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The third franchise to be granted is the Cleveland Moondogs, who will play their home games at Richfield Coliseum. A new arena is being built in Cleveland proper and should be open by 1994.
1991 Moondogs Roster
FORWARDS
14 - (C) Luke Phillips (Buffalo, NY)
27 - (A) Anthony Lyle (Chicago, IL)
83 - (A) Elliot Rose (Hamilton, ON)
37 - Arthur Sim (Burlington, VT)
46 - Adam Tyrell (Washington, DC)
79 - Samuel Gosling (Red Deer, AB)
57 - Frank Axelsson (Gothenburg, Sweden)
20 - Melvin Svensson (Uppsala, Sweden)
DEFENSEMEN
66 - Gustav Rosenquist (Malmo, Sweden)
73 - Radomir Kolar (Brno, Czechoslovakia)
99 - Rami Rasanen (Turku, Finland)
93 - Konstantin Sokolov (Moscow, USSR)
GOALIES
82 - Julian Edgren (Stockholm, Sweden)
58 - Richard Dvoracek (Prague, Czechoslovakia)
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So 90's, so glorious.
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The Moondogs' logo may be my favorite so far! Nice work!
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Oh awesome, the Asheville Tourists' colors! It looks great!
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I got punched in the gut by the 90s and I love it.
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Glad you guys like these so far!
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The fourth franchise to be granted was the Miami MerBlades. Their home games are played at the (original) Miami Arena, currently home of the NBA Heat.
1991 MerBlades Roster
FORWARDS
57 - (C) Ernst Magnusson (Malmo, Sweden)
1 - (A) Daniel Moss (Minneapolis, MN)
95 - (A) Matthew Wilson (Calgary, AB)
58 - Theo Houghton (Boston, MA)
86 - Dominic Scott (Detroit, MI)
82 - Jack Saunders (Vancouver, BC)
55 - Louie Fox (Ottawa, ON)
75 - Noah Holden (Green Bay, WI)
DEFENSEMEN
21 - Charlie Curry (Chicago, IL)
10 - Harvey Foster (Edmonton, AB)
30 - Scott Burns (Kalamazoo, MI)
98 - Sterling Lynch (Swift Current, SK)
GOALIES
15 - Reece Mills (Minnetonka, MN)
28 - Peter Foreman (Hamilton, ON)
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The fifth franchise granted by the RHL was the Arizona Gila Monsters. Owned by NBA Suns chairman Jerry Colangelo, the team will play their home games at the Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum, aka the Madhouse on McDowell.
1991 Gila Monsters Roster
FORWARDS
87 - (C) Eric Brock (Vancouver, BC)
91 - (A) Arthur Mann (Swift Current, SK)
85 - (A) Emmett Anderson (Providence, RI)
6 - Wyatt Smith (Aurora, IL)
10 - Drew Prince (Los Angeles, CA)
11 - Kane Altman (Calgary, AB)
89 - Andre Irwin (Detroit, MI)
64 - Justin Rose (Rochester, MN)
DEFENSEMEN
64 - Patrick Woods (Grand Forks, MN)
78 - Jeffrey Pugh (Albany, NY)
58 - Larry Everett (Calgary, AB)
60 - Louis-Phillipe Bisson (Laval, QC)
GOALIES
37 - Jacques Turcotte (Montreal, QC)
92 - Gustav Bergman (Karlstad, Sweden)
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LOVE all the looks, and the arena names bring back memories too! (Excited for the Gilas' coming move to the America West Arena when it opens in '92)
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Yea I'll take a shirt with that Gila Monsters logo, thank you very much.