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The '''San Antonio Rampage''' |
The '''San Antonio Rampage''' was a professional [[ice hockey]] team in the [[American Hockey League]] based in [[San Antonio|San Antonio, Texas]]. The Rampage was primarily owned by [[Spurs Sports & Entertainment]] throughout the team's existence. In 2020, the franchise was sold to the [[Vegas Golden Knights]] and relocated as the [[Henderson Silver Knights]]. |
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==History== |
==History== |
Revision as of 03:29, 7 April 2024
San Antonio Rampage | |
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City | San Antonio, Texas |
League | American Hockey League |
Conference | Western |
Division | Central |
Gegründet | 1971 |
Operated | 2002–2020 |
Home arena | AT&T Center |
Colors | Black, dark gray, silver, white |
Owner(s) | Spurs Sports & Entertainment |
Affiliates | Florida Panthers (2002–2005, 2011–2015) Phoenix Coyotes (2005–2011) Colorado Avalanche (2015–2018) St. Louis Blues (2018–2020) |
Franchise history | |
1971–1972 | Tidewater Wings |
1972–1975 | Virginia Wings |
1979–1999 | Adirondack Red Wings |
2002–2020 | San Antonio Rampage |
2020–present | Henderson Silver Knights |
Championships | |
Division titles | 1 (2014–15) |
The San Antonio Rampage was a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League based in San Antonio, Texas. The Rampage was primarily owned by Spurs Sports & Entertainment throughout the team's existence. In 2020, the franchise was sold to the Vegas Golden Knights and relocated as the Henderson Silver Knights.
History
In 2000, construction began on the SBC Center, located next to the Freeman Coliseum, home of the Central Hockey League's San Antonio Iguanas. Partnering with the Florida Panthers, the Spurs bought the dormant Adirondack Red Wings franchise and moved it to San Antonio.[1] Following the acquisition of an AHL franchise, local investment for the Iguanas quickly dissipated, and the CHL franchise folded. Originally, the team was to be named the San Antonio Stampede. However, when a local semipro football team objected, the name was changed to the Rampage.[2]
On June 30, 2005, Spurs Sports & Entertainment purchased the Panthers' interest in the franchise, assuming sole ownership of the AHL club. They also entered a multi-year affiliation agreement with the Phoenix Coyotes.[3] On September 7, 2006, the Rampage unveiled their new uniforms with the official colors now being black, white and silver (the same motif used by the Spurs, as well as other Spurs-owned teams). While the primary and secondary logos remain the same, the crest of the jerseys now displayed just the bull's head.
On April 11, 2007, the Coyotes announced that they had fired Rampage general manager Laurence Gilman, who had been with the Coyotes organization for 13 years. [1][permanent dead link] On November 23, 2009, the Phoenix Coyotes fired Greg Ireland. He was replaced by assistant coach Ray Edwards; Mike Pelino was named assistant coach. Ray Edwards was officially named head coach of the San Antonio Rampage prior to the 2010–11 season.
After the 2010–11 AHL season, the Coyotes came to an agreement with the Portland Pirates to be their new AHL affiliate,[4] and San Antonio became Florida's top affiliate for a second time.[5]
In the 2011–12 season, the Rampage finished with a record of 41–30–3–2, good for 87 points to qualify for the sixth playoff seed in the Western Conference. They faced the third-seeded Chicago Wolves in the first round, taking Game 1 and Game 2 at home to take a 2–0 series lead in the best-of-five series. They then lost to the Wolves in Games 3 and 4 in Chicago, leading to a Game 5. In Game 5, the Rampage took a 2–0 lead, but the Wolves rallied to tie the game, sending it into overtime. After 25 minutes of overtime, San Antonio winger Bill Thomas passed to center Jon Matsumoto, feeding defenceman Roman Derlyuk to score the series winning goal on his belly to secure the first series win in franchise history for the Rampage. The goal is known to many fans as the Goal Heard Round the Alamo, and is considered the most important in Rampage history.[citation needed]
On March 18, 2015, the Florida Panthers announced they had entered into an affiliation agreement with the Portland Pirates to begin in the 2015–16 season, thus ending the Panthers' second term as San Antonio's NHL affiliate.[6] On April 17, 2015, it was announced that the Rampage had come to a five-year affiliation agreement with the Colorado Avalanche.[7]
During the 2017 off-season, it was reported that the Avalanche would promote its ECHL affiliate, the Colorado Eagles, to the AHL in 2018 while the Rampage would officially affiliate with the St. Louis Blues beginning with the 2018–19 AHL season.[8][9] For the 2017–18 season, as the Blues did not have an official AHL affiliate after the Vegas Golden Knights partnered with their former affiliate, both the Avalanche and Blues would send AHL prospects to the Rampage.[10]
On February 6, 2020, the Vegas Golden Knights announced it had purchased the franchise from the Spurs with the intent to relocate it to the Las Vegas area.[11] The purchase and relocation was approved by the league on February 28.[12] The team initially played at the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada,[13] while the club's new 6,000-seat arena, named Dollar Loan Center, was constructed in downtown Henderson, Nevada.[14]
Their main rivals were the Texas Stars (located near Austin) and, from 2002 to 2013, the Houston Aeros.
