International Hockey League

The International Hockey League (IHL) was a minor professional ice hockey league in the United States and Canada that operated from 1945 to 2001. The IHL served as the National Hockey League's alternate farm system to the American Hockey League (AHL). After 56 years of operation, financial instability led to the league's demise. Six of the surviving seven teams merged into the AHL in 2001.

All Teams

Current teams

Division	Team	City	Arena	Founded	Joined	NHL affiliate
Eastern Conference
Atlantic	Bridgeport Islanders	Bridgeport, Connecticut	Webster Bank Arena	2001		New York Islanders
	Charlotte Checkers	Charlotte, North Carolina	Bojangles' Coliseum	1990		Florida Panthers
	Hartford Wolf Pack	Hartford, Connecticut	XL Center	1926	1936	New York Rangers
	Hershey Bears	Hershey, Pennsylvania	Giant Center	1938		Washington Capitals
	Lehigh Valley Phantoms	Allentown, Pennsylvania	PPL Center	1996		Philadelphia Flyers
	Providence Bruins	Providence, Rhode Island	Dunkin' Donuts Center	1987		Boston Bruins
	Springfield Thunderbirds	Springfield, Massachusetts	MassMutual Center	1975	1981	St. Louis Blues
	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	Wilkes-Barre Township, Pennsylvania	Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza	1981		Pittsburgh Penguins
North	Belleville Senators	Belleville, Ontario	CAA Arena	1972		Ottawa Senators
	Cleveland Monsters	Cleveland, Ohio	Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse	1994	2001	Columbus Blue Jackets
	Laval Rocket	Laval, Quebec	Place Bell	1969		Montreal Canadiens
	Rochester Americans	Rochester, New York	Blue Cross Arena	1956		Buffalo Sabres
	Syracuse Crunch	Syracuse, New York	Upstate Medical University Arena	1992		Tampa Bay Lightning
	Toronto Marlies	Toronto, Ontario	Coca-Cola Coliseum	1978		Toronto Maple Leafs
	Utica Comets	Utica, New York	Adirondack Bank Center	1932	1936	New Jersey Devils
Western Conference
Central	Chicago Wolves	Rosemont, Illinois	Allstate Arena	1994	2001	Carolina Hurricanes
	Grand Rapids Griffins	Grand Rapids, Michigan	Van Andel Arena	1996	2001	Detroit Red Wings
	Iowa Wild	Des Moines, Iowa	Wells Fargo Arena	1994	2001	Minnesota Wild
	Manitoba Moose	Winnipeg, Manitoba	Canada Life Centre	1994	2001	Winnipeg Jets
	Milwaukee Admirals	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena	1970	2001	Nashville Predators
	Rockford IceHogs	Rockford, Illinois	BMO Harris Bank Center	1995		Chicago Blackhawks
	Texas Stars	Cedar Park, Texas	H-E-B Center at Cedar Park	1999		Dallas Stars
Pacific	Abbotsford Canucks	Abbotsford, British Columbia	Mechanics Bank Arena	1932	1936	Vancouver Canucks
	Bakersfield Condors	Bakersfield, California	Abbotsford Centre	1984		Edmonton Oilers
	Calgary Wranglers	Calgary, Alberta	Scotiabank Saddledome	1977		Calgary Flames
	Colorado Eagles	Loveland, Colorado	Budweiser Events Center	2003	2018	Colorado Avalanche
	Henderson Silver Knights	Henderson, Nevada	Orleans Arena	1971		Vegas Golden Knights
	Ontario Reign	Ontario, California	Toyota Arena	2001		Los Angeles Kings
	San Diego Gulls	San Diego, California	Pechanga Arena	2000		Anaheim Ducks
	San Jose Barracuda	San Jose, California	SAP Center	1996		San Jose Sharks
	Tucson Roadrunners	Tucson, Arizona	Tucson Convention Center	1994		Arizona Coyotes

Former teams

Team	City	Arena	Years Active
Baltimore Clippers	Baltimore, Maryland	Baltimore Civic Center	1962-77
Buffalo Bisons	Buffalo, New York	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium	1940-70
Cleveland Barons	Cleveland, Ohio	Cleveland Arena	1937-73
Philadelphia Rockets	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Philadelphia Arena	1927-42

See also

• List of International Hockey League seasons

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