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Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees (CHL)
The Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees were a minor league professional ice hockey team that played in the Central Hockey League. The team was based in the Rio Grande Valley in Hidalgo, Texas, just south of McAllen, and played their home games at State Farm Arena. History The team was a member of the Central Hockey League from 2003–2012, and two time CHL franchise of the year (2003–04 and 2008–09). Billy Newson, formerly of the Northeastern University Huskies, is the franchise's leader in goals (90), assists (102) and points (192), while Ryan Shmyr is the career leader in games played and penalty minutes. On June 28, 2011, Terry Ruskowski became the coach of the Killer Bees. He had formerly been the initial coach of the rival Laredo Bucks. Ruskowski had a two-year contract with the Bees. While in the CHL, the Killer Bees were affiliated with the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League and the San Antonio Rampage of the American Hockey League. On June 20, 2012, multip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North American Hockey League
The North American Hockey League (NAHL) is one of the top junior hockey leagues in the United States and is in its 48th season of operation in 2022–23. It is the only Tier II junior league sanctioned by USA Hockey, and acts as an alternative to the Tier I United States Hockey League (USHL). The NAHL is one of the oldest junior hockey leagues in the United States and is headquartered in Addison, Texas. The teams span the United States from Maine in the East to Alaska in the Northwest and to Texas in the South. The teams play a 60-game regular season, starting in mid-September and ending in early April. The top teams of the NAHL playoffs meet in a predetermined location to play in the Robertson Cup Championship Tournament. Under USA Hockey Tier II sanctioning, NAHL teams do not charge players to play and also provide players with uniforms, team clothing and select equipment such as sticks, gloves and helmets. Players without local family live with billet families in their ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Hockey League
The National Hockey League (NHL; french: Ligue nationale de hockey—LNH, ) is a professional ice hockey league in North America comprising 32 teams—25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. It is considered to be the top ranked professional ice hockey league in the world, and is one of the four major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada. The Stanley Cup, the oldest professional sports trophy in North America, is awarded annually to the league playoff champion at the end of each season. The NHL is the fifth-wealthiest professional sport league in the world by revenue, after the National Football League (NFL), Major League Baseball (MLB), the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the English Premier League (EPL). The National Hockey League was organized at the Windsor Hotel in Montreal on November 26, 1917, after the suspension of operations of its predecessor organization, the National Hockey Association (NHA), which had been founded in 1909 i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010–11 CHL Season
The 2010–11 CHL season was the 19th season of the Central Hockey League (CHL). League business Team foldings The Amarillo Gorillas and the Corpus Christi IceRays folded and both were replaced by a North American Hockey League team. Expansion On June 1, 2010, the Central Hockey League (CHL) and the International Hockey League (IHL) announced that they would merge and play under the CHL moniker. On June 10, 2010, it was announced that four IHL teams made the move to the CHL, the Fort Wayne Komets, Bloomington PrairieThunder, Dayton Gems and the Quad City Mallards. It was later announced that the Evansville IceMen would also participate in the league. This is after team ownership in Evansville, Indiana purchased the former IHL Muskegon Lumberjacks franchise. League realignment Turner Conference *Bloomington PrairieThunder *Colorado Eagles *Dayton Gems *Evansville IceMen *Fort Wayne Komets *Missouri Mavericks *Quad City Mallards *Rapid City Rush *Wichita Thunder Berry Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009–10 CHL Season
The 2009–10 CHL season was the 18th season of the Central Hockey League (CHL). The season run from October 16, 2009 until March 20, 2010, followed with the Ray Miron President's Cup playoffs. The 2010 Central Hockey League All-Star Game was on January 13, 2010 at the Laredo Entertainment Center. The season ended on May 4, 2010 when the Rapid City Rush defeated the Allen Americans in double overtime. League business The Allen Americans (Allen, TX) and the Missouri Mavericks (Independence, MO) were added, the New Mexico Scorpions and Oklahoma City Blazers folded, and the Rocky Mountain Rage suspended operations, with hopes of rejoining the league for the 2010–11 season. Regular season Conference standings ''Note:'' GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime loss; Pts = Points; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against y – clinched conference title; x – clinched playoff spot; e – eliminated from playoff contention Playoffs Playoff Bracket CHL award ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008–09 CHL Season
The 2008–09 CHL season was the 17th season of the Central Hockey League (CHL). League business The Rapid City Rush were added and two teams were created, the Austin Ice Bats The Austin Ice Bats were a professional minor league ice hockey team based in Austin, Texas, from 1996 to 2008. The were originally members of the Western Professional Hockey League (WPHL) and later the Central Hockey League (CHL). The team was na ... and Youngstown SteelHounds. Regular season Conference standings ''Note:'' y - clinched conference title; x - clinched playoff spot; e - eliminated from playoff contention Playoffs Playoff Bracket CHL awards :''Source:Central Hockey League Historical Award Winners'' References Extern ...
