Print, Photographic

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Shanaman Sports Museum

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Print, Photographic

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2005.30.1

Description

Hockey referee Joey Johns breaks up a fight during a game in Tacoma. Johns was a former player for the Tacoma Rockets in the 1940s, won a City League Championship with the Tacoma Elks Club and then went on to referee. The Rockets were a professional team that played in Tacoma from 1946 to 1953. Tacoma played in the Pacific Coast Hockey League until becoming a member of the Western Hockey League during the 1952-53 season and relocated to the Tacoma Ice Palace.

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Hockey, Professional/Semi-Pro

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Johns, Joey

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Tacoma Rockets

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Pacific Coast Hockey League

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Tacoma Elks Club

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Western Hockey League

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Tacoma Dome

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Tacoma Ice Palace