Butte Irish

The Butte Irish formerly the Butte Cobras are a junior team in the North American 3 Hockey League (NA3HL). They play in Butte, Montana at the Butte Community Ice Center. Originally a member of the Western States Hockey League, the team was established as an expansion team for the 2014-15 season.
On April 4, 2017, it was announced that the owners of the team Michael and Kiomi Burks were donating the ownership of the team to the Butte Amateur Hockey Association (BAHA) which included all of the assets of the team including gear, electronic equipment, and $300,000 worth of arena improvements made over the last few years.  The Burks' cited trauma from a plane crash in which they were involved in back in February of 2017. 
On May 26, 2017 the North American 3 Hockey League announced that BAHA had purchased the Glacier Nationals and would be moving the team to Butte as the Butte Cobras.  Neither league website or the team website specified if the relocated NA3HL franchise would be a second team operated by the BAHA or if it was leaving the WSHL for the NA3HL.
The Cobras suspended operations in September 2017 due to a lack of players.  On April 17, 2018 in a press release announcing the 2018-19 season, the NA3HL announced that  the team was returning for the 2018-19 season and would be part of the league's Frontier Division.
On August 18, 2023 the NA3HL announces that the Butte Cobras would be renamed the Butte Irish, which was the name of the previous junior team in the city which had played in the America West Hockey League from 1996 to 2002 and became the Wichita Falls Rustlers and eventually the Wichita Falls Wildcats.http://na3hl.com/news/story.cfm?id=36858
=== Standings ===
Season 	GP 	W 	L 	OL 	SL 	GF 	GA 	Points 	Standing 	1st round 	2nd round 	3rd round 	Finals
2014–15	46 	15 	28 	3 	0 	153 	229 	33 	4th Northwest 	Lost 1-2 Whitefish Wolverines 	- 	— 	—
2015-16	52 	11 	35 	6 	- 	142 	300 	28 	7th Northwest, T-25th of 29 League 	— 	— 	— 	—
2016-17	52 	32 	18 	2 	- 	262 	194 	66 	3rd Northwest, 	W 2-0 (Bellingham Blazers) 	W 2-0 (Southern Oregon Spartans) 	L 0-2 (Idaho Jr. Steelheads) 	—
2017-18	On Hiatus due to lack of players and ownership transfer	On Hiatus due to lack of players and ownership transfer	On Hiatus due to lack of players and ownership transfer	On Hiatus due to lack of players and ownership transfer	On Hiatus due to lack of players and ownership transfer	On Hiatus due to lack of players and ownership transfer	On Hiatus due to lack of players and ownership transfer	On Hiatus due to lack of players and ownership transfer	On Hiatus due to lack of players and ownership transfer	On Hiatus due to lack of players and ownership transfer	On Hiatus due to lack of players and ownership transfer	On Hiatus due to lack of players and ownership transfer	On Hiatus due to lack of players and ownership transfer
2018-19	47 	5 	39 	2 	1 	101 	333 	13 	6th Frontier 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify
2019-20	47 	6 	40 	1 	0 	149 	338 	13 	8th Frontier 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify
2020-21	40 	8 	28 	3 	1 	101 	237 	20 	8th Frontier 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify
2021-22	47 	19 	26 	2 	0 	172 	195 	40 	6th Frontier 	L, 0-2 (Bozeman Icedogs) 	- 	- 	-
2022-23	47 	25 	20 	1 	1 	168 	166 	52 	4th Frontier 	L, 0-2 (Helena Bighorns 	- 	- 	-
2023-24	47 	16 	29 	2 	0 	139 	195 	34 	7th Frontier 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify
Category:Established in 2014
Category:Western States Hockey League team
Category:North American 3 Hockey League teams