Spokane Flyers

This article covers the junior league's ice hockey franchise Western Hockey League; for the Pacific Hockey League franchise, see Spokane Flyers (PHL) .

Spokane Flyers
founding	1980
resolution	1981
history	Flin Flon Bombers 1967–1978 Edmonton Oil Kings 1978–1979 Great Falls Americans 1979–1980 Spokane Flyers 1980–1981
Stadion	Spokane Coliseum
Location	Spokane , Washington
league	Western Hockey League
Memorial Cups	no
Ed Chynoweth Cups	no

The Spokane Flyers were an ice hockey team from Spokane , Washington State . The team played in one of the top three Canadian junior ice hockey leagues, the Western Hockey League (WHL), from 1980 to 1981 .

history

The inactive franchise of Great Falls Americans of the Western Hockey League was reactivated in 1980 and settled under the name Spokane Flyers in Spokane. In their first season, the team immediately reached the playoffs for the Ed Chynoweth Cup , in which they were defeated by the eventual champions Victoria Cougars in the second round with a sweep in the best-of-seven series. In the 1981/82 season, the Washington team withdrew from the WHL after 26 games in which it only achieved three wins. This was the case with her previous Great Falls team. After their dissolution, the Flyers drew attention once again by participating in a bizarre swap. Their team bus, which they had sold to the Victoria Cougars, was given to the Seattle Breakers in exchange for the future NHL player Tom Martin on December 19, 1983 , as the owners of the Cougars were not prepared to pay for the bus's import duties Canada come up.

The void left by the dissolution of the franchise was filled in 1985 by the Spokane Chiefs , who have since participated in the WHL's gaming operations.

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
1980-81	72	17th	54	1	-	-	35	288	488	4th, west	Defeat in the second round
1981-82	26th	3	22nd	1	-	-	7th	102	196	5th, west	not qualified

Team records

Career records

Games: 98 Richard Zemlak

Goals: 50 Mark Sochatsky

Assists: 93 Mark Sochatsky

Points: 143 Mark Sochatsky

Penalty minutes: 287 Ken Daneyko

Web links

• The Internet Hockey Database Statistics Spokane Flyers
• The Internet Hockey Database - Player List Spokane Flyers