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Kansas City has had teams in all five of the major professional sports leagues; three major league teams remain today. The Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball became the first American League expansion team to reach the playoffs (), to reach the World Series (), and to win the World Series (1985; against the state-rival St. Louis Cardinals in the "Show-Me Series").
The Victoria Cup was an ice hockey tournament organized by the IIHF and intended for teams of the Champions Hockey League and the NHL. The inaugural Cup was a single game playoff between the 2008 IIHF European Champions Cup winners Metallurg Magnitogorsk and the New York Rangers of the NHL. It was held in Bern, Switzerland on 1 October 2008 ...
Kemper Arena, 2014, prior to its renovation. The exterior of the facility has remained unchanged, even after its renovation. Kemper Arena was built in 18 months in 1973–74 on the site of the former Kansas City Stockyards just west of downtown in the West Bottoms to replace the 8,000-seat Municipal Auditorium to play host to the city's professional basketball and hockey teams.
With a low overall population (36th in the US), low engagement (just 0.059% of the population is registered as members of USA Hockey) [10] and little historical impact from the sport, Kansas has produced very few native players. Just one person born in Kansas has achieved any notability in the sport, however, Si Griffis was raised in Western ...
The Kansas City Outlaws of the United Hockey League played in the Kemper Arena for the 2004-2005 season before they folded. Since 2009, The Kansas City Mavericks of the ECHL play in nearby Independence, Missouri. Several NHL exhibition games have also been held in Kansas City since the demise of the Blades.
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The Kansas City Scouts were a professional ice hockey team in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1974 to 1976. In 1976 , the franchise relocated to Denver and became the Colorado Rockies . In 1982 , the Rockies relocated to New Jersey where they have since been known as the New Jersey Devils .
Freed-Hardeman of Tennessee recorded the first victory of the NAIA men’s basketball tournament’s Sweet 16 on Thursday afternoon at Municipal Auditorium, beating The Master’s of California 69-68.