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Seattle Totems
City: Seattle, Washington
League: Western Hockey League

The Seattle Totems were a professional ice hockey franchise in Seattle, Washington. See also Seattle Totems The Seattle Totems are a Tier III Junior-A Ice hockey team in Seattle Washington. This article refers to the minor pro Western Hockey League operating from 1952 to 1974 Ice hockey, often referred to simply as hockey, is a team Sport played on Ice. They were a member of various minor professional and semi-professional leagues (and under several names) between 1945 and 1975. They played their home games in the Seattle Civic Ice Arena and later at the Seattle Center Coliseum. The Seattle Ice Arena was a 2500-seat multi-purpose Arena in Seattle Washington USA. KeyArena at Seattle Center, also known as KeyArena is located north of downtown Seattle, USA on the grounds of Seattle Center (the site of 1962

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After World War II, the Pacific Coast Hockey League, a major professional league on the west coast in the teens and 1920s, was resurrected as a semi-professional loop. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The Pacific Coast Hockey League was an Ice hockey Minor league with teams in the western United States and Canada that existed in several incarnations Seattle, as a strong hockey town and notable for being the first city outside of Canada to host a Stanley Cup champion in 1917, was granted a franchise, the Seattle Ironmen. The Stanley Cup (La Coupe Stanley is an Ice hockey club championship Trophy, awarded annually to the National Hockey League (NHL playoffs champion The Ironmen had modest success, finishing in first place in the league in 1948, while the league itself became fully professional in 1949. Its most notable stars were Gordon Kerr, the team's leading scorer in those years with 235 points in 244 games, William Robinson, Eddie Dartnell and Joe Bell. Brigadier James Gordon Kerr OBE QGM (born c1948 is a senior British Army officer and former Military attaché who is alleged to have been the William Robinson, or Will Robinson or Bill Robinson or other nicknames may refer to Persons Historical William Benjamin Joe Bell (born November 27 1923 in Portage la Prairie Manitoba, is a retired professional Ice hockey player who played 62 games in the National Hockey League Among other notables for the team were future NHL star goaltender Al Rollins and legendary Philadelphia Flyers coach Fred Shero. Elwin "Al" Ira Rollins ( October 9, 1926 – July 27 1996) was a professional Canadian Ice hockey Goaltender The Philadelphia Flyers are a professional Ice hockey team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Fred Alexander Shero ( October 23, 1925 - November 24, 1990) was a Canadian professional Ice hockey player and coach

In 1952, the league changed its name to the Western Hockey League, and the Ironmen themselves changed their name to the Seattle Bombers the following season. This article refers to the minor pro Western Hockey League operating from 1952 to 1974 The team continued to play poorly for two seasons, and the only bright spot was the debut for Seattle of the greatest minor league scorer of all time, Guyle Fielder. Guyle Fielder (born November 21, 1930, in Potlatch, Idaho) is a retired American professional Ice hockey center After two seasons of increasing travel costs -- for which the Bombers received aid from the league -- Seattle suspended operations for the 1955 season.

The team rejoined the WHL as the Americans the following season, finishing in first place in 1957 led by a tremendous season by Fielder, who broke the professional single season scoring record with 122 points en route to Most Valuable Player honors and the first of four straight scoring championships for Seattle. Among other notables for the Americans were Val Fonteyne, notable as the least penalized player of all time, future Vezina winner Charlie Hodge, and future National Hockey League general managers Emile Francis and Keith Allen. Valere Ronald "Val" Fonteyne (born December 2, 1933 in Wetaskiwin Alberta) is a retired Canadian professional Ice hockey Charlie Hodge may refer to Charles Hodge, Principal of Princeton Theological Seminary 1851-1878 Charlie Hodge (ice hockey, National The National Hockey League ( NHL) is a professional Ice hockey league composed of 30 teams in North America Emile "The Cat" Francis (born September 13, 1926 in North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada) is a former player coach and Keith Philip George Allen (born 2 June 1953) is a British Comedian, Actor, singer and writer The team's final season as the Americans, in 1958, saw the first time the franchise would win a playoff series.

The Americans were renamed the Seattle Totems for the 1958-59 season, the name by which it would go for the rest of its existence. Fielder and Filion remained the team's great stars, but like many other WHL teams the Totems had very stable rosters, and players such as Marc Boileau, Gerry Leonard, Bill MacFarland, Jim Powers, Gordie Sinclair and future NHL coach and general manager Tom McVie spent many seasons each in Seattle colors. Marc Boileau (born September 3, 1932 in Pointe Claire, Quebec) is a former Canadian Ice hockey coach and player Bill MacFarland was alleged to have murdered his wife in Newark New Jersey on October 17 1911 James Manley (born January 4, 1958) better known by his ring name Jim Powers is an American professional wrestler. Tom McVie (born June 6 1935, Trail British Columbia) was a coach in the National Hockey League. Allen was the team's coach its first seven seasons as the Totems, guiding the team to a first place finish in 1959 and to the playoffs six out of the seven years of his tenure.

Season-by-season results

Season   G   W   L   T Pts   Pct    GF  GA
1958-59  70  40  27  3  83  0. 593  277 225 
1959-60  70  38  28  4  80  0. 571  270 219 
1960-61  70  37  28  5  79  0. 564  262 222 
1961-62  70  36  29  5  77  0. 550  244 222 
1962-63  70  35  33  2  72  0. 514  239 237 
1963-64  70  29  35  6  64  0. 457  247 228 
1964-65  70  36  30  4  76  0. 543  204 198 
1965-66  72  32  37  3  67  0. 465  231 256 
1966-67  72  39  26  7  85  0. 590  228 195 
1967-68  72  35  30  7  77  0. 535  207 199 
1968-69  74  33  30 11  77  0. 520  236 238 
1969-70  73  30  35  8  68  0. 466  240 260 
1970-71  72  27  36  9  63  0. 438  223 260 
1971-72  72  12  53  7  31  0. 215  175 331 
1972-73  72  26  32 14  66  0. 458  270 286 
1973-74  78  32  42  4  68  0. 436  288 319
1974-75  78  29  38 11  69  0. 442  258 296

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