1975 Baltimore Claws Tee

1975 Baltimore Claws TeeThe Story Prior to the 197576 season a consortium of seven Maryland businessmen bought the troubled Memphis franchise for $1 million and relocated it to Baltimore, renaming it the Baltimore Claws. The team collapsed before the season started, playing only three exhibition games, all losses. It could have been worse, they did want to rename the franchise the Baltimore Hustlers so there's that. When the ABA and NBA merged in 1976 the glory of the

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

000-seat Gund Arena was set to open in 1994

ABA Commissioner Mike Storen decided to step in

Dallas Chaparrals played in Dallas Memorial Auditorium from 1967 to 1973 before eventually folding and moving operations to San Antonio in 1973 to become the Spurs

Veterans Memorial Stadium and Sargent Field from 1974 to 1976 before eventually folding in 1976

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who failed to get picked up by an NHL team

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Despite making the playoffs

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The team played in the first professional hockey game which included two professional women's players as goaltenders