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A Central Hockey League (CHL) occurs as sale-subordinate professional hockey league. It was created for the 1992-93 year by owning sixer initiative teams around Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Wichita, Memphis, Dallas and Fort Worth. When many experiments around expansion & an extended battle for players & markets using a Western Professional Hockey League (WPHL), the two leagues merged within 2001. A select few teams come affiliated by owning American Hockey League, ECHL and National Hockey League teams for player development.

There were 2 last leagues by using a CHL title; a single existent between 1931-35 & well-nigh only comprised of Minnesota teams, & of these existing between 1963-84 (until 1968 it was referred to as a Central Office Hockey League), about conterminous by owning a locality of operations of the todays league & including former incarnations of the Oklahoma City Blazers and the Tulsa Oilers.

Current teams

A CHL is divided into quadruplet divisions. Active teams, enrolled by section & by using their connected teams include:

Northeast Division

Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs (Shreveport, LA) (Rochester Americans) Fort Worth Brahmas Memphis RiverKings Youngstown Steelhounds (05/06 expansion)

Northwest Division

Colorado Eagles (Windsor, CO) Oklahoma City Blazers Tulsa Oilers Wichita Thunder

Southeast Division

Austin Ice Bats (Minnesota Wild, Houston Aeros) Corpus Christi Rayz Laredo Bucks (Phoenix Coyotes, San Antonio Rampage) Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees

Southwest Division

Amarillo Gorillas Lubbock Cotton Kings Odessa Jackalopes (Edmonton Oilers, Toronto Roadrunners) New Mexico Scorpions (Albuquerque, NM)- Scheduled to resume play in 06/07

Defunct teams

Border City Bandits (Texarkana, TX) Columbus Cottonmouths (Columbus, GA) Dallas Freeze El Paso Buzzards Fayetteville Force Fort Worth Fire Huntsville Channel Cats/Tornado Indianapolis Ice Macon Whoopee Nashville Ice Flyers/Nighthawks San Antonio Iguanas San Angelo Saints Topeka ScareCrows Topeka Tarantulas

Playoff champions
2004-05 - Colorado Eagles 2003-04 - Laredo Bucks 2002-03 - Memphis RiverKings 2001-02 - Memphis RiverKings 2000-01 - Oklahoma City Blazers 1999-00 - Indianapolis Ice 1998-99 - Huntsville Channel Cats 1997-98 - Columbus Cottonmouths 1996-97 - Fort Worth Fire 1995-96 - Oklahoma City Blazers 1994-95 - Wichita Thunder 1993-94 - Wichita Thunder 1992-93 - Tulsa Oilers

Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs
Official site with news, schedule, roster, merchandise, and online game audio.

CenturyTel Center
The home for the Mudbugs, located in Bossier City.

The Shreveport Times: Mudbugs Hockey
Site contains game recaps, columns and archives.

OurSports Central: Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs Hockey
Site contains scores and schedules, press releases, newspaper articles and local weather.

Mudbug Boilers Booster Club
Site contains a message from the president, membership information, calendar, photos, committees and a message board.
Regional: North America: United States: Louisiana: Localities: B: Bossier City
Regional: North America: United States: Louisiana: Localities: S: Shreveport





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