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One of four IceGators to play all 56 games, McNeil was a team-best +18 as he led Louisiana to a second-place finish in the regular season." [ 9 ] On May 16, 2016, the IceGators' general manager and the SPHL announced that the team is suspending operations for the 2016–17 SPHL season due to planned Cajundome renovations. [ 10 ]
The team holds the top four regular-season average attendance numbers in ECHL history: 11,433 in 1996-97, 11,196 in 1997-98, 9,857 in 1998-99 and 9,776 in 1995-96. [2] The IceGators also hosted the eighth-largest and nine of the 10 largest postseason crowds in ECHL history, including four capacity crowds of 11,800 in 1997. [2]
Louisiana was effectively an afterthought for the ice hockey community until the 1990s. When the sport began expanding south at the end of the 20th century, the Bayou State was one of the main targets for minor professional leagues. The Louisiana IceGators were the first team to call the state home. When they debuted in 1995, the IceGators were ...
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The SPHL's history traces back to three other short-lived leagues. The Atlantic Coast Hockey League started play in the 2002–03 season. After its only season, the ACHL dissolved with member teams forming the nucleus for two rival leagues, the South East Hockey League and the World Hockey Association 2. After one season, the SEHL and WHA2 ...
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Louisiana IceGators may refer to: Louisiana IceGators (ECHL) , an ice hockey team from Lafayette, Louisiana, that played in the East Coast Hockey League/ECHL from 1995 to 2005 Louisiana IceGators (SPHL) , an ice hockey team from Lafayette, Louisiana, that played in the Southern Professional Hockey League from 2009 to 2016
The Badgers lost to last-place Ohio State for the third straight time, falling, 3-1, in Game 1 of their Big Ten quarterfinal series Friday in Madison.