The Kansas City Blades were a minor league professional ice hockey team in the International Hockey League from 1990–91 until the demise of the league after the 2000–01 season. Minor leagues are professional Sports leagues which are not regarded as the premier leagues in those sports Ice hockey, often referred to simply as hockey, is a team Sport played on Ice. The International Hockey League (IHL was a minor Professional Ice hockey league in the United States and Canada from 1945 to 2001 The Blades were based in Kansas City, Missouri, at the Kemper Arena. Kansas City Missouri only Items for the metro area Kansas City Kansas or North Kansas City MO should go on their respective pages Kemper Arena American Royal Center is a 19500 seat indoor arena in Kansas City Missouri, USA that has hosted NCAA Final Four Basketball
The Blades were first affiliated with the San Jose Sharks, and then the Vancouver Canucks. The San Jose Sharks are a professional Ice hockey team based in San Jose, California, United States. The Vancouver Canucks are a Professional Ice hockey team based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The Blades' best season was in 1991–92, when they won the Turner Cup finals, under the coaching of Kevin Constantine. The Turner Cup was the championship trophy of the International Hockey League 's annual playoffs Kevin Constantine (b December 27, 1958) has coached hockey teams in the NHL, IHL, and numerous Major junior hockey The Blades advanced to the Turner Cup finals again in 1995, only to lose in four straight games to the Denver Grizzlies. This is about the defunct IHL/AHL team that folded in 2005 For the current ECHL team see Utah Grizzlies.
The Blades never made it back to the IHL finals again, and ceased operations after playing six more seasons. The team was not one of the six surviving IHL teams to be admitted into the American Hockey League for the 2001–02 season. American Hockey Association (1926–1942The American Hockey League (AHL is a Professional Ice hockey league in North America that serves as the primary
Famous NHL players who played for the Blades include Arturs Irbe, Jeff Odgers, Sandis Ozolinsh, Ray Whitney, Patrick Lalime, Jean-Sebastien Aubin, Wade Flaherty, and Dody Wood. Artūrs Irbe (born February 2, 1967) is a former Latvian professional Hockey Goaltender in the National Hockey League who Jeff Odgers (Born May 31, 1969 in Spy Hill, Saskatchewan) is a retired ice hockey player who played over 800 games in the National Hockey League Sandis Ozoliņš (sɑndɪs oʊzoʊlɪntʃ born August 3, 1972 in Riga, U Ray Whitney (born May 8, 1972, in Fort Saskatchewan Alberta) is a professional Ice hockey player and alternate captain currently Patrick Lalime (born July 7, 1974 in St Bonaventure, Quebec) is a Canadian professional Ice hockey Goaltender Jean-Sébastien Aubin (born July 19, 1977 in Montreal, Quebec) is a professional Ice hockey Goaltender who is a member Wade Flaherty (born January 11, 1968 in Terrace British Columbia) is a Canadian professional Ice hockey Goaltender who has played Dody Wood (born May 8, 1972 in Chetwynd British Columbia) is a retired Ice hockey left winger who played 106 NHL games
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