Amarillo Bulls

The Amarillo Bulls are a Tier II junior ice hockey team based out of Amarillo, Texas. A member of the North American Hockey League's South Division, the team plays their home games in the Amarillo Civic Center.http://www.nahl.com/news/story.cfm?id=1616
==History==
The franchise joined the NAHL as the Albert Lea Thunder, located in Albert Lea, Minnesota in 2008. During the second season, issues with ownership forced the league to step in to keep the team playing.NAHL finds Thunder guilty of pay-to-play On May 11, 2010, it was reported that the team had found new owners and would relocate to Texas for the 2010–11 season.Albert Lea, Mason City Lose NAHL Teams Their franchise and roster was officially sold to the Amarillo, TX ownership on May 26, 2010. On June 18, 2010 the team announced the new name, logo and colors of the team after a name-the-team contest.http://www.nahl.com/news/story.cfm?id=1643
The team announced the new coach as Denis Williams, former NCAA Division I coach at Bowling Green.http://www.nahl.com/news/story.cfm?id=1641 On May 13, 2013, the Bulls captured their first Robertson Cup Championship defeating the Wenatchee Wild 5-0 in the championship game. Following the 2013–14 season Coach Williams was named as the head coach of the expansion Bloomington Thunder of the United States Hockey League, a Tier I team and a recent addition to the Consolidated Sports Holdings portfolio.
On March 5, 2021, the organization announced that it was relocating to Mason City, Iowa which was already home to the organization's North American 3 Hockey League team. The team will assume the North Iowa Bulls moniker.].http://www.nahl.com/news/story.cfm?id=31228 The team was quickly replaced in Amarillo when it was announced on May 21, 2021 that the former Kansas City Scouts (NAHL) organization would be relocating to Amarillo as the Amarillo Wranglers (NAHL) for the 2021-22 season.http://nahl.com/news/story.cfm?id=31948.
==Season-by-season records==
Season 	GP 	W 	L 	OL 	SL 	Pts 	GF 	GA 	PIM 	Finish 	Playoffs
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2008–09 	58 	4 	49 	5 	- 	13 	112 	309 	1497 	5th of 5, Central 	Did not qualify
2009–10 	58 	19 	34 	5 	- 	43 	153 	231 	1345 	4th of 5, Central 	Lost in 1st Round
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2010–11 	58 	36 	16 	6 	- 	78 	209 	171 	1637 	2nd of 6, South 	Lost Robertson Cup Semifinal
2011–12 	60 	46 	7 	7 	- 	99 	263 	136 	1550 	1st of 7, South 	Lost Robertson Cup Semifinal
2012–13 	60 	46 	7 	7 	- 	99 	248 	118 	1268 	1st of 6, South 	Robertson Cup Champions
2013–14 	60 	40 	15 	6 	- 	86 	207 	120 	1395 	1st of 7, South 	Lost in Division Finals
2014–15 	60 	25 	31 	4 	- 	54 	174 	222 	1493 	7th of 8, South 	Did not qualify
2015–16 	60 	13 	43 	4 	- 	30 	133 	218 	1211 	6th of 6, South 	Did not qualify
2016–17 	60 	22 	28 	8 	2 	54 	173 	206 	917 	6th of 7, South 	Did not qualify
2017-18 	60 	23 	26 	8 	3 	57 	166 	193 	1333 	5th of 6, South 	Did not qualify
2018-19 	60 	46 	8 	3 	3 	98 	263 	136 	- 	1st of 6 South 	Lost Semifinals
2019-20 	54 	39 	10 	2 	3 	83 	185 	101 	- 	2nd of 7 South 	Playoffs cancelled
2020-21 	56 	29 	28 	3 	6 	67 	159 	166 	1003 	4th of 6 South 	Lost in Division Semifinals
===Playoffs===
*2010
:First Round – Bismarck Bobcats defeated Albert Lea Thunder, 3-games-to-0
*2011
:Division Semifinals – Amarillo Bulls defeated Texas Tornado, 3-games-to-1
:Division Finals – Amarillo Bulls defeated Topeka RoadRunners, 3-games-to-2
:Robertson Cup Round Robin – Amarillo Bulls (2-1) - Qualify for Semifinal Game, (W, 5-2 vs. Warriors; W, 5-3 vs. RoadRunners; L, 1-2 vs. Ice Dogs)
:Robertson Cup Semifinal Game – Michigan Warriors defeated Amarillo Bulls, 6-2
*2012
:Division Semifinals – Amarillo Bulls defeated Odessa Jackalopes, 3-games-to-1
:Division Finals – Amarillo Bulls defeated Topeka RoadRunners, 3-games-to-1
:Robertson Cup Round Robin – Amarillo Bulls (1-2) - Qualify for Semifinal, (OTW, 3-2 vs. Tornado; L, 1-3 vs. Ice Dogs; L, 2-6 vs. Bobcats)
:Robertson Cup Semifinal Game – St. Louis Bandits defeated Amarillo Bulls, 3-2
*2013
:Division Semifinals – Amarillo Bulls defeated Corpus Christi IceRays, 3-games-to-1
:Division Finals – Amarillo Bulls defeated Texas Tornado, 3-games-to-0
:Robertson Cup Round Robin – Amarillo Bulls (2-1) - Qualify for Championship Game, (OTW, 2-1 vs. Ironmmen; OTW, 2-1 vs. Bobcats; L, 0-7 vs. Wild)
:Robertson Cup Final – Amarillo Bulls defeated Wenatchee Wild, 5-0
:Robertson Cup Champions
*2014
:Division Semifinals – Amarillo Bulls defeated Wichita Falls Wildcats, 3-games-to-0
:Division Finals – Topeka RoadRunners defeated Amarillo Bulls, 3-games-to-2
*2019
:Division Semifinals – Amarillo Bulls defeated Corpus Christi IceRays, 3-games-to-1
:Division Final - Amarillo Bulls defeated Shreveport Mudbugs 3-games-to-2
:Semifinals - Aberdeen Wings defeated Amarillo Bulls 2-games-to-1
*2020
:Playoffs cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
*2021
:Shreveport Mudbugs defeated Amarillo Bulls, 3-games-to-1
==References==
==External links==
* Official Website
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Category:Ice hockey teams in Texas
Category:North American Hockey League team