Detroit Compuware Ambassadors (NAHL)

For the Ontario Hockey League team that was founded in 1989; please see Detroit Compuware Ambassadors.
The Detroit Compuware Ambassadors (also interchangeably known as the Compuware Ambassadors for much of their existence) were a junior A hockey team that played in the North American Hockey League from 1984 to 2003.  The team was based out of the Compuware Arena (now USA Hockey Arena) in Plymouth, Michigan. 
==History==
The Ambassadors organization itself dates back to the mid-1970's when Compuware founder (and later Hartford Whalers/Carolina Hurricanes owner) Peter Karmanos started an organization for youth hockey at all ages and this was their first attempt at such high a level.  Karmanos was the owner of the Windsor Spitfires of the Ontario Hockey League in the early 1980's.  He would later sell the team in 1989 after an attempt to move the team across the river to Detroit, Michigan had failed.  He would later attempt to buy the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds and attempt to move them to Detroit. He would obtain an expansion team on December 11, 1989.
The NAHL team would be formed from the Detroit Jr. Red Wings organization that dated back to 1958 as a member of several different Ontario-based junior hockey leagues including the Border Cities Junior B Hockey League and the Southern Ontario Junior A Hockey League. The team joined the Michigan Junior Hockey League. The team would join the North American Hockey League in 1976. The Jr. Wings as they were called at this point went on hiatus for the 1983-84 season and were replaced the following season by the Ambassadors.
The North American Hockey League team would win 11 league playoff championships during its tenure in the NAHL winning 5 straight from 1986 to 1990 and additional championships in 1992, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, and 2002.
==Yearly Standings==
Season 	GP	W 	L 	T	OTL	SOL	Pts	GF 	GA 	PIM 	Regular Season Finish	Playoffs
1984-85	24	11	9 	4	- 	- 	26 	110	108	- 	2nd overall 	Lost final
1985-86	43	17	20	6	- 	- 	40 	194	224	- 	3rd overall 	Won Championship
1986-87	37	23	8 	6	- 	- 	52 	214	122	- 	T-1st overall 	Won Championship
1987-88	32	24	5 	3	- 	- 	51 	212	99 	- 	1st overall 	Won Championship
1988-89	40	30	8 	2	- 	- 	62 	248	149	- 	1st Eastern 	Won Championship
1989-90	44	42	0 	2	- 	- 	86 	343	196	- 	1st Eastern 	Won Championship
1990-91	40	30	5 	5	- 	- 	65 	- 	- 	- 	1st Eastern 	
1991-92	42	29	8 	3	2 	- 	63 	229	122	- 	1st Eastern 	Won Championship
1992-93	42	10	24	6	2 	0 	26 	140	194	- 	4th Eastern 	
1993-94	46	27	12	5	2 	0 	59 	213	162	- 	2nd Eastern 	Won Championship
1994-95	44	36	6 	2	0 	0 	74 	243	115	- 	1st overall 	Won Championship
1995-96	46	29	12	5	0 	0 	63 	191	153	1176	2nd overall 	Lost final
1996-97	46	33	10	-	3 	0 	69 	217	148	- 	2nd overall 	
1997-98	56	39	16	-	0 	1 	79 	219	151	1315	2nd overall 	Won Championship
1998-99	56	39	11	-	0 	6 	84 	214	147	1603	1st overall 	Won Championship
1999-00	56	38	15	-	0 	3 	79 	211	143	1463	1st East 	
2000-01	56	32	21	-	3 	0 	67 	193	171	1580	2nd East 	
2001-02	56	42	9 	-	5 	0 	89 	233	138	1785	1st East 	Won Championship
2002-03	56	41	12	-	3 	0 	85 	210	143	1589	2nd East 	Lost in 2nd round
Category:Established in 1984
Category:Disestablished in 2003
Category:North American Hockey League team