Las Vegas Wranglers

Las Vegas Wranglers
founding	2003
resolution	2015
history	Las Vegas Wranglers 2003-2015
Stadion	Orleans Arena
Location	Las Vegas , Nevada
Team colors	red, black, white, silver
league	ECHL
Conference	Western Conference
division	Pacific Division
owner	Wranglers Hockey, LLC
Kelly Cups	no

The Las Vegas Wranglers were an American ice hockey team from the ECHL that was based in Las Vegas .

The team was founded in 2003 and played in the Orleans Arena, which can seat 7,773 spectators. In the 2004/05 season, the average attendance was more than 5,100 people. In the 2007/08 season, the Wranglers reached the final of the Kelly Cup for the first time , in which they were defeated by the Cincinnati Cyclones in the best-of-seven series with 2-4.

It cooperated with the Calgary Flames from 2003 to 2009 and then with the Phoenix Coyotes for two years . The 2014/15 season suspended the ECHL team because they could not agree on a new usage contract with the Orleans Arena and the team was therefore without a home ground. Since the search for a new arena remained unsuccessful until January 2015, the game was finally stopped.

As a special feature there was a home game at midnight every season to allow the many employees in the casinos and other entertainment venues in Las Vegas to visit a game.

Known players

NHL experienced players

• 2003–2005 Deryk Engelland ( Pittsburgh Penguins , Calgary Flames , Vegas Golden Knights )
• 2003/04 Chris Kenady ( St. Louis Blues , New York Rangers )
• 2003/04 Jason McBain ( Hartford Whalers , Moskitos Essen ( DEL ), Revierlöwen Oberhausen ( DEL ) Skellefteå AIK (SWE))
• 2003/04 Ryan Christie ( Dallas Stars , Calgary Flames )
• 2003/04 Mike McBain ( Tampa Bay Lightning )
• 2003/04 Dany Sabourin (Calgary Flames, Pittsburgh Penguins)
• 2004/05 Jason Bonsignore ( Edmonton Oilers , Tampa Bay Lightning, EHC Biel ( NLB ), Pelicans Lahti (FIN), Ilves Tampere (FIN))
• 2004/05 Billy Tibbets (Pittsburgh Penguins, Philadelphia Flyers , New York Rangers )

Players in Europe

• 2003/04 Morten Ask ( Vålerenga Oslo , SaiPa Lappeenranta )
• 2003/04 Riku Varjamo ( Espoo Blues , JyP Jyväskylä , Skellefteå AIK )
• 2004/05 Patrik Nilson ( Djurgårdens IF , Mora IK )
• 2004/05 Sébastien Centomo ( Helsingfors IFK )

The lists are not exhaustive

Web links

• Profile on eliteprospects.com