1973 NAHL League Logo Tee

1973 NAHL League Logo TeeThe Story If the teams of the NAHL (1973 1977) look familiar, it's because the league served as the inspiration for one of the greatest sports movies of all time: Slap Shot. Ned Dowd, who played for the Johnston Jets, was the brother of the film's screenwriter, Nancy Dowd who was inspired to write the screenplay based off of Ned's experiences in a league where bench clearing brawls and fights between players and fans were the norm on Friday and

On September 2

)  When the ABA and NBA merged in 1976 the glory of the Utah Stars was retired to the rafters of Basketballs past glory

The inaugural team included starting goalie Daniel Berthiaume and Iain Duncan

Six of the surviving seven teams merged into the AHL in 2001

Unsurprisingly

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they were renamed the Boston Blazers when they moved to the Boston Garden for the 1992 season

the Turbos won the 1991 MiLL Championship where Gary Gait was the MVP and also named league Rookie of the Year

merger talks began almost immediately

388 fans per game

The Bulldogs worked with the promotional staff at The Spectrum

the WHL's Screaming Eagles were moved to Philadelphia at the last minute prior to the 72-73 season and renamed the Blazers