The market was previously served by:
- San Antonio Iguanas of the CHL (1994–1997, 1998–2002)
- San Antonio Dragons of the IHL (1996–1998)
Season-by-season results
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||||
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Season | Games | Won | Lost | Tied | OTL | SOL | Points | PCT | Goals for |
Goals against |
Standing | Year | 1st round |
2nd round |
3rd round |
Finals |
2002–03 | 80 | 36 | 29 | 11 | 4 | — | 87 | .544 | 235 | 226 | 3rd, West | 2003 | L, 0–3, NOR | — | — | — |
2003–04 | 80 | 30 | 42 | 8 | 0 | — | 68 | .425 | 191 | 231 | 6th, West | 2004 | Did not qualify | |||
2004–05 | 80 | 27 | 45 | — | 5 | 3 | 62 | .388 | 156 | 232 | 6th, West | 2005 | Did not qualify | |||
2005–06 | 80 | 23 | 50 | — | 3 | 4 | 53 | .331 | 153 | 251 | 7th, West | 2006 | Did not qualify | |||
2006–07 | 80 | 32 | 42 | — | 2 | 4 | 70 | .438 | 219 | 256 | 6th, West | 2007 | Did not qualify | |||
2007–08 | 80 | 42 | 28 | — | 3 | 7 | 94 | .588 | 238 | 225 | 5th, West | 2008 | L, 3–4, TOR | — | — | — |
2008–09 | 80 | 36 | 38 | — | 2 | 4 | 78 | .488 | 205 | 243 | 8th, West | 2009 | Did not qualify | |||
2009–10 | 80 | 36 | 32 | — | 5 | 7 | 84 | .525 | 235 | 244 | 6th, West | 2010 | Did not qualify | |||
2010–11 | 80 | 38 | 33 | — | 4 | 5 | 87 | .544 | 228 | 245 | 7th, West | 2011 | Did not qualify | |||
2011–12 | 76 | 41 | 30 | — | 3 | 2 | 87 | .572 | 197 | 204 | 3rd, West | 2012 | W, 3–2, CHI | L, 1–4, OKC | — | — |
2012–13 | 76 | 29 | 38 | — | 2 | 7 | 67 | .441 | 195 | 241 | 5th, South | 2013 | Did not qualify | |||
2013–14 | 76 | 30 | 37 | — | 3 | 6 | 69 | .454 | 206 | 235 | 5th, West | 2014 | Did not qualify | |||
2014–15 | 76 | 45 | 23 | — | 7 | 1 | 98 | .645 | 248 | 222 | 1st, West | 2015 | L, 0–3, OKC | — | — | — |
2015–16 | 76 | 33 | 35 | — | 8 | 0 | 74 | .487 | 213 | 240 | 7th, Pacific | 2016 | Did not qualify | |||
2016–17 | 76 | 27 | 42 | — | 5 | 2 | 61 | .401 | 184 | 240 | 8th, Pacific | 2017 | Did not qualify | |||
2017–18 | 76 | 35 | 31 | — | 10 | 0 | 80 | .526 | 198 | 219 | 8th, Pacific | 2018 | Did not qualify | |||
2018–19 | 76 | 31 | 38 | — | 6 | 1 | 69 | .454 | 196 | 244 | 8th, Central | 2019 | Did not qualify | |||
2019–20 | 61 | 24 | 25 | — | 7 | 5 | 60 | .492 | 161 | 184 | 7th, Central | 2020 | Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
Players
Captains
- Lee Goren, 2003–2004
- Paul Healey, 2004–2005
- Bryan Helmer, 2006–2008
- Steven Goertzen, 2008–2009
- Jeff Hoggan, 2009–2010
- Nolan Yonkman, 2010–2013
- Greg Rallo, 2013–2014
- Greg Zanon, 2014–2015
- Ben Street, 2015–2016
- Joe Whitney, 2016–2017
- Chris Butler, 2017–2019
- Jordan Nolan, 2019–2020
Team records
Single season
- Goals: Don MacLean, 33 (2006–07)
- Assists: Yanick Lehoux, 42 (2006–07)
- Points: Yanick Lehoux, 73 (2006–07)
- Points (Defenceman): Colby Robak, 39 (2011–12)
- Penalty minutes: Pete Vandermeer, 332 (2007–08)
- GAA: Jacob Markstrom, 2.32 (2011–12)
- SV%: Travis Scott, .931 (2004–05)
