The Cleveland Lumberjacks were an International Hockey League (IHL) team based in Cleveland, Ohio, played their home games at the Richfield Coliseum, and later Gund Arena.
History Originally formed in 1960 in Muskegon, Michigan, as the Muskegon Zephyrs, the team was renamed the Mohawks in 1965 and the Lumberjacks in 1984. The team moved to Cleveland in 1992 as part of the IHL's move upmarket, bringing professional hockey back to Cleveland for the first time since the Cleveland Barons played in the NHL in 1978. It later folded along with the IHL at the end of the 2000–01 season. Cleveland returned to have hockey with the new Cleveland Barons of the AHL in 2001, which lasted until 2006.
In the 1995 hockey action movie Sudden Death starring Jean-Claude van Damme, Lumberjacks players impersonated the Chicago Blackhawks.
On December 16, 2011, before a Lake Erie Monsters game former Lumberjack Jock Callander had his number 15 retired in honor of his career as a member of the Lumberjacks, as well as his involvement in hockey initiatives in the Cleveland area.
Season-by-season record Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime losses/Shootout losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes Season GP W L OTL SOL Pts GF GA PIM Finish Playoffs 1992-1993 82 39 34 4 5 87 329 330 2324 2nd, Atlantic Lost in round 1 1993–1994 81 31 36 14 0 76 278 344 1600 3rd, Atlantic Out of playoffs 1994–1995 81 34 37 10 0 78 306 339 2157 4th, Northern Lost in round 1 1995–1996 82 43 27 0 12 98 334 330 2258 3rd, Central Lost in round 1 1996–1997 82 40 32 0 10 90 286 280 1820 2nd, Central Lost in round 3 1997–1998 82 35 37 0 10 80 228 262 2151 4th, Central Lost in round 2 1998–1999 82 28 47 0 7 63 248 310 1847 4th, Central Out of playoffs 1999–2000 82 40 30 0 12 92 225 238 2154 4th, East Lost in round 2 2000–2001 82 43 32 0 7 93 270 258 1603 4th, East Lost in round 1
Playoffs Season1st round2nd round3rd roundFinals1992–1993 L, 0–4, FW ———1993–1994 Out of Playoffs1994–1995 L, 1–3, CIN ———1995-1996 L, 0–3, MCH ———1996-1997 W, 3–1, IND W, 4–1, ORL L, 1–4, DET —1997-1998 W, 3–1, FW L, 2–4, ORL ——1998-1999 Out of Playoffs1999–2000 W, 2–1, MIL L, 2–4, GR ——2000-2001 L, 0–4, GR ———
Team records Goals: 48 Tom Rodgers (1993–1994) Assists: 70 Jock Callander (1993–1994) Points: 112 Dave Michayluk (1992–1993) Points, Defenseman: 68 Dale DeGray (1994–1995) Penalty Minutes: 427 Paul Laus (1992–1993) Wins: 26 Rob Dopson (1992–1993) Shutouts: 6 Zac Bierk (2000–2001) GAA: 2.68 Evgeni Nabokov (1999–2000) SV%: .920 Evgeni Nabokov (1999–2000) Career Goals: 181 Jock Callander Career Assists: 279 Jock Callander Career Points: 460 Jock Callander Career Penalty Minutes: 948 Rick Hayward Career Goaltending Wins: 43 Philippe DeRouville Career Shutouts: 6 Zac Bierk Career Games: 501 Jock Callander
References
External links Cleveland Lumberjacks at The Internet Hockey Database