The Pride played a winter schedule during 1986-87, filling empty dates at the Toledo Sports Arena after the city’s long-time minor league ice hockey club went out of business earlier in 1986.
The Pride finished their only season with a 14-28 record, but that was good enough to qualify for the playoffs under the AISA's generous format.
Original head coach/general manager Klaas de Boer either was fired or quit two months into the season.
de Boer’s replacement in the GM chair, John Durham, was arrested after two months on the job for grand theft and writing bad checks on team accounts midway.
Two League AISA officials considered bumping the Pride from the league's playoff schedule due to the team’s insolvency, but the owners of the Toledo Sports Arena ultimately stepped up to guarantee the team’s expenses to finish out the season.3 The Toledo Pride folded quietly during the spring/early summer of 1987.