Category: Western Professional Hockey League

1996-97 Central Texas Stampede from the Western Professional Hockey League

Central Texas Stampede

The Central Texas Stampede were a minor professional hockey team out of Belton that played four full seasons and part of a fifth between 1996 and 2001. Consistently strong on the ice, the Stampede never had a losing season or failed to make the Western Professional Hockey League during their four full seasons of competition. But the team was undone by ownership instability and disbanded in midway through its fifth season of play in January 2001.

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San Angelo Outlaws Western Professional Hockey League

San Angelo Outlaws

Western Professional Hockey League (1997-2001) Central Hockey League (2001-2002) Born: 1997 – WPHL expansion franchise Re-Branded: 2002 (San Angelo Saints) First Game: October 15, 1997

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New Mexico Scorpions Hockey

New Mexico Scorpions

Western Professional Hockey League (1996-2001) Central Hockey League (2001-2005 & 2006-2009) Born: 1996 – WPHL founding franchise Folded: July 2, 2009 First Game: October 17,

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Waco Wizards Western Professional Hockey League

Waco Wizards

The Waco Wizards were a low-level minor league hockey club that played in the Western Professional Hockey League during the late 1990’s. The team folded midway through its fourth season in December of 1999.

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Lake Charles Ice Pirates Western Professional Hockey League

Lake Charles Ice Pirates

The Lake Charles Ice Pirates were a minor league hockey team based out of Lake Charles, Louisiana from 1997 to 2001. The team played four seasons in the Western Professional Hockey League, a lower-division circuit that featured 18 clubs from Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico and Texas at its peak membership during the winter of 1999-00. The Ice Pirates were one of four Louisiana-based teams in the WPHL, along with the Alexandria Warthogs, Monroe Moccasins and Shreveport Mudbugs.

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