- Spokane Flyers
Hockey team
team = Spokane Flyers
city =Spokane, Washington
logosize = 100px
league =Western Hockey League
operated = 1980–81
arena =Spokane Coliseum
name1 =Flin Flon Bombers
dates1 = 1967–78
name2 = Edmonton Oil Kings
dates2 = 1978–79
name3 =Great Falls Americans
dates3 = 1979–80
name4 = Spokane Flyers
dates4 = 1980–82
|The Spokane Flyers were ajunior ice hockey team that played one and a half seasons in theWestern Hockey League from 1980–1982. They played inSpokane, Washington , United States.History
The Spokane Flyers entered the WHL on
May 15 ,1980 when Bob Cooper, owner of the dormantGreat Falls Americans franchise, resurrected his team and relocated it to Spokane for the1980–81 WHL season . Like the Americans, the Flyers would cease operations, as the franchise folded onDecember 2 ,1981 just 26 games into its second season.It was widely believed that the failure of the Flyers was due to management, and Spokane would gain a second chance the WHL four years later when the
Spokane Chiefs moved into town.The Flyers franchise first joined the WHL in 1967 as the
Flin Flon Bombers . The franchise had a great deal of stability inFlin Flon, Manitoba and lasted eleven seasons in theManitoba community before the WHL outgrew it. The Bombers relocated toEdmonton, Alberta for one season in 1978 before being sold and relocating again toGreat Falls, Montana . TheGreat Falls Americans failed to last even one season as they ceased operations in December 1979 before Cooper resurrected them again in 1980 as the Flyers.The Flyers were posthumously involved in one of the most bizarre trades in hockey history. After ceasing operations, the Flyers team bus was sold to the Victoria Cougars. The Cougars owners were not willing to pay the duties and taxes required to bring the vehicle into
Canada , so onDecember 19 ,1983 , the Cougars traded the bus to theSeattle Breakers for holdout Tom Martin.eason-by-season Record
"Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against"
ee also
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Spokane Chiefs
*Great Falls Americans References
* [http://www.whl.ca whl.ca]
* [http://www.logoserver.com/WesternCHL.html logoserver.com]
*2005–06 WHL Guide
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