Illinois Ice Hockey League
The Illinois Ice Hockey League was a short lived hockey league in Illinois that existed from 1956-1964.
Teams
- Chicago Hornets
- Chicago Firemen
- Fox Valley Falcons
- Elgin Blades
- Rayson Blades - Cafe Imperator Blades until 1960
- Chicago Vikings
- Reed Hornets
- Southwest Falcons - Chicago Falcons in 1961-62
- Kolski Boosters
- Wagon Wheel Cardinals (Rockton)
Champions
- 1957: Chicago Vikings (regular season), Southwest Falcons (McLaughlin Trophy)
- 1958: Cafe Imperator Blades
- 1959: Wagon Wheel Cardinals (17-1-1 record - 22-4-1 overall)
- 1960: Wagon Wheel Cardinals (regular season), Reed Hornets (McLaughlin Trophy)
- 1961: Wagon Wheel Cardinals (18-2-0 record), Reed Hornets (McLaughlin Trophy)
- 1962: Wagon Wheel Cardinals
- 1963: Wagon Wheel Cardinals (regular season), Elgin Blades (McLaughlin Trophy)
- 1964: Elgin Blades
Results
- 1956-57
- 12/3: Chicago Blades - Chicago Vikings
- 12/3: Southwest Falcons - West Side Royals
- Chicago Blades - Southwest Falcons 6:1
- Chicago Vikings - Chicago Blades 5:3
- 1/10: Chicago Vikings - Chicago Blades
- 1/10: La Grange Panthers - Southwest Falcons
Vikings were 6-1 and Blades 5-1-1 as of 1/8.
Semifinals
- 3/14: Southwest Falcons - Chicago Vikings 3:2 2OT
Final
- 4/1: Southwest Falcons - West Side Royals 2:1 (Southwest won series 2 games to 1)
- 1957-58
- 11/19: Chicago Vikings - Chicago Hornets 10:2
- 11/19: Southwest Falcons - Kolski Boosters 6:2
- 12/3: Southwest Falcons - Chicago Hornets 5:1
- 12/3: Kolski Boosters - Imperator Blades 4:3
- 3/25: Imperator Blades - Southwest Falcons 3:2 - final (Imperator won series 2 games to 1)
- 1958-59
- 10/26: Rockton Cardinals - Chicago Falcons 7:3
- 11/16: Rockton Cardinals - Chicago Falcons 3:2
- 11/30: Rockton Cardinals - Chicago Vikings 7:5
- 12/7: Rockton Cardinals - Kolski Boosters 10:0
- 12/14: Rockton Cardinals - Chicago Hornets 9:3
- 12/16: Southwest Falcons - Kolski Boosters 11:1
- 12/16: Chicago Vikings - Rayson Blades 2:1
- 12/21: Chicago Falcons - Rockton Cardinals 5:4
- 12/28: Rockton Cardinals - Chicago Blades 7:1
- 12/30: Chicago Vikings - Southwest Falcons 10:5
- 12/30: Chicago Hornets - Kolski Boosters 4:0
- 1/4: Rockton Cardinals - Chicago Vikings 6:1
- 1/11: Rockton Cardinals - Kolski Boosters 9:4
- 1/18: Rockton Cardinals - Chicago Hornets 10:6
- 1/25: Rockton Cardinals - Chicago Falcons 5:4
- 2/1: Rockton Cardinals - Chicago Blades 4:4
- 2/8: Rockton Cardinals - Chicago Vikings 6:5
- 2/15: Rockton Cardinals - Chicago Hornets 8:1
Rockton Cardinals finished first with a 17-1-1 record. Vikings finished 13-7. Blades finished fourth at 10-8-2.
