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Wikipedia / Cleveland Lumberjacks

The Cleveland Lumberjacks were an International Hockey League (IHL) team based in Cleveland, Ohio, played their home games at the Richfield Coliseum, and later Gund Arena.

History

Originally formed in 1960 in Muskegon, Michigan, as the Muskegon Zephyrs, the team was renamed the Mohawks in 1965 and the Lumberjacks in 1984. The team moved to Cleveland in 1992 as part of the IHL's move upmarket, bringing professional hockey back to Cleveland for the first time since the Cleveland Barons played in the NHL in 1978. It later folded along with the IHL at the end of the 2000–01 season. Cleveland returned to have hockey with the new Cleveland Barons of the AHL in 2001, which lasted until 2006.

In the 1995 hockey action movie Sudden Death starring Jean-Claude van Damme, Lumberjacks players impersonated the Chicago Blackhawks.

On December 16, 2011, before a Lake Erie Monsters game former Lumberjack Jock Callander had his number 15 retired in honor of his career as a member of the Lumberjacks, as well as his involvement in hockey initiatives in the Cleveland area.

Season-by-season record

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime losses/Shootout losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes

Season

GP

W

L

OTL

SOL

Pts

GF

GA

PIM

Finish

Playoffs

1992-1993

82

39

34

4

5

87

329

330

2324

2nd, Atlantic

Lost in round 1

1993–1994

81

31

36

14

0

76

278

344

1600

3rd, Atlantic

Out of playoffs

1994–1995

81

34

37

10

0

78

306

339

2157

4th, Northern

Lost in round 1

1995–1996

82

43

27

0

12

98

334

330

2258

3rd, Central

Lost in round 1

1996–1997

82

40

32

0

10

90

286

280

1820

2nd, Central

Lost in round 3

1997–1998

82

35

37

0

10

80

228

262

2151

4th, Central

Lost in round 2

1998–1999

82

28

47

0

7

63

248

310

1847

4th, Central

Out of playoffs

1999–2000

82

40

30

0

12

92

225

238

2154

4th, East

Lost in round 2

2000–2001

82

43

32

0

7

93

270

258

1603

4th, East

Lost in round 1

Playoffs

Season

1st round

2nd round

3rd round

Finals

1992–1993

L, 0–4, FW

—

—

—

1993–1994

Out of Playoffs

1994–1995

L, 1–3, CIN

—

—

—

1995-1996

L, 0–3, MCH

—

—

—

1996-1997

W, 3–1, IND

W, 4–1, ORL

L, 1–4, DET

—

1997-1998

W, 3–1, FW

L, 2–4, ORL

—

—

1998-1999

Out of Playoffs

1999–2000

W, 2–1, MIL

L, 2–4, GR

—

—

2000-2001

L, 0–4, GR

—

—

—

Team records

  1. Goals: 48 Tom Rodgers (1993–1994)

  2. Assists: 70 Jock Callander (1993–1994)

  3. Points: 112 Dave Michayluk (1992–1993)

  4. Points, Defenseman: 68 Dale DeGray (1994–1995)

  5. Penalty Minutes: 427 Paul Laus (1992–1993)

  6. Wins: 26 Rob Dopson (1992–1993)

  7. Shutouts: 6 Zac Bierk (2000–2001)

  8. GAA: 2.68 Evgeni Nabokov (1999–2000)

  9. SV%: .920 Evgeni Nabokov (1999–2000)

  10. Career Goals: 181 Jock Callander

  11. Career Assists: 279 Jock Callander

  12. Career Points: 460 Jock Callander

  13. Career Penalty Minutes: 948 Rick Hayward

  14. Career Goaltending Wins: 43 Philippe DeRouville

  15. Career Shutouts: 6 Zac Bierk

  16. Career Games: 501 Jock Callander

References