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 .
6-657: Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees may refer to: Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees (CHL) , defunct professional ice hockey team that played in the Central Hockey League Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees (NAHL) , defunct junior ice hockey team that played in the North American Hockey League Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees (USACHL) , defunct junior ice hockey team that played in
12-590: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees (CHL) 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
18-917: 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, multiple sources confirmed that
24-599: The Killer Bees would not play in the 2012–13 season and ceased operations due to increased travel costs after the folding of the other Texas CHL teams in Austin , Corpus Christi and Laredo. After a season without a team, the owners of the Wenatchee Wild franchise in the North American Hockey League (NAHL), a Tier II junior A hockey league, relocated the team to Hidalgo, Texas, and took on
30-597: The USA Central Hockey League Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rio_Grande_Valley_Killer_Bees&oldid=1032870668 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
36-802: The identity of the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees . The team eventually relocated to Pennsylvania after only two seasons. In 2018, another junior level Killer Bees was announced as part of the USA Central Hockey League starting in October 2018, but the league folded after six weeks of operation. Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; P = Points; PIM=Penalties in minutes; MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SV = Saves; SV% = Save percentage; SEASONS = What seasons were played with
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