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The Phoenix Roadrunners were a professional ice hockey team in the World Hockey Association (WHA) from 1974 to 1977. They played at Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix, Arizona . The organization folded for financial reasons before the remaining teams in the WHA merged with the NHL in 1979.
The Phoenix Roadrunners were a professional ice hockey team in Phoenix, Arizona. They were a member of the Western Hockey League from 1967 to 1974. After the 1974 season, the franchise moved to the World Hockey Association. The team played at the Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum, aka “The Madhouse on McDowell.”
Phoenix Roadrunners has been the name of several ice hockey teams in Phoenix, Arizona: Phoenix Roadrunners (WHL) , a defunct ice hockey team in the minor pro Western Hockey League (1967–1974) Phoenix Roadrunners (WHA) , a defunct ice hockey team in the World Hockey Association (1974–1977)
The IHL Roadrunners were named for a World Hockey Association team of the same name. The IHL Roadrunners used a similar skating cartoon bird logo as the WHA team with different colors, without the outline of the state of Arizona. In 1996, the original Winnipeg Jets relocated to Phoenix, becoming the Phoenix Coyotes, now the Arizona Coyotes ...
In 2005, after four years without a minor league hockey team following the demise of the Phoenix Mustangs, the Phoenix Roadrunners' name was revived. In their first season, 2005–06, the Roadrunners began the season well but dropped throughout the year because of injuries and finished with the league's worst record.
In addition to the Suns, the Coliseum hosted the Phoenix Roadrunners of the Western Hockey League from 1967 to 1974 and the WHA from 1974 to 1977 and of the now-defunct International Hockey League from 1989 to 1997, the Phoenix Racquets of World Team Tennis from 1975 to 1978, the Arizona Thunder of the World Indoor Soccer League from 1998 to ...
Pszenyczny, the seventh head coach in Mayhem history, came to the team as a former player and 2011 President’s Cup champion. ... as well as the East Coast Hockey League’s Phoenix Roadrunners ...
The 1976–77 Phoenix Roadrunners season was the third and final season of the Phoenix Roadrunners in the World Hockey Association (WHA). The Roadrunners finished sixth in the Western Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.