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The Kansas City Pla-Mors were a professional ice hockey team. Based in Kansas City, Missouri , they operated within the American Hockey Association (AHA) under various names from 1927 to 1942 and then under the United States Hockey League from 1945 to 1949 as the Kansas City Pla-Mors.
With a low overall population (36th in the US), low engagement (just 0.059% of the population is registered as members of USA Hockey) [10] and little historical impact from the sport, Kansas has produced very few native players. Just one person born in Kansas has achieved any notability in the sport, however, Si Griffis was raised in Western ...
Jim Culhane (born March 13, 1965) is a Canadian retired ice hockey defenceman. He played for the Hartford Whalers. Culhane coached the Western Michigan Broncos men's ice hockey team from 1999 to 2010.
Professional hockey did not return until 1990 when the Kansas City Blades were added in the International Hockey League (IHL) until 2001 when the league folded. In July 2004, the United Hockey League (UHL) awarded a Kansas City franchise to Stephen Franke, co-owner of the UHL's Fort Wayne Komets , for the upcoming 2004–05 season . [ 2 ]
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Kansas City has had teams in all five of the major professional sports leagues; three major league teams remain today. The Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball became the first American League expansion team to reach the playoffs (), to reach the World Series (), and to win the World Series (1985; against the state-rival St. Louis Cardinals in the "Show-Me Series").
The Wichita area has plenty of teams who punched their ticket to the state tournament next week. ... Kansas City Piper (19-3) Shawnee Heights (19-3) Andover (18-4) De Soto (18-4)
The Kansas City Outlaws of the United Hockey League played in the Kemper Arena for the 2004-2005 season before they folded. Since 2009, The Kansas City Mavericks of the ECHL play in nearby Independence, Missouri. Several NHL exhibition games have also been held in Kansas City since the demise of the Blades.