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Roller Hockey International
SportInline hockey
Founded1993
Country(ies)Flag of the United States United States
Flag of Canada Canada
Ceased2001
Most championship(s)Anaheim Bullfrogs (2)

Roller Hockey International was a professional inline hockey league that operated in North America from 1993 to 1999. Rhinelander-Oneida County Airport is a public Airport located two miles (3 km) southwest of Rhinelander, in Oneida County, Wisconsin Inline hockey, often referred to simply as Roller hockey in the United States, is a team Sport played on a smooth plastic surface such as Athletics For an extensive coverage see 1993 in athletics (track and field Marathon The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Artistic gymnastics World Artistic Gymnastics Championships: Men's all-around champion Feng Jing, China The Anaheim Bullfrogs were a professional Inline hockey team based in Anaheim, California. Inline hockey, often referred to simply as Roller hockey in the United States, is a team Sport played on a smooth plastic surface such as The 1993 RHI season was the inaugural season of Roller Hockey International. The 1999 RHI season was the 6th season of Roller Hockey International. It was the first major professional league for inline hockey.

RHI hoped to capitalize on the inline skating boom of the early 1990's, but lost steam as the fad died down. Roller skating is the Traveling on smooth terrain with roller skates Key parts of its success were its stance on no guaranteed contracts, instead teams would all split prize money. Teams were generally made up of minor league ice hockey players playing on inline skates during the summer months between ice seasons. Ice hockey, often referred to simply as hockey, is a team Sport played on Ice. Inline skates (often called by the trade name Rollerblade) are a type of roller skate used for Inline skating. Summer is one of the four Temperate Seasons Summer marks the warmest time of year with the longest days RHI was also known for its unstable franchises and instability in the league's front office itself.

Ultimately, after five seasons of play, RHI folded in 1998 with two of its franchises joining Major League Roller Hockey: the Buffalo Wings and its premier club the Anaheim Bullfrogs. Major League Roller Hockey ( MLRH) is a professional Inline hockey league in North America. The Anaheim Bullfrogs were a professional Inline hockey team based in Anaheim, California. After folding there was a movement to revamp and come back the following year as Major League Hockey, but it never came to fruition. History Major League Hockey gained its name in 2003 Since 1990 Major League Hockey was known as the Southwestern Senior "A" Hockey League. RHI was revived in 1999, but cancelled the 2000 season and the league finally folded operations in 2001 when their sites were limited to arenas in California. The 1999 RHI season was the 6th season of Roller Hockey International. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean.

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Rules

The rules in the RHI were similar to but not identical to those of the National Hockey League at the time, but seemed to try to appeal to the younger extreme sport generation; the RHI had four players and a goalie at a time on the playing surface opposed to the NHL's five and a goalie; the penalty times on average were about 1/4 less than the NHL's; there were no blue lines; the puck itself was smaller, a 3 1/2 oz. The National Hockey League ( NHL) is a professional Ice hockey league composed of 30 teams in North America Extreme sport (also called action sport and adventure sport) is a media term for certain activities perceived as having a high level of inherent piece of red plastic; there were four 12 minute quarters opposed to the NHL's three 20 minute periods; a tie score at the end of regulation time would go straight to a shootout instead of a five minute extra period before a shootout; and the average number of goals scored per game was 16. A shootout is a gun battle between armed groups A shootout often but not necessarily pits law enforcement against criminal elements 7 to the NHL's 7.

Teams

Note: RHI 1993-97, Major League Roller Hockey 1998, revived RHI 1999-2000 and California Roller Hockey League 2001, folded before 2002 season.

