The Richmond Wildcats were a minor 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 Richmond, Virginia

Richmond, Virginia

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, who played their games at the Richmond Coliseum

Richmond Coliseum

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. The team was apart of the Southern Hockey League, which folded in 1977, just 4 years after its creation in 1973. The Wildcats would soon be replaced by the Richmond Rifles

Richmond Rifles

The Richmond Rifles were a professional ice hockey team of the Eastern Hockey League from 1979–1981, playing in Richmond, Virginia at the Richmond Coliseum. They played the final two seasons of the EHL...

 of the Eastern Hockey League

Eastern Hockey League

-Eastern Amateur Hockey League :The league was founded in 1933 as the Eastern Amateur Hockey League . The league was founded by Thomas Lockhart, who served as its commissioner from 1933 to 1972...

  in 1979.

1976-77 Season

In their only season, the Wildcats finished 5th out of 7 teams with a 21-16-1 record.

Standings

Team	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS
Hampton Gulls Hampton Gulls The Hampton Gulls were a professional ice hockey team based in Hampton, Virginia and were a farm team for the Cincinnati Stingers of the WHA. The Gulls were a member of the Southern Hockey League for three seasons from 1974–75 to 1976–77, and the American Hockey League for one season in 1977–78...	50	32	16	2	66
Tidewater Sharks	41	26	13	2	54
Charlotte Checkers Charlotte Checkers (1956–1977) The Charlotte Checkers were an American ice hockey team in Charlotte, North Carolina, playing in the Eastern Hockey League and Southern Hockey League.-Franchise history:...	50	22	25	3	47
Baltimore Clippers Baltimore Clippers The Baltimore Clippers were an American ice hockey team. They were the first of three Baltimore entries into the American Hockey League, who played from 1962–76...	47	21	24	2	44
Richmond Wildcats	38	21	16	1	43
Greensboro Generals Greensboro Generals The Greensboro Generals were an ECHL team that existed from 1999-2004. The franchise replaced the Greensboro Monarchs, who called the city home from 1989-1995....	40	15	24	1	31
Winston-Salem Polar Twins Winston-Salem Polar Twins The Winston-Salem Polar Twins is a name held by two professional hockey franchises in Winston-Salem, NC. The first Polar Twins franchise operated in the 1970s before folding. They were followed by the Carolina Thunderbirds...	42	11	30	1	23

Roster

• Andre Gill
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• Barry Scully
• Bill Goldthorpe
• Bruce Aberhart
• Claude Periard
• Danny Schock
  Danny Schock
  Daniel Patrick Schock is a retired professional ice hockey player who played 20 games in the National Hockey League. He played with the Boston Bruins and Philadelphia Flyers...
  
  
• Ed Smith
• Garry MacMillan
• Glen Anweiler
• Greg Hickey
  Greg Hickey
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• Jeff Bourdon
• Jim McCrimmon
  Jim McCrimmon
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• Jim Setters
• John Ahern
  John Ahern
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• Keith Kokkola
• Lorne Rombough
• Mike Ballanger
• Mike Mutcheson
• Ralph MacSweyn
• Remi Levesque
• Wayne Spooner
  Wayne Spooner
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• Wes Wiseman
• Willie Brossart
  Willie Brossart
  William James Brossart is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League with the Philadelphia Flyers, Toronto Maple Leafs and Washington Capitals-Playing career:...