Lubbock Cotton Kings

Lubbock Cotton Kings
Sport	Ice hockey
Founded	October 1999
Folded	2007
League	WPHL (1999-2001); CHL (2001-2007)
Location	Lubbock, Texas, USA
Arena	City Bank Coliseum

The Lubbock Cotton Kings were a professional ice hockey team formerly based in Lubbock, Texas as members of the Western Professional Hockey League and the Central Hockey League. The team played home games at City Bank Coliseum.

History

The Lubbock Cotton Kings played their first game in Lubbock Municipal Coliseum (later City Bank Coliseum) in October 1999. During the inaugural season, the Cotton Kings went 42–24–4 and lost in the second round of the Western Professional Hockey League (WPHL) playoffs. In the 2000–01 season, the Cotton Kings advanced to the WPHL Championship where they lost to the Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs.^{[citation needed]}

After the WPHL merged with the Central Hockey League, the team only made one playoff appearance in the 2004–05 season.^{[citation needed]}

Suspended operations

In June 2007, after the Cotton Kings failed to reach an agreement with the city of Lubbock for use of City Bank Coliseum, the Central Hockey League announced that the Cotton Kings must take a year off, suspending operations for the 2007–08 season. The team attempted to return to Lubbock or move to San Angelo, Texas,^[1]^[2]^[3] however, this never happened and the CHL folded seven years later.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ "Cotton Kings Call For Audit". KCBD. May 30, 2007. Archived from the original on December 11, 2013. Retrieved October 29, 2012.
^ "Lubbock Cotton Kings Suspend Operations". KCBD. June 20, 2007. Archived from the original on December 11, 2013. Retrieved October 29, 2012.
^ Ybarra, Alex (June 22, 2007). "Tech team struggles to keep Lubbock hockey going". The Daily Toreador. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved September 27, 2007.

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[kcb070530-1] "Cotton Kings Call For Audit". KCBD. May 30, 2007. Archived from the original on December 11, 2013. Retrieved October 29, 2012.

[kcb070620-2] "Lubbock Cotton Kings Suspend Operations". KCBD. June 20, 2007. Archived from the original on December 11, 2013. Retrieved October 29, 2012.

[3] Ybarra, Alex (June 22, 2007). "Tech team struggles to keep Lubbock hockey going". The Daily Toreador. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved September 27, 2007.

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