Franchise transferred from Buffalo (Braves), New York on December 27, 1946. Record in Buffalo was 5-8.
Played home games at Memorial Auditorium in Buffalo, New York – Seating capacity – 14,500
Played home games at the Wheaton Field House in Moline, Illinois – Seating capacity – 6,000
| TRI-CITIES BLACKHAWKS | NBL | 19-25 | NAT HICKEY | ||||||||||
| REGULAR SEASON | |||||||||||||
| PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | TRANSACTIONS | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | PTS | AVG |
| Pop Gates | F | 29 | 6:02 | 205 | Clark(Ga) | 41 | 125 | 60 | 115 | .522 | 310 | 7.6 | |
| Ed Lewinski | F | 26 | 6:04 | 210 | None | fr Anderson | 18 | 60 | 15 | 29 | .517 | 135 | 7.5 |
| Don Otten | C | 25 | 7:00 | 245 | Bowling Green’46 | 44 | 200 | 169 | 261 | .648 | 569 | 12.9 | |
| Billy Hassett | G | 25 | 6:01 | 180 | Georgetown’43/Notre Dame’46 | 27 | 73 | 66 | 101 | .653 | 212 | 7.9 | |
| Stan Waxman | G | 24 | 5:11 | 180 | LIU’45 | Injured | 18 | 59 | 10 | 17 | .588 | 128 | 7.1 |
| Al Grenert | F | 27 | 6:00 | 190 | Yale/NYU’45 | fr Sheboygan | 30 | 85 | 28 | 42 | .667 | 198 | 6.6 |
| Howie Rader | G-F | 25 | 6:01 | 190 | LIU’42 | 41 | 76 | 43 | 64 | .672 | 195 | 4.8 | |
| Nick Grunzweig | G | 28 | 6:05 | 215 | Niagara’42 | 43 | 39 | 42 | 70 | .600 | 120 | 2.8 | |
| Mel Thurston | G | 27 | 6:00 | 175 | Canisius’43 | 39 | 39 | 36 | 59 | .610 | 114 | 2.9 | |
| Lenny Rader | G | 25 | 6:02 | 185 | LIU’42 | Injured | 20 | 27 | 15 | 30 | .500 | 69 | 3.5 |
| Bob Sims | C-F | 31 | 6:06 | 220 | W. Michigan’38 | to Sheboygan | 10 | 10 | 11 | 14 | .786 | 31 | 3.1 |
| Wilbur Schu | F | 24 | 6:03 | 185 | Kentucky’46 | fr Youngstown | 22 | 8 | 10 | 17 | .588 | 26 | 1.2 |
| Nat Hickey | G | 44 | 5:11 | 190 | None | 8 | 9 | 6 | 12 | .500 | 24 | 3.0 | |
| Dick Starzyk | G | 25 | 5:10 | 180 | DePaul’46 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 5 | .800 | 12 | 1.3 | |
| Vic Siegel | G | 26 | 5:10 | 160 | Iowa’42 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1.000 | 11 | 1.4 | |
| Paul Rooney | G | 21 | 6:05 | None | fr Detroit | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 4 | 0.8 | |
| Bob Gauchat | G | 25 | 6:00 | 180 | Canisius’42 | to Rochester | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 2 | 0.5 |
| Ed Moeller | G | 27 | 6:00 | 175 | Ohio State’42 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Paul Anthony | C-F | 22 | 6:05 | 195 | Washington & Jefferson’44 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0.0 | |