The Syracuse Eagles 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 Syracuse, New York

Syracuse, New York

Syracuse is a city in and the county seat of Onondaga County, New York, United States, the largest U.S. city with the name "Syracuse", and the fifth most populous city in the state. At the 2010 census, the city population was 145,170, and its metropolitan area had a population of 742,603...

. The team played home games in the Onondaga County War Memorial Coliseum

War Memorial at Oncenter

The War Memorial at Oncenter, originally the Onondaga War Memorial, is a 6,159-seat multi-purpose arena in Downtown Syracuse, New York. It is part of the Oncenter Complex....

. The Eagles were a member of the American Hockey League

American Hockey League

The American Hockey League is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League...

 for one season during 1974–75

1974–75 AHL season

The 1974–75 AHL season was the 39th season of the American Hockey League. Ten teams were scheduled to play 76 games each in the schedule, but the Baltimore Clippers were unable to complete the season. The Providence Reds finished first overall in the regular season...

, finishing fourth with a record of 21 wins, 43 losses and 11 ties. Coaching duties were split by Art Stratton, Billy Orr (on an interim basis) and John Hanna. The team's leading scorer was Dick Sarrazin (33 goals and 37 assists in 75 games), with Jacques Caron registering a 3.70 goals against average during 50 games in goal. The Eagles lost a one game playoff match to the New Haven Nighthawks.

The city of Syracuse struggled to support two minor league teams during the 1974-75 season. After the Syracuse Blazers

Syracuse Blazers

The Syracuse Blazers were a minor league hockey team that played in the Onondaga County War Memorial and New York State Fair Coliseum in Syracuse, New York....

 won the 1973 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...

 title, that league folded. The Syracuse Blazers moved to the newly formed North American Hockey League, and were league champions in 1973–74 and 1976–77. A splinter group from the Blazers ownership were awarded an AHL franchise (that of the former Cleveland/Jacksonville Barons), dividing the city's fan base. Between the two teams they played 75 home games during the 1974-75 regular season. The Eagles failed to garner sufficient spectator support to last a second season despite playing in a higher level league.

Results

Season	Games	Won	Lost	Tied	Points	Goals for	Goals against	Standing	Playoffs
1974–75 1974–75 AHL season The 1974–75 AHL season was the 39th season of the American Hockey League. Ten teams were scheduled to play 76 games each in the schedule, but the Baltimore Clippers were unable to complete the season. The Providence Reds finished first overall in the regular season...	75	21	43	11	53	254	332	4th, South	Lost One Game Playoff Match

• Syracuse Eagles roster and statistics