Texas Lawmen

The Texas Lawmen were an ice hockey team from McAllen, Texas. The team was a founding member of the USA Central Hockey League. The league is a Tier II-style (tuition free) junior hockey league that began play in the fall of 2018. The team was announced on August 24, 2018.http://www.newschannel6now.com/story/38959204/tx-lawmen-becomes-4th-team-in-usa-chl#.W4FgHBqrz4U.twitter
The team was to based out of the Frio Grande Valley Ice Center with the league announced as purchasing and renovating the rink. However, the sale fell through and the team played its home games at State Farm Arena in nearby Hidalgo. With the late rescheduling of its games, and the arena also playing host the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees (USACHL) home games, the Lawmen's first games were not allowed to have spectators as there was not enough arena staff.
The league would continue to have personnel issues and the Lawmen eventually began to lose the majority of its players and coaches. Original head coach Ryan Egan left to coach the North American 3 Hockey League's College Station Spirit after two weeks.https://www.juniorhockey.com/news/news_detail.php?news_id=93438 By the Lawmen's games against the Killer Bees on November 23 and 24, the teams played a 3-on-3 series with Killer Bees' players also playing for the Lawmen. On November 29, the Lawmen only had three remaining players and the second coaching staff had resigned. The team then ceased operations.
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Category:Established in 2018
Category:Disestablished in 2018
Category:USA Central Hockey League teams