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The arena was built on the site of the Union Cemetery, Johnstown's first cemetery. The film Slap Shot, based on the Jets, was filmed in this arena. [4] The arena was the home of the Johnstown Chiefs for 22 years, but they were relocated in 2010 to Greenville, South Carolina. A banner was hung at the final home game on April 4, 2010, stating ...
The Jets played four seasons total in the NAHL before the league folded in 1977. The team itself folded in the offseason, when the Johnstown flood of 1977 damaged the arena's ice making equipment. Johnstown was later represented by the Johnstown Wings (later Red Wings) from 1978 to 1980. The Red Wings folded after two seasons, but hockey ...
4.2.1 Arena Football League. 4.2.2 American Indoor Football Association. ... Johnstown Jets (1950–1977) Johnstown Red Wings (1979–1980) Philadelphia Falcons ...
However, the old Jets' former owners still held the trademark for the name and refused to allow the new team to use it. A contest was held by the owners, allowing the people of Johnstown to vote for the new team name. The cult hockey movie Slap Shot had been filmed in Johnstown, and featured a minor league team called the Charlestown Chiefs ...
The Johnstown Riverhawks was a professional indoor American football team based out of Johnstown, Pennsylvania. A charter member of the American Indoor Football Association (AIFA), it played its home games at Cambria County War Memorial Arena .
Cambria County War Memorial Arena: N/A 2: March 17: Johnstown Jets: 3-2: Fort Wayne Komets: 2-0: Allen County War Memorial Coliseum: N/A Toledo Mercurys 2, Troy ...
The movie All The Right Moves was filmed in Johnstown and featured Tom Cruise, Craig T. Nelson, and Lea Thompson. The high school football game scenes were shot at Point Stadium in the spring of 1983. [11] Bon Jovi played the stadium's only concert on June 16, 1989, as part of their Jersey Syndicate Tour with opener Skid Row.
Donald John Hall (April 2, 1930 – December 24, 2017) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who spent the majority of his career with the Johnstown Jets of the Eastern Hockey League. In 1946, at the age of 16, Hall signed with the Toronto Maple Leafs. [1] In 1951 he signed with the Johnstown Jets, a farm team of the Montreal Canadiens. [2]