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International Hockey League (1960-1969)

The International Hockey League (1945-2001) was a triple-A level professional minor league in the United States and Canada. For more information on this league visit our International Hockey League page.

This page contains information on the International Hockey League in it's early years, 1960-69.

International Hockey League (1960-1969) Awards

Season	Leading Scorer	MVP
1959-60	Chick Chalmers Louisville	Billy Reichart Minneapolis
1960-61	Ken Yackel Minneapolis	Len Thornson Ft. Wayne
1961-62	Len Thornson Ft. Wayne	Len Thornson Ft. Wayne
1962-63	Moe Bartoli Minneapolis	Len Thornson Ft. Wayne Eddie Long Ft. Wayne
1963-64	Len Thornson Ft. Wayne	Len Thornson Ft. Wayne
1964-65	Lloyd Maxfield Port Huron	Chick Chalmers Toledo
1965-66	Bob Rivard Ft. Wayne	Gary Schall Muskegon
1966-67	Len Thornson Ft. Wayne	Len Thornson Ft. Wayne
1967-68	Gary Ford Muskegon	Len Thornson Ft. Wayne Don Westbrooke Dayton
1968-69	Don Westbrooke Dayton	Don Westbrooke Dayton

 

Season	Defenceman of the Year	Rookie of the Year
1959-60
1960-61
1961-62		Dave Richardson Ft. Wayne
1962-63		John Gravel Omaha
1963-64		Don Westbrooke Toledo
1964-65	Lionel Repka Ft. Wayne	Bob Thomas Toledo
1965-66	Bob Lemieux Muskegon	Frank Golembrosky Port Huron
1966-67	Larry Mavety Port Huron	Kerry Bond Columbus
1967-68	Carl Brewer Muskegon	Gary Ford Muskegon
1968-69	Al Beaule Dayton Moe Benoit Dayton	Doug Volmar Columbus

All Star Team Selections

1959-60 First Team	Position	Second Team
Reno Zanier Ft. Wayne	Goal	Glenn Ramsay St. Paul
Danny Summers St. Paul	Defence	Fiori Goegan Milwaukee
Lionel Repka Ft. Wayne	Defence	Connie Madigan Ft. Wayne
Len Ronson Ft. Wayne	Left Wing	Chick Chalmers Louisville
Billy Reichart Minneapolis	Center	Aggie Kukulowicz St. Paul
Pierre Brillant Indianapolis	Right Wing	Fred Brown St. Paul
Ken Ullyot Ft. Wayne	Coach	Fred Shero St. Paul
1960-61 First Team	Position	Second Team
Ray Mikulan Minneapolis	Goal	Jacques Marcotte St. Paul
Cy Whiteside Minneapolis	Defence	Mickey Keating St. Paul
Gerry Claude Muskegon	Defence	Dave Rimstad Toledo
Ken Yackel Minneapolis	Left Wing	Roger Maisonneuve Toledo
Len Thornson Ft. Wayne	Center	Chick Chalmers Omaha
Ken Hayden Muskegon	Right Wing	Pierre Brillant Omaha
Ken Yackel Minneapolis	Coach	Chirp Brenchley Toledo
1961 - 62 First Team	Position	Second Team
Glenn Ramsay Omaha	Goal	Ray Mikulan Minneapolis
Gerry Claude Muskegon	Defence	Moe Benoit Omaha
Cy Whiteside Minneapolis	Defence	Ted Hodgson St. Paul Moose Lallo Muskegon
Ken Yackel Minneapolis	Left Wing	Greg Jablonski Omaha
Chick Chalmers Omaha	Center	Len Thornson Ft. Wayne
Eddie Long Ft. Wayne	Right Wing	Ken Hayden Muskegon
Moose Lallo Muskegon	Coach	Ken Yackel Minneapolis
1962 - 63 First Team	Position	Second Team
