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Utica Devils
Utica Devils
City	Utica, New York
League	American Hockey League
Founded	1987–88
Home arena	Utica Memorial Auditorium
Colors	Green, red and white (original); Red and black (later)
Affiliate	New Jersey Devils (NHL) (1987–1993)
Franchise history
1987 to 1993	Utica Devils
1993 to 2003	Saint John Flames
2005 to 2007	Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights
2007 to 2009	Quad City Flames
2009 to present	Abbotsford Heat

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The Utica Devils were an ice hockey team of the American Hockey League. The team played in Utica, New York at the Utica Memorial Auditorium.

History

The Utica Devils were the New Jersey Devils AHL affiliate until 1993. Utica was coached by Tom McVie for four season from 1987-91, followed by Herb Brooks in 1991-92, and Robbie Ftorek in 1992-93.

During 1993, the franchise was bought by the Calgary Flames, and relocated to Saint John, New Brunswick to play as the Saint John Flames.

Notable players who at one time were Utica Devils include Martin Brodeur, Bill Guerin, Kevin Todd, Corey Schwab, Bobby Holik, Claude Vilgrain, Valeri Zelepukin, Jason Smith and Jim Dowd. The team's last coach was Robbie Ftorek.

The market was previously served by: Mohawk Valley Comets of the ACHL (1985-1987)

The franchise was replaced by: Utica Bulldogs of the CoHL (1993-1994)

The franchise was later known as: Saint John Flames, Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights, Quad City Flames and the Abbotsford Heat.

Season-by-season results

Regular Season

Season	Games	Won	Lost	Tied	OTL	Points	Goals For	Goals Against	Standing
1987–88	80	34	33	11	2	81	318	307	5th, South
1988–89	80	37	34	9	--	83	309	295	3rd, South
1989–90	80	44	32	4	--	92	354	315	4th, South
1990–91	80	36	42	2	--	74	325	346	6th, South
1991–92	80	34	40	6	--	74	268	313	4th, South
1992–93	80	33	36	11	--	77	325	354	3rd, South

Playoffs

Season	1st round	2nd round	3rd round	Finals
1987–88	Out of Playoffs
1988–89	L, 1-4, Hershey	--	--	--
1989–90	L, 1-4, Rochester	--	--	--
1990–91	Out of Playoffs
1991–92	L, 0-4, Binghamton	--	--	--
1992–93	L, 1-4, Rochester	--	--	--

Team records

Goals: 53, Paul Ysebaert, 1989–90

Assists: 81, Kevin Todd, 1990–91

Points: 118, Kevin Todd, 1990–91

Penalty Minutes: 359, Bill Huard, 1990–91

GAA: 2.71, Chris Terreri, 1987–88

SV%: .910, Chris Terreri, 1987–88

Career goals: 126, Jeff Madill, 1987–91

Career assists: 163, Kevin Todd, 1988–93

Career points: 264, Paul Ysebaert, 1987–90

Career penalty minutes: 1216, Jamie Huscroft, 1987–92

Career goaltending wins:

Career shutouts: 3, Craig Billington

Career games: 273, Dave Marcinyshyn, 1987–91

External links

The Internet Hockey Database – Utica Devils

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