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-sanctioned

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team in the

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(WSHL). The Stampede played their home games at the

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. The team announced it would not participate in the 2019–20 season due to a lease dispute.

History

Prior to the 2011–12 season the team was the Tulsa Rampage, a

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-sanctioned Tier III Junior A

team, based in

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. The team played in the Midwest Division of the WSHL at the Oilers Ice Center. In 2011, Julie Wilson, the owner at the time, sold the Rampage to Mark Lantz of

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. During their eighth season in Cheyenne on February 24, 2019, Lantz announced the team was for sale or seeking additional investors. He claimed the city's new administration in 2018 made new lease for the arena with a 52% increase in the arena fees while simultaneously stipulating the team could no longer use advertisements around the ice rinks. The new administration, led by mayor Marian Orr, made the changes due to the city not want to charge the taxpayers to subsidize the ice rink as was being done with the previous contracts. On May 4, the team did not reach an agreement on a lease extension with the city and announced it would cease operations for at least the 2019–20 season with the franchise license returning to the league.

Season-by-season records

Coaches

* Jeff Heimel (2011–2013) * Eric Ballard (2014–2015) *Gary Gill (2013–2014, 2015–2017) *Joe Pfleegor (March – September 2017) *Joe Liquori (September – November 15, 2017) *Neil Breen (November 16, 2017 – 2019)

References

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External links

Cheyenne Stampede website

WSHL website
Ice hockey teams in Wyoming Ice hockey clubs established in 2004 2004 establishments in Wyoming