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==Sports== Port Huron has had a strong tradition of minor league hockey for many years. The [[Port Huron Flags]] played in the original [[International Hockey League (1945β2001)|International Hockey League]] from 1962 to 1981, winning three [[Turner Cup]] championships in 1966, 1971 and 1972. Its leading career scorers were [[Ken Gribbons]], who played most of his career in the IHL; [[Bob McCammon]], a lifelong IHLer who went on to be a [[National Hockey League]] coach with the [[Philadelphia Flyers]] and the [[Vancouver Canucks]]; [[Bill LeCaine]] and [[Larry Gould (ice hockey)|Larry Gould]], who played a handful of NHL games with the [[Pittsburgh Penguins]] and the [[Vancouver Canucks]], respectively. Legendary [[NHL]] hockey broadcaster [[Mike Emrick]] started his career doing [[play-by-play]] hockey for the Flags on AM 1450 [[WHLS]] in the mid 1970s. Emrick would go on to broadcast Olympic hockey games and Stanley Cup playoffs for [[NBC Sports]], and is a frequent guest contributor to sister station [[WPHM]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thetimesherald.com/story/life/style/savvy/2015/05/04/radio-man-gives-back-community/26132667/ |title=Radio man gives back to the community |website=thetimesherald.com |access-date=March 18, 2018 }}</ref> Port Huron was also represented in the [[Colonial Hockey League]] (also operating under the names United Hockey League and International Hockey League), with franchises from 1996 until the league folded in 2010. Originally called the [[Port Huron Border Cats|Border Cats]], the team was renamed the Beacons in 2002, the Flags in 2005 and the Icehawks in 2007. Among the more notable players were [[Bob McKillop]], [[Jason Firth]], Tab Lardner and [[Brent Gretzky]]. The [[Port Huron Fighting Falcons]] of the junior [[North American Hockey League]] played at McMorran Place, beginning in 2010 until 2013. The team moved to Connellsville, PA for the 2014 season. The team's name was changed to the [[Keystone Ice Miners]]. Port Huron is also home to the [[Port Huron Prowlers]] of the [[Federal Prospects Hockey League]]. The [[Port Huron Pirates]] [[Indoor American football|indoor football]] team dominated the [[Great Lakes Indoor Football League]] up until their departure to [[Flint, MI]]. [[McMorran Arena]] once again hosted indoor football with the [[Port Huron Predators]] of the [[Continental Indoor Football League]] in 2011. The Predators failed to finish the [[2011 Port Huron Predators season|2011 season]], and were replaced in [[2012 Port Huron Patriots season|2012]] by the [[Port Huron Patriots]] who also participated in the CIFL.
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