Topeka RoadRunners The Topeka Roadrunners is a Tier II Junior A ice hockey team in the North American Hockey League ' s Southern Division . The team ' s home arena is the 7 , 777 - seat Landon Arena in Topeka , Kansas . History . Lone Star Cavalry . The Lone Star Cavalry were granted an expansion franchise in the America West Hockey League in March 2003 . They stayed in the league when it merged with the North American Hockey League for the 2003 - 2004 season . The Cavalry played out of the Blue Line Ice Complex in North Richland Hills , Texas and served the immediate " Mid - Cities " area of Metro Dallas - Fort Worth . The Cavalry were part of the “ new ” NAHL ’ s South Division along with the Central Texas Blackhawks , Fairbanks Ice Dogs , Springfield ( MO ) Spirit , Texas Tornado , Texarkana Bandits and Wichita Falls Rustlers . Santa Fe Roadrunners . After financial difficulties caused the Cavalry ’ s home rink , the Blue Line Ice Complex , to close , the Cavalry were left without a home , due to this and other factors the Cavalry ended up being sold and relocated to Santa Fe . The team was granted membership on September 20th , 2004 and began play on September 25th , 2004 under their new identity as the Santa Fe Roadrunners . The Santa Fe Roadrunners played out of the Genoveva Chavez Community Center in Santa Fe , New Mexico . In their inaugural season in New Mexico , the Roadrunners played in the South Division , against the Central Texas Marshals , Springfield ( IL ) Junior Blues , Springfield ( MO ) Spirit , Texarkana Bandits , Texas Tornado and the Wichita Falls Wildcats , finishing with a 33 - 15 - 8 record , good for 3rd place in the division . The following season they finished dead last in the South Division behind the Texas Tornado , Texarkana Bandits , Springfield ( IL ) Junior Blues , and the Wichita Falls Wildcats . The third and final season in Santa Fe saw the Roadrunners finishing with a 41 - 17 - 4 record for 2nd place in a South Division which consisted of the St . Louis Bandits , Texas Tornado , Fairbanks Ice Dogs , Wichita Falls Wildcats , and the Alaska Avalanche . Topeka Roadrunners . On 26 February 2007 , the team announced their move to Topeka from Santa Fe , New Mexico . Poor attendance was said to be the reason for the move to Topeka . Santa Fe ranked 17th out of 18 teams in attendance . The move to Topeka was initiated by a grass roots effort , led by hockey fans from Topeka . In 2005 Topeka Hockey 07 ' set a goal to obtain an interested owner to believe in the vision they had and be playing in Topeka in 2007 giving the franchise enough time to build a relationship with the city and its business community . Topeka Hockey ' 07 was founded by two guys with a passion for the game , Mike Cline and Jason " The Bucketman " Simonsen with the interest of finding an owner that could make money in Topeka . Topeka Hockey ' 07 , had built a business model and sent out packets to teams in markets all across the country looking for one of them to either relocate or expand and buy a second franchise to play in the NAHL in Topeka , KS . In their first season in Topeka , 2007 - 2008 , they were third in league attendance . That season the team won the NAHL South Division and South Division Playoffs . They finished in third place at the Robertson Cup competition . The 2008 - 2009 season saw the Roadrunners finishing fourth in league attendance and 2nd in the South Division . The team lost in the second round of the South Division playoffs . In 2009 - 2010 The Roadrunners finished first in the South Division , and they were second in attendance . A July 9 , 2015 article in the Topeka - Capital Journal announced the RoadRunners had a new three year lease approved by the Shawnee County Commission to be able to stay in Wichita . This had followed four months of contentious lease negotiations that stalled on more than one occasion ; leaving the future of the team in Topeka in doubt . which included reports that the team was relocating to the Dallas - Fort Worth metropolitan area . Players . Honored members . " Retired numbers " : The Topeka RoadRunners have officially retired two numbers in their franchise history , the 11 of forward and team captain John Stoddard , and the 21 of Peter Halash . On January 6 , 2014 , Topeka Roadrunner Peter Halash died in a car wreck . The Roadrunners team had a jersey retirement ceremony before a game against the Springfield Jr . Blues on March 23 , 2014 where all of his family and friends came to remember the life of Peter Halash . Alumni . The RoadRunners have had a number of alumni move on to NCAA Division I , NCAA Division III , ACHA Division I and II , higher levels of junior ice hockey , and professional ice hockey , including :