Name/Title
Print, PhotographicEntry/Object ID
2002.10.10Description
Tacoma Sabercat Neil Donovan skates during a Sabercats’ hockey game on February 25, 2000 at the Tacoma Dome during the1999-2000 season. The Sabercats were a professional minor league hockey team that began playing in the 1997-88 season. 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
1999 - 2000Place
Location
Tacoma Dome, Tacoma, WALexicon
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Hockey, Professional/Semi-ProRelationships
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Donovan, NeilPerson or Organization
Tacoma SabercatsPerson or Organization
West Coach Hockey LeaguePerson or Organization
San Diego GullsPerson or Organization
Taylor Cup