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Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees (2003-2012)

Short name: Rio Grande Valley
Year of foundation: 2003
Colours: Black, Teal, Gold
Club status: ceased (Ceased operations after 2011-12 season)
Address: 2600 North 10th Street, State HWY 336
Hidalgo, Texas 78557
Phone: +1 956-843-7825
Fax: +1 956-843-6644
Email: matt@killerbeehockey.com, media@killerbeehockey.com (Press Office)
WWW: Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees, You Tube channel

Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees (2003-2012) is minor league affiliate of: Florida Panthers
San Antonio Rampage

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All time leagues: CHL

Season 2011-2012

This club in 2011-2012: CHL

Pos	Player name	Born	Height	Weight	Shoots
G	Dan Dunn	20.06.1988	192 cm	91 kg	left	Show profile»
G	Mark Kroeze	22.07.1983	183 cm	82 kg	N/A	Show profile»
G	John Murray	04.07.1987	185 cm	99 kg	left	Show profile»
G	B.J. O’Brien	20.08.1985	180 cm	80 kg	left	Show profile»
G	Wylie Rogers	16.03.1985	177 cm	86 kg	left	Show profile»
D	Scotty Balan	29.05.1982	191 cm	93 kg	right	Show profile»
D	Adam Bartholomay	11.04.1983	181 cm	100 kg	right	Show profile»
D	Tim Billingsley	17.01.1990	188 cm	90 kg	right	Show profile»
D	Cody Carlson	18.05.1991	178 cm	82 kg	right	Show profile»
D	Garrett Clarke	03.11.1992	183 cm	90 kg	left	Show profile»
D	Charles Fontaine	01.07.1985	188 cm	100 kg	right	Show profile»
D	Trevor Hunt	14.03.1986	181 cm	84 kg	left	Show profile»
D	Ryan Jorde	23.03.1981	191 cm	98 kg	right	Show profile»
D	Craig Lineker	14.02.1986	188 cm	91 kg	left	Show profile»
D	Ayron Mikkelsen	22.04.1985	191 cm	93 kg	left	Show profile»
D	Georgi Petrov	19.08.1988	200 cm	103 kg	left	Show profile»
D	Kyle Radke	13.05.1985	180 cm	85 kg	left	Show profile»
D	Nicholas Rioux	21.08.1986	185 cm	93 kg	left	Show profile»
D	Ryan Warsofsky	26.10.1987	176 cm	84 kg	left	Show profile»
D	Michael Wilson	08.05.1987	185 cm	73 kg	left	Show profile»
D/F	Jon Madden	06.10.1987	188 cm	95 kg	N/A	Show profile»
F	Tyler Barr	06.12.1988	188 cm	98 kg	left	Show profile»
RW	Jason Beeman	02.07.1985	175 cm	90 kg	right	Show profile»
C	Justin Bernhardt	25.02.1988	185 cm	82 kg	right	Show profile»
RW	Aaron Boogaard	11.08.1986	186 cm	98 kg	right	Show profile»
LW	Brandon Campos	08.12.1987	179 cm	84 kg	right	Show profile»
LW	Marc-Andre Carré	26.12.1991	188 cm	89 kg	left	Show profile»
C	Jason Dixon	21.02.1985	177 cm	79 kg	left	Show profile»
F	Reid Edmondson	30.04.1988	192 cm	100 kg	left	Show profile»
RW	Dan Gendur	21.05.1987	181 cm	86 kg	right	Show profile»
F	Jake Hauswirth	16.02.1988	195 cm	96 kg	left	Show profile»
F	Phillip Ischi	21.02.1986	178 cm	82 kg	left	Show profile»
RW	Tomas Klempa	02.03.1984	175 cm	77 kg	left	Show profile»
F	Brady Leavold	27.08.1987	178 cm	81 kg	right	Show profile»
F	Aaron Lee	21.02.1985	184 cm	91 kg	left	Show profile»
F	Mark Magnowski	08.05.1986	179 cm	76 kg	left	Show profile»
F	David Marshall	14.03.1985	180 cm	84 kg	right	Show profile»
F	Stephen Moore	01.05.1988	160 cm	82 kg	right	Show profile»
F	Dan Nicholls	20.01.1988	183 cm	88 kg	N/A	Show profile»
RW	Zach Pearson	27.02.1984	178 cm	85 kg	right	Show profile»
F	Robbie Short	05.06.1989	183 cm	91 kg	right	Show profile»
LW	Kirill Startsev	21.09.1989	179 cm	86 kg	right	Show profile»
F	Jason Weeks	26.03.1985	178 cm	90 kg	right	Show profile»

Coach name	State	Born	Coach position
Terry Ruskowski		31.12.1954	Head Coach	Show profile»

* no longer in the club

Arena
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State Farm Arena Hidalgo

Adress: State Farm Arena
2600 N State Highway 336
Hidalgo, TX 78503
Phone: +1 (956) 843-6688
Email: llopez@statefarmarena.com
Web: http://www.statefarmarena.com
Capacity: 5500
Opened in: 2003

On June 20, 2012 The Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees are sad to announce that the franchise will not be operating in the Rio Grande Valley for the 2012-13 season. The economics of playing in the Valley are no longer financially viable.

With the loss of Laredo for this coming season and losses of close rivals such as Corpus Christi and Austin in recent years have created a larger financial burden than the team can bear.

"It is with regret that we have come to this point. Closing operations was never our first choice but after the Laredo announcement we took a long hard look and decided that we were left with no other options," said Killer Bees President Trey Medlock. "It was a great nine-year ride and we were ready to continue but it's just not possible given the current landscape of the Central Hockey League."

The Killer Bees closest geographic rival for the 2012-13 season would have been the Texas Brahmas located near Fort Worth, Texas. The Allen Americans would be the only other in state franchise.

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The Central Hockey League announced that the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees have notified the league that they will not operate during the 2012-13 season.
"The economics of playing in the Valley are no longer financially viable. With the loss of Laredo for this coming season and losses of close rivals such as Corpus Christi and Austin in recent years have created a larger financial burden than the team can bear" said Killer Bees President Trey Medlock.
The Killer Bees joined the Central Hockey League in 2003

(20 Jun 2012)

The Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees of the Central Hockey League (CHL) announces the first affiliation in team history.
For the 2011-12 season, the Killer Bees will be affiliated with the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League (NHL) and San Antonio Rampage of the American Hockey League (AHL).

(31 Aug 2011)

Team statistics

Historic rosters:

Historic statistics:

Past results:

League standings:

Fast factsseason 2011-2012

Youngest player: Marc-Andre Carré (20 years)
Oldest player: Ryan Jorde (30 years)
Shortest player: Stephen Moore (160 cm)
Tallest player: Georgi Petrov (200 cm)
Nationalities: Canada (24), Kazakhstan (1), Poland (1), Russia (1), Slovakia (1), USA (13)

Leagues

Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees (2003-2012) participates in season 2011-2012: CHL

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