The Tennessee ThunderCats were a low-budget indoor football team that played two summer seasons at the Knoxville Civic Coliseum in 2001 and 2002. The ‘Cats were members of the Indoor Professional Football League in 2001 and the National Indoor Football League in 2002. The franchise changed its name to the Tennessee RiverHawks ahead of the 2003 season and left town a year later.
East Coast Hockey League (1988-1997) Born: August 1988 – ECHL expansion franchise Moved Announced: March 17,1997 (Pee Dee Pride) First Game: Final Game: March 29, 1997
Knoxville’s first pro hockey team, the Knights, competed in the rough-and-tumble Eastern Hockey League from 1961 until financial problems torpedoed the franchise in 1968. Key alumni include long-time NHL player and coach Pat Quinn (1963-64) and left wing Dennis Hextall (1966-67), who played 13 NHL seasons from 1967 to 1980.
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