Tacoma Rockets (WHL)
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The Tacoma Rockets were a professional ice hockey
team in Tacoma, Washington
.
The Rockets played in the Pacific Coast Hockey League
before becoming a member of the Western Hockey League
from 1952 to 1953. They played their home games in the Tacoma Ice Palace
.
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 in Tacoma, Washington
Tacoma, Washington
Tacoma is a mid-sized urban port city and the county seat of Pierce County, Washington, United States. The city is on Washington's Puget Sound, southwest of Seattle, northeast of the state capital, Olympia, and northwest of Mount Rainier National Park. The population was 198,397, according to...
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The Rockets played in the Pacific Coast Hockey League
Pacific Coast Hockey League
The Pacific Coast Hockey League was an ice hockey minor league with teams in the western United States and western Canada that existed in several incarnations: from 1928 to 1931, from 1936 to 1941, and from 1944 to 1952.-PCHL 1928-1931:...
before becoming a member of the Western Hockey League
Western Hockey League (minor pro)
The Western Hockey League was a minor pro ice hockey league that operated from 1952 to 1974. Managed for most of its history by Hockey Hall of Fame member Al Leader, it was created out of the merger of the Pacific Coast Hockey League and the Western Canada Senior Hockey League...
from 1952 to 1953. They played their home games in the Tacoma Ice Palace
Tacoma Ice Palace
Tacoma Ice Palace was an indoor arena in Tacoma, Washington at 3801 S. Union Avenue. It hosted the Western Hockey League's Tacoma Rockets in 1952. The arena held 3,816 people. It was originally owned by Reinhold "Reiny" Striech and his wife Bernice "Bernie". His family now owns and operates...
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