International Hockey League
The International Hockey League (IHL) was a minor league professional ice hockey league of the triple-A level in the United States and Canada from 1945 to 2001. The league championship trophy was the Turner Cup. A few of the teams moved to the American Hockey League after the 2000-2001 season.
Turner Cup
| Year | Winner | Finalist | Games
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| 2000-01 | Orlando Solar Bears | Chicago Wolves | 4-1
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| 1999-00 | Chicago Wolves | Grand Rapids Griffins | 4-2
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| 1998-99 | Houston Aeros | Orlando Solar Bears | 4-3
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| 1997-98 | Chicago Wolves | Detroit Vipers | 4-3
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| 1996-97 | Detroit Vipers | Long Beach Ice Dogs | 4-2
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| 1995-96 | Utah Grizzlies | Orlando Solar Bears | 4-0
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| 1994-95 | Denver Grizzlies | Kansas City Blades | 4-0
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| 1993-94 | Atlanta Knights | Fort Wayne Komets | 4-2
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| 1992-93 | Fort Wayne Komets | San Diego Gulls | 4-0
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| 1991-92 | Kansas City Blades | Muskegon Lumberjacks | 4-0
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| 1990-91 | Peoria Rivermen | Fort Wayne Komets | 4-2
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| 1989-90 | Indianapolis Ice | Muskegon Lumberjacks | 4-0
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| 1988-89 | Muskegon Lumberjacks | Salt Lake Golden Eagles | 4-1
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| 1987-88 | Salt Lake Golden Eagles | Flint Spirits | 4-2
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| 1986-87 | Salt Lake Golden Eagles | Muskegon Lumberjacks | 4-2
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| 1985-86 | Muskegon Lumberjacks | Fort Wayne Komets | 4-0
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| 1984-85 | Peoria Rivermen | Muskegon Lumberjacks | 4-3
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| 1983-84 | Flint Generals | Toledo Goaldiggers | 4-0
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| 1982-83 | Toledo Goaldiggers | Milwaukee Admirals | 4-2
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| 1981-82 | Toledo Goaldiggers | Saginaw Gears | 4-1
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| 1980-81 | Saginaw Gears | Kalamazoo Wings | 4-0
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| 1979-80 | Kalamazoo Wings | Fort Wayne Komets | 4-2
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| 1978-79 | Kalamazoo Wings | Grand Rapids Owls | 4-3
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| 1977-78 | Toledo Goaldiggers | Port Huron Flags | 4-3
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| 1976-77 | Saginaw Gears | Toledo Goaldiggers | 4-3
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| 1977-76 | Dayton Gems | Port Huron Flags | 4-0
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| 1974-75 | Toledo Goaldiggers | Saginaw Gears | 4-3
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| 1973-74 | Des Moines Capitols | Saginaw Gears | 4-2
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| 1972-73 | Fort Wayne Komets | Port Huron Wings | 4-2
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| 1971-72 | Port Huron Wings | Muskegon Mohawks | 4-2
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| 1970-71 | Port Huron Flags | Des Moines Oak Leafs | 4-2
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| 1969-70 | Dayton Gems | Port Huron Flags | 4-3
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| 1968-69 | Dayton Gems | Muskegon Mohawks | 3-0
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| 1967-68 | Muskegon Mohawks | Dayton Gems | 4-1
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| 1966-67 | Toledo Blades | Fort Wayne Komets | 4-2
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| 1965-66 | Port Huron Flags | Dayton Gems | 4-1
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| 1964-65 | Fort Wayne Komets | Des Moines Oak Leafs | 4-2
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| 1963-64 | Toledo Blades | Fort Wayne Komets | 4-2
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| 1962-63 | Fort Wayne Komets | Minneapolis Millers | 4-1
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| 1961-62 | Muskegon Zephyrs | St.Paul Saints | 4-0
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| 1960-61 | St.Paul Saints | Muskegon Zephyrs | 4-1
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| 1959-60 | St.Paul Saints | Fort Wayne Komets | 4-3
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| 1958-59 | Louisville Rebels | Fort Wayne Komets | 4-2
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| 1957-58 | Indianapolis Chiefs | Louisville Rebels | 4-3
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| 1956-57 | Cincinnati Mohawks | Indianapolis Chiefs | 3-0
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| 1955-56 | Cincinnati Mohawks | Toledo-Marion Mercurys | 4-0
