Calgary Spurs

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Calgary Spurs
City: Calgary, Alberta
League: Alberta Junior Hockey League
Division: South
Franchise history
1972-1976: The Pass Red Devils
1976-1978: Pincher Creek Panthers
1978-1979: Calgary Chinooks
1979-1990: Calgary Spurs
1990-Present: Calgary Royals

The Calgary Spurs were a Junior A ice hockey team in the Alberta Junior Hockey League. Founded in 1972 as The Pass Red Devils and following a two year stop as the Pincher Creek Panthers, the franchise became the second AJHL franchise in Calgary (along with the Calgary Canucks) in 1978 as the Calgary Chinooks. The team became the Spurs one year later, retaining the name until the franchise went bankrupt in 1990. The assets of the defunct Spurs franchise were purchased by new investors, and recreated as the Calgary Royals.

Division titles won: 1980-81, 1981-82
Regular season titles won: 1980-81, 1981-82
League Championships won: None
Doyle Cup Titles: None
Centennial Cup Titles: None

[edit] Season-by-season Record

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Season GP W L T GF GA Pts Finish Playoffs
1978-79 60 23 37 0 262 315 46 5th Overall
1979-80 60 31 28 1 303 278 63 4th Overall
1980-81 60 42 16 2 339 231 86 1st South
1981-82 60 49 9 2 363 203 100 1st South Lost final
1982-83 60 30 29 1 313 307 61 3rd South
1983-84 60 24 33 3 277 308 51 3rd South
1984-85 60 36 24 0 315 270 72 2nd South
1985-86 52 27 25 0 235 221 54 3rd South
1986-87 60 28 30 2 282 284 58 3rd South
1987-88 60 19 38 3 262 367 41 4th South
1988-89 60 34 24 2 281 232 70 4th South
1989-90 60 22 36 2 297 320 46 3rd South

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Defunct Alberta Junior Hockey League teams
Calgary Buffaloes | Calgary Cowboys | Calgary Spurs | Crowsnest Pass Timberwolves | Drumheller Falcons | Edmonton Crusaders | Edmonton Maple Leafs | Edmonton Mets | Edmonton Safeway Canadians | Fort Saskatchewan Traders | Hobbema Hawks | Lethbridge Sugar Kings | Mount Royal College Cougars | Ponoka Stampeders | Red Deer Rustlers | St. Albert Saints | Spruce Grove Mets | The Pass Red Devils | Taber Golden Suns
CJAHL | Doyle Cup | Royal Bank Cup
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