Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs
The Bossier - Shreveport Mudbugs were a professional ice hockey team, which came from the city of Bossier City - Shreveport in Louisiana. The team was a member of the Central Hockey League and wore their home games at CenturyTel Center.
History
From 1997 to 2001 the team of the Mudbugs still played in the Western Professional Hockey League, where they result in the Taylor Cup won three times from 1998 to 2001, and from 2001 it was a member of the Central Hockey League. From 1997 to 2000, the team first had the name Shreveport Mudbugs, but since 2000 it was known as the Bossier - Shreveport Mudbugs.
The Mudbugs were one of the few successful teams in the region and could just celebrate successes in the recent past. In the CHL playoffs the season 2005 / 06, the team reached the final of the Ray Miron President's Cup, where they failed at the Laredo Bucks. Previously, she had won both the division title, and the Conference title.
The team was coached from 2000 by former Mudbugs player Scott Muscutt. Due to the success of the team, the number of visitors were always increased in recent years and were in the play- offs in 2006 at an average of 5,006 spectators. The Mudbugs wore the 2007 All- Star game from the CHL. By 2008, the franchise was talking a cooperation agreement with the Rochester Americans (American Hockey League), and the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League. In the 2010/11 season the team's Ray Miron President's Cup won after the Colorado Eagles were defeated in the final series in seven games. In June 2011, the Mudbugs presented but after 14 years the operation of gambling.
The rivals of the Mudbugs within the league were the Laredo Bucks, Memphis River Kings and the Colorado Eagles.