Glenn Ramsay Omaha	Goal	Chuck Adamson Ft. Wayne
Moe Benoit Omaha	Defence	Cy Whiteside Minneapolis
Gerry Claude Muskegon	Defence	Marcel Goyette Port Huron
Bill LeCaine Port Huron	Left Wing	Ken Yackel Minneapolis
Ken Saunders Minneapolis	Center	Len Thornson Ft. Wayne
Eddie Long Ft. Wayne	Right Wing	Moe Bartoli Minneapolis
Ken Ullyot Ft. Wayne	Coach	Ken Yackel Minneapolis
1963 - 64 First Team	Position	Second Team
Glenn Ramsay Toledo	Goal	Al Bennett Chatham
Jack Douglas Chatham	Defence	Bill Mitchell Windsor
Moe Benoit Toledo	Defence	Nelson Bulloch Ft. Wayne
Greg Jablonski Toledo	Left Wing	Moe Morisette Toledo
Len Thornson Ft. Wayne	Center	Lloyd Maxfield Port Huron
Norm Waslawski Ft. Wayne	Right Wing	Bobby Brown Windsor
Ken Ullyot Ft. Wayne	Coach	Moe Benoit Toledo
1964 - 65 First Team	Position	Second Team
Chuck Adamson Ft. Wayne	Goal	Norm Jacques Port Huron
Marcel Goyette Port Huron	Defence	Lionel Repka Ft. Wayne
Moe Benoit Toledo	Defence	Guy James Port Huron
Joe Kastelic Muskegon	Left Wing	Bill LeCaine Port Huron
Bobby Rivard Ft. Wayne	Center	Lloyd Maxfield Port Huron
Pat Ginnell Des Moines	Right Wing	Guy Trottier Dayton
Lloyd Maxfield Port Huron	Coach	Minnie Menard Des Moines
1965 - 66 First Team	Position	Second Team
Bob Sneddon Port Huron	Goal	Gerry Randall Ft. Wayne
Lionel Repka Ft. Wayne	Defence	Larry Mavety Port Huron
Bob Lemieux Muskegon	Defence	Roly Campeau Muskegon
Bill LeCaine Port Huron	Left Wing	Rene Drolet Muskegon
Gary Schall Muskegon	Center	Bob Rivard Ft. Wayne
Merv Dubchak Ft. Wayne	Right Wing	Guy Trottier Dayton
Moose Lallo Muskegon	Coach	Warren Back Dayton
1966 - 67 First Team	Position	Second Team
Glenn Ramsay Toledo	Goal	Russ Gillow Des Moines
Larry Mavety Port Huron	Defence	Joe Kiss Des Moines
Moe Benoit Dayton	Defence	Lou Kazowski Toledo
John Goodwin Ft. Wayne	Left Wing	Bill LeCaine Port Huron
Len Thornson Ft. Wayne	Center	Chick Chalmers Toledo
Guy Trottier Dayton	Right Wing	Frank St. Marseille Port Huron
Warren Back Dayton	Coach	Terry Slater Toledo
1967 - 68 First Team	Position	Second Team
Glenn Ramsay Toledo	Goal	Bob Perani Muskegon
Carl Brewer Muskegon	Defence	Al Beaule Dayton
Jack Turner Columbus	Defence	Jean Guy Lagace Muskegon
John Goodwin Ft. Wayne	Left Wing	Joe Kastelic Muskegon
Gary Ford Muskegon	Center	Len Thornson Ft. Wayne
Don Westbrook Dayton	Right Wing	Randy Prior Port Huron
Moose Lallo Muskegon	Coach	Moe Bartoli Columbus
1968 - 69 First Team	Position	Second Team
Glenn Ramsay Toledo	Goal	Jim Shaw Ft. Wayne
Jack Turner Columbus	Defence	Guy James Port Huron
Al Beaule Dayton	Defence	Lou Kazowski Toledo
Trevor Fahey Des Moines	Left Wing	Geoff Powis Port Huron
Bert Fizzell Columbus	Center	Stan Maxwell Toledo Jim Sanko Toledo
Don Westbrooke Dayton	Right Wing	Doug Volmar Columbus
Ted Garvin Port Huron	Coach	Larry Wilson Dayton

