Hampton Roads Gulls
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The Hampton Roads Gulls were a professional ice hockey
team based in Hampton
, VA
. They were a member of the Atlantic Coast Hockey League
in the 1982-83 season.
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
team based in Hampton
Hampton, Virginia
Hampton is an independent city that is not part of any county in Southeast Virginia. Its population is 137,436. As one of the seven major cities that compose the Hampton Roads metropolitan area, it is on the southeastern end of the Virginia Peninsula. Located on the Hampton Roads Beltway, it hosts...
, VA
Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
. They were a member of the Atlantic Coast Hockey League
Atlantic Coast Hockey League
The Atlantic Coast Hockey League was a minor league hockey organization that operated between 1981 and 1987. The league was founded by Bill Coffey....
in the 1982-83 season.
Season-by-season results
| Season | Games | Won | Lost | Tied | Points | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982-83 | 42 | 16 | 24 | 2 | 34 | 170 | 215 |
Notable players
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.