NAHL's Wichita Falls Warriors moving to Oklahoma City

[therhett17]

https://okcfox.com/sports/content/wi...DKHFBPIx0Kv-tE

[Roger S]

Hope they consider renaming the center since the Blazers moved to Arctic Edge about 3 seasons ago.

[Bill Robertson]

I've gotta like any league that calls their championship the Robertson Cup!

[Laramie]

The NAHL Wichita Falls Warriors are leaving a 7,380 seat arena to relocate to the Blazers Ice Centre (practice facility), the rink is equipped with bleacher style seating with a capacity of 300 along with aluminum bleachers to seat 450 more--750 max.

Wichita Falls Warriors averaged 351 fans in 2021 season: NAHL Attendance http://nahl.com/game-center/#/attend...e&gamesPlayed=

Owner: Mary Anne Choi, Caliber of play, tier II Junior League.

Blazers Ice Centre will provide the Warriors 2022-23 franchise a new home.

[G.Walker]

Just saw this on the news, looks like the families will be moving here to, good deal.

[Jersey Boss]

Hope they consider renaming the center since the Blazers moved to Arctic Edge about 3 seasons ago.

That's not the BLAZERS team the rink was named for.

[Roger S]

That's not the BLAZERS team the rink was named for.

But it was the last Blazers team to use that facility.

[Jersey Boss]

Does anyone know who owns the Blazers Ice Centre? OKC?

[Roger S]

Does anyone know who owns the Blazers Ice Centre? OKC?

Don Young is listed as the current Principal of the rink but here's an article from 96 with Doug Sauter talking about Crossroads Ice Arena (Blazers Ice Center) and Planet Ice (Arctic Edge) being built by another group.

https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news...d/62357417007/

The article goes on to mention other facilities to have been built (roller hockey & indoor soccer) at that location also but unfortunately those plans were never followed through with.

[BG918]

Too bad they are not in the ECHL so the Tulsa-OKC rivalry could be resurrected

[Jersey Boss]

Thanks Roger.

[Soonerman]

They definitely upgraded citywise.

[JacksonW]

Oklahoma Warriors play at home Fri Sat Sun. They play a fast paced skill based style. Currently in 1st place in 29 team league.

[Laramie]

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2022-23 North American Hockey League Standings:

https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/...l19992023.html

At 35 wins and 6 losses, Oklahoma Warriors have the NAHL' s best record.

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[PaddyShack]

Boy, those TX and LA teams bring in the crowds. We are not too bad for 606 out of a max of 750. I haven't been to a game, are they pretty enjoyable?

[HockeyHound]

What a sad deal. How can anyone get excited for this silliness.

Bumped into a former Blazers player recently (there's quite a few around) and we were basically talking about how the team owners just killed the old CHL. So many teams......Oklahoma City, Amarillo, Corpus, Ft Worth, Shreveport, Odessa, etc.....just shut it down and transitioned to junior hockey all so they wouldn't have to pay the players or housing. Stinks for the fans.

Got to hand it to Wichita and Tulsa for hanging in there and sticking with pro hockey after all these years. Good for them.

[JacksonW]

Its easy to get excited if you prefer more hockey and less wrestling.
Sticks are used for passing and shooting rather than slashing and crosschecking.
OKC has 8 on roster with NCAA Div 1 scholarships