Baltimore Clippers

This article is about the American Hockey League team. For the article about the Ontario Hockey Association senior team, please see Baltimore Clippers (Ontario).
The Baltimore Clippers were an American ice hockey team. They were the first of three Charm City entries into the American Hockey League, who played from 1962–76. The Clippers won their division three times: 1970–71, 1971–72, and 1973–74.
They were set up in 1962 when the Baltimore Civic Center was opened. They became the primary farm team of the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League replacing the Kitchener-Waterloo Beavers of the Eastern Professional Hockey League.
The Clippers withdrew from the AHL mid-season during 1974–75 when the World Hockey Association's Michigan Stags relocated to Baltimore as the "Baltimore Blades." The team regrouped for one more season, then transferred to the Southern Hockey League, playing one more season. The team was revived in 1979, playing two seasons in the Eastern Hockey League before that league disbanded.
The Blades team used the same set of jerseys as the Clippers. The home white jerseys had circular Blades logo sewn over the Clippers logo.
An earlier Baltimore Clippers minor league ice hockey team, in the old Eastern Hockey League, existed prior to moving to Charlotte, North Carolina in 1956, and becoming the first Charlotte Checkers. This move was caused by a fire at their arena late in the 1955-56 season.
This franchise was replaced in this market by:
* Baltimore Blades (1975)
* Baltimore Skipjacks (1981–1982) ACHL, (1982–1993) AHL
* Baltimore Bandits (1995–1997) AHL
==Season-by-season results==
* Baltimore Clippers 1962–1976 (American Hockey League)
* Baltimore Clippers 1976–1977 (Southern Hockey League)
===Regular season===
Season 	Games	Won	Lost	Tied	Points	Goalsfor	Goalsagainst	Standing 	Head coaches
1962–63	72 	35 	30 	7 	77 	226 	244 	3rd, East 	Red Sullivan/Aldo Guidolin
1963–64	72 	32 	37 	3 	67 	200 	220 	4th, East 	Aldo Guidolin
1964–65	72 	35 	32 	5 	75 	275 	249 	3rd, East 	John Crawford
1965–66	72 	27 	43 	2 	56 	212 	254 	4th, East 	John Crawford, Terry Reardon
1966–67	72 	35 	27 	10 	80 	252 	247 	2nd, East 	Terry Reardon
1967–68	72 	28 	34 	10 	66 	236 	255 	4th, East 	Terry Reardon
1968–69	74 	33 	34 	7 	73 	266 	257 	2nd, East 	Aldo Guidolin
1969–70	72 	25 	30 	17 	67 	230 	252 	3rd, West 	Rudy Migay
1970–71	72 	40 	23 	9 	89 	263 	224 	1st, West 	Terry Reardon
1971–72	76 	34 	31 	11 	79 	240 	249 	1st, West 	Terry Reardon/Jim Morrison
1972–73	76 	17 	48 	11 	45 	210 	315 	6th, West 	Terry Reardon/Jim Morrison
1973–74	76 	42 	24 	10 	94 	310 	232 	1st, South 	Terry Reardon/Jim Morrison
1974–75	46 	14 	22 	10 	38 	136 	180 	5th, South 	Terry Reardon/Kent Douglas
1975–76	76 	21 	48 	7 	49 	238 	316 	4th, South 	Terry Reardon/Kent Douglas
1976–77	47 	21 	24 	2 	44 	182 	169 	Southern Hockey League folded	
===Playoffs===
Season 	1st round 	2nd round 	Finals
1962–63	L, 1-2, Hershey 	— 	—
1963–64	Out of playoffs 	Out of playoffs 	Out of playoffs
1964–65	L, 2-3, Hershey 	— 	—
1965–66	Out of playoffs 	Out of playoffs 	Out of playoffs
1966–67	W, 3-2, Quebec 	L, 1-3, Rochester 	—
1967–68	Out of playoffs 	Out of playoffs 	Out of playoffs
1968–69	L, 1-3, Providence 	— 	—
1969–70	L, 1-4, Montreal 	— 	—
1970–71	L, 2-4, Providence 	— 	—
1971–72	W, 4-2, Cleveland 	W, 4-2, Cincinnati 	L, 2-4, Nova Scotia
1972–73	Out of playoffs 	Out of playoffs 	Out of playoffs
1973–74	W, 4-1, Richmond 	L, 0-4, Hershey 	—
1974–75	Did not complete season. 	Did not complete season. 	Did not complete season.
1975–76	Out of playoffs 	Out of playoffs 	Out of playoffs
1976–77	Southern Hockey League folded mid-seaason.	Southern Hockey League folded mid-seaason.	Southern Hockey League folded mid-seaason.
==References==
* The Official 1992-93 Baltimore Skipjacks Game Program.
Category:American ice hockey teams
Category:American Hockey League team
Category:Established in 1962
Category:Disestablished in 1974