Baltimore Skipjacks

Baltimore Skipjacks
City	Baltimore, Maryland
League	Atlantic Coast Hockey League American Hockey League
Operated	1981–1993
Home arena	old Baltimore Civic Center/Baltimore Arena/1st Mariner Arena/currently Royal Farms Arena, (1962)
Colors	gold and black, red white and blue
Affiliates	Boston Bruins (1982–1983) Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–1987) Washington Capitals (1988–1993)
Franchise history
1978–1982	Erie Blades
1982–1993	Baltimore Skipjacks
1993–2016	Portland Pirates
2016–present	Springfield Thunderbirds
Championships
Regular season titles	one (1983–1984)
Division Championships	one (1983–1984)

The Baltimore Skipjacks were a minor professional ice hockey team originally beginning play in the Atlantic Coast Hockey League in 1981 and the American Hockey League, the following season of 1982. They played in Baltimore, Maryland, at the old Baltimore Civic Center (later the Baltimore Arena, then renamed the 1st Mariner Arena, now the Royal Farms Arena in downtown Baltimore's central business district adjacent to the 1950s-'60s-era redevelopment project of Charles Center, on the city block between West Baltimore, South Howard, West Lombard Streets and Hopkins Place/South Sharp and North Liberty Streets. The Skipjacks team was moved to Portland, Maine in 1993, and became the Portland Pirates. They also were the successors of the long-time Baltimore professional ice hockey team, the Baltimore Clippers, from 1962 to 1976, who earlier played in the American Hockey League at the same location and shared the same team fight song with minor name revisions.

The original Skipjacks team played one season (1981–1982) in the Atlantic Coast Hockey League. From the 1982-1983 season to 1992-1993, the Skipjacks played in the American Hockey League. The 1987-88 season, they played as an independent team (no affiliation).

This city and franchise/team market area was previously home to the Orioles, Cutters, Blades, long-time Clippers and Bandits:

This franchise was later replaced for two seasons by:

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