London Panthers
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The London Panthers were a professional ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 team based in London, Ontario
London, Ontario
London is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada, situated along the Quebec City – Windsor Corridor. The city has a population of 352,395, and the metropolitan area has a population of 457,720, according to the 2006 Canadian census; the metro population in 2009 was estimated at 489,274. The city...

, Canada
Canada
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 that existed from 1926 until 1936. The team played in the Canadian Professional Hockey League
Canadian Professional Hockey League
The Canadian Professional Hockey League, also known as Canpro, was a minor professional hockey league founded in 1926. After three seasons, it became the International Hockey League in 1929...

 from 1926, joining the International Hockey League in 1929. In 1930, the team was renamed the London Tecumsehs. The team played at the London Arena.

The team was disbanded after the International League announced it would merge with the Can-Am League on October 4, 1936.

Season record

Season Finish Playoffs
1926–27 32 16 15 1 33 CPHL champions
1927–28 42 14 26 2 30
1928–29 42 16 22 4 36
1929–30 42 24 13 5 53
1930–31 48 21 21 6 48
1931–32 48 21 15 12 54
1932–33 44 27 9 8 62
1933–34 44 18 17 9 45 IHL champions
1934–35 44 21 17 6 48
1935–36 48 23 22 3 49

Notable players

Several of the players also played in the National Hockey League
National Hockey League
The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...

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  • Benny Grant
    Benny Grant
    Benny Cameron Grant was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played 52 games in the National Hockey League for the New York Americans, Toronto Maple Leafs, and Boston Bruins.- References :*...

     - 1927–28
  • Milt Halliday
    Milt Halliday
    Samuel Milton Halliday was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He played in the National Hockey League for the Ottawa Senators from 1926 until 1929, and was a member of the Stanley Cup-winning team of 1927....

     - 1927–28
  • Sailor Herbert - 1929–30
  • Eddie Ouellette
    Eddie Ouellette
    Adelard Edward Ouellette was a professional ice hockey left winger who played one year in the National Hockey League with the Chicago Black Hawks.-Playing career:...

     - 1934–35
  • Eric Pettinger
    Eric Pettinger
    Eric "Cowboy" Pettinger was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. Pettinger played 98 games in the National Hockey League with the Ottawa Senators, Toronto Maple Leafs, and Boston Bruins...

     - 1930–1936
  • Joe Primeau
    Joe Primeau
    Alfred Joseph Francis "Gentleman Joe" Primeau , was a Canadian professional ice hockey player.-Playing career:...

     - 1928–29
  • Carl Voss
    Carl Voss
    Carl Potter Voss was an American ice hockey forward in the National Hockey League.-Playing career:...

    - 1928–29
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