Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees

Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees
founding	2003
resolution	2012
history	Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees 2003–2012
Stadion	Dodge Arena
Location	Hidalgo , Texas
Team colors	black gold
league	Central Hockey League
Conference	Southern Conference
division	Southeast Division
Head coach	Terry Ruskowski
General manager	Terry Ruskowski
owner	Troy Nelson
Cooperations	Florida Panthers ( NHL ) San Antonio Rampage ( AHL )
Miron Cups	no

The Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees were an American ice hockey team from Hidalgo , Texas . The team played in the Central Hockey League since the 2003/04 season .

history

The Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees were founded in 2003 as a franchise of the Central Hockey League . In their inaugural season, the team qualified as runner-up in the Southeast Division straight away for the playoffs for the Miron Cup , in which, however, they were defeated in their first round by the eventual champion Laredo Bucks in the best-of-three series with a sweep . The Killer Bees achieved their greatest success with reaching the second playoff round in the 2008/09 season, in which they were defeated by the eventual champions with a sweep after defeating the Corpus Christi IceRays as in 2004. This time Rio Grande lost to the Texas Brahmas . After the 2011/12 season , the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees stopped playing.

Season statistics

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
2003-04	64	32	24	-	8th	-	72	165	162	2nd, Southeast	Defeat in the first round
2004-05	60	19th	38	-	3	-	41	149	221	4th, Southeast	not qualified
2005-06	64	33	25th	-	6th	-	72	204	183	2nd, Southeast	Defeat in the first round
2006-07	64	28	28	-	8th	-	64	185	203	3rd, Southeast	Defeat in the first round
2007-08	64	16	41	-	7th	-	39	171	278	4th, Southeast	not qualified
2008-09	64	35	24	-	5	-	73	221	198	3rd, Southeast	Defeat in the second round
2009-10	64	27	27	-	10	-	64	193	228	6th, Southern	not qualified
2010-11	66	25th	35	-	6th	-	56	194	232	8th, Berry	Defeat in the first round
2011-12	66	32	27	-	7th	-	71	208	200	4th, Berry	Defeat in the first round

Team records

Career records

Games: 255 Aaron Lee

Goals: 97 Aaron Lee

Assists: 102 Billy Newson

Points: 192 Billy Newson

Penalty Minutes: 856 Ryan Shmyr

Known players

• Dwayne Hay

Web links

• The Internet Hockey Database Statistics Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees
• The Internet Hockey Database - Player List Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees