Alexandria Warthogs
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The Warthogs were an ice hockey
team based in Alexandria, Louisiana
. They played from 1998 to 2000, as a member of the Western Professional Hockey League
, in the Rapides Parish Coliseum
. The team folded at the end of the 1999-00 season, while the league folded in 2001.
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
team based in Alexandria, Louisiana
Alexandria, Louisiana
Alexandria is a city in and the parish seat of Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States. It lies on the south bank of the Red River in almost the exact geographic center of the state. It is the principal city of the Alexandria metropolitan area which encompasses all of Rapides and Grant parishes....
. They played from 1998 to 2000, as a member of the Western Professional Hockey League
Western Professional Hockey League
The Western Professional Hockey League is a defunct minor professional ice hockey league.It operated in the United States from 1996 to 2001, with teams in the southern United States, mainly Texas. The league started with six teams in the 1996-1997 season and grew to 18 teams in 1999-2000...
, in the Rapides Parish Coliseum
Rapides Parish Coliseum
The Rapides Parish Coliseum can seat about 6,500 people in the building. Additional space is in the smaller Exhibition Hall, also on the property...
. The team folded at the end of the 1999-00 season, while the league folded in 2001.