Richmond Wildcats

American minor league professional ice hockey team (1976–77)

Head coachForbes KennedyAffiliatesNew York Rangers
St. Louis Blues

The Richmond Wildcats were a minor league professional ice hockey team based in Richmond, Virginia.^[1] Richmond joined the Southern Hockey League as an expansion team in 1976, and replaced the void at the Richmond Coliseum, when the Richmond Robins ceased operations.^[2] The Wildcats were affiliated with the New York Rangers, and the St. Louis Blues, for the 1976–77 Southern Hockey League season.^[3] Forbes Kennedy was named the team's coach.^[1] The offence was led by Barry Scully with 44 points, Claude Periard with 30 goals, and Lorne Rombough with 28 goals.^[4] The Wildcats played 38 games before the team folded on January 3, 1977 due to financial problems.^[2]^[5]

Notable players

Notable Wildcats players that also played in the National Hockey League or World Hockey Association:^[4]

Willie Brossart
Andre Gill
Bill Goldthorpe
Greg Hickey
Keith Kokkola
Ralph MacSweyn
Jim McCrimmon
Lorne Rombough
Danny Schock

Results

Richmond won 21 games, compared to 16 losses and a tie, and earned the fifth most points in the league.^[1]

Season	GP	W	L	T	Pts	Pct	GF	GA	PIM	Standing	Playoffs
1976–77	38	21	16	1	43	0.566	160	144	602	5th, SHL	Folded

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Richmond Wildcats hockey team statistics and history". hockeydb.com. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Southern Hockey League [1973-1977] history and statistics". hockeydb.com. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
^ "Richmond Wildcats Parent Team affiliate history". hockeydb.com. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Richmond Wildcats all-time player list". hockeydb.com. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
^ Crossley, Drew (August 30, 2014). "Southern Hockey League 1973 Archives". Fun While It Lasted. Retrieved February 4, 2018.