Hockey Programs

1973-74 Regular Season--Musketeers vs. Chicago Warriors      Sioux City, Iowa, a town of approximately 86,000, has been home to the Sioux City Musketeers of the United States Hockey League (USHL) since 1951. After a single season in 1951-52, the Musketeers returned to Iowa in 1972-73 and have remained in town ever since.      At the time of this program (1973-74), the USHL was a semi-pro circuit, a notch below the International Hockey League. It contained nine teams, mostly west of the Great Lakes and one team, Thunder Bay, in Canada. The Musketeers played their home games at the Sioux City Auditorium, which sat about 3,500.      This was the second season of Musketeers hockey, and the team was coached by John Saville. Sioux City finished the year with a 23-24-1, missing the postseason. The Musketeers were m iddle-of-the-pack on offense, scoring 215 goals. Leading goal-scorer that year was Dave Kartio, who had 34 goals and 58 points....

1977 USHL Playoffs: Blades vs. Milwaukee Admirals      The Grand Rapids Blades were a minor-pro hockey team in the United States Hockey League (USHL). They played their home games at Stadium Arena (now DeltaPlex Arena), located in Walker, Michigan. The Blades were the first professional hockey team to call Grand Rapids home since the IHL's Rockets relocated to Huntington, West Virginia in 1956. 1976-77 was the franchise's first season.      Nelson LeClair was Player/Coach for the Blades, and Joe Zalokar was the General Manager. The team's first season was a successful one, to say the least. The Blades ran away with the regular season crown, sporting a 34-11-3 record. Their 71 points were 11 better than second-place Green Bay and 23 ahead of Southern Division champion Milwaukee.      Grand Rapids led the league in goals scored, with 336. Gary Ford, who spent 9 years with the Muskegon Mohawks, had 37 goals and 105 points to lead the team....

This is another one of those programs where you say to yourself, "Better grab this one or you'll kick yourself forever if you don't". This is the only Traverse City Bays program I have seen online or anywhere. The second I saw it on eBay, I grabbed it. Paid more than I usually do, but it was worth it. 1976-77 Regular Season--Bays vs. Milwaukee Admirals      The Traverse City Bays were a team in the United States Hockey League. The USHL was a semi-pro outfit that was a notch or two below the IHL until 1979, when it switched to junior hockey. The Bays played in the old Glacier Dome, which is now owned by Cherry Capital Foods.       In their inaugural season, 1975-76, the Bays had a respectable 24-23-1 record, good enough for second place in the Northern Division, 16 points behind Green Bay. Their sophomore season, however, was a big step back. Despite having former NHLer Dean Prentice as player-coach, the Bays collapsed to a 12-35-1 m...