San Antonio Rampage

The San Antonio Rampage were a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League based in San Antonio, Texas. The Rampage were primarily owned by Spurs Sports & Entertainment throughout the team's existence. In 2020, the franchise was sold to the Vegas Golden Knights and relocated as the Henderson Silver Knights.
==History==
In 2000, construction began on the SBC Center, located next to the Freeman Coliseum, home of the Central Hockey League's San Antonio Iguanas. Partnering with the Florida Panthers, the Spurs bought the dormant Adirondack Red Wings franchise and moved it to San Antonio. Following the acquisition of an AHL franchise, local investment for the Iguanas quickly dissipated, and the CHL franchise folded. Originally, the team was to be named the San Antonio Stampede. However, when a local semipro football team objected, the name was changed to the Rampage.Uminski, Terry. Gearing up for Rampage's 10th season. San Antonio Express-News, 2011-09-06.
On June 30, 2005, Spurs Sports & Entertainment purchased the Panthers' interest in the franchise, assuming sole ownership of the AHL club. They also entered a multi-year affiliation agreement with the Phoenix Coyotes. On September 7, 2006, the Rampage unveiled their new uniforms with the official colors now being black, white and silver (the same motif used by the Spurs, as well as other Spurs-owned teams). While the primary and secondary logos remain the same, the crest of the jerseys now displayed just the bull's head.
On April 11, 2007, the Coyotes announced that they had fired Rampage general manager Laurence Gilman, who had been with the Coyotes organization for 13 years. On November 23, 2009, the Phoenix Coyotes fired Greg Ireland. He was replaced by assistant coach Ray Edwards; Mike Pelino was named assistant coach. Ray Edwards was officially named head coach of the San Antonio Rampage prior to the 2010–11 season.
After the 2010–11 AHL season, the Coyotes came to an agreement with the Portland Pirates to be their new AHL affiliate. and San Antonio became Florida's top affiliate for a second time.
In the 2011–12 season, the Rampage finished with a record of 41–30–3–2, good for 87 points to qualify for the sixth playoff seed in the Western Conference. They faced the third-seeded Chicago Wolves in the first round, taking Game 1 and Game 2 at home to take a 2–0 series lead in the best-of-five series. They then lost to the Wolves in Games 3 and 4 in Chicago, leading to a Game 5. In Game 5, the Rampage took a 2–0 lead, but the Wolves rallied to tie the game, sending it into overtime. After 25 minutes of overtime, San Antonio winger Bill Thomas passed to center Jon Matsumoto, feeding defenceman Roman Derlyuk to score the series winning goal on his belly to secure the first series win in franchise history for the Rampage. The goal is known to many fans as the Goal Heard Round the Alamo, and is considered the most important in Rampage history.
On March 18, 2015, the Florida Panthers announced they had entered into an affiliation agreement with the Portland Pirates to begin in the 2015–16 season, thus ending the Panthers' second term as San Antonio's NHL affiliate. On April 17, 2015, it was announced that the Rampage had come to a five-year affiliation agreement with the Colorado Avalanche.
During the 2017 off-season, it was reported that the Avalanche would promote its ECHL affiliate, the Colorado Eagles, to the AHL in 2018 while the Rampage would officially affiliate with the St. Louis Blues beginning with the 2018–19 AHL season. For the 2017–18 season, as the Blues did not have an official AHL affiliate after the Vegas Golden Knights partnered with their former affiliate, both the Avalanche and Blues would send AHL prospects to the Rampage.
On February 6, 2020, the Vegas Golden Knights announced it had purchased the franchise from the Spurs with the intent to relocate it to the Las Vegas area. The purchase and relocation was approved by the league on February 28. The team will initially play at the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada, while the club's new 6,000-seat arena, named Henderson Event Center, is constructed in downtown Henderson, Nevada.
Their main rivals were the Texas Stars (located near Austin) and, from 2002 to 2013, the Houston Aeros.
