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The Blue Ridge Bobcats are a professional ice hockey team based in Wytheville, Virginia. They play at the Hitachi Energy Arena and are a member of the Federal Prospects Hockey League . Their inaugural season was the 2023–24 season.
The second franchise was announced on July 27, 2023. The team would be located in Wytheville, Virginia, and would be called the Blue Ridge Bobcats. [7] The league kept the Empire and Continental Divisions, with the Binghamton Black Bears, Danbury Hat Tricks, Elmira River Sharks, Motor City Rockers, and the Watertown Wolves in the Empire.
The FPHL began operations in November 2010 as the Federal Hockey League. Don Kirnan is the league's commissioner. [ 1 ] The league also occasionally branded itself as the Federal Professional Hockey League from 2015 to 2018 [ 2 ] until it began using the name Federal Prospects Hockey League and completing the rebrand in 2019.
Defunct ice hockey teams in Virginia (23 P) N. Northern Virginia Scholastic Hockey League teams ... Blue Ridge Bobcats; N. Norfolk Admirals (ECHL) R. Roanoke Rail ...
Blue Ridge Bobcats: Wytheville, Virginia: Hitachi Energy Arena ... Topeka Pro Hockey (2025) Topeka, Kansas: Stormont Vail Events Center: Indiana Sentinels (2025)
Sports teams in Virginia include several professional teams, but no professional major-league teams.Virginia is the most populous U.S. state without a major professional sports league franchise playing within its borders, although two of the major-league teams representing Washington, D.C.—the NFL's Washington Commanders and NHL's Washington Capitals—have their practice facilities and ...
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The Rail Yard Dawgs are the sixth professional hockey franchise to call the Roanoke Valley home, following the Salem/Roanoke Valley Rebels of the Eastern Hockey League and later the Southern Hockey League (1967–1976), the Salem/Virginia Raiders of the second Eastern Hockey League and Atlantic Coast Hockey League (1980–1983), the Virginia Lancers/Roanoke Valley Rebels/Rampage (1983–1993 ...