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2007–08 CHL Season
The 2007–08 CHL season was the 16th season of the Central Hockey League (CHL). Regular season Conference standings ''Note:'' y - clinched conference title; x - clinched playoff spot; e - eliminated from playoff contention Playoffs Playoff Bracket Awards :''Source:Central Hockey League Historical Award Winners'' *Ray Miron President’s Cup (Playoff Champions) - *Governors’ Cup (regular-season champions) - *Most Valuable Playe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006–07 CHL Season
The 2006–07 CHL season was the 15th season of the Central Hockey League (CHL). Regular season Division standings ''Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; SOL = Shootout loss; Pts = Points; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against'' y - clinched league title; x - clinched playoff spot; e - eliminated from playoff contention Playoffs Format The top six teams in each conference qualified for the playoffs. All series were best-of-seven. The highest seeded first round losing team advanced to the second round as a wild card team. Playoff bracket Awards :''Source:Central Hockey League Historical Award Winners'' *Ray Miron President’s Cup (Playoff Champions) - |
2005–06 CHL Season
The 2005–06 CHL season was the 14th season of the Central Hockey League The Central Hockey League (CHL) was a North American mid-level minor professional ice hockey league which operated from 1992 until 2014. It was founded by Ray Miron and Bill Levins and later sold to Global Entertainment Corporation, which opera ... (CHL). Regular season Division standings ''Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; SOL = Shootout loss; Pts = Points; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against'' y - clinched league title; x - clinched playoff spot; e - eliminated from playoff contention Playoffs Playoff bracket Central Hockey League seasons 2005–06 in American ice hockey by league {{Icehockey-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004–05 CHL Season
The 2004–05 CHL season was the 13th season of the Central Hockey League The Central Hockey League (CHL) was a North American mid-level minor professional ice hockey league which operated from 1992 until 2014. It was founded by Ray Miron and Bill Levins and later sold to Global Entertainment Corporation, which opera ... (CHL). Regular season Division standings ''Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; SOL = Shootout loss; Pts = Points; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against y - clinched league title; x - clinched playoff spot; e - eliminated from playoff contention Playoffs Playoff bracket CHL awards See also * 2005 Central Hockey League All-Star Game External links 2004–05 CHL season at The Internet Hockey Database Central Hockey League seasons CHL {{Icehockey-competition-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2003–04 CHL Season
The 2003–04 CHL season was the 12th Season (sport), season of the Central Hockey League (CHL). Regular season Division standings ''Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; SOL = Shootout loss; Pts = Points; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against'' y - clinched league title; x - clinched playoff spot; e - eliminated from playoff contention Records Tulsa Oilers goaltender Rod Branch posted eight shutouts during the 2003–04 season, to affirm his position as the CHL's all-time career shut-out leader with 22. References Central Hockey League seasons 2003–04 in American ice hockey by league, CHL {{Icehockey-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Monitor (Texas)
''The Monitor GTLO'' is a newspaper in McAllen, Texas that covers Starr and Hidalgo counties. It circulates about 36,000 copies daily, according to the Audit Bureau of Circulations. It was owned by Freedom Communications until 2012, when Freedom papers in Texas were sold to AIM Media Texas. The Monitor's Spanish-language sister paper, '' La Frontera'', shut down in 2009. It shares content with the ''Valley Morning Star'' and ''The Brownsville Herald.'' Both are also owned by AIM Media Texas. Both its former publisher, M. Olaf Frandsen, and its former editor in chief, Steve Fagan, have worked at Pulitzer-winning newspapers. Frandsen was editor in chief of the Odessa American in 1988, when the paper won the Pulitzer for spot news photography. Frandsen now is editor and publisher of the Salina, KS, Journal, a member of Harris Enterprises Inc. In 2017 The ''Monitor'' partnered with ''Quartz Quartz is a hard, crystalline mineral composed of silica (silicon dioxide). The atoms a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USA Central Hockey League
The USA Central Hockey League (USACHL) was a junior ice hockey league based in Texas. The league was not sanctioned by any outside hockey governing body, but was structured as a "free-to-play" junior league similar to USA Hockey's Tier I and Tier II as opposed to the "pay-to-play" Tier III leagues. History The league announced its formation in March 2018, founded by former El Paso Buzzards owner Bill Davidson and former Western Professional Hockey League founder Rick Kozuback. The league named former Salmon Arm Silverbacks general manager Troy Mick as its first president. The USACHL announced it was planning a sixty-game regular season schedule that lasts from October until March. The league was initially planned to consist of six teams, targeting cities associated with the defunct Central Hockey League (CHL), for its inaugural 2018–19 season featuring players under twenty-years-old. The first two teams were announced in Laredo and Hidalgo, Texas, both teams sharing bran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
