Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Buffalo Bisons were a professional Triple-A minor league baseball team based in Buffalo, New York that was founded in 1886 and last played in the International League from 1912 to 1970. Over the course of their existence, the Bisons won the Junior World Series three times (1904, 1906 and 1961).
After the Bisons folded, the Sabres were granted an AHL franchise, which was used to establish the Cincinnati Swords in 1971. The Sabres used old Bisons jerseys in the team's first training camp in 1970. [2] However the Swords is not a continuation of the Bisons as the team folded and the AHL granted Cincinnati a new team.
The Buffalo Bisons honored him at an August 2012 game, with every fan in attendance receiving a bobblehead of his likeness. [36] Howze, Jr. also performed for the Buffalo Sabres at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. Tom Girot is a beer vendor who has performed for the Buffalo Bisons as "Conehead" since 1979. [37]
The 1943–44 AHL season was the eighth season of the American Hockey League.Six teams played in a 54 game schedule. The Cleveland Barons won the F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy as the Western Division champions, while the Buffalo Bisons won their second consecutive Calder Cup.
On August 18, Fred Beebe of the Buffalo Bisons pitched a no-hitter against the Montreal Royals. The Bisons defeated the Royals 5-0. [2] On September 10, Fred Winchell of the Toronto Maple Leafs pitched a no-hitter against the Harrisburg Senators. The Maple Leafs defeated the Senators 5-1 in a shortened seven inning game. [3]
Seven teams played 56 games each in the schedule, while an eighth team, the New Haven Eagles ceased operations 32 games into the season, in January 1943. The Buffalo Bisons won the F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy as the Western Division champions, and their first Calder Cup as league champions.
The 1940–41 AHL season was the fifth season of the American Hockey League, which had operated the previous four seasons as the "International-American Hockey League."Nine teams played 56 games each in the schedule.
The 1946 Buffalo Bisons season was their inaugural season in the All-America Football Conference.The team finished 3-10-1, [1] failing to qualify for the playoffs. The team's statistical leaders included quarterback George Terlep with 574 passing yards, fullback Vic Kulbitski with 605 rushing yards, and end Fay King with 466 receiving yards.