Indianapolis Racers

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defunct ice hockey team professional ice hockey team

The Indianapolis Racers were a professional ice hockey team based in Indianapolis, Indiana, best known for competing in the World Hockey Association and briefly featuring a young Wayne Gretzky.

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Label Occurrences
Indianapolis Racers canonical 3

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct ice hockey team ⓘ
professional ice hockey team ⓘ
bestKnownFor briefly featuring a young Wayne Gretzky ⓘ
competing in the World Hockey Association ⓘ
city Indianapolis ⓘ
competedAgainst Cincinnati Stingers ⓘ
Edmonton Oilers ⓘ
Houston Aeros (WHA) ⓘ
New England Whalers ⓘ
Quebec Nordiques ⓘ
surface form: Quebec Nordiques (WHA)

Winnipeg Jets (WHA) ⓘ
competedInCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
competitionLevel major professional ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dissolved 1978 ⓘ
division WHA Eastern Division ⓘ
founded 1974 ⓘ
historicalLeague World Hockey Association ⓘ
homeArena Market Square Arena ⓘ
homeCountry United States of America ⓘ
homeGamesVenue Market Square Arena ⓘ
jerseyNumberWornByWayneGretzky 14 ⓘ
league World Hockey Association ⓘ
location Indianapolis ⓘ
surface form: Indianapolis, Indiana
notableFor being Wayne Gretzky's first professional team ⓘ
notablePlayer Mark Messier ⓘ
Wayne Gretzky ⓘ
operatedDuringDecade 1970s ⓘ
participatedIn WHA playoffs ⓘ
WHA regular season ⓘ
playedHomeGamesInArena Market Square Arena ⓘ
playedHomeGamesInCity Indianapolis ⓘ
playedHomeGamesInState Indiana ⓘ
playedInLeague World Hockey Association ⓘ
professionalStatus professional ⓘ
reasonForFolding financial difficulties ⓘ
region Midwestern United States ⓘ
shortName Racers ⓘ
signedPlayerAsTeenager Wayne Gretzky ⓘ
soldContractOfPlayerToTeam Wayne Gretzky ⓘ
soldContractToFranchise Edmonton Oilers ⓘ
sport ice hockey ⓘ
state Indiana ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
teamColors blue ⓘ
red ⓘ
white ⓘ
teamType men's professional ice hockey team ⓘ

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World Hockey Association → notableTeam → Indianapolis Racers ⓘ
Market Square Arena → tenants → Indianapolis Racers ⓘ
Dave Keon → memberOfSportsTeam → Indianapolis Racers ⓘ