Marquette, Michigan

A view of Marquette.

Marquette is a town of about 20,000 people in northern Michigan. 

Marquette was host to the first ever outdoor game involving an NHL team when the Detroit Red Wings played the inmates at the Marquette Branch Prison on February 2, 1954.

Teams

• Marquette Blackbirds (American Amateur Hockey Association, 1927-1928)
• Marquette Rangers (North American Hockey League, 2006-2010) relocate to Flint and are renamed Michigan Warriors
• Marquette Royales

1. (Midwest Junior Hockey League,2013) withdrew to join MJHL
2. (Minnesota Junior Hockey League, 2013-2015) join USPHL-Midwest
3. (United States Premier Hockey League-Midwest, 2015-future)

• Marquette Sentinals ((US) Central Hockey League, 1959-1961) league became the United States Hockey League (1961-1979)

University teams

• Northern Michigan Wildcats

Arenas

• Berry Events Center
• Lakeview Arena
• Palestra (Michigan)

External Links

• Marquette, Michigan on Wikipedia
• http://www.greatesthockeylegends.com/2010/03/red-wings-played-prison-hockey-team-in.htmllink to article on outdoor hockey game involving Red Wings and inmates