Texas Wildcatters | |
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City | Beaumont, Texas |
League | ECHL |
Conference | American Conference |
Division | South Division |
Founded | 1993 |
Home arena | Ford Arena |
Colors | Black and gold |
General manager | Richard W. Adams |
Head coach | Malcom Cameron |
Affiliates | Florida Panthers Minnesota Wild |
Franchise history | |
1993–2000 | Huntington Blizzard |
2003–2008 | Texas Wildcatters |
2008–2015 | Ontario Reign |
2015–2019 | Manchester Monarchs |
Championships | |
Division titles | 2007–08 |
The Texas Wildcatters, who took their name from Texas wildcatters, were a professional minor league ice hockey team in the ECHL based in Beaumont, Texas. They played their home games at the Ford Arena. The franchise previously played in Huntington, West Virginia, from 1993 to 2000 as the Huntington Blizzard playing at the Huntington Civic Arena.
The Wildcatters relocated to Ontario, California, and were renamed Ontario Reign. The franchise's last game as the Wildcatters was a 1–4 loss to the Columbia Inferno on April 25, 2008, at Ford Arena.