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Print, PhotographicEntry/Object ID
2002.10.05Description
An unidentified Tacoma Sabercat player raises the Taylor Cup overhead as the team celebrates winning the West Coast Hockey League Championship during the 1998-99 season. Pictured to the right is teammate Scott Boston. The Sabercats were a professional minor league hockey team that began playing in the 1997-88 West Coast Hockey League season and had a successful five-year run. Tacoma won the regular-season Northern Division title and reached the league finals in its first season. The Sabercats lost to the defending champion San Diego Gulls in the league’s first Taylor Cup. The following season, the Sabercats returned to the playoffs after winning the Northern Division title again and this time defeated the Gulls in the Cup finals. It would be the only league championship for the franchise, which folded after the 2001-02 season. The Sabercats made the playoffs all five seasons, winning three division championships as well.Made/Created
Date made
1998 - 1999Place
Location
Tacoma Dome, Tacoma, WALexicon
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Hockey, Professional/Semi-ProRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Boston, ScottPerson or Organization
Tacoma SabercatsPerson or Organization
West Coast Hockey LeaguePerson or Organization
Tacoma DomePerson or Organization
Taylor Cup Championship