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:''This article is about the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees junior hockey franchise that played in the NAHL. For the original CHL franchise of same name, see: Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees (CHL).'' The Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees were a Tier II Junior A ice hockey team playing in the North American Hockey League. The team was based in the Rio Grande Valley in Hidalgo, Texas, just south of McAllen, and played their home games at State Farm Arena. ==History== The original team was a member of the Central Hockey League, a professional minor league, from 2003 to 2012. On June 20, 2012, multiple sources confirmed that the Killer Bees would not play in the 2012–13 season and ceased operations due to increased travel costs after the folding of the other Texas CHL teams in Austin, Corpus Christi and Laredo.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Killer Bees hockey team suspends operations amid league woes )〕 After a season without a team, the Wenatchee Wild of the North American Hockey League (NAHL), a Tier II Junior A hockey league, relocated to Hidalgo, Texas and became the second incarnation of the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees. Joe Coombs would be hired as the first head coach of the NAHL Killer Bees. On June 1, 2015, NAHL insiders began reporting the Killer Bees franchise were about to relocate to the Philadelphia suburb of Aston, Pennsylvania〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=THE DEATH POOL – GOODBYE RIO GRANDE HELLO ASTON PENNSYLVANIA )〕 and the Killer Bees would subsequently announce that the team was ceasing to operate for the 2015–16 season unless the team president, Gilbert Saenz, could find a local alternative to save the team. However, on June 9, the NAHL announced that the franchise was relocating to become the Aston Rebels.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=NAHL announces relocation of Rio Grande Valley to Aston, PA )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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