Semifinals
- Rockton Cardinals - Chicago Vikings 2:1 on series (2:4, 5:3, 7:4)
- Southwest Falcons - Rayson Blades (W:L, 2:6, 8:3)
Final
- 3/22: Rockton Cardinals - Southwest Falcons 10:3
- 3/29: Rockton Cardinals - Southwest Falcons 5:3
- 1959-60
as of February 27, 1960, Milwaukee Sentinel, Illinois Ice Hockey League
Team W L T PTS GF GA
Rockton 15 2 1 31 149 67
Reed 11 6 1 23 106 79
Rayson 8 8 3 19 73 71
Southwest 4 10 5 13 60 95
Kolski 4 15 0 8 75 117
Semifinals
- Rockton Cardinals - Chicago Vikings 2:1 on series (10:9, 5:6 OT, 13:3)
- Reed Hornets - Rayson Blades 2:0 on series (7:3, 8:1)
Final
- Reed Hornets - Rockton Cardinals 2:0 on series (8:7, 10:5)
- 1960-61
Standings as of 2/10
- Rockton Cardinals 14-1-0-28
- Reed Hornets 11-3-1-23
- Southwest Falcons 8-7-0-16
- Chicago Vikings 6-8-2-14
- Rayson Blades 4-10-0-8
- Chicago Rangers 0-14-1-1
Post 2/10 games:
- 2/11: Rockton Cardinals - Reed Hornets 4:3
- 2/18: Rockton Cardinals - Chicago Rangers 16:2
The Rockton Cardinals won the regular season title with an 18-2 record. The Reed Hornets finished second (15-4-1). The Cardinals did not participate in the playoffs.
Final
- Reed Hornets - Southwest Falcons 2:1 on series (8:4 in game 3)
Oak Lawn Amateur Hockey League
Standings as of 1/14
- Bruins 4-0-2-10 39:22
- Rangers 3-1-1-7 26:20
- Hawks 1-3-2-4 25:33
- Wings 0-4-1-1 16:31
Pre 2/6
- Rangers - Wings 6:3
- Bruins - Wings 6:4
- Hawks - Rangers 4:3
Other games
- 12/17: Oak Lawn All-Stars - Southwest Falcons - benefit game
- 1/23: Oak Lawn All-Stars - Bruins 4:3 - second annual league all-star game
- 1961-62
- 11/4: Rockton Cardinals - Chicago Hornets 13:2
- 11/11: Rockton Cardinals - Chicago Falcons 8:2
- 11/18: Rockton Cardinals - Chicago Blades 13:2
- 11/25: Rockton Cardinals - Chicago Vikings 14:6
- 12/5: Chicago Falcons - Reed Hornets 7:2
- 12/5: Rayson Blades - Chicago Vikings 5:3
- 12/16: Chicago Falcons - Rockton Cardinals 5:0
- 1/6: Rockton Cardinals - Chicago Blades
- 1/14: Rockton Cardinals' - Chicago Vikings 6:4
- 1/20: Rockton Cardinals - Chicago Hornets 6:2
- 1/23: Chicago Falcons - Rayson Blades 2:2
- 1/23: Chicago Vikings - Reed Hornets 3:2
- 2/3: Rockton Cardinals - Chicago Falcons 4:3
- 2/10: Rayson Blades - Rockton Cardinals 3:3
- 2/24: Rockton Cardinals - Chicago Blades 6:4
- 2/25: Rockton Cardinals - Chicago Vikings 6:5
- 3/17: Rockton Cardinals - Chicago Falcons 6:4
- 3/24: Rockton Cardinals - Rayson Blades
- 3/31: Rockton Cardinals - Chicago Vikings 19:1
Rockton Cardinals were 18-2-2 entering the finale. Chicago Falcons finished with 37 points.
