The Baltimore Clippers were an American ice hockey team. They were the first of three Baltimore entries into the American Hockey League, who played from 1962–76. The Clippers won their division three times: 1970–71, 1971–72, and 1973–74.
The Clippers withdrew from the AHL at mid-season during 1974–75 when the World Hockey Association's Michigan Stags were relocated to Baltimore as the "Baltimore Blades." The Blades used the Clippers old uniforms, the only difference being a Blades logo replacing the Clippers logo on the home white jerseys.
The team returned to the AHL for 1975-76, then transferred to the Southern Hockey League, where it was one of only three remaining teams when the league folded at mid-season in January 1977. The team was revived in 1979, playing two seasons in the Eastern Hockey League before that league disbanded.
An earlier Baltimore Clippers minor league ice hockey team, in the old Eastern Hockey League, existed prior to moving to Charlotte, North Carolina in 1956 and becoming the first Charlotte Checkers.
This franchise was replaced in this market by:
- Baltimore Blades (1975) World Hockey Association
- Baltimore Skipjacks (1981–1982) ACHL, (1982–1993) AHL
- Baltimore Bandits (1995–1997) AHL
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