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Minnesota Blue Ox

The Minnesota Blue Ox were a professional roller hockey team based in Minneapolis , Minnesota, United States, that played in Roller Hockey International . History Formed in the ...

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The Minnesota Blue Ox were a professional roller hockey team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, that played in Roller Hockey International.

History

Formed in the wake of the former Minnesota Arctic Blast, who played at Target Center in 1994, the Blue Ox joined RHI and were placed in the five-team Central Division (Buffalo Stampede, Chicago Cheetahs, Detroit Motor City Mustangs, St. Louis Vipers).[1]

After a 13–11–0 in the 1995 regular season (second in the Central), Minnesota was the fourth-seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs.[2] The Blue Ox were quickly eliminated in two games (best-of 3 series) by the fifth-seeded New Jersey Rockin' Rollers.[3]

The Blue Ox finished the 1999 season with a record of 11–15–0, ranked third in the Eastern Division. The team's average home attendance of 304 was the lowest in the league.[4] The Buffalo Wings knocked off the Blue Ox in the first round of the playoffs.[5]

Season-by-season

References

  1. ↑Killeen, Mike. "Laylin's wheels are on hold", St. Cloud Times, July 7, 1995. Accessed December 27, 2023, via Newspapers.com. "The Arctic Blast released their players so they could play elsewhere, including the Minnesota Blue Ox, a team owned by the RHI to replace the Blast."
  2. ↑"Blue Ox beat St. Louis", Minnesota Star Tribune, August 11, 1995. Accessed December 28, 2023, via Newspapers.com. "The Minnesota Blue Ox edged the St. Louis Vipers 5-4 Thursday night at Aldrich Arena to end their Roller Hockey International regular season with a 13-11 record."
  3. 1 2 "Los Rockin Rollers avanzan" , Daily Record , 17 de agosto de 1995. Consultado el 27 de diciembre de 2023 a través de Newspapers.com . "El defensa Chad Biafore anotó dos goles y dio cinco asistencias anoche, cuando los New Jersey Rockin Rollers vencieron a los Minnesota Blue Ox por 8-5 para barrer la serie de primera ronda de los playoffs de Roller Hockey International por dos juegos a cero."
  4. ↑ Clasificación internacional de hockey sobre patines 1998-99 , HockeyDB. Consultado el 28 de diciembre de 2023.
  5. ↑ "Los Wings se aseguran de que este no sea el año del (Blue) Ox" , The Buffalo News , 19 de agosto de 1999. Consultado el 28 de diciembre de 2023 a través de Newspapers.com . "Los Wings resistieron esa tentación, manteniéndose serenos ante un ataque total del Minnesota Blue Ox. La calma de Buffalo dio sus frutos con una victoria de 8-3 sobre Minnesota en el partido inaugural de los playoffs de la RHI ante una escasa multitud en el Arrowhead Pond".

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