puckcool22 Posted May 4, 2003 Share Posted May 4, 2003 i remember when i was younger watching pro roller hockey games on espn 2. those were the days when espn 2 showed rare things, like lacrosse and inline hockey, and now it just shows whatever nba or ncaa basketball game they arent showing on espn. Does professional roller hockey still exist??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwertman Posted May 4, 2003 Share Posted May 4, 2003 The RHI went out of business a few years ago....good thing too cause out of the 40 or so teams that went thru that league,there were maybe 3-4 good logos lol....there is a sorta kinda pro...(the call it AAA) roller league,you will find there site at MLRH Kings Cross AFC -BIP, Winnipeg Falcons - TNFF, St. Louis Archers - MLF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-kj Posted May 4, 2003 Share Posted May 4, 2003 RHI... those were the days. I had St. Louis Vipers season tickets in 1995 (and got to play rollerhockey on the floor at Kiel Center), then Minnesota Blue Ox season tickets at Mariucci Arena in 1999, the attempted revival year (where there were about 300 people at each game).Good times. I got a chance to get to know a few of the players from the Vipers, they'd come skate with the crowd after games. They even recognized me when I would see them out of town, it was quite cool. Buy some t-shirts and stuff at KJ Shop! KJ Branded | Behance portfolio POTD 2013-08-22 On 7/14/2012 at 2:20 AM, tajmccall said: When it comes to style, ya'll really should listen to Kev. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puckguy14 Posted May 5, 2003 Share Posted May 5, 2003 RHI... those were the days. I had St. Louis Vipers season tickets in 1995 (and got to play rollerhockey on the floor at Kiel Center), then Minnesota Blue Ox season tickets at Mariucci Arena in 1999, the attempted revival year (where there were about 300 people at each game).Good times. I got a chance to get to know a few of the players from the Vipers, they'd come skate with the crowd after games. They even recognized me when I would see them out of town, it was quite cool.When did they name an arena after former 49er head coach Steve Mariucci?LOLAh yes roller hockey. Got to see hands down the sexiest hockey player of all time (Manon Rheaume) play in Sacramento for the River Rats at Arco Arena. The cult that was Sly Naud and Sasha "Pit Bull" Lakovic played for the Oakland Skates. Of course no one will ever forget Mark Woolf bringing home the first "major" professional championship to San Jose for the Rhinos. The problem was the teams didn't have stable ownership, the league grew too fast, and no MAJOR marketing. Despite landing a huge deal with ESPN and its then X-treme brother, espn2, it couldn't get people to come in. 2004 San Jose Sharks 7th Man Fan of the Year San Jose Gold Miners - 4x Lombardi Cup Champions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-kj Posted May 5, 2003 Share Posted May 5, 2003 When did they name an arena after former 49er head coach Steve Mariucci?Oh. No. He. Didn't. http://www.gophersports.com/Facilities/mariucci.aspREAD! Buy some t-shirts and stuff at KJ Shop! KJ Branded | Behance portfolio POTD 2013-08-22 On 7/14/2012 at 2:20 AM, tajmccall said: When it comes to style, ya'll really should listen to Kev. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yh Posted May 5, 2003 Share Posted May 5, 2003 RHI... those were the days. I had St. Louis Vipers season tickets in 1995 (and got to play rollerhockey on the floor at Kiel Center), then Minnesota Blue Ox season tickets at Mariucci Arena in 1999, the attempted revival year (where there were about 300 people at each game).Good times. I got a chance to get to know a few of the players from the Vipers, they'd come skate with the crowd after games. They even recognized me when I would see them out of town, it was quite cool.When did they name an arena after former 49er head coach Steve Mariucci?LOLAh yes roller hockey. Got to see hands down the sexiest hockey player of all time (Manon Rheaume) play in Sacramento for the River Rats at Arco Arena. The cult that was Sly Naud and Sasha "Pit Bull" Lakovic played for the Oakland Skates. Of course no one will ever forget Mark Woolf bringing home the first "major" professional championship to San Jose for the Rhinos. The problem was the teams didn't have stable ownership, the league grew too fast, and no MAJOR marketing. Despite landing a huge deal with ESPN and its then X-treme brother, espn2, it couldn't get people to come in.I went to a ton of Viper games both at the Arena and at Kiel. I used to enjoy going because a lot of guys from the CHL played in the league and I had just moved from OKC where I had Blazer season tickets so many of the players were already familiar. Yeah, good times. And as for the Oakland Skates, they played as the Tulsa Ice Oilers in the CHL during the fall and winter. Garry Unger coached both teams and had something like 8 or 9 Oilers on his Skates roster. It was fun for me because I knew a lot of