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Phoenix Roadrunners (WHL)

Year of foundation: 1974
Club status: ceased (Played in WHA from 1974 to 1977. The organization folded for financial reasons )

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All time leagues: CHL | PHL | WHA | WHL (1952-74)

Season 1976-1977

This club in 1976-1977: WHA

#	Pos	Player name	Born	Height	Weight	Shoots
	G	Clay Hebenton	20.02.1953	176 cm	90 kg	N/A	Show profile»
19	D	Pekka Rautakallio	25.07.1953	190 cm	97 kg	left	Show profile»
8	F	Robbie Ftorek	02.01.1952	178 cm	70 kg	left	Show profile»
24	RW	Lauri Mononen	22.03.1950	183 cm	84 kg	left	Show profile»
	LW	Jan Popiel	09.10.1947	- cm	- kg	N/A	Show profile»
22	C	Seppo Repo	21.09.1947	- cm	- kg	N/A	Show profile»
23	F	Juhani Tamminen	26.05.1950	180 cm	84 kg	left	Show profile»

* no longer in the club

History

The franchise originally competed in the Western Hockey League (WHL) from 1967 to 1974 after being moved from Victoria, British Columbia, where they had played for the three previous seasons as the Maple Leafs.
In 1974, the Roadrunners joined the WHA with their roster mostly intact when the WHL ceased operations. The Roadrunners achieved relative success during their first two WHA seasons, but lack of financial success resulted in the removal of local favorite Sandy Hucul as coach and his replacement with Al Rollins, who was disliked by Phoenix hockey fans. Rollins did not succeed in improving the team's fortunes. At one point, the team was forced to sell players just to pay the bills. The Roadrunners finally gave up and folded at the end of its third season.

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Fast factsseason 1976-1977

Youngest player: Pekka Rautakallio (23 years)
Oldest player: Seppo Repo (29 years)
Shortest player: Clay Hebenton (176 cm)
Tallest player: Pekka Rautakallio (190 cm)
Nationalities: Canada (1), Denmark (1), Finland (4), USA (1)

Leagues

Phoenix Roadrunners (WHL) participates in season 1976-1977: WHA

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