Baltimore Clippers

Baltimore Clippers
City	Baltimore, Maryland
League	American Hockey League Southern Hockey League
Operated	1962–1977
Home arena	Baltimore Civic Center
Colors	Black, orange and white
Affiliates	New York Rangers (1962–67) Pittsburgh Penguins (1967–70) Detroit Red Wings (1968–69, 1970–71, 1973–74) Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69) California Seals (1971–72) Kansas City Scouts (1974–75) Washington Capitals (1975-76) Edmonton Oilers (1976–77)
Championships
Regular season titles	one (1970–71)
Division Championships	three (1970–71, 1971–72, 1973–74)

The Baltimore Clippers were an American professional ice hockey team. They were the first of three Baltimore franchise team entries into the American Hockey League which played on a minor league level beneath the older, larger, and more widespread National Hockey League which extended from the United States into Canada. There they played from 1962–1976. The Clippers won their division three times: 1970–1971, 1971–1972, and 1973–1974.

The Clippers withdrew from the AHL at mid-season during 1974–1975 when the short-lived competing World Hockey Association's Michigan Stags were relocated to Baltimore as the "Baltimore Blades", playing on a major league level versus the NHL. The Blades used the Clippers old uniforms, the only difference being a Blades logo replacing the Clippers logo on the home white jerseys.

The team returned to the AHL for 1975–1976, then transferred to the Southern Hockey League, where it was one of only three remaining teams when the league folded at mid-season in January 1977. The team was revived in 1979, playing two seasons in the Eastern Hockey League before that league disbanded.

An earlier Baltimore Clippers minor league ice hockey team, in the old Eastern Hockey League, existed prior to moving to Charlotte, North Carolina in 1956 and becoming the first Charlotte Checkers team.

This franchise was replaced in this market by:

• Baltimore Blades, (1975), World Hockey Association, (WHA)
• Baltimore Skipjacks, (1981–1982) ACHL, (1982–1993) AHL
• Baltimore Bandits, (1995–1997) AHL

Season-by-season results

• Baltimore Clippers 1962–1976 (American Hockey League)
• Baltimore Clippers 1976–1977 (Southern Hockey League)

Regular season

Season	Games	Won	Lost	Tied	Points	Goals for	Goals against	Standing	Head coaches
1962–63	72	35	30	7	77	226	244	3rd, East	Red Sullivan/Aldo Guidolin
1963–64	72	32	37	3	67	200	220	4th, East	Aldo Guidolin
1964–65	72	35	32	5	75	275	249	3rd, East	John Crawford
1965–66	72	27	43	2	56	212	254	4th, East	John Crawford, Terry Reardon
1966–67	72	35	27	10	80	252	247	2nd, East	Terry Reardon
1967–68	72	28	34	10	66	236	255	4th, East	Terry Reardon
1968–69	74	33	34	7	73	266	257	2nd, East	Aldo Guidolin
1969–70	72	25	30	17	67	230	252	3rd, West	Rudy Migay
1970–71	72	40	23	9	89	263	224	1st, West	Terry Reardon
1971–72	76	34	31	11	79	240	249	1st, West	Terry Reardon/Jim Morrison
1972–73	76	17	48	11	45	210	315	6th, West	Terry Reardon/Jim Morrison
1973–74	76	42	24	10	94	310	232	1st, South	Terry Reardon/Jim Morrison
1974–75	46	14	22	10	38	136	180	5th, South	Terry Reardon/Kent Douglas
1975–76	76	21	48	7	49	238	316	4th, South	Terry Reardon/Kent Douglas
1976–77	47	21	24	2	44	182	169	Southern Hockey League folded

Playoffs

Season	1st round	2nd round	Finals
1962–63	L, 1-2, Hershey	—	—
1963–64	Out of playoffs
1964–65	L, 2-3, Hershey	—	—
1965–66	Out of playoffs
1966–67	W, 3-2, Quebec	L, 1-3, Rochester	—
1967–68	Out of playoffs
1968–69	L, 1-3, Providence	—	—
1969–70	L, 1-4, Montreal	—	—
1970–71	L, 2-4, Providence	—	—
1971–72	W, 4-2, Cleveland	W, 4-2, Cincinnati	L, 2-4, Nova Scotia
1972–73	Out of playoffs
1973–74	W, 4-1, Richmond	L, 0-4, Hershey	—
1974–75	Did not complete season.
1975–76	Out of playoffs
1976–77	Southern Hockey League folded mid-season.

References

• The Official 1992-93 Baltimore Skipjacks Game Program.