Burbank Jets Explained

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Team:Burbank Jets
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City:Burbank, California
League:Pacific Southwest Hockey League
Founded:1986
Folded:1993
Name1:Burbank Jets
Dates1:1986–1991
Name2:Lake Arrowhead Jets
Dates2:1991–1992
Name3:Los Angeles Jets
Dates3:1992–1993
Championships:1992

The Burbank Jets were a semi-professional ice hockey team from Burbank. The franchise was a member of the Pacific Southwest Hockey League and was in existence for seven years.[1]

History

Burbank was initially created to fill in for the dissolution of the Golden State Condors and keep the PSHL a four-team circuit. The Jets shared the same home rink as the Los Angeles Bruins in their first two seasons but, after the Bruins folded in 1988, the Jets hade the barn all to themselves.[2] Unfortunately, the same financial problems that caused the demise of the Bruins began to affect the Jets by the early 1990s. The franchise relocated west to Lake Arrowhead ahead of the 1991–92 season and proceeded t win their first league championship. They were rechristened as the Los Angeles Jets for the next season but that didn't help their monetary situation and the team folded in 1993.

Season-by-season results

SeasonGPWLTPtsFinishPostseason
1986–8717116024thmissed
1987–8818594144thmissed
1988–89Runner-Up
1989–904thmissed
1990–91187101152ndSemifinals
1991–92Champions
1992–93missed
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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Burbank Jets Statistics and History . Hockey DB . May 14, 2024.
  2. Web site: Ice Hockey’s for Men Only? Don’t Tell That to This Team . Los Angeles Times . June 21, 1990 . May 14, 2024.