Broome Dusters

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Broome Dusters

Founded	1973
Home ice	Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena
Based in	Binghamton, New York
Colors	gold and black
League	North American Hockey League

The Broome Dusters were an ice hockey team in the North American Hockey League. They played in Binghamton, New York, USA at the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena. The team logo was designed by Johnny Hart, artist of the comic strip "B.C." and a Binghamton native.

Seasons: 1973-1977

Arena: Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena

Uniform colors: gold and black

Logo design:

Division titles won: none

Regular season titles won: none

League championships won: none

1 History
2 Year-by-year record
3 Team records
4 External links

[edit] History

The Dusters played in the NAHL, which served as the inspiration for the movie Slap Shot, which includes a "Broome County" team. One scene in the film was specifically drawn from events that occurred in Binghamton. In the movie, the Hanson brothers wear black-rimmed, Coke-bottle eyeglasses, and in one game, get into a fight immediately after the opening faceoff. In reality what happened was that both Jeff and Steve Carlson wore those type of glasses, and did get into a long fight right after an opening faceoff. Coach Dick Roberge told the Johnstown Tribune-Democrat, "We got into Binghamton about two or three weeks before the playoffs. In the team warmup, we're out there and all the Binghamton players came out with the plastic glasses and big noses, every one of them, poking fun at the Carlson brothers. We went back in the dressing room and the boys said, 'Coach, as soon as that puck is dropped, we're pairing up.' We had one heckuva fight. They went about 30 minutes until everyone got tired. We met them again in the finals (1974-75) and beat them four straight."

When the NAHL folded in the 1977, the team transferred to the American Hockey League where it was known as the Binghamton Dusters, in what was ostensibly a relocation of the Providence Reds franchise.

[edit] Year-by-year record

(per www.HockeyDB.com)

Year	GP	W	L	T	OL	GF	GA	PTS	Finish	Playoffs
1976-77	74	41	31	2	-	363	342	84	3rd	Lost Round 2
1975-76	74	27	45	2	-	258	337	56	Last, West	DNQ
1974-75	74	39	32	3	-	293	286	81	3rd	Lost Finals 0-4
1973-74	74	28	41	5	-	274	352	61	6th	DNQ