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{{short description|Former minor league professional ice hockey team in the International Hockey League}}
{{Infobox hockey team
| name              = Detroit Auto Club
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| founded           = {{start date|1945}}
| folded            = {{end date|1951}}
| league            = [[International Hockey League (1945–2001)|International Hockey League]]
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| arena             = [[Olympia Stadium]]
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|city=[[Detroit, Michigan]]|turner_cups='''1'''|capacity=15,000}}
The '''Detroit Auto Club''' was a [[minor league]] professional [[ice hockey]] team, and one of the four founding members of the [[International Hockey League (1945–2001)|International Hockey League]] in 1945,<ref>{{cite news |title=IHL, a league born in the dark |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PVg_AAAAIBAJ&pg=PA21 |access-date=2 January 2024 |work=The Windsor Star |date=December 5, 1985}}</ref> and operated until 1951.<ref name=kolumbus>{{cite web |url=http://www.kolumbus.fi/tyrvaa/Hockey/Theihlhistory.htm |title=The IHL History|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090310190254/http://www.kolumbus.fi/tyrvaa/Hockey/Theihlhistory.htm |archive-date=2009-03-10 }}</ref> They played their home games at [[Olympia Stadium]] in [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]]. The Detroit Auto Club won the inaugural [[Turner Cup]], as playoff champions, beating the [[Detroit Bright's Goodyears]] two game to one.<ref name=kolumbus/>

==Standings==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!Year
!{{abbr|GP|Games played}}
!{{abbr|W|Wins}}
!{{abbr|L|Losses}}
!{{abbr|T|Ties}}
!{{abbr|PTS|Points}}
!{{abbr|GF|Goals for}}
!{{abbr|GA|Goals against}}
!{{abbr|Pct|Percentage}}
!Standings
!Playoffs
|-
|1945–1946
|15
|8
|7
|0
|16
|82
|81
|.533
|3 of 4
| '''Won''' Semifinals Windsor Gotfredsons 2-1, Won Turner Cup Finals Detroit Bright's Goodyears 2-1
|-
|1946–1947
|28
|7
|20
|1
|15
|113
|156
|.268
|5 of 5
| Did not qualify
|-
|1947–1948
|30
|13
|16
|1
|27
|161
|155
|.450
|5 of 6
|Did not qualify
|-
|1948–1949
|31
|17
|11
|3
|39
|146
|130
|.563
|2 of 5
| '''Won''' Quarterfinals Detroit Bright's Goodyears 2-0, Lost Semifinals Windsor Hettche 4-0
|-
|1949–1950
|40
|19
|14
|7
|45
|170
|139
|.563
|2 of 5
| Lost Semifinals Chatham Maroons 3-1
|-
|1950–1951
|52
|10
|32
|10
|31
|136
|238
|.298
|5 of 6
| Did not qualify
|-
|'''Totals'''
|'''196'''
|'''74'''
|'''100'''
|'''22'''
|'''173'''
|'''808'''
|'''899'''
|'''.441'''
|}

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/teamseasons.php?tid=457 standings and statistics]

{{IHL (1945–2001)}}

[[Category:International Hockey League (1945–2001) teams]]
[[Category:Ice hockey teams in Detroit|A]]
[[Category:Defunct ice hockey teams in Michigan]]
[[Category:Defunct ice hockey teams in the United States]]
[[Category:Ice hockey clubs established in 1945]]
[[Category:Sports clubs and teams disestablished in 1951]]

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