Phoenix Roadrunners (IHL)

This article is about the IHL team. For other uses, see Phoenix Roadrunners (disambiguation).

Phoenix Roadrunners
City	Phoenix, Arizona, USA
League	International Hockey League
Founded	1979
Folded	1997
Home arena	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Franchise history
1979–1987	Indianapolis Checkers
1987–1988	Colorado Rangers
1988–1989	Denver Rangers
1989–1997	Phoenix Roadrunners

The Phoenix Roadrunners were a minor league professional ice hockey team in the International Hockey League. The team was housed at Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The team played in the IHL from 1989 to 1997. The IHL Roadrunners were named for a World Hockey Association team of the same name. The IHL Roadrunners used a similar skating cartoon bird logo as the WHA team with different colors, without the outline of the state of Arizona.

In 1996, the original Winnipeg Jets relocated to Phoenix, becoming the Arizona Coyotes. After one year competing with the Coyotes for fans, the Roadrunners folded at the end of the 1996-97 season. Coincidentally, the Coyote's AHL affiliate, the Tucson Roadrunners, share the name and similar logo to the displaced IHL team.

Notable NHL alumni

List of Phoenix Roadrunners alumni who played more than 100 games in Phoenix and 100 or more games in the National Hockey League.

• Dan Bylsma
• Ken McRae
• Brent Thompson

See also

• List of Phoenix Roadrunners (IHL) players