The Missoula Maulers are an USA Hockey

USA Hockey

USA Hockey is recognized by the International Olympic Committee and the United States Olympic Committee as the governing body for amateur ice hockey in the United States and is a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. The organization is based in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and has...

-sanctioned Tier III Jr. A

Junior ice hockey

Junior hockey is a catch-all term used to describe various levels of ice hockey competition for players generally between 16 and 20 years of age...

 ice hockey

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 from Missoula, Montana

Montana

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. The 2007-08 season is their inaugural as an expansion team

Expansion team

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. They play out of Missoula's Glacier Ice Rink

Glacier Ice Rink

The Glacier Ice Rink is located in Missoula, Montana and is home to the Missoula Maulers. It is open from August 1st to May 31st. It can hold more than 2,000 spectators during the games for the Missoula Maulers, and its top seating is around 2,500. It hosts the Missoula Maulers, the Missoula Figure...

. Michael Burks, President and Cory J. Miller, General Manager are the club's principal owners. The team is coached by Marcus Baxter. The players, ages 16–20, carry amateur status under Junior A guidelines and hope to earn a spot on a Canadian Major Junior, Collegiate or Minor Professional team.

The Maulers pro affiliate is the Evansville IceMen

Evansville IceMen

The Evansville IceMen were a professional hockey team based in Evansville, Indiana. The team folded in 2010, as IceMen owner Ron Geary purchased the Muskegon Lumberjacks of the International Hockey League and moved the team to Evansville, taking on the name "Evansville IceMen".The AAHL IceMen...

 of the AAHA

All American Hockey Association

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