Odessa Jackalopes

Odessa Jackalopes
founding	1997
resolution	2011
history	Odessa Jackalopes 1997-2011
Stadion	Ector County Coliseum
Location	Odessa , Texas
Team colors	Red Black
league	WPHL (1997-2001) Central Hockey League (2001-2011)
Conference	Southern Conference
division	Southwest Division
Cooperations	New York Islanders ( NHL ) Bridgeport Sound Tigers ( AHL )
Miron Cups	no
President's Cups	no

The Odessa Jackalopes were an American ice hockey team from Odessa , Texas , that played in the Central Hockey League , a North American minor league , from 2001 to 2011 . The club's most recent cooperation partners were the New York Islanders from the National Hockey League and the Bridgeport Sound Tigers from the American Hockey League .

history

The franchise was founded in 1997 as a member of the Western Professional Hockey League , which was part of the league until it merged with the CHL in 2001. The team played its home games in the 5,131-seat Ector County Coliseum . The team never won the championship and the Ray Miron President's Cup during their 10-year membership in the Central Hockey League . The greatest successes in the 2008/09 and 2009/10 seasons were reaching the third round, in which the Jackalopes failed in seven encounters at the Texas Brahmas and the Allen Americans .

Following the 2010/11 season, the franchise was dissolved and replaced by a franchise of the same name of the US junior league North American Hockey League .

Team records

Career Records (CHL)

Games: 502 Sébastien Thinel

Goals: 235 Sébastien Thinel

Assists: 412 Sébastien Thinel

Points: 647 Sébastien Thinel

Penalty minutes: 766 Don Margettie

Web links

• Odessa Jackalopes at hockeydb.com