the players and enjoyed having additional chances to see them play, but on the whole, I can see why RHI failed. You just can't play in NHL sized rinks and hope to sell enough seats to pay the rent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwertman Posted May 5, 2003 Share Posted May 5, 2003 I loved the Vipers...they were the only team close to me lol..Tony Szabo was an absolute wizard...oh yeah and there logos were cool too Kings Cross AFC -BIP, Winnipeg Falcons - TNFF, St. Louis Archers - MLF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STL FANATIC Posted May 6, 2003 Share Posted May 6, 2003 I went to one Vipers game and I had box seats. I got a free picture of one of their players, but his name eludes me right now. I did think they had great logos. JUSTIN STRIEBEL | PORTFOLIO | RESUME | CONTACT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobRoberts Posted May 6, 2003 Share Posted May 6, 2003 Long Island JAWZZZZZZZZ RULE!!!!And don't y'all forget it!The Vancouver Voodoo looked kinda cool too. Why though? Is there Voodoo in Vancouver? Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowcap30 Posted May 7, 2003 Share Posted May 7, 2003 Long Island JAWZZZZZZZZ RULE!!!!haha yea...bad logo tho...idunno if u ever go to Newbridge arena RobRoberts but they still have their add on the boards but its faded. its pretty funny....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-kj Posted May 7, 2003 Share Posted May 7, 2003 Actually, the Jawz' logo was one of the better, production-wise, logos in that league. Their jerseys were... um... unique.In '95, when I had season tickets for the Vipers, we noticed a trend--nearly every visiting team had a black road jersey. (The Vipers were no exception to this.) Only a few did not--Montreal and Detroit come to mind.Speaking of Montreal, I think the Roadrunners may have had the best jerseys in that league. The Vipers' were nice, but were basically the Florida Panthers' jerseys with a colour tweak. Montreal's were unique, but not garish.Other nice jerseys:San Jose RhinosVancouver Voodoo (the colours/logo were out there, but the jerseys looked nice)Anaheim Bullfrogs (their second jerseys/logo, that is... the logo was decent, given the name)Minnesota Arctic Blast Buy some t-shirts and stuff at KJ Shop! KJ Branded | Behance portfolio POTD 2013-08-22 On 7/14/2012 at 2:20 AM, tajmccall said: When it comes to style, ya'll really should listen to Kev. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
13thFloorElevators Posted May 7, 2003 Share Posted May 7, 2003 my coach is sly naud Lost Salt Designs- http://www.geocities.com/lostsaltdesign Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budbowl77 Posted May 7, 2003 Share Posted May 7, 2003 Long Island Jawz, New Jersey Rockin' Rollers and the Empire State Cobras, it was tough back then who to root for. since i'm an Islanders fan i guess i was a Jawz fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-kj Posted May 7, 2003 Share Posted May 7, 2003 New Jersey Rockin' RollersHow could I have forgotten to mention that I own a Rockin' Rollers jersey? The other RHI jersey is, of course, a Vipers jersey, signed by most of the 1995 team, plus Bernie Federko (GM/owner), Perry Turnbull (coach), and even by Victor the Viper (mascot) and Towel Guy (only St. Louisans will get this)! Buy some t-shirts and stuff at KJ Shop! KJ Branded | Behance portfolio POTD 2013-08-22 On 7/14/2012 at 2:20 AM, tajmccall said: When it comes to style, ya'll really should listen to Kev. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STL FANATIC Posted May 7, 2003 Share Posted May 7, 2003 Towel Guy (only St. Louisans will get this)!As a St. Louisan I just had to chime in and say "ROCK ON TOWEL GUY and HORN MAN too! JUSTIN STRIEBEL | PORTFOLIO | RESUME | CONTACT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted May 7, 2003 Share Posted May 7, 2003 For those of us who don't know for the most part what these fine folks are talking about, I have discovered a plethora of RHI jersey images. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puckcool22 Posted May 7, 2003 Author Share Posted May 7, 2003 thank you for this gift from God Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-kj Posted May 7, 2003 Share Posted May 7, 2003 For those of us who don't know for the most part what these fine folks are talking about, I have discovered a plethora of RHI jersey images.That's Gary G's site, isn't it? On Tripod, one of the most annoying hosts ever, of course. But, I flipped through the jersey photos, taking a trip down amnesia lane. Those were the days. Buy some t-shirts and stuff at KJ Shop! KJ Branded | Behance portfolio POTD 2013-08-22 On 7/14/2012 at 2:20 AM, tajmccall said: When it comes to style, ya'll really should listen to Kev. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronChefShark Posted May 8, 2003 Share Posted May 8, 2003 yeah, go rhinos! US state flag concepts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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