The market was previously served by:
*San Antonio Iguanas of the CHL (1994–1997, 1998–2002)
*San Antonio Dragons of the IHL (1996–1998)
==Season-by-season results==
Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Playoffs	Playoffs 	Playoffs 	Playoffs 	Playoffs
Season 	Games 	Won 	Lost 	Tied 	OTL 	SOL 	Points 	PCT 	Goalsfor 	Goalsagainst 	Standing 	Year 	1stround 	2ndround 	3rdround 	Finals
2002–03 	80 	36 	29 	11 	4 	— 	87 	.544 	235 	226 	3rd, West 	2003 	L, 0–3, NOR 	— 	— 	—
2003–04 	80 	30 	42 	8 	0 	— 	68 	.425 	191 	231 	6th, West 	2004 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify
2004–05 	80 	27 	45 	— 	5 	3 	62 	.388 	156 	232 	6th, West 	2005 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify
2005–06 	80 	23 	50 	— 	3 	4 	53 	.331 	153 	251 	7th, West 	2006 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify
2006–07 	80 	32 	42 	— 	2 	4 	70 	.438 	219 	256 	6th, West 	2007 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify
2007–08 	80 	42 	28 	— 	3 	7 	94 	.588 	238 	225 	5th, West 	2008 	L, 3–4, TOR 	— 	— 	—
2008–09 	80 	36 	38 	— 	2 	4 	78 	.488 	205 	243 	8th, West 	2009 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify
2009–10 	80 	36 	32 	— 	5 	7 	84 	.525 	235 	244 	6th, West 	2010 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify
2010–11 	80 	38 	33 	— 	4 	5 	87 	.544 	228 	245 	7th, West 	2011 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify
2011–12 	76 	41 	30 	— 	3 	2 	87 	.572 	197 	204 	3rd, West 	2012 	W, 3–2, CHI 	L, 1–4, OKC 	— 	—
2012–13 	76 	29 	38 	— 	2 	7 	67 	.441 	195 	241 	5th, South 	2013 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify
2013–14 	76 	30 	37 	— 	3 	6 	69 	.454 	206 	235 	5th, West 	2014 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify
2014–15 	76 	45 	23 	— 	7 	1 	98 	.645 	248 	222 	1st, West 	2015 	L, 0–3, OKC 	— 	— 	—
2015–16 	76 	33 	35 	— 	8 	0 	74 	.487 	213 	240 	7th, Pacific 	2016 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify
2016–17 	76 	27 	42 	— 	5 	2 	61 	.401 	184 	240 	8th, Pacific 	2017 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify
2017–18 	76 	35 	31 	— 	10 	0 	80 	.526 	198 	219 	8th, Pacific 	2018 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify
2018–19 	76 	31 	38 	— 	6 	1 	69 	.454 	196 	244 	8th, Central 	2019 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify
2019–20 	61 	24 	25 	— 	7 	5 	60 	.492 	161 	184 	7th, Central 	2020 	Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic	Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic	Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic	Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
==Players==
===Captains===
*Lee Goren, 2003–2004
*Paul Healey, 2004–2005
*Bryan Helmer, 2006–2008
*Steven Goertzen, 2008–2009
*Jeff Hoggan, 2009–2010
*Nolan Yonkman, 2010–2013
*Greg Rallo, 2013–2014
*Greg Zanon, 2014–2015
*Ben Street, 2015–2016
*Joe Whitney, 2016–2017
*Chris Butler, 2017–2019
*Jordan Nolan, 2019–2020
==Team records==
===Single season===
* Goals: Don MacLean, 33 (2006–07)
* Assists: Yanick Lehoux, 42 (2006–07)
* Points: Yanick Lehoux, 73 (2006–07)
* Points (Defenceman): Colby Robak, 39 (2011–12)
* Penalty minutes: Pete Vandermeer, 332 (2007–08)
* GAA: Jacob Markstrom, 2.32 (2011–12)
* SV%: Travis Scott, .931 (2004–05)
===Career===
* Career goals: Brett MacLean, 74
* Career assists: Brett MacLean, 81
* Career points: Brett MacLean, 155
* Career penalty minutes: Francis Lessard, 613
* Career goaltending wins: Josh Tordjman, 82
* Career shutouts: Josh Tordjman, Ville Husso, 9
* Career games: Sean Sullivan, 212
==References==
==External links==
*San Antonio Rampage Official website
*The Internet Hockey Database San Antonio Rampage
 
Category:Arizona Coyotes minor league affiliates
Category:Colorado Avalanche minor league affiliates
Category:Florida Panthers minor league affiliates
Category:St. Louis Blues minor league affiliates
Category:Ice hockey teams in Texas
Category:Established in 2002
Category:Disestablished in 2020