Philadelphia Quakers

Philadelphia Quakers
founding	1925
resolution	1931
history	Pittsburgh Pirates 1925 - 1930 Philadelphia Quakers 1930 - 1931
Stadion	Philadelphia Arena
Location	Philadelphia , Pennsylvania
Team colors	black, orange, white
Stanley Cups	no
Conference title	no
Division title	no

The Philadelphia Quakers were a professional ice hockey team from Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . They came from Pittsburgh for the 1930/31 season and played there for a year before the team was disbanded.

history

Philadelphia Quakers jersey

In 1928 financial problems forced the owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates to sell the team. The new owner was a group around boxer Benny Leonard and gangster Bill Dwyer . After a disappointing 1929/30 season in which one could only record five wins, and against the background of the onset of the global economic crisis , the owners tried to bring money back into the coffers by selling players. The team was delivered to Philadelphia and played there under the name Philadelphia Quakers. It was planned to bring the team back to Pittsburgh after the construction of a new stadium. But after a weak 1930/31 season , the game was stopped. In the following five years it was not possible to put together a suitable team, and after the stadium construction in Pittsburgh fell apart, Leonard gave up his franchise in 1936 . The most famous players in the Quakers were Syd Howe and Wilf Cude .

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 conceded, PIM = penalty minutes

season

GP

W.

L.

T

OTL

SOL

Pts

GF

GA

PIM

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Playoffs

1930/31

44

4th

36

4th

-

-

12

76

184

470

5th, American Division

not qualified

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