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Turner Cup

Year    Winner                     Finalist                   Games

2001    Orlando Solar Bears        Chicago Wolves              4-1
2000    Chicago Wolves             Grand Rapids Griffins       4-2
1999    Houston Aeros              Orlando Solar Bears         4-3
1998    Chicago Wolves             Detroit Vipers              4-3
1997    Detroit Vipers             Long Beach Ice Dogs         4-2
1996    Utah Grizzlies             Orlando Solar Bears         4-0
1995    Denver Grizzlies           Kansas City Blades          4-0
1994    Atlanta Knights            Fort Wayne Komets           4-2
1993    Fort Wayne Komets          San Diego Gulls             4-0
1992    Kansas City Blades         Muskegon Lumberjacks        4-0
1991    Peoria Rivermen            Fort Wayne Komets           4-2
1990    Indianapolis Ice           Muskegon Lumberjacks        4-0
1989    Muskegon Lumberjacks       Salt Lake Golden Eagles     4-1
1988    Salt Lake Golden Eagles    Flint Spirits               4-2
1987    Salt Lake Golden Eagles    Muskegon Lumberjacks        4-2
1986    Muskegon Lumberjacks       Fort Wayne Komets           4-0
1985    Peoria Rivermen            Muskegon Lumberjacks        4-3
1984    Flint Generals             Toledo Goaldiggers          4-0
1983    Toledo Goaldiggers         Milwaukee Admirals          4-2
1982    Toledo Goaldiggers         Saginaw Gears               4-1
1981    Saginaw Gears              Kalamazoo Wings             4-0
1980    Kalamazoo Wings            Fort Wayne Komets           4-2
1979    Kalamazoo Wings            Grand Rapids Owls           4-3
1978    Toledo Goaldiggers         Port Huron Flags            4-3
1977    Saginaw Gears              Toledo Goaldiggers          4-3
1976    Dayton Gems                Port Huron Flags            4-0
1975    Toledo Goaldiggers         Saginaw Gears               4-3
1974    Des Moines Capitols        Saginaw Gears               4-2
1973    Fort Wayne Komets          Port Huron Wings            4-2
1972    Port Huron Wings           Muskegon Mohawks            4-2
1971    Port Huron Flags           Des Moines Oak Leafs        4-2
1970    Dayton Gems                Port Huron Flags            4-3
1969    Dayton Gems                Muskegon Mohawks            3-0
1968    Muskegon Mohawks           Dayton Gems                 4-1
1967    Toledo Blades              Fort Wayne Komets           4-2
1966    Port Huron Flags           Dayton Gems                 4-1
1965    Fort Wayne Komets          Des Moines Oak Leafs        4-2
1964    Toledo Blades              Fort Wayne Komets           4-2
1963    Fort Wayne Komets          Minneapolis Millers         4-1
1962    Muskegon Zephyrs           St.Paul Saints              4-0
1961    St.Paul Saints             Muskegon Zephyrs            4-1
1960    St.Paul Saints             Fort Wayne Komets           4-3
1959    Louisville Rebels          Fort Wayne Komets           4-2
1958    Indianapolis Chiefs        Louisville Rebels           4-3
1957    Cincinnati Mohawks         Indianapolis Chiefs         3-0
1956    Cincinnati Mohawks         Toledo-Marion Mercurys      4-0
1955    Cincinnati Mohawks         Troy Bruins                 4-3
1954    Cincinnati Mohawks         Johnstown Jets              4-2
1953    Cincinnati Mohawks         Grand Rapids Rockets        4-0
1952    Toledo Mercurys            Grand Rapids Rockets        4-2
1951    Toledo Mercurys            Grand Rapids Rockets        4-1
1950    Chatham Maroons            Sarnia Sailors              4-3
1949    Windsor Hettche Spitfires  Toledo Mercurys             4-3
1948    Toledo Mercurys            Windsor Hettche Spitfires   4-1
1947    Windsor Spitfires          Detroit Bright's Goodyears  3-0
1946    Detroit Auto Club          Detroit Bright's Goodyears  2-1

            The IHL was created Dec. 5, 1945 in a three-hour meeting at the
            Norton Palmer Hotel in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Present at the
            meeting were: Jack Adams, General Manager and Coach of the
            Detroit Red Wings; Fred Huber, Jr., the Red Wings public relations
            director; Frank Gallagher, who eventually would own the Flint
            Generals and also serve two terms as league commissioner; Lloyd
            Pollock, a member of the executive staff of the Ontario Hockey
            Association; Gerald McHugh, a well-known Windsor lawyer; and Len
            Hebert, Len Loree and Bill Beckman, all dedicated hockey men.

            The league's first expansion outside the Detroit-Windsor area came
            in 1947, when businessman Virgil Gladieux paid $1,000 to place a
            franchise in Toledo, Ohio.

            The national growth of the IHL can be traced to the expansion of
            the early 1980's. Peoria was admitted in 1982, and Indianapolis
            rejoined the league two years later.

            The mid-1990's the IHL seemed to be on a colision course with the
            NHL. New teams were added in Detroit, Chicago, Los Angeles competing
            directly with NHL franchises. Other major markets included Orlando,
            Denver, Cleveland, Milwaukee, Atlanta and Houston, to name a few.

            The IHL also played series versus Russian teams. The Red Army faced
            all IHL teams in 1993-94, while the Soviet Wings did the same the
            following season.
            There was even talk of a European Division to be in place by the end
            of the decade. A far cry from the early beginnings when 4 local teams
            competed for the Turner Cup.

            Today, the "I" has scaled back a bit, and now is trying to work with
            the NHL, with the parent league having affilates in the IHL.
 
 

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