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The Pittsburgh Hornets were a minor-league professional men’s ice hockey team based in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. Contrary to popular belief the Pittsburgh Hornets did not evolve from the International Hockey League’s Pittsburgh Shamrocks. The franchise started play in 1927 playing their first nine seasons as the Detroit Olympics. Then on October 4 1936 after winning the IHL championship the Olympics moved to Pittsburgh to become the Hornets.