The Virginia Raiders are a defunct minor league professional ice hockey team based in Salem, Virginia

Salem, Virginia

Salem is an independent city in Virginia, USA, bordered by the city of Roanoke to the east but otherwise adjacent to Roanoke County. It is part of the Roanoke Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 24,802 according to 2010 U.S. Census...

 that played in 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....

 (ACHL) during the 1982-83 season.

They played one season of 65 games compiling a record of 20 wins, 36 losses, and 9 ties for 51 points under head coach Pat Kelly

Patrick J. Kelly

Patrick J. Kelly was one of the founders and the first commissioner of the East Coast Hockey League in 1989. Kelly was named Commissioner Emeritus of the ECHL following the 1995–96 season, after serving as Commissioner for the first eight seasons of the ECHL. The league playoff champions wins a...

. Placed fourth in the six team ACHL, the Raiders made the playoffs only to lose in the first round.