Philadelphia Arrows
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The Philadelphia Arrows were a professional ice hockey team that played in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They were Philadelphia's first professional hockey team. The Arrows were members of the Canadian-American Hockey League from 1927 to 1935. At the end of the 1934-35 season, following the merger of the CAHL with the International Hockey League (forming the International American Hockey League), they were renamed the Philadelphia Ramblers.
The Arrows coach and manager from 1929 to 1935 was Herb Gardiner. Members of the Arrows included future Hart Trophy winner Tommy Anderson, and future Chicago Blackhawks defenceman Art Coulter.
When the Pittsburgh Pirates hockey team moved in 1930 to Philadelphia as the Philadelphia Quakers, they lasted only one season due in part to the fact that the Arrows out-drew them in attendance.
The Arrows, like the Ramblers, played at the Philadelphia Arena.
