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30-669: They were set up as a farm team of the Kansas City Scouts but that team did not enter the National Hockey League until the following season. The Six-Guns were forced to look to other National Hockey League teams for players. Coached by John Choyce , they finished the 1973-74 season with a record of 16-54-16-48 189-263. They finished in 6th place and were out of playoffs. Note: No. = Jersey Number; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes This American ice hockey team-related article

60-628: A combined 32 teams between the NHL and the WHA, the talent available to stock the new teams in Kansas City and Washington was stretched thin. In their first season, the Capitals set an NHL record for futility, losing 67 of 80 games, and winning only one on the road. The Scouts fared only marginally better (losing 56 games), and the 1974 NHL expansion was widely seen as having been a mistake. Attendance tailed off so much that

90-505: A contest for people to name the new team. The name "Scouts" was chosen, named after The Scout which is located in Penn Valley Park and overlooks downtown . The iconic statue was featured on the team's logo . The club's logo was designed by lettering artist Gary Sartain of Kansas City-based Hallmark Cards in 1973 on a free-lance basis. Sartain's daughter, Sheila Snyder, told author Troy Treasure in 2018 her mother indicated Sartain

120-488: A season-ticket drive to raise more revenue. When only 2,000 more season tickets sold, they concluded that the Scouts were not a viable venture and opted to sell. While the Capitals were far worse on the ice, their owner, Abe Pollin , had the financing and the patience to absorb the typical struggles of a 1970s expansion team. The Scouts were put up for sale with a Denver -based group led by oilman Jack A. Vickers looking to buy

150-719: Is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played ten seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL), most notably for the Philadelphia Flyers , with whom he won the Stanley Cup in 1973-74. Nolet started his junior career with the Quebec Citadelles of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and appeared in the Memorial Cup playoffs with them. In 1963-64 he scored 68 goals in 68 games with

180-513: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a sports team in New Mexico is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Kansas City Scouts The Kansas City Scouts were a professional ice hockey team in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1974 to 1976. In 1976 , the franchise relocated to Denver and became the Colorado Rockies . In 1982 ,

210-689: Is now the T-Mobile Center in downtown Kansas City, which has led city officials to actively pursue a return to the NHL, speaking with the Nashville Predators , New York Islanders and Pittsburgh Penguins about possible relocation. Kansas City Mavericks of the ECHL play in Independence , 100 mi (160 km) east of downtown Kansas City. To this day, the Devils make almost no mention of their past as

240-538: The Brendan Byrne Arena . For the 2022–23 season , the New Jersey Devils unveiled a new Scouts-themed "Reverse Retro" jersey . The white sweater had red, yellow and blue piping, similar to the uniforms worn in Kansas City, albeit the Scouts logo was replaced with the Devils logo. Additionally, that same season, the Devils celebrated their 40th anniversary. Unlike with prior anniversaries (10th, 20th, 30th),

270-719: The California Golden Seals , who moved to become the Cleveland Barons the same year, were the first NHL teams to relocate since the 1934–35 season . Following the departure of the Scouts, Kansas City became a minor league town again, most notably with the Kansas City Blades operating from 1990 to 2001 in the International Hockey League . Within a few years of the Blades' departure, plans started for what

300-837: The Kansas City Kings (the Kings were officially the Kansas City–Omaha Kings from 1972 to 1975) of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The arrival of the Scouts and Washington Capitals resulted in the NHL creating four divisions and renaming the conferences, and the Scouts were placed in the Smythe Division of the Campbell Conference with Missouri's other NHL franchise, the St. Louis Blues . The owners of

330-600: The National Hockey League Players' Association (NHLPA) wondered if the Scouts would make payroll. The Scouts suffered from inflated player costs, undercapitalized ownership, an economic downturn in the Midwest, poor performances on the ice and weak attendance. The Scouts averaged just 8,218 per game during their two years in the 17,000-seat Kemper Arena (at a time when the league average was approximately 13,000). The team's group of 37 owners, buried in debt, mounted

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360-805: The Windsor, Nova Scotia Maple Leafs and helped them reach the Allan Cup Eastern semi-finals; he also scored ten goals in the playoffs. After sitting out most of the following season, he joined the Sherbrooke Castors , for whom he scored 21 goals in 15 games to lead them to the Allan Cup . Immediately after that, Nolet signed with the Quebec Aces of the American Hockey League , and scored two goals and an assist in his professional debut. He starred with

390-446: The 1975–76 season following a dispute with management over player personnel. The team had two captains, Simon Nolet and Guy Charron . Steve Durbano led the league in penalty minutes during the 1975–76 season. The franchise failed to make the playoffs in either season in Kansas City and won only 27 of 160 games, including a 7–66–7 mark away from home. With the 1972 startup of the rival World Hockey Association (WHA) resulting in

420-526: The Aces for most of the next five seasons; in 1967-68 he led the league in scoring with 44 goals and 52 assists for 96 points, and scored 15 points in ten playoff games, and he helped the Aces reach the Calder Cup finals that season and the following season as well. The Philadelphia Flyers , who joined the NHL in 1967-68, purchased the Aces and the rights to its players, and Nolet made his NHL debut that season. He

450-597: The Black Hawks 4–3. Chicago's Ivan Boldirev scored the first NHL goal at Kemper Arena three minutes into the game. Rookie first-round draft selection Wilf Paiement scored the first Scouts goal. The following day the team's first victory came against the Washington Capitals by a score of 5–4 at Capital Centre in Landover, Maryland. Peter McDuffe was the winning goaltender for Kansas City. Like many other expansion teams,

