Great Falls Americans (WHL)

Note: Another team also called the Great Falls Americans played in the Alberta Big Six League for the 1952-53 and 1961-62 seasons. And yet another junior level team play in the North American 3 Hockey League (Great Falls Americans (NA3HL).
The Great Falls Americans were a junior ice hockey team in the Western Hockey League who played in the 1979–80 WHL season. The team was originally the Edmonton Oil Kings. They played at the Four Seasons Arena in Great Falls, Montana. The team only lasted 28 games and won two games. After the season, the franchise would be revived as the Spokane Flyers.
The Great Falls Americans name was later used by an American Frontier Hockey League team and America West Hockey League team before the AWHL folded and merged with the North American Hockey League. Notable players during the 2000-2001 AWHL hockey season include Pat Dwyer of the Carolina Hurricans, Bobby Robins of the Binghamton Senators(AHL), and David Printz of the Philadelphia Phantoms(AHL). During this successful season, under the coaching of Swedish born Rikard Gronborg, the Americans won the AWHL championship, beating the Billings Bulls for the trophy.
==Season-by-season record==
Season statistics 
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties Pts = Points,GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Season 	GP	W	L 	T	GF	GA 	Points	Finish 	Playoffs
1979–80	28	2	25	1	73	186	5 	8th East	Folded
==NHL alumni==
List of alumni who also played in the National Hockey League.
*Dave Barr
*Ken Daneyko
Category:American ice hockey teams
Category:Western Hockey League (junior) team
Category:Defunct Teams