Former hockey executive/player Monte Miron dies

Monte Miron, who helped relaunch pro hockey in Tulsa in the early 1990s, died Saturday.

He was 72.

A funeral mass for Miron is scheduled at 2 p.m.

Jan.

3 at Holy Family Cathedral.

In 1992, Miron and his father Ray, as well as Bill Levins, founded the new Central Hockey League that brought back the CHL and Tulsa Oilers after an eight-year absence.

Monte Miron was the new CHL's first commissioner and a part-owner from 1992-97.

In the 2001-02 season, Monte Miron was a co-owner, president and general manager of the Tulsa Crude in the United States Hockey League.

Monte Miron, a 1970 Edison graduate, was a seventh-round draft choice by the NHL's Toronto Maple Leafs in 1972.

After three seasons as a defenseman with Clarkson University, he played pro hockey from 1974-78 with the Tulsa Oilers, Greensboro Generals, Amarillo Wranglers, Albuquerque Chaparrals, Baltimore Clippers and Phoenix Roadrunners.

He also played professionally in South Africa and Sweden.

He was the head coach of the Pacific Hockey League's Tucson Rustlers in 1978-79 and Western Hockey League's Seattle Breakers for two seasons from 1979-81.

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