Toronto Roadrunners

Pro hockey team | CAN_eng = 1|
text_color = gold
bg_color = navy
team = Toronto Roadrunners

logosize = 125px
city = Toronto, Ontario
league = American Hockey League
operated = 2003–04 AHL season
arena = Ricoh Coliseum
colors = blue, yellow, and grey
owner =
affiliates = Edmonton Oilers
name1 = Nova Scotia Oilers
dates1 = 1984 to 1988
name2 = Cape Breton Oilers
dates2 = 1988 to 1996
name3 = Hamilton Bulldogs
dates3 = 1996 to 2002
name4 = Toronto Roadrunners
dates4 = 2003 to 2004
name5 = Edmonton Road Runners
dates5 = 2004 to 2005

The Toronto Roadrunners were an ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. They played in Toronto, Ontario, Canada at the Ricoh Coliseum. In their only season the Roadrunners featured players such as Jani Rita, Jamie Wright and Steve Valiquette who helped them advance to the AHL playoffs where they lost the first round to the Cleveland Barons.

While initial owner Lyle Abrhams brought the franchise to Toronto with good intentions, poor attendance, a questionable business model, and a dispute with building officials resulted in the relocation of the franchise to Edmonton, Alberta after only one season, becoming the Edmonton Road Runners. Fact|date=May 2007 Another factor was the desire of the parent club to have the team play in Edmonton to fill the void due to the expected 2004–05 NHL lockout. Since Abrhams owned the rights to the name and logo, the Roadrunners name and identity would return as the Phoenix RoadRunners, reborn in the ECHL. The void in Toronto, was filled in 2005 by the Toronto Marlies.

Team records

:Goals: 25 flagicon|CAN Jamie Wright:Assists: 30 Jamie Wright:Points: 55 Jamie Wright:Penalty Minutes: 196 flagicon|CAN Rocky Thompson:GAA: 2.52 flagicon|USA Mike Morrison:SV%: .913 Mike Morrison, flagicon|CAN Stephen Valiquette:Goaltending Wins: 14 Steve Valiquette:Shutouts: 3 Mike Morrison, flagicon|CAN Tyler Moss:Games: 78 Jamie Wright

Roster

2004-2005
* Head Coach: Geoff Ward

Players

* 24 Jamie Wright CAN
* 8 Tony Salmelainen FIN
* 22 Jani Rita FIN
* 7 Doug Lynch CAN
* 13 Nate DiCasmirro USA
* 9 Chad Hinz
* 38 Mike Bishai CAN
* 23 Joe Cullen (ice hockey)
* 25 J. J. Hunter
* 37 Sean McAslan CAN
* 33 Mikko Luoma FIN
* 27 Michael Henrich
* 19 Jeff Woywitka
* 51 David Roche
* 10 Brad Winchester
* 18 Peter Sarno
* 5 Bobby Allen
* 26 Dan Tessier
* 6 Dan Smith
* 15 Dan Baum
* 2 Rocky Thompson
* 21 Marc-Andre Bergeron
* 55 Igor Ulanov
* 34 Peter Hogan
* 36 Mathieu Roy
* 30 David Cousineau
* 12 Jan Horacek
* 14 Brent Henley
* 40 Steve Valiquette
* 38 Jason Platt
* 16 Jean-Francois Plourde
* 20 Zack Stortini
* 32 David Belitski
* 44 Ryan Christie
* 29 Chris Madden
* 29 Tyler Moss
* 1 Mike Morrison

eason-by-season results

ee also

*List of ice hockey teams in Ontario

External links

* [http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/teamseasons.php?tid=3232 The Internet Hockey Database - Toronto Roadrunners]