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rpannier

(24,304 posts)
Wed Jun 17, 2020, 10:03 PM Jun 2020

Meet the 1-45-2 Battle Creek Rumble Bees, the worst team in professional hockey

More than 120 teams played professional hockey in North America during the 2019-20 season. List them in order of total games won and scroll down, all the way to the bottom, and you'll find a team called the Battle Creek Rumble Bees.

Their 1-45-2 record looks like a mistake in the standings for the Federal Prospects Hockey League (FPHL), which represents the lowest rung of professional hockey in the U.S. But it's real. And the club based in Battle Creek, Michigan, didn't just forfeit a bunch of games. The first-year team really played 48 times, and it really did lose 47 of them (45 in regulation, two in overtime).

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You have to dig pretty deep into the record books to find a hockey team with fewer wins. That distinction belongs to the 1948-49 Windsor (Ontario) Ryancretes, who went 0-25-6 in the now-defunct International Hockey League. But the Ryancretes at least collected six points in the standings, one for each tie. The Rumble Bees finished this season with just five points, thanks to a three-point regulation win and one point in each of their two overtime losses, despite playing 17 more games than the Ryancretes did during their winless season. That pretty much solidifies Battle Creek as the worst team in the history of modern professional hockey.

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Those who did show up, however, were passionate. That included, and was perhaps epitomized by, Jeff and Tracey Harinck. All too excited to have a professional team they both could support, the Harincks were among the Rumble Bees' most dedicated fans. So much so that they occasionally cooked dinners for players, one night going through six pot roasts with nary a scrap left. Jeff called the Battle Creek players "very outgoing" and said they "would talk to anyone and were happy with what they were doing."

https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/29317816/meet-1-45-2-battle-creek-rumble-bees-worst-team-professional-hockey

I do feel badly for people like the Harinicks who got behind the team 100%.
But some games only about 400 people showed up for the game
So, the team has folded

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Meet the 1-45-2 Battle Creek Rumble Bees, the worst team in professional hockey (Original Post) rpannier Jun 2020 OP
What a great read. underpants Jun 2020 #1
Ryancretes and Rumble Bees? Thomas Hurt Jun 2020 #2
Would you prefer the Gotfredsons? 😁 underpants Jun 2020 #3
What they needed was the Hanson brothers. paleotn Jun 2020 #4

Thomas Hurt

(13,903 posts)
2. Ryancretes and Rumble Bees?
Wed Jun 17, 2020, 10:17 PM
Jun 2020

I bet they could have picked up a few more wins just by picking a better name for the teams.

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