Cincinnati Swords

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Cincinnati Swords

City:	Cincinnati, Ohio
League:	American Hockey League
Operated:	1971 to 1974
Home Arena:	Cincinnati Gardens
Colors''':	navy and yellow
Affiliates:	Buffalo Sabres
Regular Season Titles:	one (1972-73)
Division Championships:	one (1972-73)
Calder Cups:	one (1972-73)

The Cincinnati Swords are a defunct American Hockey League team, founded in 1971, when the newly created NHL expansion team, Buffalo Sabres, exercised their option to create their own AHL farm team. Originally the Sabres wished to place the team in Florida but this was voted down by the AHL, so the Sabres instead put the franchise in Cincinnati. Although they were only in existence of three years, the Cincinnati Swords were immensely popular with their fan base.

In their first season, they would qualify for the playoffs. After a sweep over the Hershey Bears, the Swords would lose to the Baltimore Clippers 4-2. The 1972-73 season would not be a disappointing one, however. The Swords would change the record books (up to that point). These would include most points in a season (113), most wins in a season (54), most homes wins (32), most road wins (22), most points at home (65), and most points in road games (48). They outscored opponents 351-206. After a sweep over the Richmond Robins and a 4-2 series win over the Virginia Wings in the first and second rounds of the playoffs, the Cincinnati Swords would become Calder Cup champions after defeating the previous Calder Cup champions, the Nova Scotia Voyageurs, 4-1.

The third season would the final season for the Swords. They qualified for the playoffs, but would lose to the Calder Cup champions later that year, Hershey Bears, 4-1. After the 1973-74 season, the Swords would soon jump to the World Hockey Association as the Cincinnati Stingers. Although they would not start until the 1975 season, the Sabres would pull the plug with their affiliate. As the Swords were in their playoff series, the Stingers would be advertised. Fans were angered by this, and that is why they would were not very supportive of the new hockey franchise.

Season-by-season results

Regular Season

Season	Games	Won	Lost	Tied	Points	Goals For	Goals Against	Standing
1971-72	76	30	28	18	78	252	258	3rd, West
1972-73	76	54	17	5	113	351	206	1st, West
1973-74	76	40	25	11	91	273	233	3rd, South

Playoffs

Season	1st round	2nd round	Finals
1971-72	W, 4-0, Hershey	L, 2-4, Baltimore	--
1972-73	W, 4-0, Richmond	W, 4-2, Virginia	W, 4-1, Nova Scotia
1973-74	L, 1-4, Hershey	--	--

Defunct American Hockey League Teams

Cincinnati, Ohio

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Nickname: The Queen City
Motto: Juncta Juvant (Lat. Strength in Unity)
Location in Hamilton County, Ohio, USA
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Sport Ice hockey
Founded 1936
No. of teams 29
Country(ies) United States
Canada

Most recent champion(s) Hamilton Bulldogs

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Cincinnati Gardens is an indoor sports and entertainment arena located in Cincinnati, Ohio that opened in 1949. The 25,000 square foot (2,300 mÂ²) brick and limestone building, whose entrance is decorated with six three-dimensional carved athletic figures, was modeled after Maple
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Buffalo Sabres

Conference Eastern
Division Northeast
Founded 1970
History Buffalo Sabres
1970 - present
Home Arena HSBC Arena
City Buffalo, New York
Colors''' Midnight Blue, Maize, Silver, White
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The 1972-73 AHL season was the 37th season of the American Hockey League. Twelve teams played 76 games each in the schedule. The Cincinnati Swords finished first overall in the regular season, and won the Calder Cup championship.
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Sport Ice hockey
Founded 1917
No. of teams 30
Country(ies) Canada
United States

Most recent champion(s) Anaheim Ducks

TV partner(s) CAN: CBC, TSN, RDS, RIS, RSN (regional)
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A farm team, or feeder team, generally refers to a team or club whose role it is to provide experience and training for young players, with an agreement that any successful players will move on to a bigger side at a certain point.
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Hershey Bears

City: Hershey, Pennsylvania
League: American Hockey League
Conference: Eastern Conference
Division: East Division
Founded: 1932 (T-SHL/EAHL);
1938 (I-AHL/AHL)

Home Arena: GIANT Center
Colors''': burgundy, black, gold
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Baltimore Clippers

City: Baltimore, Maryland
League: American Hockey League
Southern Hockey League

Operated: 1962 to 1977
Home Arena: Baltimore Civic Center
Colors''': Black, Orange and White

Affiliates: New York Rangers, Pittsburgh Penguins
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Richmond Robins

City: Richmond, Virginia
League: American Hockey League

Operated: 1971 to 1976

Franchise history
1928 to 1971: Quebec Aces
1971 to 1976: Richmond Robins

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Virginia Wings

City: Norfolk, Virginia
League: American Hockey League

Operated: 1972 to 1975

Colors''': red and white

Affiliates: Detroit Red Wings
Franchise history
1971 to 1972: Tidewater Wings
1972 to 1975: Virginia Wings
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The Calder Cup is awarded annually to the playoff champion of the American Hockey League. The trophy is the world's oldest continuous professional ice hockey championship, having first been awarded in 1937 following the 1936-37 AHL season, and continuously being awarded every year.
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Nova Scotia Voyageurs

City: Halifax, Nova Scotia
League: American Hockey League

Operated: 1971 to 1984
Home Arena: Halifax Forum
(1971-78)
Halifax Metro Centre
(1978-84)
Colours''': Red, White and Blue

Affiliates: Montreal Canadiens

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World Hockey Association (French: Association Mondiale de Hockey) was a professional ice hockey league that operated in North America from 1972 to 1979. It was the first major competition for the National Hockey League since the collapse of the Western Hockey League after
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The Cincinnati Stingers were an ice hockey team based out of Cincinnati, Ohio that played in the World Hockey Association from 1975 to 1979. Their home arena was Riverfront Coliseum and they are the only major-league hockey team ever to play in Cincinnati.
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The 1971-72 AHL season was the 36th season of the American Hockey League. Major changes occurred in the off-season. The league welcomed four expansion teams, and lost both Quebec-based teams. Eleven teams played 76 games each in the schedule.
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The 1973-74 AHL season was the 38th season of the American Hockey League. The league renames its divisions. The "East" Division becomes the "North" Division, and the "West" Division becomes the "South" Division. Twelve teams played 76 games each in the schedule.
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