International Hockey League (1960-1969) Seasons

1960 Season	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
East Division
Fort Wayne Komets	68	50	16	2	312	187	102
Louisville Rebels	68	37	30	1	303	276	75
Toledo/St.-Louis Mercurys	68	28	36	4	266	298	60
Indianapolis Chiefs	68	25	40	3	234	322	53
West Division
St.-Paul Saints	68	41	21	6	261	188	88
Minneapolis Millers/Denver Mavericks	68	39	27	2	297	233	80
Milwaukee Falcons	67	24	42	1	251	314	49
Omaha Knights	67	15	47	5	198	303	35
1961 Season	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
East Division
Toledo Mercurys	70	36	33	1	274	260	71
Fort Wayne Komets	69	31	35	3	304	265	65
Muskegon Zephyrs	70	25	41	4	243	319	54
Indianapolis Chiefs	70	20	46	4	217	313	44
West Division
Minneapolis Millers	72	50	20	2	323	229	102
St.-Paul Saints	72	46	22	4	309	233	96
Omaha Knights	70	35	32	3	254	235	73
Milwaukee Falcons (11/26/1960)	17	1	15	1	45	115	3
1962 Season	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Muskegon Zephyrs	68	43	23	2	334	242	88
St.-Paul Saints	68	42	25	1	291	209	85
Minneapolis Millers	68	41	26	1	261	234	83
Omaha Knights	68	37	28	3	264	227	77
Fort Wayne Komets	68	33	31	4	265	245	70
Indianapolis Chiefs	67	19	48	0	220	348	38
Toledo Mercurys	68	17	50	1	222	352	35
1963 Season	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Fort Wayne Komets	70	35	30	5	283	255	75
Minneapolis Millers	70	36	32	2	296	301	74
Muskegon Zephyrs	70	34	31	5	328	326	73
Omaha Knights	70	30	35	5	252	248	65
Port Huron Flags	70	28	36	6	246	273	62
St.-Paul Saints	70	23	44	3	241	328	49
1964 Season	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Toledo Blades	70	41	25	4	278	207	86
Fort Wayne Komets	70	41	28	1	322	264	83
Port Huron Flags	70	37	31	2	279	279	76
Windsor Bulldogs	70	32	35	3	226	280	67
Des-Moines Oak Leafs	70	31	35	4	272	266	66
Muskegon Zephyrs	70	31	36	3	298	312	65
Chatham Maroons	70	21	44	5	211	278	47
1965 Season	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Port Huron Flags	70	43	22	5	336	258	91
Fort Wayne Komets	70	40	25	5	344	240	85
Des-Moines Oak Leafs	70	39	26	5	303	277	83
Toledo Blades	70	32	36	2	297	327	66
Dayton Gems	70	23	45	2	283	396	48
Muskegon Zephyrs	70	22	45	3	320	385	47
1966 Season	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Muskegon Mohawks	70	46	19	5	376	314	97
Fort Wayne Komets	70	38	26	6	312	259	82
Port Huron Flags	70	34	32	4	308	274	72
Dayton Gems	70	33	35	2	347	322	68
Des-Moines Oak Leafs	70	29	40	1	263	319	59
Toledo Blades	70	20	48	2	248	366	42
1967 Season	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Dayton Gems	72	44	25	3	315	282	91
Fort Wayne Komets	72	40	31	1	274	234	81
Toledo Blades	72	39	31	2	284	247	80
Des-Moines Oak Leafs	72	36	32	4	256	264	76
Port Huron Flags	72	34	33	5	314	300	73
Muskegon Mohawks	72	27	43	2	262	299	56
Columbus Checkers	72	23	48	1	294	373	47
1968 Season	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Muskegon Mohawks	72	43	17	12	305	216	98
Dayton Gems	72	33	27	12	332	275	78
Columbus Checkers	72	32	30	10	312	300	74
Fort Wayne Komets	72	30	29	13	282	272	73
Toledo Blades	72	29	29	14	261	307	72
Port Huron Flags	72	25	36	11	269	343	61
Des-Moines Oak Leafs	72	19	43	10	244	292	48
1969 Season	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Dayton Gems	72	40	21	11	313	227	91
Toledo Blades	72	41	23	8	282	235	90
Muskegon Mohawks	72	34	29	9	332	287	77
Port Huron Flags	72	28	30	14	285	289	70
Fort Wayne Komets	72	24	33	15	235	262	63
Columbus Checkers	72	26	37	9	286	333	61
Des-Moines Oak Leafs	72	21	41	10	226	326	52

International Hockey League (1960-1969) Playoffs

Season	Finals		Semi Finals		Quarter Finals
1959-60	St. Paul Saints defeated Ft. Wayne Komets 4 games to 3		St. Paul Saints defeated Minneapolis Millers 4 games to 2 (East) Ft. Wayne Komets defeated Louisville Rebels 4 games to 2 (West)
1960-61	St. Paul Saints defeated Muskegon Zephyrs 4 games to 1		Muskegon Zephyrs (4-2-2) won division 8 game round-robin series with 10 points defeating Ft. Wayne (3-3-2) and Toledo Mercurys (3-5-0). (East) St. Paul Saints (6-1-1) won division 8 game round-robin series with 13 points defeating Minneapolis (3-3-2) and Omaha Knights (1-6-1). (West)
1961-62	Muskegon Zephyrs defeated St. Paul Saints 4 games to 0		Muskegon Zephyrs defeated Minneapolis Millers 4 games to 1 St. Paul Saints defeated Omaha Knights 4 games to 3
1962-63	Ft. Wayne Komets defeated Minneapolis Millers 4 games to 1		Ft. Wayne Komets defeated Muskegon Zephyrs 4 games to 2 Minneapolis Millers defeated Omaha Knights 4 games to 3
1963-64	Toledo Blades defeated Ft. Wayne Komets 4 games to 2		Toledo Blades defeated Port Huron Flags 4 games to 3 Ft. Wayne Komets defeated Windsor Bulldogs 4 games to 2
1964-65	Ft. Wayne Komets defeated Des Moines Oak Leafs 4 games to 2		Ft. Wayne Komets defeated Toledo Blades 4 games to 0 Des Moines Oak Leafs defeated Port Huron Flags 4 games to 3
1965-66	Port Huron Flags defeated Dayton Gems 4 games to 1		Port Huron Flags defeated Muskegon Mohawks 4 games to 0 Dayton Gems defeated Ft. Wayne Komets 4 games to 2
1966-67	Toledo Blades defeated Ft. Wayne Komets 4 games to 2		Toledo Blades defeated Dayton Gems 4 games to 0 Ft. Wayne Komets defeated Des Moines Oak Leafs 4 games to 3
1967-68	Muskegon Mohawks defeated Dayton Gems 4 games to 1		Muskegon Mohawks defeated Columbus Checkers 4 games to 0 Dayton Gems defeated Ft. Wayne Komets 4 games to 2
1968-69	Dayton Gems defeated Muskegon Mohawks 3 games to 0		Dayton Gems defeated Ft. Wayne Komets 3 games to 0 Muskegon Mohawks defeated Toledo Blades 3 games to 2		Dayton, Ft. Wayne, Muskegon and Toledo won semi-final berths. Columbus and Port Huron eliminated in six team - 3 game round robin series.