Salt Lake Golden Eagles

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Salt Lake Golden Eagles
Salt Lake City Eagles logo.png
City Salt Lake City, Utah
League WHL (1969–1974)
CHL (1974–1984)
IHL (1984–1994)
Operated1969–1994
Home arena Salt Palace (1969–1991)
Delta Center (1991–1994)
Franchise history
1969–1994Salt Lake Golden Eagles
1994–2001 Detroit Vipers
Championships
Regular season titles3 (1978–1979, 1979–1980, 1981–1982)
Division titles3 (1974–1975, 1981–1982, 1988–1989)
Turner Cups2 (1986–87, 1987–88)
Adams Cups 3 (1974–75, 1979–80, 1980–81)

The Salt Lake Golden Eagles were a minor professional hockey team based in Salt Lake City from 1969 to 1994.

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History

They played in the Western Hockey League from 1969 to 1974, the Central Hockey League from 1974 to 1984 and the International Hockey League from 1984 to 1994. The Golden Eagles home arena was the Salt Palace from 1969 to 1991 and the Delta Center from 1991 to 1994. In 1994 Larry H. Miller, who also owned the Utah Jazz and the Delta Center, sold the team to Detroit interests. The Golden Eagles became the Detroit Vipers.

Teams that succeeded the Golden Eagles in this market:

NHL parent clubs.
WHL: California Golden Seals (1972–1974) Buffalo Sabres (1970–1972) Montreal Canadiens (1969–1970) Boston Bruins (1969–1970) [1]
CHL: Minnesota North Stars (1983–1984) St. Louis Blues (1977–1983) Cleveland Barons (NHL) (1976–1977) California Golden Seals (1974–1976) Los Angeles Kings (1974–1975) [2]
IHL: New York Islanders (1993–1994) Calgary Flames (1987–1993) [3]

Players

Season-by-season results

Regular season

SeasonLeagueGamesWonLostTiedOTLSOLPointsGoals
for		Goals
against		Standing
1969–70WHL72154314----442403667th
1970–71WHL7218495----412173276th
1971–72WHL72293310----682502545th
1972–73WHL72322515----792882592nd
1973–74WHL7841334----863562972nd
1974–75CHL78432411----973172451st, North
1975–76CHL7637354----783002993rd
1976–77CHL7631396----682762885th
1977–78CHL7642313----872832382nd
1978–79CHL7647227----1013142091st
1979–80CHL8049247----1053422591st
1980–81CHL8046295----973682952nd
1981–82CHL8047303----973683291st, North
1982–83CHL8041381----833183124th
1983–84CHL7235352----723343303rd
1984–85IHL8235398----823323236th
1985–86IHL824436--2--903403254th, West
1986–87IHL82393112----903603572nd, West
1987–88IHL824034--8--883083032nd, West
1988–89IHL825622--4--1163692941st, West
1989–90IHL823736--9--833263112nd, West
1990–91IHL835028--5--1053532962nd, West
1991–92IHL823340--9--752523044th, West
1992–93IHL823839--5--812693052nd, Pacific
1993–94IHL812452--5--532433774th, Pacific

Playoffs

Season1st round2nd roundFinals
1969–70Out of playoffs.
1970–71Out of playoffs.
1971–72Out of playoffs.
1972–73N/ABeat Denver 4-1Lost 0-4 in finals to Phoenix
1973–74Lost to Portland 1-4----
1974–75byeBeat Omaha 3-1Won Adams Cup, 4-3-Dallas
1975–76Lost to Dallas 1-4----
1976–77Out of playoffs.
1977–78Lost to Dallas 2-4----
1978–79N/AN/ALost 1-4 in finals to Dallas
1979–80N/AN/AWon Adams Cup, 4-3-Ft.Worth
1980–81W, 3–2, FW W, 4–1, Tulsa Won Adams Cup, 4-3- Wichita
1981–82W, 3–1, Oklahoma City L, 2–4, Dallas --
1982–83L, 2-4, Indianapolis ----
1983–84Out of playoffs.
1984–85L, 3-4, Fort Wayne ----
1985–86L, 1-4, Fort Wayne----
1986–87W, 4-2, Milwaukee W, 4-1, Fort WayneWon Turner Cup, 4-2, Muskegon
1987–88W, 4–3, Peoria W, 4–2, Colorado Won Turner Cup, 4–2, Flint
1988–89W, 4–0, Denver W, 4–1, MilwaukeeL, 1–4, Muskegon
1989–90W, 4–2, MilwaukeeL, 1–4, Indianapolis --
1990–91L, 0–4, Phoenix ----
1991–92L, 1–4, Kansas City ----
1992–93Out of playoffs.
1993–94Out of playoffs.

References

  1. ↑ "Salt Lake Golden Eagles Statistics and History Western Hockey League [WHL]". HockeyDB.
  2. ↑ "Salt Lake Golden Eagles Statistics and History Central Hockey League [WHL]". HockeyDB.
  3. ↑ "Salt Lake Golden Eagles Statistics and History Central Hockey League [IHL]". HockeyDB.
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