The Salt Lake Golden Eagles were a minor professional hockey team based in Salt Lake City

Salt Lake City, Utah

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, Utah

Utah

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 from 1969 to 1994.

They played in the Western Hockey League

Western Hockey League (minor pro)

The Western Hockey League was a minor pro ice hockey league that operated from 1952 to 1974. Managed for most of its history by Hockey Hall of Fame member Al Leader, it was created out of the merger of the Pacific Coast Hockey League and the Western Canada Senior Hockey League...

 from 1969 to 1974, the Central Hockey League from 1974 to 1984 and the International Hockey League from 1984 to 1994. The Golden Eagles home ice was the Salt Palace

Salt Palace

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 from 1969 to 1991, and the Delta Center (now EnergySolutions Arena

EnergySolutions Arena

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) from 1991 to 1994. In 1994 Larry H. Miller

Larry H. Miller

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, who also owned the Utah Jazz

Utah Jazz

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 and the Delta Center, sold the team to Detroit, Michigan

Detroit, Michigan

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 interests. The Golden Eagles became the Detroit Vipers

Detroit Vipers

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.

Season-by-season results

• Salt Lake Golden Eagles 1969–1974 (Western Hockey League
  Western Hockey League (minor pro)
  The Western Hockey League was a minor pro ice hockey league that operated from 1952 to 1974. Managed for most of its history by Hockey Hall of Fame member Al Leader, it was created out of the merger of the Pacific Coast Hockey League and the Western Canada Senior Hockey League...
  
  )
• Salt Lake Golden Eagles 1974–1984 (Central Hockey League)
• Salt Lake Golden Eagles 1984–1994 (International Hockey League)

Regular season

Season	Games	Won	Lost	Tied	OTL	SOL	Points	Goals For	Goals Against	Standing
1969–70	72	15	43	14
44	240	366	7th
1970–71	72	18	49	5
41	217	327	6th
1971–72	72	29	33	10
68	250	254	5th
1972–73	72	32	25	15
79	288	259	2nd
1973–74	78	41	33	4
86	356	297	2nd
1974–75	78	43	24	11
97	317	245	1st, North
1975–76	76	37	35	4
78	300	299	3rd
1976–77	76	31	39	6
68	276	288	5th
1977–78	76	42	31	3
87	283	238	2nd
1978–79	76	47	22	7
101	314	209	1st
1979–80	80	49	24	7
105	342	259	1st
1980–81	80	46	29	5
97	368	295	2nd
1981–82	80	47	30	3
97	368	329	1st, North
1982–83	80	41	38	1
83	318	312	4th
1983–84	72	35	35	2
72	334	330	3rd
1984–85	82	35	39	8
82	332	323	6th
1985–86	82	44	36
2
90	340	325	4th, West
1986–87	82	39	31	12
90	360	357	2nd, West
1987–88	82	40	34
8
88	308	303	2nd, West
1988–89	82	56	22
4
116	369	294	1st, West
1989–90	82	37	36
9
83	326	311	2nd, West
1990–91	83	50	28
5
105	353	296	2nd, West
1991–92	82	33	40
9
75	252	304	4th, West
1992–93	82	38	39
5
81	269	305	2nd, Pacific
1993–94	81	24	52
5
53	243	377	4th, Pacific

Playoffs

Season	1st round	2nd round	Finals
1974–75	N/A	N/A	Won Adams Cup
1975–76	Lost in first round
1976–77	Out of playoffs.
1977–78	Lost in first round
1978–79	N/A	N/A	Lost in finals
1979–80	N/A	N/A	Won Adams Cup
1980–81	W, 3–2, FW Fort Worth Texans The Fort Worth Texans were a professional ice hockey team based in Fort Worth, Texas. They started play in 1967 as the Fort Worth Wings, a minor league affiliate for the Detroit Red Wings. They were part of the Central Hockey League and played their home games at Will Rogers Coliseum...	W, 4–1, Tulsa	Won, Wichita Wichita Wind The Wichita Wind were a minor league ice hockey team based in Wichita, Kansas from 1980 to 1983. They were the feeder team of the Edmonton Oilers and the New Jersey Devils . The Wind played in the Central Hockey League at the Britt Brown Arena in the Kansas Coliseum...
1981–82	W, 3–1, Oklahoma City Oklahoma City Stars The Oklahoma City Stars were a minor league professional ice hockey team in the Central Hockey League from 1978 to 1982. They were affiliated with the Minnesota North Stars of the National Hockey League....	L, 2–4, Dallas Dallas Black Hawks The Dallas Black Hawks were a minor-league professional ice hockey team in Dallas, Texas. They were a member of the Central Hockey League and played home games at State Fair Coliseum....
1982–83	Lost in first round
1983–84	Out of playoffs.
1984–85	N/A	N/A	N/A
1985–86	N/A	N/A	N/A
1986–87	N/A	N/A	N/A
1987–88	W, 4–3, Peoria Peoria Rivermen The Peoria Rivermen are a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. They play in Peoria, Illinois, USA at the Carver Arena.-History:...	W, 4–2, Colorado	W, 4–2, Flint Flint Spirits The Flint Spirits were a professional hockey team in Flint, Michigan from 1985–1990, and played their home games at the IMA Sports Arena. They were a part of the International Hockey League, and replaced the recently departed Flint Generals team. They compiled an overall record of 162–220–28...
1988–89	W, 4–0, Denver Denver Rangers The Denver Rangers were a professional hockey team in Denver, Colorado for 1988–1989 season. They were a member of the International Hockey League. The team was originally the Indianapolis Checkers, but after the 1986–1987 season the team moved to Denver. The team was originally known as the...	W, 4–1, Milwaukee Milwaukee Admirals The Milwaukee Admirals are a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. They play in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA at the Bradley Center.-History:...	L, 1–4, Muskegon Muskegon Lumberjacks The Muskegon Lumberjacks were an International Hockey League team based in Muskegon, Michigan.-Facts:-Season-by-Season record:Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime losses/Shootout losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in...
1989–90	W, 4–2, Milwaukee Milwaukee Admirals The Milwaukee Admirals are a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. They play in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA at the Bradley Center.-History:...	L, 1–4, Indianapolis Indianapolis Ice The Indianapolis Ice is the name of a former hockey team in Indianapolis, Indiana, that played in the International Hockey League from 1988–99 and in the Central Hockey League from 1999–2004. Their original home arena was the Indiana State Fairgrounds Pepsi Coliseum at the Indiana State Fairgrounds...
1990–91	L, 0–4, Phoenix Phoenix Roadrunners (IHL) The Phoenix Roadrunners were a minor league professional ice hockey team in the International Hockey League. The team was housed at Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The team played in the IHL from 1989 to 1997. The IHL Roadrunners were named for a World Hockey Association team of the same name...
1991–92	L, 1–4, Kansas City Kansas City Blades The Kansas City Blades was a professional ice hockey team in the International Hockey League from 1990–2001 until the demise of the league after the 2000–01 season. The Blades was based in Kansas City, Missouri at Kemper Arena....
1992–93	Out of playoffs.
1993–94	Out of playoffs.

External links

• The Internet Hockey Database - Salt Lake Golden Eagles (WHL)
• The Internet Hockey Database - Salt Lake Golden Eagles (CHL)
• The Internet Hockey Database - Salt Lake Golden Eagles (IHL)