Amarillo gorillas

Amarillo gorillas
founding	1996
resolution	2010
history	Amarillo Rattlers 1996-2002 Amarillo Gorillas 2002-2010
Stadion	Amarillo Civic Center
Location	Amarillo , Texas
Team colors	blue White Red
league	WPHL (1996-2001) CHL (2001-2010)
Miron Cups	no
President's Cups	no

The Amarillo Gorillas were an American ice hockey team from Amarillo , Texas . The team played in the Central Hockey League from 2001 to 2010 .

history

The Amarillo Gorillas were founded in 1996 under the name Amarillo Rattlers as a franchise of the Western Professional Hockey League , in which they were active until its dissolution following the 2000/01 season. After the WPHL merged with the Central Hockey League , the Rattlers joined them, playing under the old name for a year before adopting their new name Amarillo Gorillas in 2002. The team's greatest success was reaching the second playoff round for the Miron Cup in the 2003/04 and 2004/05 seasons. After reaching the CHL play-offs in its first five seasons, Amarillo missed them twice in a row in 2008 and 2009.

Following the 2009/10 season, the franchise was dissolved and replaced by a franchise for the US Junior League North American Hockey League .

Former players

The following players who were active for the Amarillo Rattlers and Amarillo Gorillas played in the National Hockey League during their career :

Todd Bidner Matt DelGuidice Mike Lenarduzzi

Darryl Olsen Paxton Schulte Jeremy Stevenson

Team records

Career records

Games: 251 David Rattray

Goals: 124 Derek Hahn

Assists: 201 Derek Hahn

Points: 325 Derek Hahn

Penalty minutes: 642 David Rattray

Web links

• The Internet Hockey Database - Stats / Player List Amarillo Rattlers
• The Internet Hockey Database - Stats / Player List Amarillo Gorillas