Note: The Palm Desert Silver-Cats (1995) and later in Ontario, California (1997) were a semi-pro team that played exhibition games with the Blades and Bullfrogs of the RHI league. The Anaheim Bullfrogs were a professional Inline hockey team based in Anaheim, California. The Calgary Rad'z were a professional Inline hockey team that played two seasons in the Roller Hockey International in 1993 and 1994 The Los Angeles Blades were a professional Ice hockey team in Los Angeles California. The Oakland Skates were a professional roller hockey team and were a member team in Roller Hockey International ( RHI)from 1993 through 1996 The San Diego Barracudas were a southern Californian professional Inline hockey team which existed from 1993 through 1996 The St Louis Vipers (1993-19971999 were a team of professional roller hockey players based in St The Las Vegas Flash were a Inline hockey team which existed for one season in 1994 The Vancouver Voodoo were a roller hockey team based in Vancouver British Columbia, Canada which played in the RHI ( Roller Hockey International) league The Atlanta Fire Ants were a professional Roller hockey team based in Atlanta Georgia, United States that played in Roller Hockey International The Oklahoma Coyotes were a member of the Roller Hockey International (RHI for two seasons The Las Vegas Coyotes were a Inline hockey team which existed for one season in 1999 The Chicago Cheetahs were a professional Roller hockey team based in Chicago Illinois, United States that played in Roller Hockey International The Orlando Jackals were a professional Roller hockey team based in Orlando Florida, United States that played in Roller Hockey International The Orlando Jackals were a professional Roller hockey team based in Orlando Florida, United States that played in Roller Hockey International The Orlando Jackals were a professional Roller hockey team based in Orlando Florida, United States that played in Roller Hockey International The Minnesota Arctic Blast were a professional Roller hockey team based in Minneapolis Minnesota, United States that played in Roller Hockey International The Montreal Roadrunners played from 1994 to 1997 in the Roller Hockey International. The New England Stingers were a professional Roller hockey team based in Portland Maine, United States that played in Roller Hockey International The Ottawa Loggers were a roller hockey team in the Roller Hockey International (RHI league The New Jersey Rockin Rollers were a professional Roller hockey team based in East Rutherford New Jersey, United States that played in Roller Hockey The Philadelphia Bulldogs were a professional football team in the Continental Football League playing the 1965 and 1966 seasons The Phoenix Cobras were a professional Roller hockey team based in Phoenix Arizona, United States that played in Roller Hockey International The Empire State Cobras were a professional Roller hockey team based in Glens Falls New York, United States that played in Roller Hockey International The Pittsburgh Phantoms were a professional Roller hockey team based in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, United States that played in Roller Hockey International The San Jose Rhinos were an Inline hockey team in Roller Hockey International from 1994-97 The Tampa Bay Tritons were a professional Roller hockey team based in Tampa Florida, United States that played in Roller Hockey International The Minnesota Blue Ox were a professional Roller hockey team based in Minneapolis Minnesota, United States that played in Roller Hockey International The Detroit Motor City Mustangs were a professional Roller hockey team based in Detroit Michigan, United States that played in Roller Hockey International The Denver Daredevils were a professional Roller hockey team based in Denver Colorado, United States that played in Roller Hockey International In 1967 following the Twelfth Street riot, Michigan Governor George Romney, Detroit Mayor Jerome Cavanagh, and Joseph L The Long Island Jawz were a professional Roller hockey team based in Uniondale New York, United States that played in Roller Hockey International The Chicago Bluesmen were a professional Roller hockey team based in Geneva Illinois, United States that played in Roller Hockey International The Dallas Stallions were a professional Roller hockey team based in Dallas Texas, United States that played in Roller Hockey International. The Phoenix Phantoms are a team of the American Basketball Association scheduled to begin play in 2008-09

Murphy Cup Championship Winners

History

See also: List of RHI seasons

Licensing

The league inspired at least one video game, Super Nintendo's RHI Roller Hockey '95, although the game was never released. This is a list of Roller Hockey International seasons for the entire leagues history The Super Nintendo Entertainment System or Super NES (also called SNES and Super Nintendo) is a 16-bit Video game console that was

NHL Alumni

External links

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