Broome Dusters

Broome Dusters	Broome Dusters
 	
Founded 	1973
Home ice 	Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena
Based in 	Binghamton, New York
Colors 	gold and brown
League 	North American Hockey League
The Broome Dusters were an ice hockey team in the North American Hockey League. They played in Binghamton, New York, USA at the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena. The team logo was designed by Johnny Hart, artist of the comic strip "B.C." and a Binghamton native. 
:Seasons: 1973-1977
:Arena: Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena
:Uniform colors: gold and brown
:Logo design: 
:Division titles won: none
:Regular season titles won: none
:League championships won: none
==History==
The Dusters played in the NAHL, which served as the inspiration for the movie Slap Shot, which includes a "Broome County" team. One scene in the film was specifically drawn from events that occurred in Binghamton. In the movie, the Hanson brothers wear black-rimmed, Coke-bottle eyeglasses, and in one game, get into a fight immediately after the opening faceoff. In reality what happened was that both Jeff and Steve Carlson wore those type of glasses, and did get into a long fight right after an opening faceoff. Coach Dick Roberge told the Johnstown Tribune-Democrat, "We got into Binghamton about two or three weeks before the playoffs. In the team warmup, we're out there and all the Binghamton players came out with the plastic glasses and big noses, every one of them, poking fun at the Carlson brothers. We went back in the dressing room and the boys said, 'Coach, as soon as that puck is dropped, we're pairing up.' We had one heckuva fight. They went about 30 minutes until everyone got tired. We met them again in the finals (1974–75) and beat them four straight." 
When the NAHL folded in the 1977, the team was replaced by the Binghamton Dusters of American Hockey League who previously operated as the Rhode Island Reds.
==Season-by-season results==
;Regular Season
Season 	Games	Won	Lost	Tied	Points	GoalsFor	GoalsAgainst	Standing
1973–74	74 	28 	41 	5 	61 	274 	352 	6th, NAHL
1974–75	74 	39 	32 	3 	81 	293 	286 	3rd, NAHL
1975–76	74 	27 	45 	2 	56 	258 	337 	5th, West
1976–77	74 	41 	31 	2 	84 	363 	324 	3rd, NAHL
;Playoffs
Season 	1st round 	2nd round 	Finals
1973–74	Out of Playoffs	Out of Playoffs	Out of Playoffs
1974–75	?? 	?? 	L, 0–4, Johnstown
1975–76	Out of Playoffs	Out of Playoffs	Out of Playoffs
1976–77	W, Utica 	L, Maine 	--
==Team records==
:Goals: 87 Dave Staffen (1976–77)
:Assists: 124 Rod Bloomfield (1976–77)
:Points: 173 Rod Bloomfield (1976–77)
:Penalty Minutes: 273 Paul Stewart 
:GAA: 3.61 Rick Lemay (1974–75)
:SV%: 
:Career Goals: 187 Rod Bloomfield 
:Career Assists: 310 Rod Bloomfield 
:Career Points: 497 Rod Bloomfield 
:Career Penalty Minutes: 505 Paul Stewart 
:Career Goaltending Wins: 
:Career Shutouts: 
:Career Games: 288 Rod Bloomfield 
==External links==
* The Internet Hockey Database - Broome Dusters
* The Dusters WSKG history of the Broome Dusters
Category:American ice hockey teams
Category:North American Hockey League (1973–1977)