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They are members of the American Hockey League (AHL), having begun play in the League starting in the 2007–08 season. The team plays their home games at the BMO Center, and they serve as the top minor league affiliate of the National Hockey League (NHL)'s Chicago Blackhawks.
The Bloomington Bison are an American minor league ice hockey team based in Bloomington, Illinois.Founded in 2024, the team made its debut in the ECHL in 2024–25. They are the ECHL affiliate of the New York Rangers and the Hartford Wolf Pack; they also have a working agreement with the Carolina Hurricanes.
The ECHL (formerly the East Coast Hockey League) is a minor professional ice hockey league based in Shrewsbury, New Jersey, with teams across the United States and Canada. Competitively, it is a tier below the American Hockey League (AHL). The league serves as a farm system to the AHL and the National Hockey League (NHL).
Moved to the Prospect League: Peoria Rivermen: Ice hockey American Hockey League: 2005–2013 Moved to Utica, New York, to become the Utica Comets. Peoria Rivermen: Ice hockey ECHL: 1996–2005 Ownership obtained an American Hockey League franchise. Peoria Rivermen: Ice hockey International Hockey League: 1984–1996
On September 12, 1999, John Butler and Mike Nelson, both of Bloomington, began formulating a plan to bring a minor league hockey team to Central Illinois. [1] On August 18, 2004, ground was broken for the $37-million U.S. Cellular Coliseum, the arena that would become the home of the PrairieThunder.
Basketball and ice hockey each have one affiliated minor league, the NBA G League and American Hockey League, respectively. The USL Championship (USLC) is a Division II league below Major League Soccer as designated by the United States Soccer Federation that governs the various soccer leagues, although some MLS teams are affiliated with clubs ...
They won the league's Kelly Cup championship in 2005. The team was owned by the New Jersey Devils from 2006 to 2011, but remained an affiliate of the Flyers under the Titans name for the 2006–07 ECHL season. Renamed the Trenton Devils, the team was affiliated with the New Jersey Devils starting from the 2007–08 ECHL season.
Defunct ice hockey teams in Illinois (2 C, 38 P) Professional ice hockey teams in Illinois (7 C, 8 P) Ice hockey teams in Chicago (9 C, 12 P)