Toronto Huskies

Toronto Huskies
founding	1946
resolution	1947
Stadion	Maple Leaf Gardens
Location	Toronto , Ontario
Club colors	Blue White  
league	BAA (1946-1947)
Conference	Eastern Division
General manager	Lew Hayman
owner	Ben Newman, Eric Cradock and Harold Shannon
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Toronto Huskies was the name of a basketball franchise based in Toronto , Ontario , Canada . The Huskies played for exactly one season from 1946 to 1947 in the Basketball Association of America (BAA), later the National Basketball Association (NBA).

history

The team was formed in 1946 and played in the Basketball Association of America . In their only season 1946-1947 they achieved a statistic of 22 wins and 38 losses. The huskies were given the special right to sign two Canadian players in addition to the maximum team size of twelve players in order to increase local interest. In 1947 the team disbanded.

Season statistics

season	Victories: defeats	percent	Play-offs
1946/47	22:38	36.7	no participation
total	22:38	36.7	no playoff participation

Canadian basketball today

Tradition-conscious fans sometimes want the name of the Toronto Huskies back. The Toronto Raptors franchise decided against this name when it expanded in 1995 because any logo would have looked too similar to that of the Minnesota Timberwolves . The city's basketball history, on the other hand, is often taken up through parquet design or jersey colors.

Web links

• Team profile at basketball-reference.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Basketball-Reference.com: Toronto Huskies . Team profile at basketball-reference.com, accessed March 9, 2017.
2. ^ NN: Basketball Association of America League Minutes 1946-1949. On: Association of Professional Basketball Research website; May 29, 2006. Accessed November 7, 2018.
3. ↑ James Dator: Raptors have an incredible Toronto Huskies throwback court. On: SBNation website; Washington, DC, March 21, 2017. Retrieved May 19, 2017 (in English).