Lake Placid Roamers

The Lake Placid Roamers were an American senior ice hockey team from Lake Placid, New York. The Roamers operated from 1946 to 1952,[1] and were a farm team of the New York Rangers,[2] and produced future National Hockey League goaltender Gilles Mayer.[3] The team was coached by Aurel Myre and Doug Keenan.[1] The Roamers participated in the first games at the opening of the Olympic Center in Lake Placid, playing two exhibition games versus the Crescent Athletic Club.[4] The Roamers defeated Spokane, Washington's Eagle Electric team in a two-game total goal series played at Lake Placid for the 1967–68 national senior ice hockey title, by scores of 13–7 and 8–3.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Lake Placid Roamers hockey team statistics and history". HockeyDB. Retrieved May 11, 2025.
  2. ^ New York Rangers franchise biography New York Rangers Franchise Biography
  3. ^ Gil Mayer's biography at Legends of Hockey
  4. ^ Crescent Athletic Club of Brooklyn
  5. ^ Spokane Eagle Electric


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