Providence Reds

Providence Reds
founding	1926
resolution	1977
history	Providence Reds 1926–1976 Rhode Island Reds 1976–1977 Binghamton Dusters 1977–1980 Binghamton Whalers 1980–1990 Binghamton Rangers 1990–1997 Hartford Wolf Pack 1997–2010 Connecticut Whale 2010–2013 Hartford Wolf Pack since 2013
Stadion	Rhode Island Auditorium (1926–1972) Providence Civic Center (1972–1977)
Location	Providence , Rhode Island
Team colors	Red White
league	American Hockey League
Calder cups	1937/38 , 1939/40 , 1948/49 , 1955/56

The Providence Reds (later Rhode Island Reds ) were an American ice hockey franchise of the American Hockey League from Providence , Rhode Island . The Reds' venues were the Rhode Island Auditorium and the Providence Civic Center . The franchise was named after the Rhode Island Red , a domestic chicken bred in the region .

history

The Providence Reds, which were founded in 1926, were a founding member of the Canadian-American Hockey League in the same year , in which they were active for the following ten years until their dissolution. Subsequently, Providence was first included in the newly created International-American Hockey League in 1936 and finally in 1940 in the American Hockey League , in which the team played until its dissolution.

The franchise won the prestigious Calder Cup a total of four times . First against the Syracuse Stars in 1938 , against the Pittsburgh Hornets in 1940 , against the Hershey Bears in 1949 and finally against the Cleveland Barons in 1956 . The team also made it to the finals in 1952, 1971 and 1974.

In the 1976/77 season, the team name was changed to Rhode Island Reds, which the team only wore for one season, as the team was acquired after the season by the Broome Dusters from the North American Hockey League , which was dissolved in 1977, and after Binghamton , New York , where it played as Binghamton Dusters in the AHL.

Career records

Games: 650 Zellio Toppazzini

Goals: 279 Zellio Toppazzini

Assists: 448 Zellio Toppazzini

Points: 727 Zellio Toppazzini

Penalty Minutes: 705 Jim Bartlett

Web links

• The Internet Hockey Database Statistics Providence / Rhode Island Reds
• The Internet Hockey Database - Player List Providence / Rhode Island Reds