Toronto Roadrunners | |
City: | Toronto, Ontario |
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League: | American Hockey League |
Operated: | 2003–04 AHL season |
Home Arena: | Ricoh Coliseum |
Colours: | Blue, yellow, and grey |
Affiliates: | Edmonton Oilers |
Franchise history | |
1984 to 1988: | Nova Scotia Oilers |
1988 to 1996: | Cape Breton Oilers |
1996 to 2002: | Hamilton Bulldogs |
2003 to 2004: | Toronto Roadrunners |
2004 to 2005: | Edmonton Road Runners |
The Toronto Roadrunners were a team in the American Hockey League. They played in Toronto, Ontario, Canada at the Ricoh Coliseum. In their only season the Roadrunners advanced to the AHL playoffs where they lost the first round to the Cleveland Barons.
While initial owner Lyle Abrhams brought the franchise to Toronto with good intentions, poor attendance, a questionable business model, and a dispute with building officials resulted in the relocation of the franchise to Edmonton, Alberta after only one season, becoming the Edmonton Road Runners. Another factor was the desire of the parent club to have the team play in Edmonton to fill the void due to the expected 2004–05 NHL lockout. Since Abrhams owned the rights to the name and logo, the Roadrunners name and identity would return as the Phoenix RoadRunners, reborn in the ECHL. The void in Toronto was filled in 2005 by the Toronto Marlies.
Team records[]
- Goals: 25
Jamie Wright
- Assists: 30 Jamie Wright
- Points: 55 Jamie Wright
- Penalty Minutes: 196
Rocky Thompson
- GAA: 2.52
Mike Morrison
- SV%: .913 Mike Morrison,
Stephen Valiquette
- Goaltending Wins: 14 Steve Valiquette
- Shutouts: 3 Mike Morrison,
Tyler Moss
- Games: 78 Jamie Wright
Roster[]
2004-2005
- Head Coach: Geoff Ward
- now assistant coach of the Boston Bruins
Players
- 24 Jamie Wright
- now playing in Düsseldorf, Germany
- 8 Tony Salmelainen
Finland - now playing with Genève-Servette HC
- 22 Jani Rita
Finland - now with Jokerit
Finland
- 7 Doug Lynch
- now with Vienna Capitals
Austria
- 13 Nate DiCasmirro
United States - now with Bolzano HC
Italy
- 9 Chad Hinz
- 38 Mike Bishai
- now with Jokerit
Finland
- 23 Joe Cullen (ice hockey)
United States - now with the Ottawa Senators
- 25 J. J. Hunter
- later with Manitoba Moose
- 37 Sean McAslan
- now with Nottingham Panthers
United Kingdom
- 33 Mikko Luoma
Finland - now with HV71
Sweden
- 27 Michael Henrich
- now with EHC Wolfsburg Grizzly Adams
Germany
- 19 Jeff Woywitka
- now with the St. Louis Blues
- 51 David Roche
- now retired
- 10 Brad Winchester
United States - now with the St. Louis Blues
- 18 Peter Sarno
- now with Fribourg Gottéron
- 5 Bobby Allen
United States - now with the Boston Bruins
- 26 Dan Tessier
- now with Nottingham Panthers
United Kingdom
- 6 Dan Smith
- now with the Syracuse Crunch
- 15 Dan Baum
- now with Heilbronn Falcons
- 2 Rocky Thompson
- now assistant coach of the Edmonton Oil Kings
- 21 Marc-Andre Bergeron
- now with the Minnesota Wild
- 55 Igor Ulanov
Russia - now with HC Dinamo Minsk
- 34 Peter Hogan
- 36 Mathieu Roy
- now with the Edmonton Oilers
- 30 David Cousineau
- 12 Jan Horacek
- 14 Brent Henley
- now with the Edmonton Oilers
- 40 Steve Valiquette
- now with the Philadelphia Flyers
- 38 Jason Platt
- 16 Jean-Francois Plourde
now with Fresno Falcons
- 20 Zack Stortini
- now with the Edmonton Oilers
- 32 David Belitski
- now with Victoria Power Wings
- 44 Ryan Christie
- 29 Chris Madden
United States - now with Bridgeport Sound Tigers
- 29 Tyler Moss
- now with Amur Khabarovsk
Russia
- 1 Mike Morrison
United States - now with HDD Olimpija Ljubljana
Season-by-season results[]
Season | Games | Won | Lost | Tied | OTL | Points | Goals for |
Goals against |
Standing | Playoffs |
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2003–04 | 80 | 35 | 34 | 8 | 3 | 81 | 219 | 224 | 5th, North | Lost, 1–2, Cleveland in qualifying round |
External links[]
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