Iron Range Hockey League

The **Iron Range Hockey League** is an amateur hockey league based in northeastern Minnesota and one of the 18 leagues which comprise the Minnesota Amateur Hockey League. Based in Hibbing, Minnesota and one of the MAHL's 2 charter leagues, its namesake is the titular area in Minnesota known for being rich in iron ore.

Its current champions are the Grand Rapids Moose, who won their 11th (and second consecutive) League Title in the 1988—89 sesaon. The Eveleth Redbirds currently hold the record for most Iron Range League Titles won with 18.

The Iron Range League has produced the most Kellogg Cup winners of any MAHL league with 25.

## Current Teams

### Former Teams

* Bemidji Blue Ox — played in IRHL from 1940—1946, left to form Northland Hockey League
* Cloquet Broncos — played in IRHL from 1920—1923, left to form Lake Superior Hockey League
* Duluth Hornets — played in IRHL from 1916—1923, left to form Lake Superior Hockey League
* Eveleth Rangers — played in IRHL from 1916—1940, folded
* Roseau Stars — played in IRHL in 1946, left to form Northland Hockey League

## List of Champions

**Bold text** denotes the team won the Kellogg Cup that year. (Parentheses indicate that an IRHL team won the Kellogg Cup without winning the league championship.)

* 1916: Eveleth Rangers
* 1917: **Eveleth Rangers**
* 1918: Eveleth Reds (**Ely Hockey Club**)
* 1919: **Ely Black Bears**
* 1920: Virginia Royals
* 1921: **Duluth Hornets**
* 1922: Duluth Hornets
* 1923: Duluth Hornets
* 1924: **Virginia Royals**
* 1925: **Ely Black Bears**
* 1926: Ely Black Bears
* 1927: **Virginia Royals**
* 1928: Virginia Royals
* 1929: Eveleth Reds
* 1930: Eveleth Reds
* 1931: **Eveleth Reds**
* 1932: **Eveleth Reds**
* 1933: Eveleth Reds
* 1934: **Eveleth Reds**
* 1935: Hibbing Greyhounds
* 1936: Eveleth Reds
* 1937: **Hibbing Greyhounds**
* 1938: Hibbing Greyhounds
* 1939: Ely Black Bears (**Virginia Royals**)
* 1940: **Ely Black Bears**
* 1941: Ely Black Bears
* 1942: Ely Black Bears
* 1943: *Season not played*
* 1944: *Season not played*
* 1945: Eveleth Reds
* 1946: Eveleth Reds
* 1947: Soudan Miners
* 1948: **Eveleth Reds**
* 1949: Eveleth Reds
* 1950: Eveleth Reds
* 1951: **Eveleth Reds**
* 1952: Eveleth Reds (**Ely Black Bears**)
* 1953: Hibbing Greyhounds (**Grand Rapids Moose**)
* 1954: Hibbing Greyhounds
* 1955: Grand Rapids Moose
* 1956: Hibbing Greyhounds
* 1957: **Hibbing Greyhounds**
* 1958: **Hibbing Greyhounds**
* 1959: Hibbing Greyhounds
* 1960: Hibbing Greyhounds
* 1961: **Hibbing Greyhounds**
* 1962: Grand Rapids Moose
* 1963: Virginia Royals
* 1964: Virginia Royals
* 1965: Ely Black Bears
* 1966: Ely Black Bears
* 1967: Grand Rapids Moose
* 1968: Grand Rapids Moose
* 1969: Virginia Royals
* 1970: Grand Rapids Moose
* 1971: Grand Rapids Moose
* 1972: Eveleth Redbirds
* 1973: Grand Rapids Moose
* 1974: Hibbing Greyhounds
* 1975: Eveleth Redbirds (**Grand Rapids Moose**)
* 1976: **Eveleth Redbirds**
* 1977: Coleraine Trout (**Eveleth Redbirds**)
* 1978: **Virginia Royals**
* 1979: Virginia Royals
* 1980: Mountain Iron Cougars
* 1981: Coleraine Trout
* 1982: Virginia Royals
* 1983: Grand Rapids Moose
* 1984: Grand Rapids Moose
* 1985: Eveleth Redbirds
* 1986: Tower-Soudan Miners
* 1987: Hibbing Greyhounds (**Grand Rapids Moose**)
* 1988: Grand Rapids Moose
* 1989: Grand Rapids Moose