The London Lions based out of London, England was a NHL affiliated independent professional Hockey team that played 72 games during the 1973-74 season against the top European hockey teams. They played their home games at Wembley Arena and had a record of 52 wins, 13 losses and 7 ties. They toured Europe to promote the proposed NHL affiliated European professional hockey league originally scheduled to start for the 1974-75 season. The original plans for this new league was to have the top teams participate in the Stanley Cup playoffs against the traditional North American NHL teams. After this pilot project was considered a failure, the NHL pulled the plug on the proposed league and the league never got off the ground for various reasons. The London Lions Chairman was Detroit Red Wings owner Bruce Norris and Vice-Chairman was John Ziegler who went on to become President of the National Hockey League in 1977.

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1. International Ice Hockey Federation mention of London Lions
2. London Lions Team Logo
3. Team Roster
4. Player Profiles
5. Game Scores
6. Team Management

Defunct National Hockey League teams