Detroit Bright's Goodyears
Encyclopedia
The Detroit Bright's Goodyears was a minor league
professional ice hockey
team, and one of the four founding members of the International Hockey League in 1945, and operated until 1949. They played their home games at Olympia Stadium in Detroit, Michigan
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Minor league
Minor leagues are professional sports leagues which are not regarded as the premier leagues in those sports. Minor league teams tend to play in smaller, less elaborate venues, often competing in smaller cities. This term is used in North America with regard to several organizations competing in...
professional ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
team, and one of the four founding members of the International Hockey League in 1945, and operated until 1949. They played their home games at Olympia Stadium in Detroit, Michigan
Detroit, Michigan
Detroit is the major city among the primary cultural, financial, and transportation centers in the Metro Detroit area, a region of 5.2 million people. As the seat of Wayne County, the city of Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and serves as a major port on the Detroit River...
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Standings
| Year | GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | Pct | Standings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945–1946 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 90 | 70 | .700 | 1 of 4 |
| 1946–1947 | 28 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 32 | 154 | 128 | .571 | 3 of 5 |
| 1947–1948 | 30 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 29 | 157 | 149 | .483 | 4 of 6 |
| 1948–1949 | 31 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 28 | 135 | 154 | .452 | 5 of 6 |
| Totals | 104 | 43 | 42 | 19 | 110 | 536 | 501 | .529 |