Baltimore Clippers

This article is about the American Hockey League team. For the article about the Ontario Hockey Association senior team, please see Baltimore Clippers (Ontario).

Baltimore Clippers
City:	Baltimore, Maryland
League:	American Hockey League Southern Hockey League
Operated:	1962 to 1977
Home Arena:	Baltimore Civic Center
Colors:	Black, orange and white
Affiliates:	New York Rangers, Pittsburgh Penguins
Championships
Regular Season Titles:	one (1970–71)
Division Championships:	three (1970–71, 1971–72, 1973–74)

The Baltimore Clippers were an American ice hockey team. They were the first of three Charm City entries into the American Hockey League, who played from 1962–76. The Clippers won their division three times: 1970–71, 1971–72, and 1973–74.

They were set up in 1962 when the Baltimore Civic Center was opened. They became the primary farm team of the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League replacing the Kitchener-Waterloo Beavers of the Eastern Professional Hockey League.

The Clippers withdrew from the AHL mid-season during 1974–75 when the World Hockey Association's Michigan Stags relocated to Baltimore as the "Baltimore Blades." The team regrouped for one more season, then transferred to the Southern Hockey League, playing one more season. The team was revived in 1979, playing two seasons in the Eastern Hockey League before that league disbanded.

The Blades team used the same set of jerseys as the Clippers. The home white jerseys had circular Blades logo sewn over the Clippers logo.

An earlier Baltimore Clippers minor league ice hockey team, in the old Eastern Hockey League, existed prior to moving to Charlotte, North Carolina in 1956, and becoming the first Charlotte Checkers. This move was caused by a fire at their arena late in the 1955-56 season.

This franchise was replaced in this market by:

• Baltimore Blades (1975)
• Baltimore Skipjacks (1981–1982) ACHL, (1982–1993) AHL
• Baltimore Bandits (1995–1997) AHL

Season-by-season results

• Baltimore Clippers 1962–1976 (American Hockey League)
• Baltimore Clippers 1976–1977 (Southern Hockey League)

Regular season

Season	Games	Won	Lost	Tied	Points	Goals for	Goals against	Standing	Head coaches
1962–63	72	35	30	7	77	226	244	3rd, East	Red Sullivan/Aldo Guidolin
1963–64	72	32	37	3	67	200	220	4th, East	Aldo Guidolin
1964–65	72	35	32	5	75	275	249	3rd, East	John Crawford
1965–66	72	27	43	2	56	212	254	4th, East	John Crawford, Terry Reardon
1966–67	72	35	27	10	80	252	247	2nd, East	Terry Reardon
1967–68	72	28	34	10	66	236	255	4th, East	Terry Reardon
1968–69	74	33	34	7	73	266	257	2nd, East	Aldo Guidolin
1969–70	72	25	30	17	67	230	252	3rd, West	Rudy Migay
1970–71	72	40	23	9	89	263	224	1st, West	Terry Reardon
1971–72	76	34	31	11	79	240	249	1st, West	Terry Reardon/Jim Morrison
1972–73	76	17	48	11	45	210	315	6th, West	Terry Reardon/Jim Morrison
1973–74	76	42	24	10	94	310	232	1st, South	Terry Reardon/Jim Morrison
1974–75	46	14	22	10	38	136	180	5th, South	Terry Reardon/Kent Douglas
1975–76	76	21	48	7	49	238	316	4th, South	Terry Reardon/Kent Douglas
1976–77	47	21	24	2	44	182	169	Southern Hockey League folded

Playoffs

Season	1st round	2nd round	Finals
1962–63	L, 1-2, Hershey	—	—
1963–64	Out of playoffs
1964–65	L, 2-3, Hershey	—	—
1965–66	Out of playoffs
1966–67	W, 3-2, Quebec	L, 1-3, Rochester	—
1967–68	Out of playoffs
1968–69	L, 1-3, Providence	—	—
1969–70	L, 1-4, Montreal	—	—
1970–71	L, 2-4, Providence	—	—
1971–72	W, 4-2, Cleveland	W, 4-2, Cincinnati	L, 2-4, Nova Scotia
1972–73	Out of playoffs
1973–74	W, 4-1, Richmond	L, 0-4, Hershey	—
1974–75	Did not complete season.
1975–76	Out of playoffs
1976–77	Southern Hockey League folded mid-seaason.

References

• The Official 1992-93 Baltimore Skipjacks Game Program.