team of the 1991/92 season

• Goalkeepers: Wade Flaherty , Artūrs Irbe
• Defenders: Mike Colman , Gord Frantti , Duane Joyce , Dean Kolstad , Rick Lessard , Pat MacLeod , Sandis Ozoliņš , Tom Pederson , Claudio Scremin
• Attackers: John Carter , Ed Courtenay , Dale Craigwell , Larry DePalma , Gary Emmons , Kevin Evans , Ron Handy , Michail Krawez , Peter Lappin , Jeff Madill , Jeff Odgers , JF Quintin

Web links

• Kansas City Blades at hockeydb.com
• Kansas City Blades at eliteprospects.com
• Fan of the Kansas City Blades (Engl.) ( Memento of 2 March 2010 at the Internet Archive )