The Fort Worth Rangers were a minor professional ice hockey franchise based in

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. They played in the American Hockey Association (AHA) during the 1941-42 season and in the

United States Hockey League The United States Hockey League (USHL) is the top junior ice hockey league sanctioned by USA Hockey. The league consists of 16 active teams located in the midwestern United States, for players between the ages of 16 and 21. The USHL is strictl ...

(USHL) from 1945-46 to 1948-49. They played home games in the

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History

The Rangers were granted a franchise to play in the AHA for 1941-42 season, but they were only able to play in that one season before the AHA ceased play as a result of

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...

. The league was resurrected for the 1945-46 season as the USHL, where Rangers played for four seasons until the team folded after the 1948-49 season. The team's most successful seasons on the ice were the 1946–47 and 1947-48 seasons, when they finished the season in second place. The team folded after the 1948-49 season because of travel expenses.

Coaches

*1941-42: Gene Carrigan *1945-46:

Eddie Shore Edward William Shore (November 23, 1902 – March 16, 1985) was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman, principally for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League, and the longtime owner of the Springfield Indians of the American Hocke ...

*1946-47:

Wally Kilrea Walter Charles Kilrea (February 18, 1909 – July 3, 1992) was a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who played 9 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Philadelphia Quakers, New York Americans, Ottawa Senators, Montreal Maroons ...

*1947-49: Gordon Savage

Notable players

Gordie Bell Gordon John Edward "Tinkle" Bell (March 13, 1925 – November 3, 1980) was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender. In the 1945–46 season he made 8 appearances for the Toronto Maple Leafs. He would not play another NHL game for 10 more ...

Paul Bibeault Joseph Arsine Paul Emile Albert "Babe" Bibeault (April 12, 1919 – August 2, 1970) was a Canadian ice hockey goaltender. He played in the NHL from 1941 to 1947. Playing career Born in Montreal, Quebec, Bibeault started his National Hockey Leagu ...

* Tony Bukovich * Gene Carrigan * Bert Connelly * Chuck Corrigan *

Bill Cupolo William Arnold Cupolo (January 8, 1924 – December 7, 2005) was a Canadian ice hockey right winger. He played 47 games in the National Hockey League for the Boston Bruins during the 1944–45 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1 ...

* Joffre Desilets * Tommy Filmore * Tom Fowler *

Harry Frost Henry Frost (August 17, 1914 — March 28, 1973) was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played two regular games and one playoff game in the National Hockey League for the Boston Bruins during the 1938–39 season. Boston won the ...

* Bill Gooden * Walter "Red" Jackson *

Vern Kaiser Vernon Charles Kaiser (September 28, 1925 – January 17, 2011) was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played 50 games in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Canadiens. He was born in Preston, Ontario Ontario ( ; ) i ...

* Francis Kane * Ken Kilrea * Russ Kopak * Pete Leswick * George Pargeter * Bert Peer * Ray Powell * Alex Ritson * Al Rittinger * Bill Summerhill * Gordon Tottle * Bill Warwick * Don Webster

References

American Hockey Association (1926–1942) teams Defunct ice hockey teams in Texas Ice hockey teams in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex {{Texas-sport-team-stub