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Teams were generally made up of minor league ice hockey players playing on inline skates during the summer months between ice seasons. [4] Murphy saw big potential for the sport and believed that inline hockey could become the number one hockey sport in the US. [3] The league had plans to expand to up to 24 teams, including some from Europe, by ...
Roller hockey is a form of hockey played on a dry surface using wheeled skates. It can be played with traditional roller skates (quad skates) or with inline skates and use either a ball or puck. Combined, roller hockey is played in nearly 60 countries worldwide. [1] [2] [3] There are three major variants of organized roller hockey.
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The Fédération Internationale de Roller Sports (FIRS; English: International Federation of Roller Sports) was the world governing body for roller sports, including skateboarding, rink hockey, inline hockey, inline speed skating, inline alpine, downhill, roller derby, roller freestyle, inline freestyle, aggressive inline skating, inline figure skating and artistic roller skating.
It was the final year of Roller Hockey International's existence. Over their six-year existence in the 1990s, the St. Louis Vipers had a total home attendance of 332,412 in 71 home games, an average of 4,682 per game (a few hundred less than what was seen as viable, had the league stayed afloat [ 3 ] ).
Franchise history Minnesota Blue Ox (1995, 1999) The Minnesota Blue Ox were a professional roller hockey team based in Minneapolis , Minnesota , United States, that played in Roller Hockey International .
Inline hockey or roller hockey is a variant of hockey played on a hard, smooth surface, with players using inline skates to move and ice hockey sticks to shoot a hard, plastic puck into their opponent's goal to score points. [1] The sport is a very fast-paced and free-flowing game and is considered a contact sport, but body checking is prohibited.
This is a list of teams that once played in Major League Roller Hockey but no longer exist. This includes franchises which have relocated to different cities. The years of operation only reflect the time in which that team was in MLRH; it does not take into account any time in which the franchise operated in another league such as Roller Hockey International or the Professional Inline Hockey ...