480-465: The Devils treated it as "40 years in Jersey", acknowledging the franchise existed prior to 1982. The Scouts had a 27–110–23 regular season record and did not qualify for the playoffs. Dick Carlson was the radio play-by-play announcer in 1974–75 on WDAF (AM) with simulcasts on KBMA-TV (now KSHB-TV ) beginning in 1975–76 . Following the Scouts departure, Carlson called Major League Baseball games for

510-475: The Kansas City Royals and Cincinnati Reds. He died in 2004, age 60. In 1974–75, Gene Osborn was the sole television play-by-play announcer, also on KBMA, with analysis provided by Bill Grigsby. KBMA was an independent station distributed in the Midwest via cable television, including the cities of Des Moines, Iowa and Wichita, Kansas. Simon Nolet Simon Laurent Nolet (born November 23, 1941)

540-616: The Rockies relocated to New Jersey where they have since been known as the New Jersey Devils . In 1974, the NHL ended its first significant expansion period , that had started in 1967, by adding teams in Kansas City, Missouri , and Washington, D.C. Kansas City Hockey Associates, led by managing general partner Edwin G. Thompson, originally consisted of 22 investors. It was awarded a franchise on June 8, 1972. Kansas City Hockey Associates

570-463: The Scouts or Rockies; the Devils' media guide and the history sections of the Devils' website do not acknowledge any captains, coaches or general managers prior to the move to New Jersey. However, inside of the Prudential Center , the Devils home rink, there is a mural on the second floor that shows the former arenas of the Rockies and Scouts, along with Devils' original (1982–2007) New Jersey home,

600-416: The Scouts performed poorly garnering only 41 points with a record of 15–54–11 in their inaugural season, though this would be the better result of their two-season history. The 1975–76 season started out with some promise. Near the midway point of the season, the team was competing for a playoff spot, with a 3–1 win over the California Golden Seals on December 28, 1975 placing them just one point behind

630-496: The St. Louis Blues]and a playoff position in the weak Smythe Division. However, the Scouts went into free fall for their remaining 44 games. After going winless from December 30 to February 4 (0–14–2), they finally won a game, against the Capitals on February 7, before going 0–21–6 for the rest of the season. The Scouts' second-half crash left them with a season result of 12–56–12 and 36 points,

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660-523: The club became the Colorado Rockies . They played six NHL seasons in Denver, then relocated to East Rutherford, New Jersey , and became the New Jersey Devils starting in the 1982–83 season . The last Scouts player on the Rockies' active roster was goaltender Bill McKenzie , who last played for the franchise on April 4, 1980. The last active Scouts player in the NHL was the Scouts' first-ever drafted player, Wilf Paiement , who retired in 1988. The Scouts and

690-422: The club. A local group, according to author Troy Treasure, led by Scouts' limited partners Gene Novorr and George Shore, was also interested but when the NHL informed the Scouts' owners that they would be on the hook of over a million dollars in expansion and territorial fees (owed the St. Louis Blues ) if they did not sell to Vickers, they reluctantly did so on July 26, 1976. After just two seasons in Kansas City,

720-524: The new Kansas City franchise originally wanted to call their team the "Kansas City Mohawks", since the Kansas City metropolitan area includes portions of Missouri and Kansas . The name would have combined Missouri's postal abbreviation (MO) and the Kansas nickname of " Jayhawkers ". However, the Chicago Black Hawks objected because of the similarity of "Mohawks" to their own name. The team then held

750-406: The swimming and diving competition at the 1964 Summer Olympics. The Capitals won the first three contests. On April 18, 1976, the Scouts defeated Washington 4–2. Thus, Kansas City won its final game but it did not count in the NHL standings. In their two seasons, the Scouts went through three coaches – Bep Guidolin , Sid Abel (three-game interim stint), and Eddie Bush . Guidolin resigned during

780-567: The team's first captain. He led a weak squad in scoring that first season and was Kansas City's sole representative in the All-Star Game. Halfway through the next year, he was dealt to the Pittsburgh Penguins , but was reacquired by the team in the 1976 offseason after it had moved to Denver and become the Colorado Rockies . He was named team captain again, and retired after the 1976–77 NHL season . After his playing days, Nolet worked as

810-612: The worst record in the Scouts/ Rockies / Devils franchise's history. The last four games the Scouts ever played took place in Japan. Following the conclusion of the 1975–76 regular season , Kansas City and Washington participated in an exhibition series with the first two games played in Sapporo (site of the 1972 Winter Olympics), the third and fourth in Tokyo at Yoyogi National Gymnasium , site of

840-405: Was a firm fixture by 1969–70 , when he scored 22 goals in 56 games after his permanent promotion from Quebec. He showed strength in two-way play and penalty killing, and was known for his blazing speed and heavy slapshot. He earned a place in the All-Star Game in 1971–72 . Left exposed in the 1974 NHL Expansion Draft , Nolet was selected fifth overall by the Kansas City Scouts , and was named

870-496: Was one of four groups that applied for the franchise. Missouri Lt. Governor William Morris (former owner of the Central Hockey League's Kansas City Blues), Stan Glazer and Arthur Rhoades headed up the other three potential ownership groups. Kemper Arena was constructed to host the team's home games. Kansas City had been the home of several minor league ice hockey teams through the years. The Scouts shared Kemper Arena with

900-586: Was paid $ 2,000. On October 9, 1974, the Scouts took the ice for the first time, at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto , and lost 6–2 to the Maple Leafs . Team captain Simon Nolet scored the first-ever goal in team history. To allow construction to be completed on Kemper Arena, the Scouts played their first eight games on the road, where they lost seven and tied one. The Scouts made their home debut on November 2, losing to

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