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The team played 13 games as the Buffalo Bison during the 1946–47 season before moving to Moline, Illinois. Moved to Milwaukee and became the Milwaukee Hawks (1951–1955), moved again to St. Louis , Missouri (1955–1968), then moved once more and are now the Atlanta Hawks (1968–Present).
The team hired former Buffalo Sabres coach Rick Dudley as head coach and general manager. [2] [3] Their first season was during the 1994–95 NHL lockout. [2] During said lockout, the Vipers took on the Ninety-Nines, an all-star team of locked-out National Hockey League players led by Wayne Gretzky. The Vipers won, 4–3.
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.
Central Illinois has an ECHL hockey team — joining the SPHL's Peoria Rivermen in the market. Learn about the Bloomington Bison. Central Illinois added a pro hockey team.
The Peoria Rivermen are a professional ice hockey team in the SPHL.They play in Peoria, Illinois, United States at the Carver Arena.The team replaced an American Hockey League franchise of the same name that was purchased by the Vancouver Canucks and moved out of Peoria to Utica, New York.
The team has made numerous appearances in the NAHL playoffs and were back-to-back Robertson Cup National Championships in 1996 and 1997. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic that curtailed the 2019–20 season, the Jr. Blues suspended operations for the 2020–21 season.
The franchise was later renamed the Cincinnati RailRaiders, but failed to reach a goal of 2,000 season tickets to re-enter the AHL for the 2006–07 season. On March 19, 2007, the AHL announced that the team had been purchased and relocated to Rockford to become the present-day Rockford IceHogs.
The National Roller Hockey League announced the team along with the Vipers head coach, Perry Turnbull. Turnbull played in 608 NHL games and had 351 career points. He also coached the St. Louis Vipers of the RHI from 1993-99 seasons. The league canceled their 2020 season due to COVID but had a 2021 plan in place.