- 1962-63
- 11/3: Rockton Cardinals - Southwest Falcons 6:3
- 11/10: Rockton Cardinals - Chicago Vikings 18:2
- 11/17: Rockton Cardinals - Elgin Blades 7:3
- 11/24: Rockton Cardinals - Chicago Hornets 5:5
- 12/1: Rockton Cardinals - Southwest Falcons 9:2
- 12/8: Rockton Cardinals - Dundee Vikings 13:4
- 12/23: Rockton Cardinals - Chicago Hornets
- 1/5: Rockton Cardinals - Southwest Falcons 7:5
- 1/12: Rockton Cardinals - Dundee Vikings 10:1
- 1/19: Rockton Cardinals - Elgin Blades 10:3
- 1/26: Rockton Cardinals - Chicago Hornets 10:1
- 2/2: Rockton Cardinals - Southwest Falcons 7:4
- 2/9: Fox Valley Falcons - Chicago Hornets 4:2
- 2/9: Rockton Cardinals - Chicago Vikings 9:3
- 2/12: Elgin Blades - Chicago Hornets 10:3
- 2/16: Dundee Vikings - Chicago Hornets 8:7
- 2/16: Elgin Blades - Rockton Cardinals 9:1
- 2/19: Elgin Blades - Dundee Vikings 11:2
- 2/23: Rockton Cardinals - Chicago Hornets 7:2
- 2/26: Dundee Vikings - Fox Valley Falcons 6:2 - Fox Valley was 3-8-1, Dundee 2-9-1 after game
- 3/5: Fox Valley Falcons - Chicago Hornets 6:3
- 3/9: Dundee Vikings - Chicago Hornets 6:4
- 3/12: Dundee Vikings - Fox Valley Falcons 7:2
- 3/16: Fox Valley Falcons - Elgin Blades 4:4
Standings as of 2/1
- Rockton Cardinals 10-0-1-21
- Elgin Blades 4-3-0-8
- Chicago Hornets 2-3-1-5
- Fox Valley Falcons 1-5-1-3
- Dundee Vikings 0-6-1-1
Rockton Cardinals won the championship with a 17-1-1 record. They did not compete in the playoffs. The Blades finished 11-3-1, Falcons 4-9-2, and Vikings 4-10-1.
Semifinals
- Fox Valley Falcons - Chicago Hornets (4:3 2OT g1, ?)
- Elgin Blades - Dundee Vikings (6:3 g1, ?)
- Final
- Elgin Blades - Fox Valley Falcons (5:1 g1, ?)
Note: Semifinals and finals were best of 3.
- 4/13: Elgin Blades - Illinois League All-Stars 7:4
- 1963-64
- 10/23: Chicago Firemen - Dundee Vikings 7:4
- 10/30: Elgin Blades - Chicago Hornets 7:3
- 11/6: Elgin Blades - Chicago Firemen 7:0
- 11/9: Elgin Blades - Dundee Vikings 7:4
- 11/16: Elgin Blades - Chicago Firemen 12:4
- 11/20: Chicago Hornets - Chicago Firemen
- 12/4: Chicago Hornets - Chicago Firemen 6:1
- 12/7: Dundee Vikings - Chicago Firemen 4:2
- 12/14: Chicago Hornets - Dundee Vikings 8:2
- 12/28: Elgin Blades - Chicago Firemen 11:2
- 12/28: Chicago Hornets - Dundee Vikings 6:3
- 1/4: Chicago Hornets - Elgin Blades 9:5
- 1/11: Chicago Hornets - Chicago Firemen 5:2
- 1/12: Elgin Blades - Dundee Vikings 17:2
- 1/25: Elgin Blades - Chicago Firemen 11:0
- 2/1: Elgin Blades - Chicago Hornets 9:3
- 2/1: Chicago Firemen - Dundee Vikings 10:5
- 2/8: Chicago Firemen - Dundee Vikings 5:4
- 2/15: Elgin Blades - Chicago Hornets 9:7
- 2/29: Elgin Blades - Illinois League All-Stars 5:5 - exhibition
- 3/4: Chicago Hornets - Dundee Vikings 12:6
- 3/7: Chicago Hornets - Illinois League All-Stars 9:7 - exhibition
- 4/4: Illinois League All-Stars - Elgin Blades 11:4 - "
Blades finished first in regular season, Hornets second.
Final
- Elgin Blades - Chicago Hornets 4:1 on series (W:L, 11:4, W:L, 3:12, W:L)
Note: Aurora Falcons withdrew prior to season.