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unusual facts about International Hockey League



1992–93 ECHL season

The Winston-Salem Thunderbirds move to Wheeling, WV, becoming the first franchise to make a major relocation, the Roanoke Valley Rebels announced that they were changing their name to the Roanoke Valley Rampage, and the Cincinnati Cyclones announced that they were moving to the International Hockey League and were being replaced with a franchise in Birmingham, AL.

B. J. Young

Young spent the majority of his career in the minor leagues playing for the Adirondack Red Wings and Cincinnati Mighty Ducks of the American Hockey League, the Manitoba Moose of the International Hockey League, and the Anchorage/Alaska Aces in both the West Coast Hockey League and ECHL.

Bill Taugher

William J. Taugher (April 17, 1906 – February 25, 1943) was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played from 1925 until 1936, including stops with the St. Louis Eagles of the National Hockey League (NHL), and Buffalo Bisons, Cleveland Falcons and Rochester Cardinals of the International Hockey League (IHL).

Bob Bedier

Bedier went on to play three seasons of professional hockey, including 112 games in the American Hockey League with the New Haven Nighthawks, Springfield Indians and Moncton Alpines, and 60 games in the International Hockey League with the Toledo Goaldiggers.

Gary Winchester

Winchester went on to play the 1974–75 season with the Denver Spurs of the Central Hockey League (1963–84), and played the 1974–75 season in both the International Hockey League and American Hockey League before hanging up his skates.

Hubie McDonough

After playing four seasons of NCAA Division II hockey at Saint Anselm College in Goffstown, New Hampshire, McDonough made his professional debut with the International Hockey League's Flint Spirits in the 1986–87 season.

Jeremy Stevenson

Jeremy Joseph Stevenson (born July 28, 1974 in San Bernardino, California) is a retired professional ice hockey left winger who last played for the Kalamazoo Wings of the International Hockey League.

Stan Weir

After leaving Detroit he played the 1983–84 season with the Montana Magic of the CHL and then joined the Milwaukee Admirals of the International Hockey League for the 1984–85 season.

Willard Ikola

After winning three consecutive state championships with the Eveleth boys hockey team (1948–1950) in the last three years of his high school career, he went on to play with the International Hockey League team, the Detroit Auto Club (1951–1952).


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