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The Allen Americans are a professional ice hockey team headquartered at the Credit Union of Texas Event Center in Allen, Texas, which currently plays in the ECHL.The team was founded in 2009 in the Central Hockey League (CHL) where they played for five seasons, winning the Ray Miron President's Cup twice.
The 2008–09 CHL Championship was the first by the Texas/Ft. Worth Brahmas franchise and the first for the Fort Worth area since the Fort Worth Fire won the 1996–97 CHL Governor's Cup. The Brahmas lost in the playoffs of the 2009–10 season in a close 2–1 fifth game against the Odessa Jackalopes.
The Central Hockey League (CHL) was a North American mid-level minor professional ice hockey league which operated from 1992 until 2014. It was founded by Ray Miron and Bill Levins and later sold to Global Entertainment Corporation, which operated the league from 2000 to 2013, at which point it was purchased by the individual franchise owners.
The USA Central Hockey League (USACHL) was a junior ice hockey league based in Texas.The league was not sanctioned by any outside hockey governing body, but was structured as a "free-to-play" junior league similar to USA Hockey's Tier I and Tier II as opposed to the "pay-to-play" Tier III leagues.
The team lasted just two years before relocating due to an impasse during lease renewal. [ 7 ] Since the early 90's, the Wichita Thunder remain the only team that has been able to survive in Kansas, doing so in spite of the collapse of their original league and a subsequent move to the ECHL .
Their main rivals were the Texas Stars (located near Austin) and, from 2002 to 2013, the Houston Aeros. The market was previously served by: San Antonio Iguanas of the CHL (1994–1997, 1998–2002) San Antonio Dragons of the IHL (1996–1998)
The Amarillo Gorillas were a minor league hockey team based in Amarillo, Texas. [1] The team was most recently affiliated with the now defunct Central Hockey League (CHL) from 2001–10. The Gorillas began play in 1996 as the Amarillo Rattlers in the Western Professional Hockey League (WPHL) until the WPHL was bought by the CHL in 2001. They ...
The Black Hawks remained in Dallas until ceasing operations following the 1981–82 CHL season. During that time, they won four Adams Cup championships. While in St. Louis and Dallas, the team served as the primary minor league affiliate of the Chicago Black Hawks, using the same colors, uniform design and primary logo.