The Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs were a professional ice hockey team which played in the Bossier City-Shreveport metropolitan area of Louisiana. From 1997 to 2001, the Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs were members of the Western Professional Hockey League, until a 2001 merger between the WPHL with the Central Hockey League. From 2001 to 2011, the Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs played in the Central Hockey League. From 1997 until 2000, they were known as the Shreveport Mudbugs, changing the name to the Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs after the team relocated from the Hirsch Coliseum in Shreveport to the CenturyTel Center in Bossier City.
One of the few successful sports teams from the Bossier-Shreveport area, the Mudbugs found success early. Coached by former Mudbug player Scott Muscutt and owned by Tommy and Leslie Scott, the team increased attendance each year and hosted the All-Star festivities for the Central Hockey League in 2007. The Mudbugs maintained heated rivalries with the Texas Brahmas, Laredo Bucks, Mississippi RiverKings, and Colorado Eagles.
In their first four seasons, the Mudbugs saw their most success. After the sweep from the Fort Worth Brahmas in the second round of their opening season, the Mudbugs went on to win the President's Cup Championships three straight years in the WPHL. Following the merger of the WPHL and CHL, the Mudbugs found their way back to the Ray Miron President's Cup Finals three times (2004, 2006, 2011). The Mudbugs were the only team in history of the WPHL and CHL to ever win the Cup three straight years.
During the 2009–10 season, Mudbugs legend goaltender Ken Carroll and Travis Clayton were named to the Central Hockey League's All Decade Team.
On July 20, 2010 former player Jason Campbell was named the new Vice President & General Manager for the Mudbugs.
With the merger of the CHL and the IHL beginning with the 2010–11 season, the Mudbugs played in the Berry Conference. The Mudbugs would go on to win the Ray Miron President's Cup that season in a seven-game series with the Colorado Eagles, but would cease operations two weeks later citing low attendance and financial issues.[1] [2]
In October 2015, it was announced that a new Mudbugs team would return for the 2016–17 season after signing a 12-year lease agreement with the Louisiana State Fairgrounds to play their home games in the Hirsch Coliseum as a member of the Tier II junior North American Hockey League.[3] On April 8, 2016, the Shreveport Mudbugs were officially announced as an expansion team in the NAHL.[4]
Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Games | Won | Lost | OTL | SOL | Goals for | Goals against | Points | Standing | 1st round | 2nd round | 3rd round | Finals | |
69 | 42 | 20 | 7 | — | 308 | 228 | 91 | 2nd of 7, East Div. 3rd of 12, WPHL | — | |||||
69 | 47 | 17 | 5 | — | 315 | 234 | 99 | 1st of 6, East Div. 1st of 17, WPHL | BYE | W, 3-0 Monroe Moccasins | W, 4-1 Lake Charles Ice Pirates | W, 4-0 San Angelo Outlaws | ||
70 | 44 | 19 | 7 | — | 272 | 198 | 95 | 1st of 6, Eastern Div. 3rd of 18, WPHL | BYE | W, 4-2 New Mexico Scorpions | ||||
71 | 45 | 21 | 5 | — | 265 | 172 | 95 | 2nd of 7, East Div. 2nd of 14, WPHL | — | W, 4-1 Lubbock Cotton Kings | ||||
64 | 33 | 27 | — | 4 | 215 | 198 | 70 | 2nd of 4, Northeast Div. 8th of 16, CHL | — | |||||
64 | 33 | 22 | 1 | 8 | 206 | 176 | 75 | 3rd of 4, Northeast Div. 10th of 16, CHL | Did not qualify | |||||
64 | 42 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 205 | 146 | 90 | 1st of 4, Northeast Div. 3rd of 17, CHL | — | L, 3-4 Laredo Bucks | ||||
60 | 36 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 175 | 152 | 79 | 1st of 5, Northeast Div. 3rd of 18, CHL | — | |||||
64 | 41 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 223 | 170 | 90 | 1st of 4, Northeast Div. 3rd of 15, CHL | — | L, 1-4 Laredo Bucks | ||||
64 | 44 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 214 | 155 | 94 | 1st of 4, Northeast Div. 1st of 17, CHL | ||||||
64 | 44 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 214 | 122 | 94 | 1st of 5, Northeast Div. 1st of 17, CHL | BYE | |||||
64 | 39 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 196 | 169 | 84 | 3rd of 4, Northeast Div. 5th of 16, CHL | L, 0-4 Colorado Eagles | |||||
64 | 38 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 213 | 180 | 3rd of 7, Northern Conf. 5th of 15, CHL | BYE | ||||||
66 | 37 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 229 | 193 | 77 | 2nd of 9, Berry Conf. 6th of 18, CHL | W, 4-3 Colorado Eagles |
Ray Miron President's Cup Champions
Governor's Cup Champions
Central Hockey League Northern Conference Champions
Division Championships
Central Hockey League Franchise of the Year
Central Hockey League Coach of the Year
Central Hockey League Rookie of the Year
Central Hockey League Most Outstanding Goaltender
Western Professional Hockey League Rookie of the Year
Western Professional Hockey League Playoff Most Valuable Player
Western Professional Hockey League Man of the Year
Western Professional Hockey League Most Outstanding Goaltender