Moncton Hawks

Moncton Hawks
founding	1987
resolution	1994
history	Boston Braves 1971–1974 Moncton Hawks 1987–1994
Stadion	Moncton Coliseum
Location	Moncton , New Brunswick
Team colors	blue White
league	American Hockey League
Cooperations	Winnipeg Jets
Calder cups	no

The Moncton Hawks were a Canadian ice hockey franchise of the American Hockey League based in Moncton , New Brunswick . The Hawks' venue was the Moncton Coliseum .

history

The Winnipeg Jets of the National Hockey League acquired in 1987 by the Boston Bruins the rights to their former farm team in the American Hockey League , the Boston Braves , who have been inactive since 1974, and moved the franchise to Moncton , New Brunswick , to where it under the name Moncton Hawks in the AHL was active. After the Hawks never got past the second playoff round in their first six seasons, they reached the Calder Cup final for the first and only time in franchise history in the 1993/94 season , in which they beat the Portland Pirates 2: 4 - Wins defeated. After this season the franchise was dissolved.

Before the Moncton Hawks, the AHL clubs New Brunswick Hawks (1978-1982), Moncton Alpines (1982-1984) and Moncton Golden Flames (1984-1987) played in Moncton. The void left by the dissolution of the franchise in the city was filled by the Moncton Alpines (1995-1996) and the Moncton Wildcats (since 1996) from the Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec .

Team records

Career records

Games: 279 Todd Flichel

Goals: 112 Guy Larose

Assists: 104 Brent Hughes

Points: 206 Guy Larose

Penalty minutes: 913 Brent Hughes

Web links

• The Internet Hockey Database Statistics Moncton Hawks
• The Internet Hockey Database - Player List Moncton Hawks