Flint Fuze
January 13, 2021
Continental Basketball Association (2001-2002) Born: August 2001 – CBA expansion franchise Moved: September 4, 2002 (Great Lakes Storm) First Game: December 1, 2001 (L 107-106
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Flint Spirits
January 16, 2017
In July 1985, the city of Flint, Michigan lost its long-time International Hockey League club, the Flint Generals (1969-1985). After several years of six-figure losses, the Generals moved 40 miles north to Saginaw. A local couple, Laraine and Carl Lamb, scrambled to save hockey for the city. Less than four weeks after the Generals’ departure, the IHL awarded an expansion franchise to the Lambs on August 6th, 1985. The novice sports investors had less than two months to build and organization and get a team onto the ice for the 1985-86 IHL season.
Flint Generals (1969-1985)
July 24, 2015
The Flint Generals were the long-time minor league hockey franchise for the auto-making city of Flint, Michigan. The club derived its name from the city’s once close association with General Motors. The Generals finest hour came in the spring of 1984. Flint swept the Toledo Goaldiggers in a best-of-7 series to win their first and only Turner Cup as champions of the International Hockey League. A little over a year later, the Generals moved to Saginaw, Michigan following a dispute with IMA Sports Arena officials over playing dates.