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The Washington Lions were a professional ice hockey teams based in Washington, D.C. The Lions were founded as a member of the Eastern Amateur Hockey League as a replacement for the AHL team of the same name. After World War II, the original Lions franchise returned and this club went dormant. The AHL club folded in 1949 and, two years later ...
Following the 1948–49 season, the team was relocated to Cincinnati, Ohio as the Cincinnati Mohawks. The void was filled by a second team of the same name playing in the Eastern Hockey League, from 1951–53, and 1954–57, who later became the Washington Presidents, when purchased by Harry Glynne III, and Jerry DeLise. [1]
The arena was the home of the Cincinnati Stingers of the World Hockey Association from 1975 to 1979. Since then, the arena has hosted two minor league hockey teams and various concerts, political rallies, tennis tournaments, figure skating, professional wrestling, traveling circus and rodeo shows, and other events.
The name "Presidents" refers to the two presidential namesakes of the college: George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. W&J is a member of the Presidents' Athletic Conference , [ 2 ] the Eastern College Athletic Conference , [ 3 ] and play in Division III of the National Collegiate Athletic Association in both men's and women's varsity sports. [ 4 ]
After the 1939–40 season, the league became known as the American Hockey League. The 1938–39 season —the IAHL's first as a fully merged league—saw the two-time defending Eastern Amateur Hockey League champion Hershey Bears added as an eighth member club to replace the Buffalo Bisons that had been forced to fold 11 games into the 1936 ...
The Washington Capitals have promoted Brian MacLellan to president of hockey operations to go along with his general manager duties. MacLellan has been the team’s GM since 2014 and previously ...
Although Washington's birthday is Feb. 22 and Lincoln's is Feb. 12, Presidents Day is observed on the third Monday of February each year. Presidents Day: I finally tried a Cherry Thing-a-ling. And ...
The Washington Presidents were a professional ice hockey team that played in the Eastern Hockey League between 1957 and 1960. Pages in category "Washington Presidents players" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.