Corpus Christi IceRays

Corpus Christi IceRays
founding	1998
resolution	2010
history	Corpus Christi Ice Rays 1998-2003 Corpus Christi Rayz 2003-2008 Corpus Christi IceRays 2008-2010
Stadion	American Bank Center
Location	Corpus Christi , Texas
Team colors	black, red, white
league	WPHL (1998-2001) Central Hockey League (2001-2010)
Cooperations	Minnesota Wild ( NHL ) Houston Eros ( AHL )
Miron Cups	no
President's Cups	no

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

history

The Corpus Christi Ice Rays were founded in 1998 as a franchise of the Western Professional Hockey League , in which they played until they merged with the Central Hockey League following the 2000/01 season. The team was then accepted into the CHL, in which they reached the playoffs for the Miron Cup for the first time in the 2006/07 season , in the second round of which they won the Laredo Bucks in the best-of-seven series with 1: 4 victories. In the 2008/09 season the IceRays failed in the first play-off round with 1: 2 to the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees.

In the meantime, the franchise changed its name to Corpus Christi Rayz, but in the summer of 2008 the old name Corpus Christi IceRays was taken over again. Following the 2009/10 season, the franchise was dissolved and replaced by a team of the same name from the US Junior League North American Hockey League .

Former players

The following players who were active for the Corpus Christi IceRays played in the National Hockey League during their career :

• Frank Caprice
• Craig Coxe
• Matt DelGuidice
• Darryl Olsen

Season statistics (CHL)

Abbreviations: GP = games, W = wins, L = defeats, T = draws, OTL = defeats after overtime, SOL = defeats after shootout , Pts = points, GF = goals scored, GA = goals against, PIM = penalty minutes

season	GP	W.	L.	T	OTL	SOL	Pts	GF	GA	space	Playoffs
2001-02	64	16	35	-	13	-	45	158	253	3rd, Southeast	not qualified
2002-03	64	31	30th	-	3	-	65	197	204	3rd, Southeast	not qualified
2003-04	64	23	38	-	3	-	49	162	225	4th, Southeast	not qualified
2004-05	60	28	25th	-	7th	-	63	182	196	2nd, Southeast	not qualified
2005-06	64	22nd	36	-	6th	-	50	149	212	4th, Southeast	not qualified
2006-07	64	35	22nd	-	7th	-	77	196	169	2nd, Southeast	Defeat in the second round
2007-08	64	22nd	34	-	8th	-	52	190	239	3rd, Southeast	not qualified
2008-09	64	28	30th	-	6th	-	62	183	206	4th, Southeast	Defeat in the first round
2009-10	64	30th	26th	-	8th	-	68	225	198	5. Southern	Defeat in the first round

Team Records (CHL)

Career records

Games: 251 Adam Powell

Goals: 96 Justin Quenneville

Assists: 159 Justin Quenneville

Points: 255 Justin Quenneville

Penalty minutes: 742 Ken Goetz

Web links

• The Internet Hockey Database - Statistics Corpus Christi IceRays (CHL)
• The Internet Hockey Database - Player List Corpus Christi IceRays (CHL)