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| 1954-55 | Cincinnati Mohawks | Troy Bruins | 4-3
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| 1953-54 | Cincinnati Mohawks | Johnstown Jets | 4-2
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| 1952-53 | Cincinnati Mohawks | Grand Rapids Rockets | 4-0
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| 1951-52 | Toledo Mercurys | Grand Rapids Rockets | 4-2
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| 1950-51 | Toledo Mercurys | Grand Rapids Rockets | 4-1
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| 1946-50 | Chatham Maroons | Sarnia Sailors | 4-3
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| 1948-49 | Windsor Hettche Spitfires | Toledo Mercurys | 4-3
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| 1947-48 | Toledo Mercurys | Windsor Hettche Spitfires | 4-1
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| 1946-47 | Windsor Spitfires | Detroit Bright's Goodyears | 3-0
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| 1945-46 | Detroit Auto Club | Detroit Bright's Goodyears | 2-1
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Teams
- Akron Americans (1948-1949)
- Albany Choppers (1990-1991)
- Atlanta Knights (1992-1996; became Quebec Rafals)
- Chatham Maroons (1949-1952)
- Chatham Maroons (1963-1964)
- Chicago Wolves (1994-2001; plays in AHL)
- Cincinnati Cyclones (1992-2001)
- Cincinnati Mohawks (1952-1958)
- Cleveland Lumberjacks (1992-2001)
- Colorado Rangers (1987-1988; became Denver Rangers)
- Columbus Checkers (1966-1970; became Columbus Seals)
- Columbus Owls (1973-1977; became Grand Rapid Owls)
- Columbus Seals (1971-1973; became Columbus Owls)
- Dayton Gems (1964-1977; became Milwaukee Admirals)
- Dayton Gems (1979-1980)
- Denver Grizzlies (1994-1995; became Utah Grizzlies)
- Denver Rangers (1988-1989; became Phoenix Roadrunners)
- Des Moins Capitols (1972-1975)
- Des Moins Oak Leaves (1963-1972; became Des Moins Capitols)
- Detroit Auto Club (1945-1951)
- Detroit Bright's Goodyears (1945-1949)
- Detroit Hettche (1949-1952)
- Detroit Jerry Lynch (1948-1949)
- Detroit Metal Mouldings (1946-1948)
- Detroit Vipers (1994-2001)
- Flint Generals (1969-1985; became Saginaw Generals)
- Flint Spirits (1985-1990)
- Fort Wayne Komets (1952-1999)
- Grand Rapids Griffins (1996-2001; plays in AHL)
- Grand Rapids Owls (1977-1980)
- Grand Rapids Rockets (1950-1956)
- Houston Aeros (1994-2001; plays in AHL)
- Huntington Hornets (1956-1957)
- Indianapolis Checkers (1984-1987; became Colorado Rangers)
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- Indianapolis Chiefs (1955-1962)
- Indianapolis Ice (1988-1999)
- Johnstown Jets (1953-1955)
- Kalamazoo Wings (1974-1995; became Michigan K-Wings)
- Kansas City Blades (1990-2001)
- Lansing Lancers (1974-1975)
- Las Vegas Thunder (1993-1999)
- Long Beach Ice Dogs (1996-2000)
- Los Angeles Ice Dogs (1995-1996; became Long Beach Ice Dogs)
- Louisville Blades (1948-1949)
- Louisville Rebels (1957-1959)
- Louisville Shooting Stars (1953-1954)
- Manitoba Moose (1996-2001; plays in AHL)
- Marion Barons (1953-1954)
- Michigan K-Wings (1995-2000)
- Milwaukee Admirals (1977-2001; plays in AHL)
- Milwaukee Chiefs (1952-1954)
- Milwaukee Clarks (1948-1949)
- Milwaukee Falcons (1959-1960)
- Minneapolis Millers (1959-1963)
- Minnesota Moose (1994-1996; became Manitoba Moose)
- Muncie Flyers (1948-1949)
- Muskegon Lumberjacks (1984-1992; became Cleveland Lumberjacks)
- Muskegon Mohawks (1965-1984; became Muskegon Lumberjacks)
- Muskegon Zephyrs (1960-1965; became Muskegon Mohawks)
- Omaha Knights (1959-1963)
- Orlando Solar Bears (1995-2001)
- Peoria Prancers (1982-1984; became Peoria Rivermen)
- Peoria Rivermen (1984-1996; became San Antonio Dragons)
- Phoenix Roadrunners (1989-1997)
- Port Huron Flags (1962-1971; became Port Huron Wings)
- Port Huron Flags (1974-1981)
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- Port Huron Wings (1971-1974; became Port Huron Wings)
- Quebec Rafales (1996-1998)
- Saginaw Gears (1972-1983)
- Saginaw Generals (1985-1987; became Saginaw Hawks)
- Saginaw Hawks (1987-1989)
- Salt Lake Golden Eagles (1984-1994)
- San Antonio Dragons (1996-1998)
- San Diego Gulls (1990-1995; became Los Angeles Ice Dogs)
- San Francisco Spiders (1995-1996)
- Sarnia Sailors (1949-1951)
- St. Paul Saints (1959-1963)
- Toledo Blades (1963-1970; became Toledo Hornets)
- Toledo Golddiggers (1974-1986)
- Toledo Hornets (1970-1974; became Toledo Golddiggers)
- Toledo Mercurys (1947-1949)
- Toledo Mercurys (1950-1955; became Toledo-Marion Mercurys)
- Toledo Mercurys (1956-1959; became Toledo-St. Louis Mercurys)
- Toledo Mercurys (1960-1962)
- Toledo-Marion Mercurys (1955-1956; became Toledo Mercurys)
- Toledo-St. Louis Mercurys (1959-1960; became Toledo Mercurys)
- Troy Bruins (1951-1959)
- Utah Grizzlies (1995-2001)
- Windsor Bulldogs (1963-1964)
- Windsor Gotfredsons (1945-1946)
- Windsor Hettche Spitfires (1947-1949; became Detroit Hettche)
- Windsor Ryancretes (1948-1950)
- Windsor Spitfires (1945-1947; became Windsor Hettche Spitfires)
- Windsor Staffords (1946-1948; became Windsor Ryancretes)
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See also
List of ice hockey leagues
