Philadelphia Rockets

Philadelphia Rockets
founding	1941
resolution	1949
history	Philadelphia Arrows 1927-1935 Philadelphia Ramblers 1935-1941 Philadelphia Rockets 1941-1942 1946-1949
Stadion	Philadelphia Arena
Location	Philadelphia , Pennsylvania
league	American Hockey League
Calder cups	no

The Philadelphia Rockets were an American ice hockey franchise of the American Hockey League based in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . The venue for the Rockets was the Philadelphia Arena .

history

After the New York Rangers from the National Hockey League had ended their collaboration with the Philadelphia Ramblers from the American Hockey League in 1941 , they changed their name to Philadelphia Rockets. In their first season in the AHL, the Rockets only achieved 26 points from 56 games and the franchise was temporarily dissolved. The void the Rockets left in Philadelphia was subsequently filled by the Philadelphia Falcons, who served in the Eastern Hockey League from 1942 to 1946 . When the Rockets resumed play in the 1946/47 season, they again clearly missed the playoffs and only won 17 points in 64 games, which was one of the worst seasons of an AHL franchise ever. The playoffs were not reached in the following two years either, so the franchise was finally dissolved in 1949.

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
1941-42	56	11	41	4th	-	-	26th	157	254	5th, East	not qualified
1946-47	64	5	52	7th	-	-	17th	188	400	5th, East	not qualified
1947-48	68	22nd	41	5	-	-	49	260	331	4th, East	not qualified
1948-49	68	15th	48	5	-	-	35	230	407	5th, East	not qualified

Team records

Career records

Games: 188 Phil Hergesheimer

Goals: 128 Phil Hergesheimer

Assists: 171 Wally Stefaniw

Points: 231 Phil Hergesheimer

Penalty minutes: 236 George DeFelice

Web links

• The Internet Hockey Database Statistics Philadelphia Rockets
• The Internet Hockey Database - Player List Philadelphia Rockets