The Fort Worth Brahmas were a professional ice hockey team in the Central Hockey League , and previously the Western Professional Hockey League . The team originally played at the Fort Worth Convention Center but played their final six seasons, including their 2008–09 Championship season at the NYTEX Sports Centre . The CHL officially announced the team was going inactive on June 16, 2013.
16-820: Originally announced as the Fort Worth Bulls but forced to change their name after the Birmingham Bulls objected, the team began play in the Western Professional Hockey League as the Fort Worth Brahmas (named after Brahma bulls ) while the CHL's Fort Worth Fire were still in operation. The Fire eventually ceased operations. The Fort Worth Brahmas played their home games at the Fort Worth Convention Center . Due to problems negotiating
32-938: A lease with the Fort Worth Convention Center, the Brahmas announced on May 3, 2006, that they would suspend operations for the 2006–07 season . However, they returned for the 2007–08 season as the Texas Brahmas and began play in the NYTEX Sports Centre (formerly known as the Blue Line Ice Complex ) in North Richland Hills, Texas . NYTEX Sports is owned by former Brahmas minority owners, Sal and Frank Trazzera. Their first season in North Richland Hills proved to be very successful as they entered
48-644: The Charlotte Hornets . He relocated the team to Atlantic City, NJ, naming them the Boardwalk Bullies. The team won the Kelly Cup in their third season. They franchise would eventually relocate again to Stockton, California in 2005 and then Glens Falls, New York in 2015. Birmingham Barons The Birmingham Barons are a Minor League Baseball team based in Birmingham, Alabama . The team, which plays in
64-753: The Fort Worth suburb of North Richland Hills and became the Lone Star Brahmas and began play at the NYTEX Sports Centre beginning with the 2013–14 season. Birmingham Bulls (ECHL) The Birmingham Bulls were a minor professional ice hockey team in the East Coast Hockey League from 1992 to 2001. Their home arena was the Birmingham Jefferson Convention Center . The team moved to Atlantic City, New Jersey and
80-482: The Montgomery Rebels . Like previous Barons teams, they played at Rickwood Field on a full-time basis from 1981 to 1987. Since then, they have only played at Rickwood on special occasions. From 1988 to 2012, the team played at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in the suburb of Hoover, Alabama , where former basketball star Michael Jordan played with the team in 1994 . Since 2013, the team plays at Regions Field in
96-836: The Odessa Jackalopes in seven games to capture the Southern Conference Championship. The team then advanced to the Ray Miron President's Cup Finals to face the Colorado Eagles, whom they defeated in five games. The 2008–09 CHL Championship was the first by the Texas/Ft. Worth Brahmas franchise and the first for the Fort Worth area since the Fort Worth Fire won the 1996–97 CHL Governor's Cup. The Brahmas lost in
112-708: The Southern League , is the Double-A affiliate of the Chicago White Sox and plays at Regions Field in downtown Birmingham. The Barons were previously located in Montgomery, Alabama , and known as the Montgomery Rebels . Most of the professional baseball teams that have played in Birmingham have used the name Barons. The current team began playing in Birmingham in 1981, having previously played in Montgomery, Alabama as
128-536: The 2012–2013 season. The membership of investment group was still in flux when the season began and some of the big money contributors never officially came into the fold. The team struggled with financial issues throughout the season before the franchise went inactive for at least one season a second time. After the franchise folded, the Texas Tornado of the North American Hockey League relocated to
144-720: The 2017–18 season and were approved by the SPHL on April 25, 2017. In the early part of 1991, Art Clarkson flirted with the idea of bringing professional hockey back to Birmingham. Clarkson, who owned the Birmingham Barons , knew of the popularity of the Bulls from the World Hockey Association days. In the summer of 1992, the first Cincinnati Cyclones of the East Coast Hockey League relocated to Birmingham and were renamed
160-455: The Bulls. The New Jersey Devils were the Bulls' NHL affiliated club from 1992 to 1993. The Florida Panthers then became the Bulls NHL affiliate from 1993 to 1995. The St. Louis Blues were then the Bulls NHL affiliate from 1995-1996. Bruce Garber was the team's first coach. The Bulls finished 30–34, just missing the playoffs. After the inaugural season, Phil Roberto was named coach. He
176-808: The downtown part of Birmingham. As a result of Major League Baseball 's restructuring of Minor League Baseball in 2021, the Barons were organized into the eight-team Double-A South. In 2022, the Double-A South became known as the Southern League, the name historically used by the regional circuit prior to the 2021 reorganization. In 2023, Diamond Baseball Holdings purchased the team from The Logan Family . All Birmingham Barons games are televised live on MiLB.TV . All games are also broadcast on radio on either WJQX 100.5 FM, WJOX-FM 94.5 FM or WJOX-AM 690 AM. Birmingham Barons Hall-of-Fame broadcaster Curt Bloom
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#1732852728762192-491: The playoffs of the 2009–10 season in a close 2–1 fifth game against the Odessa Jackalopes. The 2010–2011 season for the Brahmas ended on a losing note in the first round of the playoffs against the Odessa Jackalopes in four games, three games to one. Very shortly prior to the start of the 2012–2013 preseason, the team was sold to a Fort Worth-based investment group and returned to the Fort Worth Brahmas branding for
208-752: The postseason for the first time since the 2001–02 season. In the first round the Brahmas defeated the Mississippi RiverKings , then went on to sweep the Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs in four games with David Cacciola in goal. In the Northern Conference Finals, the Brahmas took the series to Game 7 before losing to the defending champions, the Colorado Eagles . In 2008–09 , the Brahmas won the Southeast Division and defeated
224-433: The season as head coach. Prior to the 1997–98 season, Clarkson sold his interest in the team. Charles Felix became the primary owner. Dennis Desrosiers was let go after the 1999–2000 season. They lost 18 of their last 20. The Bulls were forced to forfeit games, due to using ineligible players. Following the 2000–01 season, dwindling attendance and poor performance, owner Charles Felix sold the team to NBA owner George Shinn of
240-461: Was familiar with Birmingham from his playing days with the earlier team. The club affiliated with the Florida Panthers . Roberto stayed with the team through the 1994–95 season. The Bulls made it through the second round of the playoffs each season. During the 1995–96 season, the Bulls changed coaches three times. Roberto was replaced by player-coach Jerome Bechard, and Dennis Desrosiers finished
256-790: Was renamed the Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies in 2001. After the 2005 season, the franchise was sold to a California investor group and became the Stockton Thunder , affiliated with the Edmonton Oilers of the NHL . On February 20, 2017, former Bulls' owner Art Clarkson was approved by the Pelham City Council to bring another Bulls team back to play in the Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL) for
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