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{{Infobox hockey team
| team = Pekin Stars
| color = background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#f42a2c 5px solid; border-bottom:#040204 5px solid;
| color text = #000000
| logo =
| logosize =
| city = [[Pekin, Illinois]]
| league = [[Continental Hockey League (1972–1986)|Continental Hockey League]]
| conference =
| division =
| founded = 1972
| folded = 1979
| arena = Pekin Memorial Rink <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pjstar.com/story/sports/nhl/rivermen/2015/02/27/with-hull-due-at-rivermen/35098151007/ |title=With Hull due at Rivermen game, Peorian remembers facing legend on ice more than 50 years ago |work=Journal Star |date=February 26, 2015 |accessdate=May 2, 2024}}</ref>
| colors = Red and Black<br>{{color box|#f42a2c}} {{color box|#040204}}
| coach =
| GM =
| website =
<!---Franchise history--->
| name1 =
| dates1 =
|reg_season_titles = 1978–79
|championships = 1979
}}
The '''Pekin Stars''' were an American semi-professional ice hockey team located in [[Pekin, Illinois]]. The team played in the [[Continental Hockey League (1972–1986)|Continental Hockey League]] and was active for three seasons in the 1970s.
==History==
Pekin was one of the founding clubs of the CnHL, which was comprised of teams from Illinois and the surrounding area. A full account of their inaugural season is unavailable, however, what is clear is that the team ceased operations in 1973 and didn't return to the ice until 1977.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/kenosha-news-nov-22-1977-p-23/ |title=Pekin Stars here Sunday |work=Kenosha News |date=November 22, 1977 |accessdate=May 2, 2024}}</ref> Their return was hardly triumphant as the team lost all 34 games they played that season, though some were by forfeit as the club suspended play in early February. A change in ownership brought about a remarkable turnaround for the following season and Pekin won the league championship. Unfortunately, their success was short-lived and when further financing could not be arranged the team ceased operations after their title.
==Season-by-season record==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Season || GP || W || L || T || Pts || GF || GA || Place || Playoffs
|-
| 1972–73 <sup>†</sup> || 16 || 8 || 6 || 2 || – || – || – || ''unknown'' || align="left" | ''unknown''
|-bgcolor=eeeeee
| 1977–78 || 34 || 0 || 34 || 0 || 0 || 79 || 260 || 6th || align="left" | missed
|-bgcolor=ddffdd
| 1978–79 || 40 || 31 || 6 || 3 || 65 || 190 || 100 || '''1st''' || align="left" |'''Won Championship'''
|}
<small>† This is only a partial account of the season and it is unknown if Pekin played any other official games.</small>
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*[https://www.hockeydb.com/stte/pekin-stars-7380.html Hockey DB]
[[Category:1972 establishments in Illinois]]
[[Category:1979 disestablishments in Illinois]]
[[Category:Ice hockey clubs established in 1972]]
[[Category:Ice hockey clubs disestablished in 1979]]
[[Categoryefunct ice hockey teams in Illinois]]
Okumaya devam et...
{{Infobox hockey team
| team = Pekin Stars
| color = background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#f42a2c 5px solid; border-bottom:#040204 5px solid;
| color text = #000000
| logo =
| logosize =
| city = [[Pekin, Illinois]]
| league = [[Continental Hockey League (1972–1986)|Continental Hockey League]]
| conference =
| division =
| founded = 1972
| folded = 1979
| arena = Pekin Memorial Rink <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pjstar.com/story/sports/nhl/rivermen/2015/02/27/with-hull-due-at-rivermen/35098151007/ |title=With Hull due at Rivermen game, Peorian remembers facing legend on ice more than 50 years ago |work=Journal Star |date=February 26, 2015 |accessdate=May 2, 2024}}</ref>
| colors = Red and Black<br>{{color box|#f42a2c}} {{color box|#040204}}
| coach =
| GM =
| website =
<!---Franchise history--->
| name1 =
| dates1 =
|reg_season_titles = 1978–79
|championships = 1979
}}
The '''Pekin Stars''' were an American semi-professional ice hockey team located in [[Pekin, Illinois]]. The team played in the [[Continental Hockey League (1972–1986)|Continental Hockey League]] and was active for three seasons in the 1970s.
==History==
Pekin was one of the founding clubs of the CnHL, which was comprised of teams from Illinois and the surrounding area. A full account of their inaugural season is unavailable, however, what is clear is that the team ceased operations in 1973 and didn't return to the ice until 1977.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/kenosha-news-nov-22-1977-p-23/ |title=Pekin Stars here Sunday |work=Kenosha News |date=November 22, 1977 |accessdate=May 2, 2024}}</ref> Their return was hardly triumphant as the team lost all 34 games they played that season, though some were by forfeit as the club suspended play in early February. A change in ownership brought about a remarkable turnaround for the following season and Pekin won the league championship. Unfortunately, their success was short-lived and when further financing could not be arranged the team ceased operations after their title.
==Season-by-season record==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Season || GP || W || L || T || Pts || GF || GA || Place || Playoffs
|-
| 1972–73 <sup>†</sup> || 16 || 8 || 6 || 2 || – || – || – || ''unknown'' || align="left" | ''unknown''
|-bgcolor=eeeeee
| 1977–78 || 34 || 0 || 34 || 0 || 0 || 79 || 260 || 6th || align="left" | missed
|-bgcolor=ddffdd
| 1978–79 || 40 || 31 || 6 || 3 || 65 || 190 || 100 || '''1st''' || align="left" |'''Won Championship'''
|}
<small>† This is only a partial account of the season and it is unknown if Pekin played any other official games.</small>
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*[https://www.hockeydb.com/stte/pekin-stars-7380.html Hockey DB]
[[Category:1972 establishments in Illinois]]
[[Category:1979 disestablishments in Illinois]]
[[Category:Ice hockey clubs established in 1972]]
[[Category:Ice hockey clubs disestablished in 1979]]
[[Categoryefunct ice hockey teams in Illinois]]
Okumaya devam et...