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2 unusual facts about Roanoke Valley Rebels


Roanoke Valley Rebels

Roanoke Valley Rebels (EHL), a minor professional ice hockey franchise that played in the Eastern Hockey League from 1970-73

Roanoke Valley Rebels (ECHL), a minor professional ice hockey franchise that played in the ECHL from 1990-92


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.

Roanoke Valley Vipers

The Virginia Lancers were a charter member of the East Coast Hockey League in 1988, later known as the Roanoke Valley Rebels and Roanoke Valley Rampage before moving to Huntsville, Alabama after the 1992-93 season.


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