Career
- Career goals: Brett MacLean, 74
- Career assists: Brett MacLean, 81
- Career points: Brett MacLean, 155
- Career penalty minutes: Francis Lessard, 613
- Career goaltending wins: Josh Tordjman, 82
- Career shutouts: Josh Tordjman, Ville Husso, 9
- Career games: Sean Sullivan, 212
References
- ^ Fischel, Mark (January 30, 2003). "San Antonio Rampage "Stampede" into the AHL". Hockey's Future. Retrieved June 17, 2005.
- ^ Uminski, Terry (September 6, 2011). "Gearing Up for Rampage's 10th Season". San Antonio Express-News. Archived from the original on June 12, 2012. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
- ^ "Rampage team history". San Antonio Rampage. February 3, 2010. Archived from the original on March 9, 2012. Retrieved February 3, 2010.
- ^ "Portland Pirates affiliate with Phoenix Coyotes". New England Hockey Journal. June 27, 2011. Archived from the original on July 1, 2011. Retrieved June 27, 2011.
- ^ "Rampage, Panthers ink affiliation deal". American Hockey League. June 29, 2011. Retrieved June 29, 2011.
- ^ "Pirates announce affiliation with Florida". American Hockey League. March 18, 2015. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
- ^ "Falcons, Monsters, Rampage swap NHL affiliates". American Hockey League. April 17, 2015. Archived from the original on April 17, 2015. Retrieved April 17, 2015.
- ^ Lytle, Kevin (October 10, 2017). "Colorado Eagles moving to AHL to become top Avalanche affiliate". Fort Collins Coloradoan. Retrieved October 10, 2017.
- ^ "AHL AWARDS EXPANSION MEMBERSHIP TO COLORADO EAGLES". American Hockey League. October 10, 2017. Retrieved October 10, 2017.
- ^ "Rampage Announce Future Affiliation Plans". San Antonio Rampage. October 10, 2017. Archived from the original on October 11, 2017. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
- ^ "Vegas Golden Knights Purchase AHL Franchise Membership". Vegas Golden Knights. February 6, 2020. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
- ^ "AHL heading to Las Vegas in 2020-21". American Hockey League. February 28, 2020. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
- ^ "Vegas Golden Knights Issue AHL Update". Vegas Golden Knights. February 12, 2020. Retrieved February 12, 2020.
- ^ "Vegas Golden Knights And City Of Henderson Issue AHL Update". Vegas Golden Knights. February 13, 2020. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
External links
- San Antonio Rampage Official website
- The Internet Hockey Database San Antonio Rampage
- Spurs Sports & Entertainment
- San Antonio Rampage
- Arizona Coyotes minor league affiliates
- Colorado Avalanche minor league affiliates
- Florida Panthers minor league affiliates
- St. Louis Blues minor league affiliates
- Sports clubs and teams in San Antonio
- Ice hockey teams in Texas
- Ice hockey clubs established in 2002
- Ice hockey clubs disestablished in 2020
- 2002 establishments in Texas
- 2020 disestablishments in Texas