Philadelphia Rockets
Order vintage Philadelphia Rockets tees, long sleeves, hoodies, crewnecks, mugs and more. The Rockets won just five of 64 games in 1946 to 1947, a league record that still stands, yet somehow boasted the league's leading scorer in Phil Hergesheimer. Celebrate Philadelphia's plucky postwar club by browsing all of our Rockets gear, then read the team history below. Every design comes from an American small business devoted to preserving the history of fondly remembered and long-lost hockey teams.
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Philadelphia Rockets History
The Philadelphia Rockets were a short-lived entry into the AHL from 1946-49, and rivaled the Quakers' record for futility. In their first season, 1946-47, they managed to win only five of 64 games, an AHL record that still stands. Somehow, they also had the league's leading scorer, Phil Hergesheimer, who recorded a 44-48-92 line. Despite Hergesheimer's success, the team gave up 400 goals while scoring only 188. The Rockets would improve -- but were still bad -- the next two seasons, winning 22 and 15 of 68 games each year. After their third season in 1948-49, management decided that was enough and folded the team.Similar teams
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