# Chatham Wheels

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{{short description|Canadian ice hockey team}}
{{more references|date=September 2020}}
{{Pro hockey team
| bg_color    = background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#f61806 5px solid; border-bottom:#a9894e 5px solid;
| text_color  = Black
| team        = Chatham Wheels
| logo        = Chatham Wheels Black and White Logo.png
| logo_size   = 230px
| city        = [Chatham, Ontario](/source/Chatham%2C_Ontario)
| league      = [Colonial Hockey League](/source/Colonial_Hockey_League)
| division    =
| founded     = [1992](/source/1992%E2%80%9393_Colonial_Hockey_League_season)
| arena       = [Chatham Memorial Arena](/source/Chatham_Memorial_Arena)
| colours      = Red, driftwood, yellow, black, white<br />{{color box|#f61806}} {{color box|#a9894e}} {{color box|#fef02f}} {{color box|black}} {{color box|white}}
<!---Franchise history--->
| name3       = '''Chatham Wheels'''
| dates3      = 1992–1994
| name4       = [Saginaw Wheels](/source/Saginaw_Wheels)
| dates4      = 1994–1996
| name5       = [Saginaw Lumber Kings](/source/Saginaw_Lumber_Kings)
| dates5      = 1996–1998
| name6       = [Saginaw Gears](/source/Saginaw_Gears_(UHL))
| dates6      = 1998–1999
| name7       = [Ohio Gears](/source/Ohio_Gears)
| dates7      = 1999–2000
| division_titles   = '''1''' (1993–94)
}}
The '''Chatham Wheels''' were a [minor](/source/minor_league) professional [ice hockey](/source/ice_hockey) team that played in [Colonial Hockey League](/source/Colonial_Hockey_League) (CoHL) from 1992 to 1994. Based in [Chatham, Ontario](/source/Chatham%2C_Ontario), Canada, the team played it homes games in the [Chatham Memorial Arena](/source/Chatham_Memorial_Arena). 

In its first season, [1992–93](/source/1992%E2%80%9393_Colonial_Hockey_League_season), the expansion team<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.officialgamepuck.com/Colonial%20Hockey%20League/ColonialHistory.htm |title=Colonial Hockey League History |access-date=2015-07-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060305/http://www.officialgamepuck.com/Colonial%20Hockey%20League/ColonialHistory.htm |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref> was coached by [Ron Caron](/source/Ron_Caron), and in its second and last season in Chatham, [1993–94](/source/1993%E2%80%9394_Colonial_Hockey_League_season), it was coach by [Tom Barrett](/source/Tom_Barrett_(ice_hockey)). The team made it to the [Colonial Cup](/source/Colonial_Cup_(ice_hockey)) championship in 1994 where it lost to the [Thunder Bay Senators](/source/Thunder_Bay_Senators) in five games.

Prior to the start the [1994–95 season](/source/1994%E2%80%9395_Colonial_Hockey_League_season), the franchise was relocated to [Saginaw, Michigan](/source/Saginaw%2C_Michigan), as the [Saginaw Wheels](/source/Saginaw_Wheels).

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.hockeydb.com/stte/chatham-wheels-5195.html Team profile at HockeyDB.com]

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Category:Defunct United Hockey League teams
Category:Defunct ice hockey teams in Canada
Category:Ice hockey clubs established in 1992
Category:Ice hockey clubs disestablished in 1994
Category:1992 establishments in Ontario
Category:1994 disestablishments in Ontario
Category:Chatham-Kent

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