Print, Photographic

Photograph

Shanaman Sports Museum

Joey Johns & "Dede" Klein

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

1430

Description

Tacoma Rockets hockey players Joey Johns (left) and teammate DeDe Klein skate on the ice. The pair were both players for the Tacoma Rockets in the 1940s, and also won a City League Championship with the Tacoma Elks Club. 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.

Made/Created

Date made

1946 - 1953

Place

Location

Tacoma Ice Palace, Tacoma, WA

Lexicon

Search Terms

Hockey, Professional/Semi-Pro

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Johns, Joey

Person or Organization

Klein, DeDe

Person or Organization

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

Person or Organization

Tacoma Ice Palace