Kansas City Scouts

Kansas City Scouts
Founded	1974
History	Kansas City Scouts 1974–1976 Colorado Rockies 1976–1982 New Jersey Devils 1982–present
Home arena	Kemper Arena
City	Kansas City, Missouri
Colors	Blue, red, yellow and white
Stanley Cups	0
Conference championships	0
Division championships	0

Blue, red, yellow and white

The Kansas City Scouts were a professional ice hockey team in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1974–76. In 1976, the franchise relocated to Denver, Colorado, and became the Colorado Rockies. In 1982, the Rockies relocated to New Jersey where they have since been known as the New Jersey Devils.

In 1974, the NHL ended its significant expansion period by adding teams in Kansas City, Missouri, and Washington, D.C. Kansas City was awarded a franchise on June 8, 1972, and Kemper Arena was constructed to host the team's home games. Kansas City had been the home of several minor league ice hockey teams through the years. The Scouts shared Kemper Arena with the Kansas City Kings basketball franchise from the National Basketball Association. The arrival of the Scouts and Washington Capitals resulted in the NHL creating four divisions, and the Scouts were placed in the Smythe Division.

The Kansas City franchise was to be called the Kansas City Mohawks, since the Kansas City metropolitan area includes portions of Missouri and Kansas. The name would have combined Missouri's postal abbreviation (MO) and the Kansas nickname of Jayhawkers. However, the Chicago Black Hawks objected because Mohawks sounded too much like Black Hawks. The team then held a contest for people to name the new team. The name Scouts was chosen, named after The Scout which is located in Penn Valley Park and overlooks downtown. The iconic statue was featured on the team's logo.

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