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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 Bloomington Thunder were a minor professional ice hockey team that was a member of the Southern Professional Hockey League. Based in Bloomington, Illinois, the Thunder played their home games at the U.S. Cellular Coliseum, located in downtown Bloomington. After two years in the Central Hockey League as the Bloomington Blaze, the Thunder ...
Ice hockey ECHL: 1996–2005 Ownership obtained an American Hockey League franchise. Peoria Rivermen: Ice hockey International Hockey League: 1984–1996 Moved to San Antonio, Texas, to become the San Antonio Dragons. Peoria Pirates: Football AF2: 1999–2009 Peoria Prancers: Ice hockey International Hockey League: 1982–1984 Became the Peoria ...
Here's where boys and girls teams from Bloomington North, South, Edgewood, Eastern Greene and Owen Valley will be for tournament play this week. ... SCHEDULE — Wednesday: Bloomington North (8-4 ...
From 2006 to 2014, Bloomington was home to various minor league professional hockey teams in the International Hockey League (IHL), Central Hockey League (CHL) and then the Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL). The SPHL's Bloomington Thunder folded in April 2014 when new owners obtained the expansion rights to a Tier I junior team in the ...
Bloomington Thunder (2013–14) Membership terminated to make way for a team in the United States Hockey League. Columbus Cottonmouths (2004–17) Inaugural member of the SPHL, suspended operations when ownership could no longer fund the team. [23] Florida Seals (2005–07) Membership terminated in the middle of the 2006–07 SPHL season. [24]
The SPHL is a low-minor hockey league with teams mostly based in the southeastern United States. Butler and Rogers' plan also included for the group to purchase the Bloomington Blaze of the struggling Central Hockey League and also move them to the SPHL. There was an SPHL Board of Governors and franchise general managers emergency conference ...
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.