The Memphis Wings 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 in Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis is a city in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers....

. They played from 1964-67 in the Central Professional Hockey League. As their name suggested, they were a farm team of the NHL's

National Hockey League

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 Detroit Red Wings

Detroit Red Wings

The Detroit Red Wings are a professional ice hockey team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League , and are one of the Original Six teams of the NHL, along with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, New York...

.

The Red Wings' farm team was originally (in 1963-64) in Indianapolis

Indianapolis

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. An arena explosion in November moved the team to become the Cincinnati Wings

Cincinnati Wings

The Indianapolis Capitals/Cincinnati Wings were a professional ice hockey team that operated for one season in the Central Hockey League. Originally named the Indianapolis Capitals, the team started the 1963-64 season playing out of the Pepsi Coliseum in Indianapolis, but only 9 games into the...

. The following season the team moved into Memphis.

The Wings missed the playoffs in their first two years. In 1966-67 they made it into the semi-final, which they lost in seven games to the Omaha Knights

Omaha Knights

The Omaha Knights were a minor league professional ice hockey team from 1959 to 1975, based in Omaha, Nebraska at the Ak-Sar-Ben arena. The Knights were founded in 1959 as members of the International Hockey League...

. Attendance in the first year was over 130,000, or over 3,700 a game. In 1966-67 the attendance was about 71,000, or just over 2,000 a game.

In 1967 the team moved to become the Fort Worth Wings. The team was replaced by the Memphis South Stars

Memphis South Stars

The Memphis South Stars were a minor professional ice hockey team in Memphis, Tennessee. They played in the Central Hockey League for two seasons and were a farm team of the Minnesota North Stars of the National Hockey League....

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Central Hockey League

Season Games Won Lost Tied Points GoalsFor GoalsAgainst Standing Playoffs
1964-65 70 26 35 9 61 243 245 5th out of playoffs
1965-66 70 25 33 12 62 200 223 6th out of playoffs
1966-67 70 30 32 8 68 230 259 4th Lost Semi Final

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• Henry Anderson
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• Doug Barrie
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• Norm Beaudin
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• Danny Belisle
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• Gary Bergman
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• Craig Cameron
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• Bryan Campbell
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• Dwight Carruthers
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• Billy Carter
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• Bob Champoux
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• Bart Crashley
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• Joe Daley
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• Bob Falkenberg
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• Alex Faulkner
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• George Gardner
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• Warren Godfrey
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• Ron Harris
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• Chuck Holmes
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• Brent Hughes
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• Roger Lafreniere
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• Real Lemieux
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• Nick Libett
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• John MacMillan
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• Lou Marcon
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• Bert Marshall
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• Rick McCann
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• Ab McDonald
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• Howie Menard
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• Butch Paul
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• Jimmy Peters, Jr.
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• Andre Pronovost
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• Pat Quinn
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• Doug Roberts
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• Dave Rochefort
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• Glen Sather
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• Sandy Snow
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• Irv Spencer
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• Vic Stasiuk
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• Bob Wall
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