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After the suspension of Roller Hockey International (RHI) for the 1998 season, Major League Roller Hockey was founded in 1998 in Alexandria, Virginia by entrepreneur Bill Raue. The inaugural season featured two franchises from the suspended RHI (the Anaheim Bullfrogs and Buffalo Wings ) and 18 new franchises, with 11 in the United States, one ...
The facility will melt the ice of one rink in the summer to create a roller hockey rink, sports training facility, restaurant, and pro shop. It is the home to the University at Buffalo Bulls men's ice hockey team competing at the ACHA Division I level in the Eastern Collegiate Hockey League [ 3 ] as well as the home of the Buffalo Wings , a ...
The years of operation only reflect the time in which that team was in MLRH; it does not take into account any time in which the franchise operated in another league such as Roller Hockey International or the Professional Inline Hockey Association. Washington Power, 1997-1998; New York Riot, 1997-1998; Columbus Hawks, 1997-1998; Buffalo Wings ...
Buffalo Bisons (American Hockey League) from 1940–1970; Buffalo Norsemen (North American Hockey League) 1975–1976; Buffalo Stampede (Roller Hockey International) 1994–1995; Buffalo Wings (Roller Hockey International/Major League Roller Hockey) 1997–1999; Buffalo Beauts (Premier Hockey Federation) 2015–2023
Relocated from Glen Falls, New York and renamed as the Buffalo Wings, the team played the 1997 season at the Marine Midland Arena. [1] The arrival of the Wings marked the return of professional roller hockey to Buffalo, having been the home of the short-lived Buffalo Stampede, which played at the Buffalo Memorial Auditorium from 1994 to 1995. [3]
Buffalo Wings (1997–1999) (Empire State Cobras) (1996) (Phoenix Cobras) (1994–1995) Buffalo State Sports Arena: 1999 1,800 1991 Buffalo, New York [9] Marine Midland Arena HSBC Arena (1999–present) 1997 18,690 1996 [10] Glens Falls Civic Center: 1996 4,806 1979 Glens Falls, New York: Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum: 1994–1995 13,730 ...
The team played at the Buffalo Memorial Auditorium from 1994 to 1995. The team won the 1994 RHI Murphy Cup. On September 2, 1994, the Stampede won the Murphy Cup in their inaugural season with an 8-7 win against the Portland Rage in front of a record-setting 14,175 hometown fans at the Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. [1]
They lost to the eventual champion Jackals in the first round. In January 1997, the Cobras returned to Buffalo under new ownership and changed their name to the Buffalo Wings. Roller Hockey International suspended operations in late 1997. After sitting out 1998, the league re-organized for one final season in 1999 and then folded. [1] [2]