Knoxville Knights
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The Knoxville Knights were a minor professional ice hockey team based in the James White Civic Coliseum in Knoxville, Tennessee. The Knights played for seven seasons in the Eastern Hockey League from 1961 to 1968. The Knights folded after the end of the 1967-68 season.
They were followed in Knoxville by the Knoxville Cherokees of the ECHL from 1988 to 1997, the Knoxville Speed of the UHL from 1999 to 2002, and the Knoxville Ice Bears of the ACHL, the SEHL, and the SPHL from 2002 to the present.
[edit] Knights in the NHL
Former members of the Knights include several players who played in the NHL.
[edit] Season-by-season results
| Season | Games | Won | Lost | Tied | Points | Goals For |
Goals Against |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961-62 | 68 | 30 | 35 | 3 | 63 | 216 | 256 |
| 1962-63 | 68 | 37 | 28 | 3 | 77 | 295 | 245 |
| 1963-64 | 72 | 40 | 31 | 1 | 81 | 340 | 287 |
| 1964-65 | 72 | 34 | 36 | 2 | 70 | 281 | 284 |
| 1965-66 | 72 | 34 | 36 | 2 | 70 | 278 | 261 |
| 1966-67 | 72 | 27 | 42 | 3 | 57 | 232 | 268 |
| 1967-68 | 72 | 23 | 43 | 6 | 52 | 250 | 294 |
